Denton Historic District

	Denton Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Caroline County Courthouse, located in the district
Location	Roughly bounded by 1st, 10th, Gay, High, Franklin and Sunnyside Sts., Denton, Maryland
Coordinates	38°53′7″N 75°49′41″W / 38.88528°N 75.82806°W
Area	200 acres (81 ha)
Built	1774
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	83003738
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1983

Denton Historic District is a national historic district in Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the flat land along the south bank of the Choptank River. The west end of the district focuses on the courthouse square, which was laid out in the 1790s, with its late 19th century courthouse building and square faced on all sides by noteworthy residences and commercial structures. The historic commercial district extends east of the square along Market Street. It comprises a notable collection of two-story brick storefronts and one-story concrete block commercial structures, with frame residences representing late-19th / early-20th century forms interspersed among them.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Kim Kimlin (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Denton Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

External links

Denton Historic District, Caroline County, including photo dated 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Denton Historic District, Caroline County, at Maryland Historical Trust

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[mht_ihp-2] Kim Kimlin (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Denton Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

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