Lauretum

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Lauretum
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Nearest city Chestertown, Maryland
Coordinates 39°13′10″N76°5′8″W / 39.21944°N 76.08556°W / 39.21944; -76.08556
Built1881
ArchitectLind, Edmund George; Pippin, R.K. & Sons
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 97000926 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 04, 1997

Lauretum is a historic home located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, United States. It is a large, three story late Victorian stuccoed frame house built in 1881 for Chestertown lawyer Harrison W. Vickers (1845-1911). Restored by Jennifer Corcoran and Family. It features irregular massing, multiple roof forms, clipped gables, an oriel window, and exposed rafter ends. It was designed by Baltimore architect Edmund G. Lind (1829-1909). [2]

Lauretum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Lauretum. Maryland Historical Trust. October 5, 2008.