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Chapter Design Award in Historic Architects to restore and renovate it. Wiedemann was
Resources/Preservation struck by the mix of simple and complex architectural
elements—the big, low-slope gable roof, the consistent
Mid-Century line of trim and built-ins at precisely 6’-8” above floor
Modern Makeover level, the big beams and columns pulled away from
walls, and so forth.
Easton, MD
The completed project is largely a restoration, but in
some cases the original condition had been lost to time,
Wiedemann Architects LLC and modern program elements (such as a proper master
suite) needed to be incorporated. The changed elements
Interior Designer: Shaun Jackson Inc.
hew closely to the guiding lines of the original house, but
General Contractor: Bluepoint Construction
have a more contemporary character. In some cases, the
architects introduced new elements that emphasize the
When the current owner learned about this property, there
characteristics of the original design in entirely new
was no mention of the high-style Mid-Century Modern
ways. For example, the brick wall at the land side of the
house, built in 1957, that occupied it. The attraction was
house was painted white and new tuckpointing has
the site, with generous frontage on the Tred Avon River
recessed horizontals—both of these moves emphasize the
between Easton and Oxford, on Maryland’s Eastern
play of the horizontal wall against the vertical columns
Shore. The selling agent assumed that the house—at that
more than the original red-brick wall with standard joints.
point a shell of its original self, dilapidated and too-
many-times remodeled—would be demolished. This project was previously featured in the Spring 2019
But the owner immediately fell in love with the issue of ARCHITECTUREDC.
house, bought the property, and hired Wiedemann

Front façade with parking court. Photo © Anice Hoachlander/Hoachlander Davis Photography
Waterfront façade. Photo © Anice Hoachlander/Hoachlander Davis Photography

Living/dining area.
Photo © Anice Hoachlander/Hoachlander Davis Photography

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