314 Mill Street
Cambridge, MD 21613
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Carolina Barksdale
Lacaze Meredith Real Estate
109 S Talbot Street, P.O. Box 971
St. Michaels, MD 21663
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The “Albanus Phillips House” on Mill Street is one of the most prominent historic houses in Cambridge. According to the research by the current owner, construction was started probably in 1903 and the house was finished in stages between1908 and 1910. In 1908, President Teddy Roosevelt was a guest in the home. Albanus Phillips also hosted President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the house, when he visited Cambridge in 1935 to dedicate the new bridge between Dorchester and Talbot County.
World renowned Philadelphia architect, Mr. Crawford designed the house as well as the house next door, which belonged to Captain Levi Phillips, Albanus Phillips brother. Crawford is noted in many books for his architectural designs of skyscrapers in New York and Chicago.
The house was built as a Queen Anne Colonial integrating Italian Renaissance and Edwardian features, and is lavishly adorned. Italian marble enhances the beauty of the exterior, including three types of marble on the front porch. Marble slaps, 8” thick and 18” deep, were used on the windows, both on the sills and the lintels, even on the lower level windows. The exterior brick of the house was imported from Venice, Italy.
The two Phillips brothers, Albanus and Levi, Francis DuPont and Walter Chrysler decided to build their new houses on Mill Street, the highest point in Cambridge, after their compound of waterfront homes at “The Point” were destroyed by the unnamed Hurricane of 1895.
The “Albanus Phillips House” is located in a prominent spot within the 600-house historic district of Cambridge, just two blocks away from the extensive Choptank River waterfront and the Cambridge Yacht Club, which Albanus was one of the founding fathers of.
During the construction of the house, every convenience available at the time, was included in the family home. This included for example a “central vacuum system”, which in fact was utilized by chilled pumped water for air conditioning in 1908. These pipes are still in place and could be now used for a modern central vacuum.
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Historic Property
Two American Presidents stayed overnight at this house as guest of the Phillips family.
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Lavishly Adorned Brick Manor Home
Albanus Phillips imported the brick for his house from Italy on one of his ships, trading between Europe and the United States.
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Extensive Architectural Woodwork
Architectural woodwork features include colonnades and columns sitting on marble slabs, extensive paneling, 16” ceiling moldings and pocket doors; all made from Brazilian Mahogany, Hickory, Oak and Tiger Maple throughout the formal first floor rooms.
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Original Leaded Glass Windowpanes
The leaded glass window panes are particularly noticeable in the outer vestibule, around the front door, in the upper transom windows and in the conservatory.
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Floor Treatments throughout the House are Beautiful Hardwood
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Seven Fireplaces
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12' Ceiling Height
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Original Tapestry from France in Gentlemen’s Parlor.
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Stately Double Parlors and large formal Dining Room
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Fabulous Italian Renaissance Interior
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