Kingston Hall
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History
The house was built by Thomas King on an Script error: No such module "convert". parcel of King family land named "Conclusion." Work began in 1755. 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.[1][2]
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.[1]
Kingston Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[3]
See also
- Beverly (Princess Anne, Maryland), another King family home in Somerset County
References
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External links
- Template:MHT url, including photo from 1985, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-160, "Kingston Hall, Big Annemessex River vicinity, west of Marion Road, Kingston vicinity, Somerset County, MD", 4 photos, supplemental material
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- Houses in Somerset County, Maryland
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- Georgian architecture in Maryland
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Maryland
- Carroll family residences
- Kingston, Maryland
- Brick buildings and structures in Maryland