Charles Sumner Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic

Charles Sumner Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic
Location: 206 S. Queen St., Chestertown, Maryland
Area: 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built: 1908
Architectural style: Front-gabled Wood Frame
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 05000655[1]
Added to NRHP: July 6, 2005

Charles Sumner Post #25, Grand Army of the Republic is a historic fraternal lodge building located in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. It was constructed as a meeting hall about 1908 and is a two-story gable-front frame building, built on brick piers, with a rectangular floor plan. It is located in the Scotts Point area, a historically black area with in the Chestertown Historic District, and was abandoned between 1985 and 2002 It is one of only two Grand Army of the Republic halls known to survive in the Nation.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Charles Sumner Post #25, Grand Army of the Republic. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1482&COUNTY=Kent&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Kent. 

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