Easton Historic District (Easton, Maryland)

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Easton Historic District
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LocationMD 565, MD 328 and MD 331, Easton, Maryland
Coordinates 38°46′19″N76°4′26″W / 38.77194°N 76.07389°W / 38.77194; -76.07389
Area232 acres (94 ha)
ArchitectUpjohn, Richard; Et al.
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate, Federal
NRHP reference No. 80001835 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980

The Easton Historic District is a historic district that covers most of the core of the town of Easton, Maryland. The town is the county seat of Talbot County. The state of Maryland is nearly split by the Chesapeake Bay, and Easton is located on the east side of the bay that is known as Maryland's Eastern Shore. Although the town is part of the east coast of the United States, the region's history goes back to a time when Maryland was a colonial province of England.

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The Easton Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It contains approximately 900 buildings mostly built in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Many of these buildings are residential, but the original business district, located on the west side, is also included. A notable exception to the continuity of the historic district and the construction dates is the original Quaker Third Haven Meeting House, which was constructed in the 1680s southeast of the main portion of the district.

Background

Beginning

Talbot County, as part of the Province of Maryland, began being settled during the mid-1600s with land grants from Lord Baltimore (Cecilius Calvert). [2] Early settlers established tobacco plantations along rivers such as the Choptank, Tred Avon, St. Michaels (now Miles), and Wye rivers. [3] Some of the larger 17th and 18th century plantations within the county were owned by the Goldsborough, Lloyd (Wye Plantation), and Hollyday (Ratcliffe Manor) families. [4] Other early settlers included members of the Society of Friends, also known as Quakers. [3] Politics and society for the next two centuries were strongly influenced by members of the Goldsborough, Hollyday, Kerr, Lloyd, and Tilghman families. [5] [6] In 1706, a portion of Talbot County was broken off to help form Queen Anne's county. [7] This made the county seat in York close to the county border, which was inconvenient for the population in now-smaller Talbot County. [8] [9] Court was held in private residences located in Oxford, which was closer to the population—but a courthouse was never built. [10] Instead, construction of a courthouse began in 1710 near what was known then as "Pitt's Bridge". [11] At the time, the only other nearby building of importance was the Quaker Third Haven Meeting House, which was built in 1682. The village around the courthouse became known as Talbot Courthouse. After the American Revolution, the village became more important as the state of Maryland chose to establish administrative offices for the Eastern Shore at Talbot Courthouse. The town became, in effect, the "capital" of Maryland's Eastern Shore. [11] Its nearest waterfront (Tred Avon River) was about one mile (1.6 km) away, and eventually became known as Easton Point. [12] [Note 1]

In 1788, the Maryland General Assembly gave Talbot Courthouse a name: Easton. [11] The town prospered, and the Maryland Eastern Shore's first newspaper was established in 1790. [11] The original courthouse became too small for state offices and local, state, and federal courts, so a new courthouse was constructed. The new courthouse was completed in 1794. Growth continued as the Eastern Shore's first bank was established in 1805 in Easton. [11] [14] During the War of 1812, Fort Stoakes was constructed on a plantation overlooking the Tred Avon River for protection from an attack by the British, and the local bank moved currency to a more secure place in Pennsylvania. [15] In 1817, the Eastern Shore's first steamboat line to Baltimore was established at Easton Point. [11] As more farmland was developed on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland's Eastern Shore declined in prosperity—and the American Civil War accelerated this decline. In 1869, a railroad line from Delaware connected Easton with major population centers in the eastern United States. [16] [Note 2] This brought prosperity back to the town that continued until the Great Depression of the 1930s. [16] The Chesapeake Bay Bridge connected Annapolis with Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1952. [14]

