The architectural slant of Queenstown, Maryland, is predominantly pastoral. So, when a mansion modeled after John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York was constructed in the town in the 1970s, reportedly for actress Anne Bancroft (who never lived here), it stood out like Greek letters in the English alphabet.
Queenstown residents were far from disappointed when Jason Winters, principal of architecture firm Kezlo Group, decided to raze the 7,000 square-foot building (keeping about 90 percent of the existing foundation) and construct a new home on the 10-acre waterfront site along the shore of the Wye River.
“The vision for the house coming from the client was traditional form, but with contemporary details and the architectural language of the Eastern shore,” Winters says.