On St. Mark’s Church Road at Beacon Point Drive, on the right when traveling west on St. Mark’s Church Road.
To present log wing, believed built in 1735, George Gale added fieldstone section c. 1781. Further additions to house were made in 19th century. Gale, born in Somerset County in 1756, served in Continental Army during Revolutionary War. Was member . . . — — Map (db m127921) HM
On Main Street 0.2 miles west of River Road, on the left when traveling west.
Crossed the Susquehanna River in five divisions and made their 23rd camp here at the end of August 1782 on the return from Yorktown victory to the north. — — Map (db m145428) HM
On Broad Street 0.1 miles west of River Road, on the right when traveling west.
Old Post Road
Established 1666
Lower Susquehanna Ferry
established 1695
Rodgers’ Tavern
where
George Washington
frequently stopped
between
1781–1798 — — Map (db m145429) HM
On Roundhouse Drive north of River Road, on the right when traveling north.
Following the 1886 construction of railroad bridges across the Susquehanna River, Perryville's strategic location helped it grow into a busy railroad village. A line extending south from Pennsylvania intersected with the main north-south routes, . . . — — Map (db m304321) HM
On Broad Street (Maryland Route 7) at Roundhouse Drive, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street. Reported permanently removed.
On April 18-19, 1861, a week after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, Confederate sympathizers attacked U.S. Army forces en route to Washington in Baltimore, 35 miles southwest of here. On the second day shots were fired and soldiers . . . — — Map (db m145865) HM
On Broad Street at Roundhouse Drive, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street.
On April 18-19, 1861, a week after the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., Confederate sympathizers attacked U.S. Army forces en route to Washington in Baltimore, 35 miles southwest of here.
On the second day, shots were fired . . . — — Map (db m304314) HM
On Marion Tapp Parkway, on the left when traveling south.
Soon after the Civil War erupted in April 1861, Perryville became an important Union staging area. Adjacent to Fort Dare here, a riverside plantation was confiscated from Confederate sympathizers and immediately transformed into a special camp . . . — — Map (db m145891) HM
On Roundhouse Drive north of Broad Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Susquehanna River at Perryville was a critical and perilous obstacle for freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad. With no bridge, railroad travelers from Baltimore to Philadelphia were forced to disembark at Havre de Grace, cross the . . . — — Map (db m304317) HM
On Principio Furnace Road (Maryland Route 7) 0.2 miles east of Jackson Station Road, on the right when traveling east.
A leading iron producer during the Colonial period, Principio held Maryland’s first blast furnace, operating 1725, and first refinery forge, constructed 1728. After the American Revolution, Principio made cannons and other ordnance until the . . . — — Map (db m1481) HM
On Roundhouse Drive just south of Smith Lane, on the right when traveling north.
In the early 1900's this site was the location of a large railroad freight yard with roundhouse. It was an important transportation hub, linking East-West rail lines with North-South lines. It was the largest business enterprise in the Town of . . . — — Map (db m184951) HM
On Broad Street (Maryland Route 7) at Roundhouse Drive, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street.
John and Elizabeth Rodgers owned and operated the mid-18th century Rodgers Tavern here plus a tavern in Havre de Grace. They ran a ferry business between the two. The hostelry here was a popular stop on the Old Post Road.
Their famous . . . — — Map (db m145747) HM
On Philadelphia Road (Maryland Route 7) 0.2 miles east of Jackson Station Road, on the right when traveling east.
After burning much of Havre de Grace May 3, 1813, British raiders crossed the Susquehanna to Cecil County. At Principio Iron Works they captured a five-gun battery and destroyed the foundry complex and the bridge across Principio Creek. More than 40 . . . — — Map (db m145868) HM
Known also as New Connaught Manor, or New Ireland, this manor of 32,000 acres was one of the largest in Maryland. It was granted 1680, to George Talbot (a cousin of Charles Calvert, Third Lord of Baltimore) of Castle Rooney, Ireland, in return for . . . — — Map (db m137541) HM
