Readbourne is a historic home on the Chester River located at Centreville,

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, Maryland, United States. It is a five-part

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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 by . All of the brick walls are laid in Flemish bond. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was built by James Hollyday, a prominent politician for the

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. It was once owned b
William Fahnestock Jr.
of the New York banking family. READBOURNE, CENTREVILLE, QUEEN ANNE COUNTY, MD.jpg, Readbourne in 2016

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*, including photo from 1971, at Maryland Historical Trust *
House of the Week: "Readbourne"
- 2020 newspaper article with color photos Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Queen Anne's County, Maryland Houses completed in 1791 Georgian architecture in Maryland Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Queen Anne's County, Maryland {{QueenAnnesCountyMD-NRHP-stub

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