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

Calvert Village

Photographed by William Pfingsten, July 17, 2007

1. Calvert Village Marker

Inscription. 40-acre grant from William Penn in 1701 on which present East Nottingham Friends Meeting House built, 1724, with stone addition completed in 1752. Used as American army hospital in 1778. Cross Keys Tavern, built in 1744, was mid-way on Old Baltimore-Philadelphia Pike. Village known as “East Nottingham,” “Brick Meeting House” and “The Brick” before post office adopted present name in 1878. Lafayette’s Army camped in woods here April 12, 1781. White oak at old crossroads ring-dated by Maryland Forest Service to c. 1661.

Erected 1981 by Calvert Heritage Association and Maryland Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Maryland Historical Trust, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1724.

Location. 39° 42.167′ N, 75° 58.869′ W. Marker is in Calvert, Maryland, in Cecil County. It is at the intersection of Telegraph Road (Maryland Route 273) and Rosebank Road, on the right when traveling east on Telegraph Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rising Sun MD 21911, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington, on the Eastern Shore,

and in Greater Philadelphia.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brick Meeting House (approx. 0.2 miles away); In Memory of the Unknown Soldiers (approx. 0.2 miles away); Historic East Nottingham Tanyard (approx. ¼ mile away); Brown's Water Corn and Grist Mill (approx. 1.1 miles away); Koi (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sheep (approx. 1.1 miles away); American Bison (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Nottingham Lots (approx. 3 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Blue Ball Tavern (was approx. 2.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. should read 400-acre grant.

Brick Meeting House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, July 17, 2007

2. Brick Meeting House

See Brick Meeting House marker (Rising Sun, Cecil County, MD)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 4,437 times since then and 63 times this year. Last updated on February 15, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 18, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.