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


Charles Sumner Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Restored Charles Sumner Post 25 in 2013
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Location	206 S. Queen St., Chestertown, Maryland
Coordinates	39°12′24.75″N 76°3′54.75″W / 39.2068750°N 76.0652083°W / 39.2068750; -76.0652083Coordinates: 39°12′24.75″N 76°3′54.75″W / 39.2068750°N 76.0652083°W / 39.2068750; -76.0652083
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1908
Architectural style	Front-gabled Wood Frame
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. Named after Charles Sumner, 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 within the Chestertown Historic District, and was abandoned between 1985 and 2002. It is one of only two Grand Army of the Republic halls for African-American veterans known to survive in the Nation.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1] In 2012, Preservation Maryland placed the Charles Sumner Post #25 on its list of threatened historic properties.^[3]

The building has been restored by the Kent County Arts Council and opened to the public in 2014 as a museum of American Civil War history and the role of African-Americans in the war.^[4]^[5]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Charles Sumner Post #25, Grand Army of the Republic. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05.
↑ "2012 Endangered Maryland List Released" (PDF). Preservation Maryland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
↑ "Charles Sumner Post #25". Kent County Arts Council. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
↑ "Museums". Kent County. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

External links

Charles Sumner Post #25 - Kent County Arts Council
Charles Sumner Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic, Kent County, includes photo from 1986, at Maryland Historical Trust

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