Readbourne

Readbourne
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the house
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Location	Land's End Road, Centreville, Maryland
Coordinates	39°7′38″N 76°5′26″W
Area	212 acres (86 ha)
Built	1791 (1791)
Built by	Hollyday, James, I; Hollyday, James, III
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	73002134[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973

Readbourne is a historic home on the Chester River located at Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is a five-part Georgian brick house: the center block was built in the early 1730s; the south wing in 1791; and the north wing in 1948. The central part of the house is the most significant, being a T-shaped, two-story brick building with a hip roof, measuring 60 feet (18 m) by 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m). All of the brick walls are laid in Flemish bond.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was built by James Hollyday, a prominent politician for the Province of Maryland.[1] It was once owned by William Fahnestock Jr. of the New York banking family.

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  Readbourne in 2016

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
• Ratcliffe Manor
• Wye House

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Michael Bourne (November 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Readbourne" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

• Readbourne, Queen Anne's County, including photo from 1971, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-99, "Readbourne, Land's End Road, Wilmer Neck, Centreville vicinity, Queen Anne's County, MD", 9 photos, supplemental material
• House of the Week: "Readbourne" - 2020 newspaper article with color photos