Maryland - Kent County - Historic Districts
Kent County Maryland (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance. Significant places include Chestertown Historic District, Betterton Historic District, Chestertown Historic District (Boundary Increase), Lauretum and Still Pond Historic District.

The famous person Harrison W. Vickers is associated with one of more of the Kent County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Kent County places including R.K. & Sons Pippin and Edmund George Lind. Prominent architectural styles found in Kent Country are Georgian, Federal and Late Victorian.

Betterton Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001805)
Roughly bounded by Sassafras River, Gut Marsh, 6th, and Ericsson Aves. , Betterton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Transportation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Park, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Business, Park, Single Dwelling
Chestertown Historic District (added 1970 - - #70000263)
Roughly bounded by Maple Ave., Chester River, Cannon and Cross Sts. , Chestertown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Chestertown Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1984 - - #84001808)
Also known as See Also:Chestertown Historic District;Denton House;Widehall
Roughly bounded by Chester River, Lynchberg, and Cannon Sts., College Ave., Philosophers and Riverside Terrs. , Chestertown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Federal, Gothic Revival, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Lauretum (added 1997 - - #97000926)
Also known as K-29
954 High St. , Chestertown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Pippin, R.K. & Sons, Lind, Edmund George
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Vickers, Harrison W.
Significant Year:
1881
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Still Pond Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000645)
Also known as K-701
Still Pond Rd., Old Still Pond Rd., Main St., Medders Rd., Maple Ave., Trustee St. , Still Pond
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Post Office, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Post Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Thornton (added 2005 - - #05001428)
Also known as K-195
10618 Perkins Hill Rd. , Chestertown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
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