Taney Home Delights Visitors In Frederick County Tour
A Frederick MD feature revisits Roger Brooke Taney’s South Bentz Street residence, highlighting its serene country charm. The piece notes Taney’s aristocratic trappings, his ties to Francis Scott Key, and artifacts from his era including a robe worn during his 28 years as Chief Justice, with tours offered on Bell and History Days from June through October.
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LEE SHORT
Roger Brooke Taney
South Bentz Street
United States Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Frederick
Taney
Frederick City
Maryland
House of Delegates
Anne Phebe Chariton Key
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Washington
Annapolis
U.S. Supreme Court
glass case
Fort McHenry
Edward Delaplaine
South Market Street
Bentz Street
the
Historical Society of
Frederick County
Francis Scott Key Memorial Society
old barracks
Maryland School for the Deaf
Stephen Steiner
Elizabeth Steiner
John Nelson
Steiner
Elizabeth
Horatio Wilcoxen
Wilcoxen
Grayson Eichelberger
Kemp Hall and the Maryland Unionist Siege of 1861
Maryland known as the Free State, kept by a Frederick session of 1861. The extra session ordered by Governor Hicks met at Kemp Hall as Annapolis faced occupation. On April 26, 17 senators and 53 delegates gathered there, with subsequent sessions moved to Kemp Hall. Seizing tensions and arrests followed as Union troops entered Frederick for the September meeting. The Kemp Hall site, named for Abraham Kemp, housed the General Assembly amid debates on secession and loyalty, with key arrests of secessionists and constraints on quorum.
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Maryland
Free State
Thomas H. Hicks
Frederick
Annapolis
Frederick Court House
Hicks
Senate
House of Delegates
Kemp Hall
East Church Street
North Market Street
Baltimore City
Ross Winans
Winans
Fort McHenry
United States
General Assembly
Simon Cameron
George B. McClellan
Frederick County
William E Salmon
Andrew Kessler Jr
Thomas J. Claggett
C. Lease Bussard
Kemp
Lincoln at Frederick B and O Station Heritage Moment
The B&O Station in Frederick preserves Lincoln era history with a 1862 visit after Antietam. Lincoln and McClellan rode from the bloodiest Civil War battle to the city, where he spoke briefly amid crowds. The site includes a red brick building at South Market and All Saints, now a community hub, with murals recalling train schedules and social gatherings among Black residents.
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South Market
All Saints Street
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Baltimore and Ohio library
Antietam
George Brinton McClellan
B&O
Sharpsburg
Frederick
Steiner House: Frederick landmark and Civic Club HQ history
The Steiner House on West Patrick Street, built in 1807 for Stephen Steiner, became the Frederick Vorden's Civic Club headquarters in 1962. The building, a brick Flemish Bond structure with original interior features, has served as museum and library, preserving local history and architecture. Open to the public June 1 to Oct 31, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Steiner
West Patrick and
Jefferson Streets
Frederick Vorden
Bentztown
Biroderick County
Stephen Stoner
George tamsburg
Catherine
Stephen
Stoner
Long Acre
Keefer
Hagerstown
Harper’s Ferry
John Lipps
Lipps
Frederick
Historical Society of
Frederick County
Mamie Lipps
Steiner House
William Bradley Tyler Bell
Omaha
Nebraska
the Historical Society
the
Frederick Woman’s Civic Club, Inc
Civic Club
DeLashmutt
Garden Club of
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Chief Justice Taney
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Anne Taney
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Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ
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Stephen Ramsburg
Henry Shover
Court House
Mincocy Monocacy
Eshleman
Neil Sandler
President Lincoln
By NEIL SANDLER
Frederick Schley
Examiner
B&C
city of Frederick
B&O Railroad Company
Frederick Woman’s Civic Club
West Patrick Street
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hazy Catoctin Mountains
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