Easton today

Traveling by automobile from major Maryland cities such as Annapolis or Baltimore, the most direct route to Easton involves crossing the bay using the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and traveling east and south on U.S. Route 50. [12] The town is small to medium-sized, with a population of about 17,000 using the 2020 United States census. [18] Its original street plan was created in 1785, and Colonel Jeremiah Banning named the main street that runs through the business district (and past the courthouse) after George Washington. [12] The town has grown from Banning's time, and annexations include land along the Tred Avon River. [19] Easton remains the county seat of Talbot County, and its courthouse was enlarged in 1958 by adding two wings. [12] Despite the town's early existence, most of the buildings in the Easton Historic District were constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [16] The district contains about 9,000 buildings located in residential areas and the central business district. The Easton Historic District was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is significant for its collection of buildings from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. [20]

Contributing structures

In the original 1980 nomination form, the Easton Historic District consisted of approximately 900 buildings and structures within approximately 232 acres (94 ha). [16] Twenty-three were contributing, two non–contributing, and numerous others had not yet been evaluated. [21] The sortable table below contains the original contributing structures that are part of the historic district. If the year built is a range of years, the middle of the range is used. [21]

NameMHT CodeAddressCoordinatesImageBuiltNotes and Citations
McDaniel HouseT-294Aurora St., 14 N. 38°46′29″N76°04′17″W / 38.77484°N 76.07144°W / 38.77484; -76.07144 Easton McDaniel House.jpg 1890 circaLarge 2+1⁄2-story Victorian home with tower, hipped roof with dormers. [22]
(unnamed)T-410 (mentioned on fourth page of file)Aurora St., 212 S. 38°46′11″N76°04′16″W / 38.7697953°N 76.0712467°W / 38.7697953; -76.0712467 Easton 212 S. Aurora.jpg 1910 Queen Anne style architecture was predominate in the last third of the 1800s [23] [24]
Third Haven Meeting House (second)T-47Border Lane 38°46′00″N76°04′31″W / 38.766604°N 76.0752576°W / 38.766604; -76.0752576 Third Haven Meeting House, brick building (21629151565).jpg 1880 circa2nd Quaker meeting house built in 1879–1880. One-and-one-half stories brick building that is three bays wide and four bays long. [25]
Post OfficeT-410 (mentioned on fourth page of file)Dover St., 116 E. 38°46′27″N76°04′25″W / 38.7741197°N 76.0736147°W / 38.7741197; -76.0736147 Easton Post Office.jpg 1936Built using Colonial Revival architecture typical of 1930s. Replaced Post Office on Washington Street in 1936. [23] [26]
Avalon Theatre T-627Dover St., 40–42 E. 38°46′28″N76°04′30″W / 38.7743166°N 76.0749692°W / 38.7743166; -76.0749692 Easton Avalon Theater.jpg 1922One of the first "state-of-the-art" movie houses on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Exterior has Art Deco theme. Began being renovated in 1987, and upgraded to a performing arts center. [27] [28]
Wrightson HouseT-461Dover St., 202 E. 38°46′27″N76°04′22″W / 38.7740583°N 76.0727644°W / 38.7740583; -76.0727644 Easton Wrightson House.jpg 1895 circaNow known as the Tidewater House, the Wrightson House has rare (for Easton) Beaux-Arts architecture. [29]
Old Frame Hotel (Nevius & Frampton Hardware)T-39Goldsborough St., 1 38°46′32″N76°04′34″W / 38.7756902°N 76.0761511°W / 38.7756902; -76.0761511 Easton Old Frame Hotel.jpg 1866Hotel constructed in 1866 converted to hardware store beginning in 1897. A fire in 1955 caused the roof to be replaced. Gray aluminum siding has been added. [30]
Luby HouseT-29Goldsborough St., 200 38°46′33″N76°04′23″W / 38.7757828°N 76.0729552°W / 38.7757828; -76.0729552 Easton Luby House.jpg 1845 circaTown's best example of Greek Revival architecture. Porch and wing (1940s) are modern but built to be compatible with the main portion of the house. Two–and–a–half-story home with frieze "lie–on–your–stomach" windows in the attic. [31]
Trinity Cathedral (Episcopal Church) T-239Goldsborough St., 313 38°46′33″N76°04′14″W / 38.7758945°N 76.0705224°W / 38.7758945; -76.0705224 Easton Trinity Cathedral.jpg 1894Granite Gothic motif building with interior hammer beams. [32] Consecrated in 1894, this tall building has numerous stained glass windows. Original cathedral, built in 1876 and located behind the current one, is now used as a parish house. [33]
