Kingsdene - Judge William Mathews House

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Originally part of Ridgely's Great Park, resurveyed by Henry Ridgely IV, this fine stone house was in all likelyhood built at the same time as By His Grace and the stone section of New Year's Gift (1788). These stone houses have basically the same plan and were all built into the slope of the land creating a ground floor entrance on one elevation and a second floor entrance on the opposite elevation. All have gabled roofs and square four lite attic windows with large cooking fireplaces located on the ground floor. Fine in proportion and scale, these houses were numerous in Howard County at one time. Today only a few examples remain.

Judge Mathews was the son of James B. Mathews, the founder of Glenwood. He succeeded his father in his successful country store and as postmaster of Glenwood.