Originally part of the Raspberry Plain land tract purchased by Ann Mason for her son Thomson in 1741, Selma was built by Armistead Mason, Thomson’s grandson, in 1810. Owned by the Beverley family during the Civil War, the original Mason home burned in 1896, and the property was held briefly by Maryland Gov. Thomas Swan (owner of Morven Park) before being purchased by Elijah B White. White built a mansion which incorporated a small part of the original Mason estate in his design. Sharon Virts and Scott Miller restored the property in 2016.