Kingston Hall is a historic home located at Kingston, Somerset County, Maryland. Located along the Big Annemessex River, it is a Georgian style dwelling of two stories plus an attic, three bays wide by two deep, connected by a one-story brick hyphen to a two-story-plus-loft brick kitchen wing. Also on the property is the brick, circular ice house. The interior of the house features corner fireplaces. Interior woodwork mouldings are in a transitional style, bridging late Georgian and Federal styles.[2]
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| Location | W side of MD 667, 0.5 mi. from Kingston, Kingston, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°5′11″N 75°43′8″W / 38.08639°N 75.71889°W |
| Area | 80 acres (32 ha) |
| Built | 1755 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000962[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1974 |
History
editThe house was built by Thomas King on an 860-acre (350 ha) parcel of King family land named "Conclusion." Work began in 1855. At the time the property included the house, the two-story brick kitchen wing, a dairy, a blacksmith shop. a granary, two barns, a "negro house", a stable, a carriage house, a corn house, three log houses and a smoke house. After King's death, his daughter and son-in-law Henry James Carroll resided at Kingston Hall. Their son Thomas King Carroll (1793-1873) was born there and inherited the property. Thomas was briefly governor of Maryland 1830–31. Thomas's daughter Anna Ella Carroll (1815-1894), an advisor to Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, was born there.[2][3]
Thomas King Carroll's accumulated debts forced the sale of the property in 1835. The new owner was John Upshur Dennis, whose family was also politically well-connected. Dennis's son George Robertson Dennis served in the United States Senate and three relatives were U.S. Representatives in Congress.[2]
Kingston Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
See also
edit- Beverly (Princess Anne, Maryland), another King family home in Somerset County
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
- ^ a b c Nancy Miller (March 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kingston Hall" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Orton, Kathy (6 July 2018). "Delmarva estate was home to a Maryland governor". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
External links
edit- Kingston Hall, Somerset County, including photo from 1985, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-160, "Kingston Hall, Big Annemessex River vicinity, west of Marion Road, Kingston vicinity, Somerset County, MD", 4 photos, supplemental material