Wye Hall
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| Location | 505 Wye Hall Dr., near Queenstown, Maryland |
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| Area | 212 acres (86 ha) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | Tilden, Register and Pepper |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000759[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 2, 2015 |
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 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.[2] The Paca residence burned down in 1879.[3][4] The University of Maryland, College Park conducted archeological work there.[5]
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]
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- Eastern Shore, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
- 1936 establishments in Maryland
- Archaeological sites in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
- Brick buildings and structures in Maryland
- Buildings and structures demolished in 1879
- Burned houses in the United States
- Georgian Revival architecture in Maryland
- Houses completed in 1765
- Houses completed in 1936
- Houses in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
- Plantations in Maryland