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The oldest-known extant orangery in America can be seen at the [[Wye House]], near Tunis Mills (Easton), Maryland.<ref>[http://images.doaks.org/garden-histories/items/show/218 Orangery at Wye House.] D.O. Garden Stories, accessed October 27, 2018.</ref><ref>Historic American Buildings Survey.[https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.md0775.photos?st=gallery Wye House, Orangery, Bruffs Island Road, Tunis Mills, Talbot County, MD] 1936.</ref> Ironically theThe builder, [[Edward Lloyd (Continental Congress)|Edward Lloyd IV]] had married Elizabeth Tayloe, the daughter of [[John Tayloe II]] builder of the aforementioned [[Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia|Mount Airy]]. This orangery sits behind the main house and consists of a large open room with two smaller wings added at some point after the initial construction. The south-facing wall consists of large triple-hung windows. A second story was traditionally part of the style of orangeries at the time of its construction in the middle to late 18th century as a way of further insulating the main section where the plants were kept. According to the current resident, Ms. Tilghman (a descendant of the Lloyd family), it served as a billiards room for the family. This plantation is also notable as having been the home of [[Frederick Douglass]] as a young slave boy.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|first=John Noble|last=Wilford|title=An Abolitionist Leads the Way in Unearthing of Slaves' Past|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/science/05doug.html?ex=1315108800&en=fd78b91d520f5e33&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 6, 2006|access-date=2007-07-13}}</ref>