Oak Lawn is a historic home located at Ridgely, Caroline County,

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. It is a large rectangular -story brick structure with an arched brick

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connecting the two-story brick kitchen wing. The main house was erected in 1783 and the kitchen and arcade added before 1798. In the mid 19th century, it was owned by Greenbury Ridgely, the founder of the town of Ridgely. Oak Lawn was listed on the

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in 1975.

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*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses in Caroline County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Federal architecture in Maryland Houses completed in 1783 National Register of Historic Places in Caroline County, Maryland {{CarolineCountyMD-NRHP-stub