Paw Paw Building

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Paw Paw Building
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Paw Paw Building, July 2013
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Location98 N. Main St., Port Deposit, Maryland
Coordinates 39°36′28″N76°7′7″W / 39.60778°N 76.11861°W / 39.60778; -76.11861 Coordinates: 39°36′28″N76°7′7″W / 39.60778°N 76.11861°W / 39.60778; -76.11861
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1824 (1824)
NRHP reference # 77000690 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 1977

Paw Paw Building, also known as Odd Fellows Hall, is a historic building located at Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland. It is a two-story, 36-by-40-foot (11 by 12 m), stone structure covered with plaster, that was built in 1821 by the First Methodist Episcopal congregation. It was used as a church until 1839. It was then used as a school called Heath of Health Academy and later Odd Fellows Academy. It later held a grocery store and "dining salon" until converted for use as an apartment and recreation hall. [2]

Port Deposit, Maryland Town in Maryland, United States

Port Deposit is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River near its discharge into the Chesapeake Bay. The population was 653 at the 2010 census.

Cecil County, Maryland County in the United States

Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,108. The county seat is Elkton. The county was named for Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), the first Proprietary Governor of the Province (colony) of Maryland. It is the only Maryland county that is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area. Cecil County has existed since the late 1600s, though it continued to grow in population and town size.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Grace C. Humphries (December 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Paw Paw Building" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.