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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38Y_eastports-soul_Annapolis-MD.html
Many African-American families settled here more than a century ago. these families, who have lived here for four generations, are the heart and soul of this neighborhood. Their religious, educational and cultural institutions are pillars of Eastp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38X_eastports-oldest-house_Annapolis-MD.html
This is the oldest house in Eastport. For nearly 100 years it belonged to the Williams family.
Jonas and Louisa Williams and their eight children moved here in 1876. They used the first floor as a grocery store, selling homemade sauerkraut to n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38W_eastports-old-main-street_Annapolis-MD.html
The historic buildings you can see from here date back to before 1900, when the first bridge to Annapolis connected to the end of this street. In those days, Fourth Street was the bustling commercial heart of Eastport. Anything you wanted from gro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38V_the-watermen-of-back-creek_Annapolis-MD.html
During the 1920s, the houses on this street belonged to African-American families. Most of the men living here worked on the water, launching often home-built boats from their back yards. They harvested oysters from September to April, and crabs i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38T_a-tale-of-three-bridges_Annapolis-MD.html
The bridge to Annapolis has always been a key part of Eastport life.
The first wooden bridge, built in 1868, connected here at the end of Fourth Street. It served pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons. Forty years later, a larger steel bridge was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM36V_kunte-kinte-alex-haley-memorial_Annapolis-MD.html
To commemorate the arrival in this harbor of Kunte Kinte, immortalized by Alex Haley in Roots, and all others who came to these shores in bondage and who by their toil, character and ceaseless struggle for freedom have helped to make these Unites …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM337_reynolds-tavern_Annapolis-MD.html
This tablet placed by thePeggy Stewart Tea Party ChapterDaughters ofthe American RevolutionAnnapolis, MarylandMaryland Day, March 25, 1929
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM336_old-treasury-building_Annapolis-MD.html
This is the oldest state building in Maryland. It was used by the commissioners for emitting bills of credit from 1730 to 1779; by the Treasurer of the Western Shore from 1779 to 1851; by the Maryland State Treasurer from 1852 to 1903; and has bee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM335_white-oak_Annapolis-MD.html
Maryland's State TreeOffspring of theWye OakPlanted 1987
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM334_this-cannon_Annapolis-MD.html
This cannon of the type used in the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812, presented to St. John's College, the alma mater of Francis Scott Key, through the Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter, D.A.R., and the National Star-Spangled Banner Centennia…