Elijah Stanton Adkins, the donor of the original 154 acres of Furnace Town, also donated this barn to Furnace Town in 1980. Constructed about 1890, the building shows signs of expansion and changes during its life, including an addition in 2001. . . . — — Map (db m286608) HM
Once abundant in the forest, the wood of this tree was used for products of daily life and provided food for families, livestock and wildlife. A fungus introduced from eastern Asia nearly wiped out the species in 1904. The species survives mainly as . . . — — Map (db m286609) HM
In 1671 the largest indian town in Maryland, jointly occupied by the Pocomoke, Annamessex, Manokin, Nassawattex and Acouintica Indians. A large reservation laid out here in 1686. — — Map (db m3793) HM
In the 1880s, Worcester County was divided into 9 separate election districts. The Furnace Town property sat on the dividing line between Election Districts 6 (Coulbourne) and 7 (Atkinson). Furnace Town sits within the Atkinson District. The county . . . — — Map (db m286641) HM
This early 19th century small building could have been used for different farming purposes. It follows the typical worker cottage design that may have existed at the old Furnace Town. It had been used for many purposes before the Banks family . . . — — Map (db m286625) HM
Centuries ago, Indians of the Algonquin Nation, including the Assateagues, Pocomoke, Manokins and Acquinticas, migrated seasonally between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay. The Beach to Bay Indian Trail recognizes the patterns . . . — — Map (db m286185) HM
The canal connects the furnace tail race with Nassawango Creek. It was about 20 feet wide, 8-10 feet deep and continued for nearly a mile. Locks at the junction of the canal with Nassawango Creek helped control the water level. Small barges . . . — — Map (db m286632) HM
Carts laden with bog ore, charcoal and shells went up the charging ramp to the loaded into the furnace. Piles of these were placed near the opening at the top of the furnace (also called the tunnel head). About every two hours men would shovel and . . . — — Map (db m286598) HM
Carts laden with bog ore, charcoal, and shells went up the charging ramp to be loaded into the furnace. Piles of these were placed near the opening at the top of the furnace (also called the tunnel head). About every two hours, men would shovel, . . . — — Map (db m286611) HM
Often used in the early centuries of settlement, a Corduroy Road was a series of small saw-logs laid side by side over areas difficult to traverse by foot or by wheel. Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum adapted that concept and adopted the name . . . — — Map (db m286605) HM
Farms throughout Worcester County often had to be self-sufficient and included many small buildings for different tasks. This structure, built about 1890 as the laundry house for the Robert Cropper farm in Worcester County, represents these small . . . — — Map (db m286648) HM
This cottage building was erected about 1860 on Laws Road and donated by Lester Shockley in 1997. The Eastern Shore Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors and the Snow Hill Soroptimists cooperated in moving the structure to Furnace Town. the . . . — — Map (db m286603) HM
When The Maryland Iron Company began the Furnace project in the 1820's, they built a dam to hold the waters of Nassawango Creek in a 300 acre pond. There were three gates in the dam. One provided water for a Grist Mill, where villagers and area . . . — — Map (db m286638) HM
This house represents an early American rural design with parts of the house dating from the 18th century. Note the dormer windows on the 2nd floor which are unusual for the Worcester County area. Donated by John and Hale Harrison in 1996, the . . . — — Map (db m286600) HM
Western Auto was a family-owned and operated hardware store for over 55 years. The State of Maryland, Worcester County, and the Town of Snow Hill proclaimed December 1, 2006,
"Gus Payne Day." — — Map (db m206339) HM
When constructed c. 1828, the Nassawango Iron Furnace used cold blast: a waterwheel powered a set of bellows which forced air-temperature air into the furnace. The cast iron recirculating pipes (or retorts) were placed on the furnace about 1837. . . . — — Map (db m286599) HM
Kathy's first visit to Furnace Town was a 4th grade field trip. As a History major in college and as a high school history teacher in Snow Hill and a member of the Worcester Historical Society, her passion for history brought Furnace Town to life . . . — — Map (db m286178) HM
Long believed to be one of the oldest dwellings remaining in Snow Hill, this story-and-a-half stepped framed house evokes for many the image of an eighteenth century dwelling. Its exterior chimney and small rooms with wide pine flooring are . . . — — Map (db m66561) HM
In the 1800s, Families maintained small garden plots for food, medicinal uses, flavoring, preserving, and dying. The plots were steps from the kitchen, where the wife working in the house could instantly have access to . . . — — Map (db m286645) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the men of Worcester County who gave their lives for our country in Korea.
