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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F5_three-great-boat-yards-one-location_Annapolis-MD.html
As you walk among these buildings, imagine wooden boats taking form. Picture men sweating in the hot sun as they plank a hull, caulk a seam or varnish a rail. Envision Navy officers in khaki uniforms boarding vessels for sea trials. From 1913 to 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F4_the-glass-works_Annapolis-MD.html
The private home at the corner of Severn Avenue and Second Street was once the head office for one of Eastport's largest businesses. The Annapolis Glass Works - later the Severn Glass Company - produced china, glass and pottery from 1885 to 1902.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B5_the-start-of-something-big_Annapolis-MD.html
This is where Eastport's famed boat building industry began. On this site in 1868, a German immigrant named Wilhelm Heller began crafting fine wooden boats. His reputation spread and business flourished. Heller's became the largest boatyard on Spa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B3_the-old-farmhouse_Annapolis-MD.html
This century-old farmhouse is one of the only reminders of the agrarian past of Eastport. Yet, in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, horse racing and farming were the economic mainstays. As late as 1798, there were only two buildings o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B0_murphys-row_Annapolis-MD.html
You are standing at the corner of "Murphy's Row." These ten row houses were built in 1888 by Charles James Murphy for laborers employed at his company, the Annapolis Glass Works.
The houses bear witness to Eastport's early years. The seventh ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3AY_the-maritime-tradition-lives-on_Annapolis-MD.html
Prestigious sailboat racing events have made Annapolis famous. But the real reason for Annapolis' reputation as "America's Sailing Capital" is the community of Eastport. There are more marine-related businesses here than anywhere on the East Coast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3AV_the-fort-at-horn-point_Annapolis-MD.html
Near here, at the end of Eastern Avenue, is the site of one of three forts built to defend Annapolis Harbor from British raids during the Revolutionary War.
Built in 1776, the fort had major defenses of trenches, earthen ramparts and fifteen ca…
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…