| Maryland (Calvert County), Chesapeake Beach — Chesapeake Beach Railway — 1897-1935 |
| | Built by Otto Mears of Colorado in 1897. The train track linking Washington, D.C. to Chesapeake Beach crossed here. The original depot to the east is now the Railway Museum. Excursion steamboats also brought passengers to Chesapeake Beach from Baltimore. The popular seaside resort and the railroad each depended on the other until the railroad failed in the depression of the 1930’s. — Map (db m731) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Dowell — Amphibious Training Base |
| | This nation's first naval amphibious training base was established here at Solomons where between 1942 and 1945 some 68,000 sailers, marines, coast guardsmen, and soldiers were trained. They formed the major components of the amphibious forces which landed at Guadalcanal, North Africa, Sicily and Normandy. Ironically, some of those trained here at Solomons, Maryland, participated in the landings in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific. — Map (db m3435) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Dunkirk — Smithville United Methodist Church |
| | The brick church, dedicated in 1840, is the oldest standing Methodist church in Calvert County. The Calvert Circuit began in 1781 with services in homes. By 1789 this circuit had the largest membership in the United States. Fielder B. Smith gave land for this church. Other congregation members gave clay, baked the bricks, and provided much of the interior woodwork. In 1882, the Smithville Circuit of three churches was formed. In 1980 Smithville became a seperate church. — Map (db m3417) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Lusby — Cove Point Lighthouse |
| | Built in 1828. — Map (db m3440) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Lusby — Middleham Chapel |
| | Founded, 1684, as a chapel of ease in Christ Church parish and named for Middleham, Yorkshire, England. The site has been used for worship since the founding, but the chapel was rebuilt in 1748. The bell, given by John Holdsworth, is dated 1699. — Map (db m3436) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Lusby — Morgan Hill Farm |
| | The tract, originally known as Morgan’s Fresh, was granted, 1651, to Philip Morgan, a captain in the Puritan militia. The house, which overlooks St. Leonard Creek, was built before 1670 and served as a lookout station in the War of 1812 and the Civil War. — Map (db m3437) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Lusby — Preston on Patuxent |
| | ← Home of Richard Preston, Commander of the North Bank of the Patuxent River 1649. Seat of the Puritan Government of Maryland where the colonial records were kept 1653–1657. — Map (db m3462) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Lusby — The Cliffs of Calvert |
| | First described in 1608 by Captain John Smith and marked on his map. One of the most unusual natural curiosities in the state. — Map (db m3439) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Owings — Calvert County |
| | Established as Patuxent County in 1654, it was given Lord Baltimore’s family name in 1658. Now the state's smallest county, it once encompassed most of Prince George’s County and parts of Anne Arundel and St. Mary’s counties. A narrow peninsula with the “Cliffs of Calvert” on the Chesapeake Bay side, the county slopes gently to the Patuxent River on the west. At the southern tip is the deep-water port of Solomons. Although Capt. John Smith explored the area in 1608, the county’s . . . — Map (db m3415) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Owings — Lower Marlboro Town |
| | Originally Cox Town, named for early settlers Thomas and Henry Cox (1663). Changed to Marlborough to honor Duke for defeating French at Battle of Blenheim (1704), which reduced French and Indian attacks on the colonies. An early port of entry (1683), the town by the mid-18th century boasted warehouses, stores, taverns, a mill, racetrack, school and many stately homes. “Lower” was added to the name to distinguish it from Prince George’s County seat, and in 19th century both towns . . . — Map (db m3418) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Port Republic — Christ Church — (Episcopal) — 1672 |
| | One of the original parishes of the Province of Maryland and Calvert County’s oldest continuously worshipping congregation, Christ Church began with a log church standing as early as 1672. Christ Church parish, 1692, included all the land south of Hunting Creek. The present church dates from 1772. — Map (db m3441) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Port Republic — One-Room School |
| | Port Republic School No. 7, built about 1870 and closed in 1932. One teacher usually taught seven grades. Children walked to school from as far as three miles away. In the 59 similar schools throughout Calvert County, enrollment averaged about 30.
