Taney Place is a historic home located at Adelina, Calvert County, Maryland, United States. It is a simple, two-story, hip-roofed, Georgian-style country house, dating from about 1750. It was the birthplace and childhood home of Roger Brooke Taney (1777–1864), who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1836 to 1864.[2]
Taney Place | |
 Taney Place, 1936 HABS Photo | |
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| Nearest city | Adelina, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°27′44″N 76°36′19″W / 38.46212°N 76.60535°W |
| Built | 1750 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000570[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 22, 1972 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Mrs. Preston Parish (February 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Taney Place" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
edit- Taney Place, Calvert County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-138, "Taney Place, State Route 508, Adelina, Calvert County, MD", 3 photos, supplemental material