Stevensville in Queen Anne's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Stevensville Train Depot
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 10, 2019
1. Stevensville Train Depot Marker
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Stevensville Train Depot. . This train station was built in 1902, when the Queen Anne's County Railroad Company extended its western terminus 13 miles to the northwest, from Queenstown to Love Point. A connection was made with steamboats for transport across the Chesapeake Bay. Passengers, seafood and produce were the main cargos from Kent Island to Baltimore. The return trip, through depots like this, brought clothing, iron products, newspapers, and the U.S. Mail to the Eastern Shore. The rail system ran for more than 60 miles, from Kent Island to Lewes, Delaware. This structure, typical of the period, was moved in 1988 from its original location at the northern end of Stevensville, and restored by the Kent Island Heritage Society.
This train station was built in 1902, when the Queen Anne's County Railroad Company extended its western terminus 13 miles to the northwest, from Queenstown to Love Point. A connection was made with steamboats for transport across the Chesapeake Bay. Passengers, seafood and produce were the main cargos from Kent Island to Baltimore. The return trip, through depots like this, brought clothing, iron products, newspapers, and the U.S. Mail to the Eastern Shore. The rail system ran for more than 60 miles, from Kent Island to Lewes, Delaware. This structure, typical of the period, was moved in 1988 from its original location at the northern end of Stevensville, and restored by the Kent Island Heritage Society.
Erected by Historic Sites Consortium of Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
Location. 38° 58.887′ N, 76° 18.92′ W. Marker is in Stevensville, Maryland, in Queen Anne's County. It is on Cockey Lane north of Love
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Point Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 106 Market Court, Stevensville MD 21666, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 517 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
