Wye House is a historic Georgian and Federal-style plantation residence northwest of Easton in Talbot County, Maryland, built between 1781 and 1784 for Edward Lloyd IV using wealth built on enslaved labor. At its height the plantation held more than 1,000 enslaved people across some 42,000 acres, and Frederick Douglass was enslaved there as a child, later describing conditions on the estate in his autobiography. Wye House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 and remains in the hands of Lloyd family descendants.
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Building Type LocationTalbot County, Maryland 1 Completed Year Building Type
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Wye House is a historic residence and former headquarters of a historic plantation house
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northwest of Easton in rural Talbot County, Maryland.
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Wye House is a historic Georgian and Federal-style plantation residence northwest of Easton in Talbot County, Maryland, built between 1781 and 1784 for Edward Lloyd IV using wealth built on enslaved labor. At its height the plantation held more than 1,000 enslaved people across some 42,000 acres, and Frederick Douglass was enslaved there as a child, later describing conditions on the estate in his autobiography. Wye House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 and remains in the hands of Lloyd family descendants.
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completion_date/completed = 1784
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architecture: Georgian, Federal
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architecture: Georgian, Federal
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Built in 1781-1784, it is a high-quality and well-proportioned example of a wooden-frame Southern plantation house.
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