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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18YA_school-7_Port-Republic-MD.html
Port Republic School #7 was built on this site around 1870 and remained in continuous use until it was closed in 1932. This school is from a time when free public education for all was a new concept in post-Civil War America.
This schoolhouse s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WV_wm-b-tennison_Solomons-MD.html
Wm. B. Tennison was built in 1899 by Frank Laird at Crab Island near Oriole, Maryland. Her hull is constructed in traditional Chesapeake log canoe fashion-nine large pine logs. Hollowed out and fastened together. She was built as a two-mastered b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WU_drum-point-lighthouse_Solomons-MD.html
"The necessity of a light at this point is very great, as all vessels bound up or down the Chesapeake put in at this place during the winter to seek protection from floating ice; and as the entrance is formed by a low sand spit, which cannot be se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WT_marine-railway-gears_Solomons-MD.html
Gift: Gorman A. Buckler CMM74.521Set of cast iron gears formerly used to operate the marine railway at M.M. Davis and Son shipyard on Mill Creek, Solomons, Maryland: The gears were originally powered by steam and later converted to electricity. A …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12DE_lower-marlboro_Owings-MD.html
Before the American Revolution, Lower Marlborough (the spelling officially changed to Marlboro in the 19th century) was a thriving port town with large homes, inns, stores, warehouses, a sawmill, a tobacco inspection station, and the British tarif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10S5_old-wallville-school_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
Oldest standing one-room schoolhouse for African American students in Calvert County.Offered education for grades 1-7 in the Wallville community. Illustrates thesegregated educational facilities of the late19th and early 20th centuries. Moved in 2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUH2_veterans-green_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
Monument 1 [north lawn] :Veterans GreenDedicatedMemorial DayMay 31, 1999
World War II Memorial [west lawn, north face]: Dedicated to the glory of almighty God in memory of Calvert County men and women who served their country with valour and ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUGR_world-war-memorial_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
The soldiers and sailors from Calvert County who lost their lives in the World War.
George Armiger · Solomon Barnes · Wm T Dorsey · Arck L Lore · William N Marquess · Thomas Osborne · Reuben Pitcher &m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOH_w-s-brooks-high-school_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
The first public high school for African Americans in Calvert County was opened in 1938 and served until desegregation in 1966. Named for William Sampson Brooks (1865-1934). Born in Calvert County, Rev. Brooks was an advocate of education, 44th Bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NQ_solomons-island_Solomons-MD.html
Originally called Bourne's (1680), then Somervell's Island (1740). It became known as Solomon's Island (1867) because of Isaac Solomon's oyster packing facilities here. Shipyards developed to support the island's fishing fleet. The famed "bugeye" …