Mardela Springs in Wicomico County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Lodge Hall
Barren Creek Springs Village
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022
1. Lodge Hall Marker
Inscription.
Lodge Hall. Barren Creek Springs Village. This building began as local craftsman Thomas Windsor's backyard carpentry shop, just west of here on Main Street in the late 1800s Upon his death in 1901, the building was sold to Wicomico County and moved to its current location to be used for tax collecting, as a "voting house" and various other official functions. It was moved here to be part of the already commercial center of the village, which included a blacksmith shop operated by L.M. Vincent and a wheelwright shop owned by E.S. Boston. Other businesses included a grocery store, Grange Hall (containing a library and meeting space) and a doctor's office. In the mid-1900s the building was sold to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Goodwill Lodge #112. They added electricity and indoor plumbing for the first time. It became part of the Adkins Historical Complex in 1983.
This building began as local craftsman Thomas Windsor's backyard carpentry shop, just west of here on Main Street in the late 1800s Upon his death in 1901, the building was sold to Wicomico County and moved to its current location to be used for tax collecting, as a "voting house" and various other official functions. It was moved here to be part of the already commercial center of the village, which included a blacksmith shop operated by L.M. Vincent and a wheelwright shop owned by E.S. Boston. Other businesses included a grocery store, Grange Hall (containing a library and meeting space) and a doctor's office. In the mid-1900s the building was sold to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Goodwill Lodge #112. They added electricity and indoor plumbing for the first time. It became part of the Adkins Historical Complex in 1983.
Erected by Westside Historical Society. (Marker Number 1.)
N, 75° 45.286′ W. Marker is in Mardela Springs, Maryland, in Wicomico County. It is on Bratten Street just north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Bratten 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, and in the Tidewater. 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.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022
2. The Lodge Hall
Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 243 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
