| Maryland (Somerset County), Crisfield — Make Peace |
| | Patented for 150 acres 1678 to John Roach. The brick house on this property is one of the finest examples of very early colonial architecture on the Eastern Shore. — Map (db m3879) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Ewell — Smith Island |
| | Maryland's only remaining inhabited offshore island group. Named for early land owner Henry Smith. Chartered by Captain John Smith in 1608 as "The Russell Isles." English farmers John Evans and John Tyler came via Accomack County Virginia to become the first permanent settlers in 1686. During the Revolutionary War the British used the island as a base of operations. Once the home of Joshua Thomas, famed methodist evangelist who held the first camp meeting on the island. — Map (db m8285) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Pocomoke City — Rehoboth — ("There is Room") |
| |
← 5 miles
1000 acres surveyed 1665 for
Col. William Stevens,
member of Governor's Council,
through whose influence
Francis Makemie
came to Maryland and established
Presbyterianism in the State. On this
same tract stood the Episcopal
Church of Coventry Parish. — Map (db m3883) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Princess Anne — Birthplace of Samuel Chase |
| | 17 April 1741 19 June 1811
←
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Judge of the General Court of MD, 1781
Judge of Baltimore County Court 1793
Judge of the U. S. Supreme Court 1796 — Map (db m3873) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Princess Anne — Historic Boxwood Gardens — Princess Anne |
| | This southeast corner of Somerset Avenue, originally Bridge Street, and Washington Street, first named Upper Alley has been enhanced by this private boxwood garden since the first half of the 19th century. Long-standing tradition in Princess Anne has credited General George Handy (January 19, 1788 - March 21, 1856). who lived next door, with planning and planting the ornamental parterpe arrangement. — Map (db m3878) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Princess Anne — Manokin Presbyterian Church |
| | One of five churches organized by the Rev. Francis Makemie in 1683. First preaching on this ground, 1672. Original church constructed prior to 1692. Present walls erected 1765. Tower added 1888. — Map (db m3874) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Princess Anne — Somerset County Circuit Courthouse — 1904 |
| | The Courthouse was designed in the Georgian Revival style by architects Frank E. and Henry R. Davis of Baltimore, and was built by W. P. Pusey and Son of Snow Hill. The red brick structure is enriched with Indiana limestone features and stands on the site of the 1833 Courthouse, which had replaced the first one of 1747 after it burned. The scale and style of the Courthouse reflect the early twentieth century prosperity and the colonial heritage of Somerset. — Map (db m3875) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Princess Anne — St. Andrew's Episcopal Church — Somerset Parish |
| | Parish established in 1692. St. Andrew's, a chapel-of-ease to All Saints' Church, Monie, was built in 1770 and consecrated in 1845. Tower erected 1859; spire and chapel 1893; wall and lich gate 1964. — Map (db m3877) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Princess Anne — Teackle Mansion |
| | Built 1801
Built by Littleton Dennis Teackle
Home of Somerset County Historical Society
Setting of George Alfred Townsend's novel "The Entailed Hat" — Map (db m3876) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Westover — Coventry Parish Church |
| | Erected 1784 - 1792
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places 9 August 1984
Ruins stabilized 1985 - 1990 under the auspices of
Rehobeth Ruritan Club
Maryland Historical Trust
Somerset County Historical Trust
B. J. Cantwell, Sr., Mason — Map (db m3881) |
| Maryland (Somerset County), Westover — Rehoboth Presbyterian Church |
| | Here in 1683 Reverend Francis Makemie began his ministry and in 1706 built this church
Ruins of Coventry Episcopal Church — Map (db m3880) |
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