Railroad Workers HouseT-496Goldsborough St., 416 38°46′33″N76°04′08″W / 38.775942°N 76.0687533°W / 38.775942; -76.0687533 Easton RR Workers House.jpg 1871Maryland and Delaware Railroad began service to Easton in 1869. [17] Front porch has been removed. [34]
Easton ArmoryT-484Harrison St., 40 S. 38°43′33″N76°04′29″W / 38.725769°N 76.0746061°W / 38.725769; -76.0746061 Easton Armory.jpg 1927 Crenellated brick and stone building emulating medieval fortification [35]
Schlecht HouseT-494Harrison St., 114 S. 38°46′18″N76°04′28″W / 38.7717155°N 76.0744033°W / 38.7717155; -76.0744033 Easton Schlecht House.jpg 1880 circaTwo-story private home with L-shaped porch [36]
Chaffinch HouseT-34Harrison St., 132 S. 38°46′15″N76°04′28″W / 38.7707112°N 76.0743498°W / 38.7707112; -76.0743498 Easton Chaffinch House.jpg 1895 circaCorner Victorian house on Harrison Street and Brookletts Avenue that fronts to both streets. Round corner tower with porch on both facades, irregular roof line with gables [37]
Asbury Methodist Episcopal ChurchT-421Higgins St., 18 S. 38°46′24″N76°04′12″W / 38.7733052°N 76.0700058°W / 38.7733052; -76.0700058 Easton Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church.jpg 1876 Gothic revival brick church with tower and spire in the middle of the front facade. Large stained glass window above entrance. Interior has stamped tin ceilings and wainscotting. [38]
Talbot County Women's ClubT-11Talbot Lane, 18 38°46′23″N76°04′26″W / 38.7729393°N 76.0738194°W / 38.7729393; -76.0738194 Talbot County Womens Club.jpg 1794 circaBrick Federal architecture building with Flemish bond brick facade. One of Easton's best preserved early structures. Unusual placement of wing is thought to be for the purpose of enabling windows near the main entrance. [39]
Easton Gas Manufacturing PlantT-1156West Street, 1 S. 38°46′15″N76°04′38″W / 38.7708096°N 76.0773054°W / 38.7708096; -76.0773054 demolished1934 Colonial Revival architecture [40] In 2001, Maryland Department of the Environment identified soil and groundwater contamination on site. [41]
Christ Church T-15South St. & Harrison St. 38°46′21″N76°04′29″W / 38.7723888°N 76.0746597°W / 38.7723888; -76.0746597 Easton Christ Church.jpg 1840 circa English Gothic architecture with features such as arch windows and doors with heavy stone. (Stone buildings are rare on the Eastern Shore.) Vaulted one-story building was first in Easton with a church bell. Reverend Henry M. Mason, who came to Easton in 1838, had a church designed two years earlier in New Jersey by architect William Strickland. The Easton church is based on Strickland's design for the New Jersey church. [42] [23]
Christ Church Rectory (Christ Church Parish House)T-16South St., 12 38°46′21″N76°04′30″W / 38.7723628°N 76.0750137°W / 38.7723628; -76.0750137 Easton Christ Church Rectory.jpg 1852One-and-one-half-story granite building designed by Richard Upjohn. Christ Church is adjacent on east side while a garden is on the west side. [23] [43]
Easton Railroad Station (Delaware/Penn-Central Station)T-251Powell's Alley 38°46′32″N76°04′06″W / 38.7755156°N 76.0682631°W / 38.7755156; -76.0682631 Easton RR Station.jpg 1900 circaEaston's brick railroad station with two-bay ticket window. Roof's widely flaring eaves provided cover for the railway platform. [44]
Talbot County Courthouse T-65Washington St. 38°46′29″N76°04′37″W / 38.7748°N 76.076953°W / 38.7748; -76.076953 Easton Courthouse.jpg 1794Brick Georgian structure was constructed in 1794 and is one of Easton's oldest buildings. Expanded in 1890 and remodeled in 1958. [45] Former site of the Talbot Boys Confederate monument, and current location of a monument to Frederick Douglass. [46]
Odd Fellows Hall (Miller Lodge, I.O.O.F.)T-1Washington St., 1 S. (corner of Washington and Dover) 38°46′28″N76°04′35″W / 38.7745171°N 76.0763075°W / 38.7745171; -76.0763075 Easton IOOF building.jpg 1879 Independent Order of Odd Fellows built this lodge in 1879 after an earlier lodge burnt down. Distinctive four-story brick building with irregular roof line. Washington Street facade has a small tower-like gable, topped by a finial, that contains the interior stairway. Large decorative windows are centered on the fourth floor of a larger gable, and each window contains stained glass patterned with symbols of the fraternal order. [47]
Shannahan & Wrightson Hardware Co.T-404Washington St., 12 N. 38°46′30″N76°04′35″W / 38.7749197°N 76.0763407°W / 38.7749197; -76.0763407 Easton Shannahan.jpg 1877Three-story brick building (note name at top of building) near courthouse. Second floor built 1881, and third floor built 1889. Good example of a Victorian commercial building. [48]
Third Haven Meeting House T-46Washington St., 405 S. 38°46′00″N76°04′31″W / 38.766604°N 76.0752576°W / 38.766604; -76.0752576 Third Haven Meeting House, exterior (21007868903).jpg 1682 Society of Friends meeting house [49]

