Readbourne

	Readbourne
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Front of the house
Location	Land's End Road, Centreville, Maryland
Coordinates	39°7′38″N 76°5′26″W / 39.12722°N 76.09056°W
Area	212 acres (86 ha)
Built	1791
Built by	Hollyday, James, I; Hollyday, James, III
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	73002134
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.

Readbourne in 2016

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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

This article about a Registered Historic Place in Queen Anne's County, Maryland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[mht_ihp-2] Michael Bourne (November 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Readbourne" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

[1]

[2]

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Historic districts	Centreville Historic District Stevensville Historic District
Historic properties	Bachelor's Hope Bishopton Bloomingdale Bowlingly Capt. John H. Ozmon Store Captain's Houses Centreville Armory Chester Hall Christ Church Churchill Theater Content Cray House Dudley's Chapel Female Seminary Friendship Hawkins Pharsalia Jackson Collins House John Embert Farm Keating House Kennersley Lansdowne Legg's Dependence Lexon MYSTERY Mattapax Readbourne Reed's Creek Farm St. Andrew's Episcopal Chapel St. Luke's Church St. Peter's Church Stevensville Bank Stratton Thomas House Wilton Wye Mill
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Queen Anne's County, Maryland and List of National Historic Landmarks in Maryland

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Allegany Anne Arundel Baltimore County Calvert Caroline Carroll Cecil Charles Dorchester Frederick Garrett Harford Howard Kent Montgomery Prince George's Queen Anne's Somerset St. Mary's Talbot Washington Wicomico Worcester
Lists by city	Baltimore: (Central North and Northwest West and Southwest East and Northeast South and Southeast)
Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Portal:National Register of Historic Places

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]