This building was restored in 1977 by the Calvert Retired Teachers Association. — Map (db m3442) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Port Republic — Veitch’s Cove |
| | James Veitch, born 1628 in Roxburghshire, Scottland. Settled at Veitch’s Cove, later known as Veitch’s Rest, an orginal land patent granted by Lord Baltimore in 1649. Sheriff of Calvert County 1653–1657. Died 1685. — Map (db m3443) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Prince Frederick — Arthur Storer Planetarium |
| | Arthur Storer (c. 1642–1686), the first astronomer in the American Colonies, came to Calvert County from Lincolnshire, England. He was among the first observers to sight and record data describing Haley's comet on its return in 1682. His observations were made from this tract of land. Arthur Storer was a lifelong friend and colleague of Sir Isaac Newton who quoted Storer's data repeatedly in his great scientific works. — Map (db m3450) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Prince Frederick — Battle Creek Cypress Swamp |
| | A Bald Cypress Reserve and amphibian sanctuary. One of the last remaining stands of Bald Cypress in Maryland, and the most northerly growth in the Country. Registered as a National Landmark, 1965. — Map (db m3451) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Prince Frederick — Joseph & James Wilkinson — Two revolutionary leaders who grew up on farm south of Hunting Creek |
| | Joseph Wilkinson was colonel in the Revolution and a legislator. His younger brother James, an adventurer, first attained general’s rank in 1777 at the age of 20. James built a grist-mill nearby, became General-in-Chief of the army, was Military Governor of Louisiana Territory 1805-07, was implicated but acquitted in allegations against Aaron Burr. Both Wilkinsons served as Generals in the War of 1812. Joseph died in 1820, is buried in family graveyard about 3½ miles west of here. James, who died in 1825, is buried in Mexico City. — Map (db m3453) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Prince Frederick — Prince Frederick Library “Firsts” |
| | The west wing of this library was built in 1903 on Main Street as the County’s first bank. In 1913, it was replaced, moved and became the County’s first library; 1916 County’s first Boy Scoot Troop met there; 1921 it was County’s first high school; 1959 it was reorganized as a publicly supported library and in 1961 was moved to its present location. The west wing is known as the Duke Room for Judge Wm. W. Duke who founded the 1913 library and was Scoutmaster of the first troop. — Map (db m3454) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Prince Frederick — St. John’s Holiness Church |
| | On this site stood St. John’s Holiness Church. Dedicated 1900. Removed 1936. Rededicated to Prince Frederick Methodist Cemetary Corporation 1986. — Map (db m3455) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Prince Frederick — World War Memorial |
| | 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 • Murray A Sherbert • Irving R Stallings • Harry Sunderland • Charles W Tongue • Alonzo Brown • James Butler • Wallace Curtis • John Gross • Thornton Copmon • Joseph S Jones • Benjamin Kent
Three hundred and fifteen patriots from this county answered the call for liberty and humanity. — Map (db m4069) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Saint Leonard — Brewhouse — Surveyed 1651 |
| | 5½ Miles. ← Mackall’s Landing. Birthplace of Thomas Johnson (1732–1819), member of Continental Congress 1774. Nominated Washington as Commander-in-Chief Continental Army 1775. First elected Governor of Maryland 1777. Associate Justice United States Supreme Court 1791. — Map (db m3467) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Saint Leonard — Early Settlements |
| | Town of St. Leonard was originally, in 1663, at mouth of St. Leonard Creek. By 1706, when chartered by Maryland General Assembly as a port of entry, it had been moved to head of creek near here. British forces burned its wharves and warehouses July 4, 1814. After 1900, town gradually shifted to its present location 3 miles north. — Map (db m3464) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Saint Leonard — St. Leonard Creek — Scene of naval battles during War of 1812 |
| | In June, 1814, Maryland's Commodore Joshua Barney commanded American flotilla of barges, gunboats and a sloop in attacks on superior British forces in Patuxent River and its tributary, St. Leonard Creek. After flotilla moved up Patuxent and was blockaded, British destroyed town of St. Leonard, then located here at head of creek, before proceeding to Washington, which they burned August 24. — Map (db m3463) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Saint Leonard — St. Leonard Polling House and Garden of Remembrance |
