Solomons in Calvert County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Solomons House & Visitor Center

200 Farren Avenue

— CBL Visitor Center. —

Solomons House & Visitor Center Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 30, 2019

1. Solomons House & Visitor Center Marker

Inscription. The oldest structure in Solomons, dating from ca. 1780. Isaac Solomon, the island's namesake, lived here after he bought the island in 1865, establishing the first oyster cannery on the Patuxent River. Acquired by CBL in 1994.

Erected by Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1780.

Location. 38° 19.202′ N, 76° 27.144′ W. Marker is in Solomons, Maryland, in Calvert County. It is on Farren Avenue 0.1 miles north of Charles Street when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Farren Avenue, Solomons MD 20688, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Maryland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

in the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Enemy Blockade (within shouting distance of this marker); Solomons Island Bay Grasses (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Parish House (about 300 feet away); Saunders House (about 400 feet away); Becker House (about 400 feet away); Mansueti Laboratory (about 500 feet away); L. Eugene Cronin Laboratory (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named L. Eugene Cronin Laboratory (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Solomons.

Solomons House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 30, 2019

2. Solomons House

Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,117 times since then and 105 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 31, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.