Potter Hall is a historic home located at Williston, Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is an early-19th-century, Federal-influenced house facing the Choptank River. The house was constructed in three sections: a tall 2+1⁄2-story Flemish bond brick structure built about 1808 adjoining a lower 2+1⁄2-story, two-bay-wide central section built about 1750, also of Flemish bond brick, then a frame single-story kitchen wing added in 1930. Each of the three sections has a gable roof. Potter Hall was originally settled by Zabdiel Potter, who in the mid-18th century built a wharf and the small brick house. He developed Potter's Landing into a key early port for the shipping of tobacco to Baltimore.[2]
Potter Hall | |
 Potter Hall land side in 1936 | |
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| Location | Martin Lane, Williston, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°49′52″N 75°51′10″W / 38.83111°N 75.85278°W |
| Area | 3.4 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | 1808 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001590[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 30, 1982 |
Potter Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Dr. and Mrs. Monroe Martin (February 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Potter Hall" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
edit- Potter Hall, Caroline County, including photo from 1996, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-426, "Williston Road (Brick House), Choptank River vicinity, Williston, Caroline County, MD", 2 photos