Kingston Hall

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]

Not to be confused with Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire or Kingston Lacy.
Kingston Hall
LocationW side of MD 667, 0.5 mi. from Kingston, Kingston, Maryland
Coordinates38°5′11″N 75°43′8″W
Area80 acres (32 ha)
Built1755 (1755)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.74000962[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1974

History

The 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

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Nancy Miller (March 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kingston Hall" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. Orton, Kathy (July 6, 2018). "Delmarva estate was home to a Maryland governor". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 July 2018.


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