The Wye River plantation, or '' Wye Hall'' was the

Eastern Shore of Maryland The Eastern Shore of Maryland is a part of the U.S. state of Maryland that lies mostly on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay. Nine counties are normally included in the region. The Eastern Shore is part of the larger Delmarva Peninsula tha ...

home of

William Paca William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, constructed in 1765, and extensively renovated in 1790 by John Paca, with Joseph Clark as architect, at a cost of $20,000. He gained ownership of the property in

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, through his wife, Mary Chew.

John Beale Bordley John Beale Bordley, (February 11, 1727 Annapolis, Maryland – January 26, 1804 Philadelphia) was a Maryland planter and judge. Life He was the son of Thomas Bordley, from Yorkshire, England 1694, attorney general for Maryland, and his second w ...

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. The

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

conducted archeological work there. '' 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. A

mechanic's lien A mechanic's lien is a security interest in the title to property for the benefit of those who have supplied labor or materials that improve the property. The lien exists for both real property and personal property. In the realm of real property, ...

was filed for work done there.

References

External links

''Aspen Wye Conference Center'', The Aspen Institute

''Historic Houses - Wye Hall - Wye Island'', Maryland Historical Society

''Historic Houses - William Paca House - Queenstown, MD'', Maryland Historical Society
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