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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
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, constructed in 1765, and extensively renovated in 1790 by John Paca, with Joseph Clark as architect, at a cost of $20,000. He gained ownership of the property in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, through his wife, Mary Chew. 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. The University of Maryland, College Park conducted archeological work there.

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. A mechanic's lien was filed for work done there.

References

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 19 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 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. 2005-01-05. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
6. ^ 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 16 June 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. Shin, Annys (2005-09-30). "Ex-Freddie Mac Chief Loses Lease". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-04-16.

External links

• 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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