Berrien, Henry Lee Truitt, Granville Handy Wise, Esley Wooten, Clarence T. — — Map (db m67199) WM
This loblolly pine plantation was harvested and regenerated in 1976, after which it was donated to Furnace Town by Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company. As part of Furnace Town's stewardship plan, it was commercially thinned in 1997 by Chesapeake Forest . . . — — Map (db m286183) HM
First in America, org.1683
has been placed on the
National Register
Of
Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m50377) HM
Only the foundation and the basement area remain of the house built by Thomas Spence for his new wife Elenora Norris Ellicott Spence. With broad verandahs and a portico supported by columns, the front door faced away from the furnace. Inside were . . . — — Map (db m286643) HM
The Masonic Hall, a Quonset hut on Commerce Street, was built in 1946 by Clemon W. Outten to serve Snow Hill's African American community. It was first used as a movie theatre and music venue. Howard Showell purchased it around 1955 for a . . . — — Map (db m286101) HM
Straight ahead to the north was the mill race. Lined with wooden planks, it was 20 feet wide and 8 - 10 feet deep. Water flowed into it from a 300 acre pond through a gate of the dam (the present Old Furnace Road). The race provided water for the . . . — — Map (db m286626) HM
Below is the depression remaining from the mill race. In the 1840's water from a 300 acre pond (now woodland) flowed through a gate in the dam (now Old Furnace Road) into the mill race. This water provided power for the water wheel.
From . . . — — Map (db m286596) HM
If you look below, you can see the depression remaining from the mill race and the start of the canal. In the 1840s, water from the 300-acre pond (now woodland) flowed through a gate in the dam (now Old Furnace Road) into the mill race. This . . . — — Map (db m286624) HM
One-room schoolhouses dotted the Worcester County landscape in the 19th century. The Mt. Zion School House (School #5) was built next to the Mt. Zion Church on Shockley and Mt. Zion roads near Whiton about 1859. Samuel Shockley donated the building . . . — — Map (db m286654) HM
Built 1832 by the Maryland Iron Company to smelt bog iron ore dug from the bed of Nassawango Creek. It was abandoned in 1847. The old furnace stack is still standing (1934). — — Map (db m3819) HM
The only furnace in Maryland ever to make extensive use of bog ore, this structure is the oldest surviving hot blast furnace in the United States. erected in 1829-1830 by the Maryland Iron Company, it was in use until 1847. About 700 tons of iron . . . — — Map (db m286630) HM
Nassawango is structurally typical of its period while distinctive in several ways: it smelted bog ore; it is principally of brick rather than stone; and of greatest significance, it probably is the earliest surviving American furnace that employed . . . — — Map (db m42635) HM
Furnace Town Village was served by the Salem Church which stood along Millville Road across from the present Visitors Center. Known as "The Shingled Meetinghouse" from its shingled siding, the church was part of the Snow Hill Methodist Circuit. The . . . — — Map (db m286601) HM
Julia A. Purnell Museum
Housed in the first Catholic church in Snow Hill, built in 1891, the museum was named in Mrs. Julia Purnell. She began needlework at age 85 and completed over 1000 pieces before she died at age 100.
The museum's . . . — — Map (db m286187) HM
This fine and rare example of rural Gothic Revival architecture was built for St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church as its parish or vestry house in Pocomoke City, Maryland ca. 1845-1847. The front and center sections of the building with its . . . — — Map (db m286635) HM
Families were large, but the houses were small for the workers at Furnace Town. John Hill recalled that they were built around an open courtyard shaped in a "U" with streets on the three enclosed sides. Vegetable gardens were in the center of the . . . — — Map (db m286181) HM
Established in 1686 as part of Calvert's family objective to create towns and advance trade. Laid out on a sandy ridge at the head of the Pocomoke River. The town was developed as a trading center on the seaside of Somerset County, and later as a . . . — — Map (db m48603) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the men of Worcester County who gave their lives for our country in Vietnam
Berger, Barry Howard Bivens, Frederick Wood, Jr. Briddell, Charles Littleton Brown, Mitchell David Gordy, Dennis Welton Gordy, . . . — — Map (db m67197) WM
Built in 1993, materials for this shed were donated by Milton Laws Lumber. It houses a Conestoga freight wagon, c. 1850, donated by William Gichner. Wagons similar to this could have been used at Furnace Town. — — Map (db m286610) HM
The large stones at ground level at this sign and directly across mark the location of the waterwheel. The wheel, about 22 feet in diameter, sat with the midpoint at the level of these stones: about 11 feet of wheel was above the stone, and 11 . . . — — Map (db m286631) HM
Born 1899 in Snow Hill, Maryland
Died 1989 in Wilmington, Delaware
Star player in the Negro Leagues 1920's & 30's
One of the greatest Third Basemen of all time
National Baseball Hall of Fame 1975
Eastern Shore Baseball Hall . . . — — Map (db m286100) HM
In November 1861, a force of about 4,500 United States officers, soldiers, cavalrymen, and artillerists assembled in and around Snow Hill. Some of the troops camped here on the Worcester County Courthouse yard. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood commanded . . . — — Map (db m74867) HM
"I met one boy with a flint-lock rifle and a Confederate uniform. He acknowledged to have been in Confederate service, but that last night they all dispersed. I could see them running in every direction, hiding their arms." . . . — — Map (db m206338) HM
This Tablet is a Memorial to the Men of Worcester County who gave their lives for their country in the World War.
Blaine B. Boggs Ernest Livingstone Edward J. Bonneville Wilson U. Martin Ara J. Bowen Sewell W. Marshall Claude . . . — — Map (db m3822) WM
This tablet is a memorial to the men of Worcester County who gave their lives for their country in World War II
Adams, Arthur W.
Bailey, Warren
Barnes, Herman R.
Bonnevidde, Walter P.
Coston, Felton B.
Donoway, Voyd . . . — — Map (db m3824) WM
