PRESENT DAY
An erroneous interpretation of a Lord Calvert deed placed the site on a 1659 land grant to William Ball, great grandfather of George Washington. However, a later 1671 correction to the location of the Ball property, reinforced by a stone marker existing even into the 20th Century, proved otherwise.
Since two versions of the deed existed, the Ballestone Preservation Society considered the loss of identity and resulting confusion, and decided a name change was in order. It seemed prudent to incorporate the name "Ballestone" while also honoring landowners of the past. In 2006, the name became Ballestone-Stansbury House.
The Ballestone-Stansbury House is administered by the Ballestone Preservation Society. The house is furnished to document a middle-class family. The period room settings depict each phase of architectural development of the site.