Other structures within the historic district

Bishop's House Easton Bishop's House.jpg
Bishop's House
Foxley Hall Easton Foxley Hall corner view.jpg
Foxley Hall
Victorian Store Easton VictorianStore.jpg
Victorian Store

Historic District Borders

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Easton Historic District

The Easton Historic District includes the core of the town that began with a courthouse in the 18th century. Many of the buildings are residential, but the original business district is also included. The business district is located on the northern part of the west side of the district near the courthouse along Washington Street. Additional businesses are on Goldsborough and Dover streets close to Washington Street. Most of the town's buildings in the historic section are brick structures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Less than a dozen buildings are from the 18th century, and about 50 date from the early 19th century. [23]

The Talbot County Courthouse, with an address of 11 North Washington Street, occupies most of a block surrounded by Washington, Dover, West, and Federal streets. [60] [61] Three churches are original contributing properties to the district. Trinity Cathedral is located on Goldsborough Street and Locust Lane, east of Aurora Street. [23] The Bishop's House and Foxley Hall are about a block away. [50] [53] Christ Church is in the west central portion of the district at South Street and South Harrison Street. [23] The Christ Church Rectory is next door, and the Armory Building is across the street. [35] The Ashbury Methodist Episcopal Church is in the east central portion of the district, about one block south of Dover Street on South Higgins Street. At the extreme southwestern portion of the historic district is a non-contiguous section near Border Lane, and this is the location of the two Third Haven Meeting House buildings. [23]

See also

Notes

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Tred Avon River has been called many names, including Tred-Avon, Trad-Avon, Tred-Aven, Tred-Haven, Trad-Haven, Tread-Haven, Trade-Haven, and Third Haven. It has also been called Tred-Aven Creek. [13]
  2. ↑ The Maryland & Delaware Railroad (not to be confused with the Maryland and Delaware Railroad incorporated in 1977) ran from Smyrna Station (later named Clayton, Delaware), and Oxford, Maryland. Construction began in 1857 in Delaware. The line reached Easton in 1869, and was completed to Oxford in 1871. The rail connection provided access to Wilmington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York City. The railroad was reorganized as the Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad Company in 1877, and eventually became a branch line for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Passenger operations ended in 1949, and the last freight train ran in 1983. [17]