| | This polling house was built in 1926 and residents voted here until 1974. The Garden of Remembrance honors all those held dear in the hearts of area residents. It also honors First Ladies Mrs. John Quincy Adams and Mrs. Zachary Taylor, who were related by birth or family ties to St. Leonard. — Map (db m3469) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Solomons — Calvert County |
| | Established as Patuxent County in 1654, it was given Lord Baltimore’s family name in 1658. Now the state's smallest county, it once encompassed most of Prince George’s County and parts of Anne Arundel and St. Mary’s counties. A narrow peninsula with the “Cliffs of Calvert” on the Chesapeake Bay side, the county slopes gently to the Patuxent River on the west. At the southern tip is the deep-water port of Solomons. Although Capt. John Smith explored the area in 1608, the county’s . . . — Map (db m3416) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Solomons — Chesapeake Biological Laboratory |
| | Founded by R.V. Truitt, 1925. Sponsored by Maryland Conservation Department since 1931, in cooperation with Carnegie Institution, Johns Hopkins and Maryland universities, Goucher, St. John's, Washington, and Western Maryland colleges "to afford a research study center where facts tending toward a fuller appreciation of nature may be gathered and disseminated." — Map (db m3456) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Solomons — Drum Point Lighthouse — 1883-1962 |
| | This lighthouse, installed in 1883, originally stood 125 yards offshore at the entrance of the Patuxent River to the Chesapeake Bay. The foundation on which the cottage living quarters rest consist of seven wrought iron screw piles, hand bored into the river bottom. The cupola houses a fixed navigational lantern. During fog, a 1,400 pound bell was rung. Decomissioned in 1962, the lighthouse was moved to the Calvert Marine Museum in 1975. — Map (db m3457) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Solomons — J. C. Lore & Sons Oyster House |
| | Joseph C. Lore, Sr., began shipping seafood from Solomons Island in 1888 and established a packing house at this site in 1912. Three generations of Lore family packed and shipped Patuxent River oysters, crabs and fish until 1978. Present building dates from 1934, replacing earlier one destroyed in 1933 storm, and is built on oyster shells discarded by Lore Co. and neighboring H.M. Woodburn Co. (1918-1943). Lore Oyster House building purchased in 1980 by Calvert Marine Museum. — Map (db m3459) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Solomons — M. M. Davis Shipyard — 1885–1974 |
| | 1885 Marcellus M. Davis established his shipyard at this location, in 1913 the yard was moved to larger quarters across the harbor on Mill Creek. During the 1930’s, Davis’ yard produced many outstanding wooden yachts which brought international fame to Solomons. The High Tide won nearly every race she entered until she was handicapped so heavily her owner, Eugene DuPont, refused to race or sell her. The Davis-built Manitou (President Kennedy’s yacht one summer) won several . . . — Map (db m3460) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Solomons — Solomon's Island |
| | 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" sailing craft were built here in the 19th century. The deep, protected harbor has been a busy marine center ever since. In the war of 1812, Commodore Joshua Barney's flotilla sallied from here to attack British vessels on the Chesapeake Bay. The . . . — Map (db m8929) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Sunderland — All Saints Episcopal Church |
| | All Saints, one of the original parishes of Maryland, included all the land north of Hunting Creek in Calvert County. The present church was started in 1774 by exchange of tobacco under the rectorship of Reverend Thomas John Clagett, later the first bishop consecrated on American soil. — Map (db m3470) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Sunderland — Harriet Elizabeth Brown |
| | During the period of racially segregated education, elementary school teacher Brown enlisted the N.A.A.C.P. and attorney Thurgood Marshall to challenge the inequity of seperate salary scales for public school teachers based on race. Her case was settled with the Calvert County Board of Education on December 27, 1937, and was the turning point for salary equalization in the state of Maryland. — Map (db m5573) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Sunderland — The First All Saints Church |
| | Authorized in 1692 by the Maryland Assembly the first All Saints (log) Church was built near this site "at the cross-roads of the Severn Ridge Path and the road leading to Coxtown" on land donated by early French Huguenot settler Thomas Hilleary (Hilliere). Later in 1696 Thomas Hilleary became High Sheriff of Prince Georges County which was formed in 1695 out of upper Calvert County. — Map (db m3471) |
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