Location 100 Courthouse Square Completed 1796 Phone +1 410-758-4064 Construction started 1791 | Town or city Centreville Opened 1796 Architectural style Federal architecture | |
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Country United States of America Address 107 N Liberty St, Centreville, MD 21617, USA Client Queen Anne's County, Maryland Similar Caroline County Courthouse, The Queen Anne's County Hi, Balti County Circuit Co | ||
The Queen Anne's County Courthouse is the oldest courthouse still in use in the state of Maryland. The building houses the judge for the Queen Anne's County Circuit Court, the judge's chambers, a courtroom, a jurors' assembly room, clerks offices and a small detention lock-up.
History
The courthouse was authorized by acts of the Maryland General Assembly after the removal of the county seat from Queenstown to Chester Mills and then Centreville. It was erected between 1791 and 1796 on land purchased from Elizabeth Nicholson from her portion of the Chesterfield Estate, the estate of her grandfather, William Sweatman. Later, her father, Judge Nicholson became Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit (then comprising Baltimore and Harford counties) and a judge of the Court of Appeals.