Taney Place
Encyclopedia
Taney Place is a historic home located at Adelina
, Calvert County
, Maryland
, United States
. It is a simple, two-story, hip-roofed
, Georgian
-style country house, dating from about 1750. Roger Brooke Taney (1777–1864), who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1836 to 1864, was born and raised at Taney Place.
Taney Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1972.
Adelina, Maryland
Adelina is an unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. Taney Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.-References:...
, Calvert County
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It occupies the Calvert Peninsula which is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River. Calvert County is part of the Southern Maryland region. Calvert County's residents are among the highest...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is a simple, two-story, hip-roofed
Hip roof
A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side...
, Georgian
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
-style country house, dating from about 1750. Roger Brooke Taney (1777–1864), who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1836 to 1864, was born and raised at Taney Place.
Taney Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1972.
External links
- Taney Place, Calvert County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Taney Place, State Route 508, Adelina, Calvert County, MD: 3 photos, 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey