Wye Hall Explained

Wye Hall
Location:505 Wye Hall Dr., near Queenstown, Maryland
Coordinates:38.8889°N -76.1186°W
Architect:Tilden, Register and Pepper
Architecture:Georgian Revival
Added:November 2, 2015
Refnum:15000759

Wye Hall is a historic house at 505 Wye Hall Drive in rural southern Queenstown, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It is located on the north side of the eastern point of Wye Island. It is a handsome Georgian Revival house, built in 1936 to a design by Tilden, Register and Pepper, for businessman William Stillwell. It is set on a series of landscaped terraces, at the location of the plantation mansion of American Founding Father and Governor of Maryland William Paca.[1] William Paca is buried at the family cemetery there. The Paca residence burned down in 1879.[2] [3] The University of Maryland, College Park conducted archeological work there.[4]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Wye Hall. National Park Service. 2016-04-08.
  2. News: Court of Special Appeals awards Wye Hall contractor right to . The Daily Record . Barbara . Grzincic . 2005.
  3. Book: Side-Lights on Maryland History . Hester D. Richardson. Clearfield Company. 1995 . 978-0-8063-0296-6 .
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-03-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090616233307/http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/Research_Programs/Brendsel_Schoarship.pdf . 2009-06-16 .