Greensboro in Caroline County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Goldsborough House

By Beverly Pfingsten, November 3, 2007

1. Goldsborough House Marker

Inscription. Judge Laird Goldsborough lived here 1897-1970. As onetime Adjutant General of the Philippines he authored the Island's first constitution. Part of the house is of pre-revolutionary construction.
Among other members of this Caroline County family distinguished for public service: W. E. Goldsborough, U. S. Consul, Amoy, China; T. Alan Goldsborough, longtime U. S. Congressman and Federal Judge; Dr. G. Winder Goldsborough, General Practitioner and State Legislator; and Elwell Goldsborough nationally famous electrical engineer.

Erected by Maryland Historical Society.

Location. 38° 58.464′ N, 75° 48.414′ W. Marker is in Greensboro, Maryland, in Caroline County. Marker is at the intersection of West Sunset Ave. and Church Street, on the right when traveling west on West Sunset Ave.. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greensboro MD 21639, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Letter to Lincoln (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Greensboro-Threatened by Ideas (approx. 0.2 miles away); Peter Harrington (approx. 0.2 miles away); Greensboro

Goldsborough House image. Click for full size.

By Beverly Pfingsten, November 3, 2007

2. Goldsborough House

Now a fine dining restaurant.

(approx. 0.4 miles away); Neck Meeting House Native Garden (approx. 6 miles away); Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House-Living Their Beliefs (approx. 6 miles away); Neck Meeting House (approx. 6 miles away); Moses and the Hounds (approx. 6.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensboro.

Categories. • 20th Century • Notable Buildings • Notable Persons • Politics •

Goldsborough House Marker, seen looking east along West Sunset Ave image. Click for full size.

By Mike Stroud, October 9, 2010

3. Goldsborough House Marker, seen looking east along West Sunset Ave

Log Cabin adjacent to Goldsborough House image. Click for full size.

By Beverly Pfingsten, November 3, 2007

4. Log Cabin adjacent to Goldsborough House

Goldsborough House Marker, seen at far right image. Click for full size.

By Mike Stroud, October 9, 2010

5. Goldsborough House Marker, seen at far right

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on November 7, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,315 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 7, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 3. submitted on October 18, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 4. submitted on November 7, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 5. submitted on October 18, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.