Charles Sumner Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic

Charles Sumner Post #25, Grand Army of the Republic is a historic fraternal lodge building located in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. Named after Charles Sumner, it was constructed as a meeting hall about 1908 and is a two-story gable-front frame building, built on brick piers, with a rectangular floor plan. It is located in the Scotts Point area, a historically black area within the Chestertown Historic District, and was abandoned between 1985 and 2002. It is one of only two Grand Army of the Republic halls for African-American veterans known to survive in the Nation.[2]

Charles Sumner Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic
Restored Charles Sumner Post 25 in 2013
Location206 S. Queen St., Chestertown, Maryland
Coordinates39°12′24.75″N 76°3′54.75″W
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1908
Architectural styleFront-gabled Wood Frame
NRHP reference No.05000655[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 2005

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1] In 2012, Preservation Maryland placed the Charles Sumner Post #25 on its list of threatened historic properties.[3]

The building has been restored by the Kent County Arts Council and opened to the public in 2014 as a museum of American Civil War history and the role of African-Americans in the war.[4][5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Charles Sumner Post #25, Grand Army of the Republic. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05.
  3. "2012 Endangered Maryland List Released" (PDF). Preservation Maryland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. "Charles Sumner Post #25". Kent County Arts Council. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. "Museums". Kent County. Retrieved 17 November 2014.


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