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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2633_old-schoolhouse_Taylors-Island-MD.html
This building is believed to be the first schoolhouse in Dorchester County. Built in 1785, prior to the establishment of a public school system, it was originally located on the north end of Taylors Island on the road to James Island. It was const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262G_chapel-of-ease_Taylors-Island-MD.html
This building was constructed sometime between 1707 and 1720 as a Chapel of Ease for members of Dorchester Parish who lived too far away from their parish church; Old Trinity Episcopal Church in Church Creek, MD, to conveniently attend services. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2613_gethsemane-methodist-protestant-church_Madison-MD.html
Founded 1840 at "Tobacco Stick" Gethsemane was first pastored by Dr. E.F. Ewell in a country Schoolhouse, then in a converted barn. The final building was purchased in 1860, rebuilt in 1892 and razed in 1986.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2611_grace-episcopal-church_Taylors-Island-MD.html
Built in 1873 a cost of $3,500, Grace Episcopal Church was constructed as a replacement for the Chapel of Ease, now located next door to the Church, and was a part of the Dorchester Parish of the Episcopal Church. Its parent church was Old Trinity…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25W8_cambridge-house-b-b_Cambridge-MD.html
This property
Has been placed on the
National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
c. 1847
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25W5_distinguished-service-cross-a-war-memorial_Cambridge-MD.html
Our Nations Second Highest Award For
Extreme Gallantry and Risk of Life in Combat with an Armed Enemy Force
1914 World War One 1918
"Time shall not dim the glory of their Deeds" — General John J. Pershing
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25W3_1739_Cambridge-MD.html
Original home of Rev. Daniel Maynadier, who served as rector of the Great Choptank Parish from 1765-1772.
Rebuilt in 1840 by Henry Page a distinguished lawyer and state senator.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM255X_goldsborough-house_Cambridge-MD.html
Has been paced on the
National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
1988
Cambridge Historic District
Est. 1990
By the U.S. Dept
Of the Interior
Goldsborough House
Inv. #85
Historic Cambridge Inc.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM255W_john-barth_Cambridge-MD.html
Rooted in Cambridge
John Barth - called "one of the greatest novelists of our time" - was born in Cambridge on May 27, 1930 and grew up on Aurora Street. While living here, Barth frequented his father's soda fountain, Whitey's Candyla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24YM_finding-freedom_Cambridge-MD.html
Dorchester County occupies a central place in the story of the Underground Railroad, the secret network of "stations" and "conductors" that sheltered and shepherded hundreds of enslave African Americans to freedom in the mid-1800s. The famed Under…