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Wye River (plantation)

The Wye River plantation, or Wye Hall was the Eastern Shore of Maryland home of William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence,[2] constructed in 1765, and extensively renovated in 1790 by John Paca, with Joseph Clark as architect, at a cost of $20,000.[3][4] He gained ownership of the property in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, through his wife, Mary Chew.[5] John Beale Bordley and Margaret Chew inherited the other half of Wye Island.

William Paca is buried at the family cemetery there. The Paca residence burned down in 1879.[6][7] The University of Maryland, College Park conducted archeological work there.[8]

Wye Hall was built in the 1930s on the site of the estate of William Paca. In 1999, it was purchased by Leland C. Brendsel.[9] A mechanic's lien was filed for work done there.[6]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Park Service - Signers of the Declaration (William Paca)". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on 19 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ John Thomas Scharf (1879). History of Maryland from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. J. B. Piet. p. 225.
  4. ^ James D. Kornwolf; Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf (2002). Architecture and town planning in colonial North America. JHU Press. p. 1464. ISBN 978-0-8018-5986-1.
  5. ^ "Biography of Mary Chew Paca". Colonial Hall. 2005-01-05. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  6. ^ a b Grzincic, Barbara (2005). "Court of Special Appeals awards Wye Hall contractor right to". The Daily Record.
  7. ^ Hester D. Richardson (1995). Side-Lights on Maryland History. Clearfield Company. ISBN 978-0-8063-0296-6.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.bsos.umd.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ Shin, Annys (2005-09-30). "Ex-Freddie Mac Chief Loses Lease". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-04-16.

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