Citations

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Owings, Donnell MacClure (December 1938). "Private Manors: An Edited List" (PDF). Maryland Historical Magazine. XXXIII (4). Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Historical Society: 307–334 (see pages 308 and 326). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Talbot County, Maryland – Our History". Talbot County, Maryland – Historical Society of Talbot County. Archived from the original on June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ Clemens, Paul G. E. (July 1975). "The Operation of an Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake Tobacco Plantation". Agricultural History. 49 (3). Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press: 517–531 JSTOR. JSTOR   3741788. Archived from the original on June 16, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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  10. ↑ Tilghman & Harrison 1915 , pp. 219–220
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arnett, Brugger & Papenfuse 1999 , p. 178
  12. 1 2 3 4 Arnett, Brugger & Papenfuse 1999 , p. 177
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  14. 1 2 "Talbot Historical Society – Talbot County History FAQ". Talbot Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
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  16. 1 2 3 4 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form – Easton Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 1, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  17. 1 2 "CAR-374 Maryland & Delaware Railroad Corridor, (Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
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  22. ↑ "T-294 McDaniel House (doctors Baines & Dawkins Office)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "T-410 Easton Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Easton Historic District Survey". Town of Easton. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  25. ↑ "T-47 Third Haven Meeting House (second)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  26. ↑ Claggett 1999 , p. 66
  27. ↑ "T-627 Avalon Theater" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  28. ↑ "Avalon Foundation – History of the Building". Avalon Foundation. Archived from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  29. ↑ "T-461 Wrightson House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  30. ↑ "T-39 Old Frame Hotel (Nevius & Frampton Hardware)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  31. ↑ "T-29 Luby House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  32. ↑ "T-239 Trinity Cathedral (Episcopal Church)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  33. ↑ Arnett, Brugger & Papenfuse 1999 , p. 180
  34. ↑ "T-496 Railroad Workers House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  35. 1 2 "T-484 Easton Armory" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  36. ↑ "T-494 Schlecht House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  37. ↑ "T-34 Chaffinch House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  38. ↑ "T-421 Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  39. ↑ "T-11 Talbot County Women's Club" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  40. ↑ "T-1156 Easton Gas Manufacturing Plant" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
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  50. 1 2 "T-291 Bishop's House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Tilghman</span> American politician (1718–1790)

Matthew Tilghman was an American planter, and Revolutionary leader from Maryland. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776, where he signed the 1774 Continental Association.

Claiborne is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Eastern Bay at 38°50′15″N76°16′40″W, and uses ZIP code 21624. The 2000 U.S. Census listed the population as 147 and the number of homes as 84, slightly down from its 1941 population of 156. Between 1890 and 1930, the village was a busy port for passenger and then automobile ferry service across the Chesapeake Bay, with numerous stores and motels/resorts, including Maple Hall and the Bellfonte Hotel. A post office was added in 1893 and the Protestant Episcopal Church of Claiborne was built in 1898. In 1912, an elementary school and Methodist Church were added. Before 1912, students attended school in nearby McDaniel. The town's first school consisted of the kitchen of the local railroad pavilion, used as a classroom. In 1913, the town became home to the Claiborne Fresh Air Association, Inc., which was formed for the purpose of providing 10 weeks of fresh air and summer vacation for children who had been exposed to tuberculosis. The role of Claiborne as a terminal for cross-Bay ferries was diminished in 1930 when the primary route shifted to Matapeake in Kent Island. It ended altogether in 1938 when the direct connection from Annapolis to Claiborne was terminated and only an auxiliary shuttle between Claiborne and Romancoke on Kent Island remained. This shuttle service ended in 1952, a few months after the opening of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; thus ending all ferry service to Claiborne after more than six decades.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tench Tilghman</span> Continental army officer (1744–1786)

Tench Tilghman was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He served as an aide-de-camp to General George Washington, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of St. Michaels</span> Battle during the War of 1812

The Battle of St. Michaels was an engagement contested on August 10, 1813, during the War of 1812. British soldiers attacked the American militia at St. Michaels, Maryland, which is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore with access to Chesapeake Bay. At the time, this small town was on the main shipping route to important cities such as Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maryland Route 33</span> State highway in Talbot County, Maryland, US

Maryland Route 33 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 23.17 mi (37.29 km) from Tilghman Island east to Washington Street in Easton. MD 33 connects Easton, the county seat of Talbot County, with all communities on the peninsula that juts west into the Chesapeake Bay between the Miles River and Eastern Bay on the north and the Tred Avon River and Choptank River on the south. The state highway passes through the historic town of Saint Michaels, home of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and enters Tilghman Island by passing over Knapps Narrows on the busiest bascule drawbridge in the United States.

