Twin Oaks Frederick Douglass Summer Home - Highland Beach MD
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 55.806 W 076° 27.846
18S E 373093 N 4310038
The Douglass Summer House is a historic home at Highland Beach. It was built in 1894–95. It is one of the first built in the community of Highland Beach and is the oldest structure remaining. The house was built by the son of Frederick Douglass.
Waymark Code: WM16492
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2022
Views: 6
TEXT from the bronze plaque to the right of the front door of the Frederick Douglass Summer Home:
Twin Oaks Frederick Douglass Summer Home
Designed by Frederick Douglass so that "As a free man I could look back across the bay to the land where I was born a slave". Built by Charles Remond Douglass.
1895
Group that erected the marker: Frederick Douglass Museum
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
3200 Wayman Avenue
Highland Beach, MD United States
21403
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