| Maryland (Wicomico County), Allen — Asbury United Methodist Church |
| | The original sanctuary was built in 1829 on 1/2 acre of land purchased on September 12 for $50 from Sarah Stewart and Andrew Anderson. That building, constructed from lumber from trees cut from the lot, was moved to another location when the present building was constructed in 1848 by local carpenter Caleb Twilley. The steeple was added 1884, built by Benjamin F. Messick and Peter A. Malone. The church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in September, 1999. The cemetery is . . . — Map (db m3830) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Delmar — Transpeninsular Line |
| | Transpeninsular line between Maryland and three lower counties of Pennsylvania (now Delaware)
Middle Point 8 miles
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First run 1751, agreed upon 1760 and finally ratified 1769 by King George III. Thus ending almost a century of controversy between the proprietors of the two provinces. — Map (db m3834) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Green Hill — Old Green Hill Church |
| | Now St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. Parish church of Stepney Parish, which was laid out in 1692. This building erected in 1733 replacing the first building, a log church erected about 1694, which stood about 150 yards north of the present site. — Map (db m3839) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Hebron — "Old Spring Hill" St. Paul's Church |
| | Established here between 1711 and 1725 as a chapel of ease for Green Hill Church (1694) located 8 miles sout on the Wicomico River. The present ediface was completed in 1773 to replace the original structure. Some of the original furnishings still in use. — Map (db m3842) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Mardela Springs — Mason-Dixon Stone |
| | This stone was one of many brought to America about 1767 to mark the boundary between Maryland and Delaware, then part of Pennsylvania. This one, never used, later was found and kept safe. In 2005 it was donated to Westside Historical Society by Mr. and Mrs. Simpson Dunahoo for all to appreciate. (Setting of the stone was donated by S. J. Disharoon of Salisbury Monument Company.) — Map (db m3847) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Mardela Springs — Native Americans |
| | This stone honors the memory of all the Native Americans alledged to be buried in this sacred ground. — Map (db m3849) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Mardela Springs — Young's Purchase Home |
| | Young's Purchase Home 1724. Gravenor-English School 1857. Presented by Maryland Society, John Waller Chapter, National Society, Colonial Dames XVII Century. — Map (db m3855) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Gen. John Henry Winder, C.S.A. — 1800-1865 |
| | Born near Nanticoke, John Henry Winder was successively a graduate and instructor at West Point. A veteran of the Seminole and Mexican wars, Gen. Winder joined the Confederacy in 1861, and eventually directed all Confederate military prisons east of the Mississippi. — Map (db m3858) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Green Hill Town and Port |
| | Authorized by act of Assembly 1706 (one of 6 ports) "where vessels shall unlade Negroes wares merchandizes and commodities" 100 acres to be laid out in lots with open spaces left for church, market place, and public buildings. Present church built in 1733. — Map (db m19236) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Historic Byrd Tavern |
| | On this spot stood the historic Byrd Tavern, a famous hostelry in stage coach days. — Map (db m3857) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Johnson School-house Game Refuge |
| | 175 acres, purchased May 25, 1926, from L. Atwood Bennett, attorney for mortgagee; from hunter’s license fund for the purpose of propagating game. — Map (db m4388) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Newtown Historic District |
| | Established by ordinance in 1975, Newtown is distinguished by residential reconstruction after the two severe fires in 1860 and 1886. The district contains fine Victorian architecture and a notable example of the Federal period. Poplar Hill Mansion, circa 1800, oldest surviving building in Salisbury. — Map (db m3835) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Newtown Historic District |
| | Established by ordinance in 1975, Newtown is distinguished by residential reconstruction after the two severe fires in 1860 and 1886. The district contains fine Victorian architecture and a notable example of the Federal period. Poplar Hill Mansion, circa 1800, oldest surviving building in Salisbury. — Map (db m3838) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Pemberton Hall |
| | Built in 1741 by Col. Isaac Handy, planter, lawyer, founder of Salisbury and officer of the local militia during the Revolution. He had operated a lumber business at Handy's Landing at the head of the Wicomico River where in 1732, Salisbury Town was established. — Map (db m3856) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Poplar Hill Mansion |
| | "Poplar Hill Mansion" (traditional name thought to be of nineteenth century origin) was built ca 1805. It was accepted for the National Register of Historic Places on October 7, 1971. The property was purchased by the State of Maryland in 1974 and subsequently restored by Wicomico County. The City of Salisbury now owns and maintains Poplar Hill Mansion. — Map (db m3841) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Rockawalkin School circa 1872 |
| | One-room schoolhouse built for the community of Rockawalkin. It held grades 1 through 7. Later 1 through 5. Located on northeast corner of Maryland Route 349 and Rockawalkin road, it was abandoned as a school in 1939. Moved to this location, 1973. — Map (db m3845) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — St. Peter's Church |
| | The present St. Peter's Church is the third building to stand on this site.
St. Peter's Church was built as a chapel on a a two-acre site. It was completed in 1772, at a cost of 600 English pounds, and measured 45 feet by 65 feet. Many knew it then as "Head of River Chapel" or "Salisbury Chapel".
By 1789, St. Peter's had fallen into disrepair. To rebuild it, some of the property was sold, which now corresponds with today's downtown Salisbury. The rebuilt church and much of Salisbury . . . — Map (db m3861) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — The Great Salisbury Fire |
| | On October 17, 1886 a small fire was discovered at Toadvine's Livery Stable on Dock Street, now Market Street. Fire spread very rapidly and eventually consumed 200 buildings including most of the commerical district. Soon after the fire began, Salisbury requested assistance from the other towns on the shore. Crisfield, Pokomoke City and Wilminton loaded their fire department steamers on special railroad trains and sent them to Salisbury's aid. The fire was brought under control on October 18, . . . — Map (db m3860) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Welcome to Pemberton Historical Park |
| | Step back in time to the 18th century. Imagine a prosperous plantation growing grain, tobacco and flax, operating small industries and shipping the products to colonial ports and to England. This was Pemberton Hall Plantation in the mid 1700s.
Colonel Isaac Handy (1706-1762) owned the plantation. He bought the 970-acre undeveloped property from Joseph Pemberton in 1726, the same year Handy married Anne Dashiell. The plantation remained in the Handy family for over 100 years.
Colonel Handy . . . — Map (db m3859) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Wicomico Presbyterian Church |
| | On March 12, 1672, Somerset County granted Presbyterians permission to conduct regular services on the Wicomico River. The first church located six miles down river, was one of five churches organized by Francis Mackemie in 1683. It moved to Rockawalkin, 1742, and to Salisbury, 1830. Present sanctuary built 1859. — Map (db m3828) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Salisbury — Wye Oak Seedling |
| | Presented by Richard J. Robertson. Dedicated April 29, 1977. — Map (db m3863) |
| Maryland (Wicomico County), Whitehaven — Whitehaven |
| | Chartered by Charles Calvert, 3rd Lord Baltimore, c. 1685. Town Incorporated c. 1702.
Ferry operated here as early as 1692. Settlers were led by Col. George Gale of Whitehaven in the North of England. His first wife, Mildred Warner Washington who by previous marriage was George Washington's grandmother, lived nearby before her death in 1701. "Whitehaven Company" of Somerset County Militia fought with the Maryland Line in Revolutionary War. — Map (db m3864) |
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