Samuel Hambleton was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Talbot County from 1834 to 1835 and in 1854. He also served in the Maryland Senate in 1844. He served as a U.S. Representative from Maryland from 1869 to 1873.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maryland Route 322</span> Highway in Maryland

Maryland Route 322 (MD 322) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Easton Parkway, the highway runs 5.12 miles (8.24 km) on the west side of Easton between two junctions with U.S. Route 50 (US 50). MD 322 serves as a bypass of downtown Easton for traffic between US 50 and highways to western Talbot County, including MD 33 toward Saint Michaels and Tilghman Island and MD 333 toward Oxford. Easton Parkway was constructed in the mid to late 1960s. The state highway was originally designated as part of MD 33; MD 322 became the sole designation on the bypass in 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Michaels Historic District</span> Historic district in Maryland, United States

The Saint Michaels Historic District encompasses the historic center of Saint Michaels, Maryland. The town, which has about 1,000 permanent residents, is located on a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After over 100 years as a center for trade and shipbuilding, the community was incorporated as a town in 1805. Shipbuilding peaked in 1820, and the town's economy became focused more on oyster and seafood collection and packing. In the 1970s, the town transitioned to tourism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hope House (Easton, Maryland)</span> Historic house in Maryland, United States

Hope House is a historic home located near Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Myrtle Grove is a historic home in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. It consists of a frame section dating from the first half of the 18th century, a 1790 Flemish bond brick section, and a 1927 frame wing. The oldest section is five bays wide and one and a half stories tall on a brick foundation laid in English bond.

The Persistence is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in the 1890s, possibly by John B. Harrison in Tilghman, Maryland. She measures 32'-41⁄2" long, with a beam of 6'-111⁄2" and is double-ended with no longhead on her bow. She is one of the last 22 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay racing log canoes that carry on a tradition of racing on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that has existed since the 1840s. She is located at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oswald Tilghman</span> American politician

Oswald Tilghman was an officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; a lawyer; Maryland politician; Maryland Senator, Talbot County, (1894–96); Secretary of State of Maryland (1904–08); affiliate of the Maryland Democratic Party; author; and was active in veteran affairs. Native of Talbot County, Maryland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tilghman Watermen's Museum</span> Maritime museum in Tilghman Island, Maryland

The Tilghman Watermen's Museum records the maritime traditions of the people of Tilghman Island and the unique way of life of the watermen who lived on the island. It is located on Tilghman Island, Talbot County, Maryland, United States.

Spring Hill Cemetery is a cemetery on Aurora and North streets in Easton, Maryland. It is listed in the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties for Talbot County by the Maryland Historical Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Second Battle of St. Michaels</span> Small battle of the War of 1812

The Second Battle of St. Michaels was a raid conducted on Maryland's Eastern Shore by British soldiers during the War of 1812. The raid occurred on August 26, 1813, at points between Tilghman Island and the town of St. Michaels, Maryland. Local militia defended against the raiders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ratcliffe Manor</span> Historic home in Easton, Maryland

Ratcliffe Manor, occasionally misspelled as "Radcliffe Manor", is a Georgian colonial home in Maryland completed around 1762 by Henry Hollyday. It gets its name from the "Mannour of Ratcliffe", which is one of the Maryland Eastern Shore's oldest land grants. The dwelling is considered one of the most distinctive plantation houses on the Eastern Shore, with a northeast facade on the land approach side and a nearly identical southwest facade on the river approach side. The entire property is included in the Maryland Historical Trust's Inventory of Historic Properties. A set of photographs of the estate, made in the 1930s and 1940s, is part of the Historic American Buildings Survey administered by the Library of Congress and National Park Service.

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