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Wye House

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Wye House, a plantation on the Wye River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, was well-known during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for its picturesque gardens and greenhouse, which is believed to be the only extant eighteenth-century example of its kind in the United States. Archaeological excavations conducted on the property between 2005 and 2014 have yielded important insights into gardening practices at Wye House as well as into the daily lives of the plantation’s large enslaved population.

Overview

Alternate Names: Wye House Plantation; Wye House Farm; Home House Farm
Site Dates: 1650s–present
Site Owner(s): Edward Lloyd I (1650s–95); Edward Lloyd II (1695–1718); Edward Lloyd III (1718–70); Edward Lloyd IV (1770–96); Edward Lloyd V (1796–1834); Edward Lloyd VI (1834–61); Edward Lloyd VII (1861–1907); Charles Howard Lloyd and Mary Donnell Lloyd (c. 1907–43); Elizabeth Key Lloyd Schiller (1943–93); Mary Donnell Singer Tilghman (1993–2012); Richard C. Tilghman, Jr. (2012–present)
Associated People: Peter Moir (indentured gardener); Robert Cushney (free gardener); Frederick Douglass (enslaved person); Mr. McDermott (chief gardener); Big Jacob (enslaved gardener); Little Jacob (enslaved gardener); Kitt (enslaved gardener); and Stephen (enslaved gardener)
Location: Talbot County, Maryland
Condition: extant

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History

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History of Early American Landscape Design contributors, "Wye House," History of Early American Landscape Design, , https://heald.nga.gov/mediawiki/index.php?title=Wye_House&oldid=36358 (accessed March 29, 2024).

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