It is located on the north side of the eastern point of Wye Island.

It is a handsome Georgian Revival house, built in 1936 to a design by Tilden, Register and Pepper, for businessman William Stillwell.

It is set on a series of landscaped terraces, at the location of the plantation mansion of American Founding Father and Governor of Maryland William Paca.

[3][4] The University of Maryland, College Park conducted archeological work there.

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