Mardela Springs in Wicomico County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Young's Purchase Farmhouse
Barren Creek Springs Village
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022
1. Young's Purchase Farmhouse Marker
Inscription.
Young's Purchase Farmhouse. Barren Creek Springs Village. Young's Purchase House was built between 1820 and 1830, according to architectural historians. It was moved to this site from a nearby farm, built on a tract called "Young's Purchase," patented in 1720 by William Young. The land grant included land from present Sharptown Road to Barren Creek. The house originally was a two-story dwelling, 14' Χ 16' with a fireplace in the end wall. It may have been used as a tenant house in the 1800s and later the kitchen was added. In 1983 Howard Adkins purchased the home and moved to its current location where it is open to its current location where it is open to visitors and serves as a reminder of the demands of early farm life in Barren Creek Springs.
Young's Purchase House was built between 1820 and 1830, according to architectural historians. It was moved to this site from a nearby farm, built on a tract called "Young's Purchase," patented in 1720 by William Young. The land grant included land from present Sharptown Road to Barren Creek. The house originally was a two-story dwelling, 14' Χ 16' with a fireplace in the end wall. It may have been used as a tenant house in the 1800s and later the kitchen was added. In 1983 Howard Adkins purchased the home and moved to its current location where it is open to its current location where it is open to visitors and serves as a reminder of the demands of early farm life in Barren Creek Springs.
Erected by Westside Historical Society. (Marker Number 5.)
Location. 38° 27.728′ N, 75° 45.316′ W. Marker is in Mardela
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Springs, Maryland, in Wicomico County. It is on Railroad Avenue just west of Bratten Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 302 Railroad Ave, Mardela Springs MD 21837, 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 on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 January 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 276 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
