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Dorchester County Courthouse and Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	206 High St., Cambridge, Maryland
Coordinates	38°34′18″N 76°4′34″W / 38.57167°N 76.07611°W / 38.57167; -76.07611
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1853 (1853)
Architect	UpJohn, Richard; Carson, Charles L.
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	82001591
Added to NRHP	December 16, 1982

Dorchester County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse building located at Cambridge, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland. It is an Italianate influenced, painted brick structure, which was enlarged and extensively remodeled with Georgian Revival decorative detailing in the 1930s. The building entrance is flanked on the north by a three-story tower. It was constructed in 1853, and is the only courthouse designed by Richard Upjohn in Maryland.

The County Jail, which stood to the southeast of the courthouse from about 1882 until its demolition in 1994, was a Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival style granite structure with brick and terra cotta features. The jail was the work of the Baltimore architect, Charles L. Carson.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Allen B. Tolley and Michael Bourne (May 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dorchester County Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

• Dorchester County Courthouse and Jail, Dorchester County, including photo from 1981, at Maryland Historical Trust

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