Wye River (plantation)

Historic house in Maryland, United States

United States historic place

Wye Hall

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 505 Wye Hall Dr., near Queenstown, Maryland
Coordinates| 38°53′20″N 76°7′7″W﻿ / ﻿38.88889°N 76.11861°W﻿ / 38.88889; -76.11861
Area| 212 acres (86 ha)
Built| 1936 (1936)
Architect| Tilden, Register and Pepper
Architectural style| Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.| 15000759[1]
Added to NRHP| November 2, 2015

The Wye River plantation, or Wye Hall was the Eastern Shore of Maryland home of William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence,[2] constructed in 1765, and extensively renovated in 1790 by John Paca, with Joseph Clark as architect, at a cost of $20,000.[3][4] He gained ownership of the property in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, through his wife, Mary Chew.[5] John Beale Bordley and Margaret Chew inherited the other half of Wye Island.

William Paca is buried at the family cemetery there. The Paca residence burned down in 1879.[6][7] The University of Maryland, College Park conducted archeological work there.[8]

Wye Hall was built in the 1930s on the site of the estate of William Paca. In 1999, it was purchased by Leland C. Brendsel.[9] A mechanic's lien was filed for work done there.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "National Park Service - Signers of the Declaration (William Paca)". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
3. ^ John Thomas Scharf (1879). History of Maryland from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. J. B. Piet. p. 225.
4. ^ James D. Kornwolf; Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf (2002). Architecture and town planning in colonial North America. JHU Press. p. 1464\. ISBN 978-0-8018-5986-1.
5. ^ "Biography of Mary Chew Paca". Colonial Hall. January 5, 2005. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
6. ^ a b Grzincic, Barbara (2005). "Court of Special Appeals awards Wye Hall contractor right to". The Daily Record.
7. ^ Hester D. Richardson (1995). Side-Lights on Maryland History. Clearfield Company. ISBN 978-0-8063-0296-6.
8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.bsos.umd.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. ^ Shin, Annys (September 30, 2005). "Ex-Freddie Mac Chief Loses Lease". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

## External links

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* Aspen Wye Conference Center, The Aspen Institute
* Historic Houses - Wye Hall - Wye Island, Maryland Historical Society
* Historic Houses - William Paca House - Queenstown, MD, Maryland Historical Society

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