“Appleby” Marker

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Cambridge in Dorchester County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

“Appleby”

By F. Robby, November 3, 2007

1. "Appleby" Marker

Inscription. The home of Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks. Born 1798. Died 1866. Governor of Maryland 1858-62. U.S. Senator 1862-65.

Erected by Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland State Highway Administration.

Location. 38° 33.355′ N, 76° 4.898′ W. Marker is in Cambridge, Maryland, in Dorchester County. Marker is at the intersection of Race Street (Maryland Route 341) and Pennsylvania Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Race Street. Click for map. Marker is about 100 feet north of the intersection along Race Street. Marker is in this post office area: Cambridge MD 21613, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Thomas Holliday Hicks (approx. 0.8 miles away); Finding Freedom (approx. 1.1 miles away); This Bell (approx. 1.2 miles away); “Stanley Institute” (approx. 1.4 miles away); World War II (approx. 1.4 miles away); Meredith House (approx. 1.4 miles away); Cambridge (approx. 1.4 miles away); Maryland's Eastern Shore (approx. 1.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Cambridge.

More about this marker. This marker replaces an earlier version, with identical text, erected by the State Roads Commission in the 1930s.

Hon. Thomas Holliday Hicks of Md. Photo, Click for full size

Brady-Handy Collection, c.1860

2. Hon. Thomas Holliday Hicks of Md.

Governor Hicks supported southern views prior to the Civil War, but kept the slave-holding state of Maryland from joining the Confederacy. Photo credit: Library of Congress, Brady-Handy Collection, LC-DIG-cwpbh-02372.

Appleby in 1972 Photo, Click for full size

Maryland Historical Trust Historic Sites Survey, November 1972

3. Appleby in 1972

Credits. This page originally submitted on December 4, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 860 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 4, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. 3. submitted on February 29, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio.