Mardela Springs in Wicomico County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Brattan-Taylor-Truitt Home
Barren Creek Springs Village
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022
1. Brattan-Taylor-Truitt Home Marker
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Brattan-Taylor-Truitt Home. Barren Creek Springs Village. This is one of the oldest buildings in town and has a special and historical significance. Joseph Brattan built this home ca. 1840 on a tract, "Ill Neighborhood", owned by the Brattan family since the 1700s. At the time he also ran the nearby grocery store. Later the house was sold to Thomas Taylor, who had also become owner of the grocery. At Taylor's death both passed to Stephen Calloway who later sold it to his daughter Margaret Truitt in 1913. Descendants of the Truitts live in it still. Especially interesting are the out-buildings, a pre-1850s, "Smoke" [or "Meat"] House used to smoke and preserve meat until the 1950s. The other gazebo-like "Pump House" seen here, covers a hand dug, brick-lined well.
This is one of the oldest buildings in town and has a special and historical significance. Joseph Brattan built this home ca. 1840 on a tract, "Ill Neighborhood", owned by the Brattan family since the 1700s. At the time he also ran the nearby grocery store. Later the house was sold to Thomas Taylor, who had also become owner of the grocery. At Taylor's death both passed to Stephen Calloway who later sold it to his daughter Margaret Truitt in 1913. Descendants of the Truitts live in it still. Especially interesting are the out-buildings, a pre-1850s, "Smoke" [or "Meat"] House used to smoke and preserve meat until the 1950s. The other gazebo-like "Pump House" seen here, covers a hand dug, brick-lined well.
Erected by Westside Historical Society. (Marker Number 17.)
Location. 38° 27.657′ N, 75° 45.236′ W. Marker is in Mardela Springs, Maryland, in
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Wicomico County. It is on Main Street just west of Branch Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 Main St, 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 308 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
