Widehall, also known as Water Lot #16, is a historic home in Chestertown

Chestertown, Maryland

Chestertown is a town in Kent County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,746 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kent County. The ZIP code is 21620 and the area codes are 410 and 443...

, Kent County, Maryland

Kent County, Maryland

Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, on its Eastern Shore. It was named for the county of Kent in England. Its county seat is Chestertown. In 2010, the county population was 20,197...

. It is a large, -story, mid-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...

, brick dwelling house built in 1769 by Thomas Smyth. It later was the home of Robert Wright

Robert Wright (politician)

Robert Wright was an American politician.Wright was born at Narborough, near Chestertown, Maryland, attended the common schools, and the Kent Free School of Chestertown. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1773, and commenced practice in Chestertown...

, Governor of Maryland between 1806 and 1809; and of Ezekiel F. Chambers

Ezekiel F. Chambers

Ezekiel Forman Chambers was an American politician.Born in Chestertown, Maryland, Chambers was graduated from Washington College at Chestertown in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in Chestertown...

, State and United States Senator and Judge of the Court of Appeals.

It 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, and it is a contributing property

Contributing property

In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing resource or contributing property is any building, structure, or object which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district, listed locally or federally, significant...

 in the Chestertown Historic District.

External links

• Widehall, Kent County, including photo from 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Widehall, 101 Water (Front) Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD: 10 photos, 1 data page and supplemental material, at Historic American Building Survey