Readbourne

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Readbourne
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LocationLand's End Road, Centreville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°7′38″N76°5′26″W / 39.12722°N 76.09056°W / 39.12722; -76.09056
Area212 acres (86 ha)
Built1791 (1791)
Built byHollyday, James, I; Hollyday, James, III
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 73002134 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973

Readbourne is a historic home on the Chester River located at Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is a five-part Georgian brick house: the center block was built in the early 1730s; the south wing in 1791; and the north wing in 1948. The central part of the house is the most significant, being a T-shaped, two-story brick building with a hip roof, measuring 60 feet (18 m) by 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m). All of the brick walls are laid in Flemish bond. [2]

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The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was built by James Hollyday, a prominent politician for the Province of Maryland. [1] It was once owned by William Fahnestock Jr. of the New York banking family.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Michael Bourne (November 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Readbourne" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.