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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Centreville
Centreville, Maryland and Vicinity
▶ Queen Anne's County (85) ▶ Anne Arundel County (435) ▶ Caroline County (59) ▶ Kent County (85) ▶ Talbot County (117) ▶ Kent County, Delaware (210)
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| On Maryland Route 18 at Wright’s Neck Road, on the left when traveling east on State Route 18. |
| | First Free School of Queen Anne’s County erected near here 1724. Its sixth master was Charles Peale, father of the distinguished portrait painter and museum founder—born 1741 in living quarters near the school.
Luther Martin, renowned . . . — — Map (db m129231) HM |
| On East Water Street (Maryland Route 304) at Banjo Lane, on the right when traveling west on East Water Street. |
| | Built in 1804 by William Carmichael (1775-1853), attorney and state senator who freed more than 120 of his family's slaves, 1811-1839. One of the largest manumissions in the state's history. Birthplace of Richard Bennett Carmichael (1807-1884), . . . — — Map (db m80673) HM |
| On South Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Although Centreville wasn't incorporated until 1794, colonial settlement of the county dates back to the 1630s.
When officials decided to move the county seat and its supporting government functions, they chose a name that reflected its . . . — — Map (db m62553) HM |
| On North Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213) at Lawyers Row, on the left when traveling north on North Commerce Street. |
| | In 1876 The Centreville National Bank of Maryland (predecessor to CNB) was established, and in 1904 constructed this building, its headquarters, to replace the one nearby that was destroyed by fire. — — Map (db m138260) HM |
| | Site of Marlborough, a port town laid out in the early 18th century with the creation of Queen Anne’s County. The wharf was a trade center, with a tobacco inspection warehouse administered by William Hopper. The “Captain’s Houses” were . . . — — Map (db m80659) HM |
| | These 20th Century tickets for Centreville, while portraying a sense of the excitement of the circus coming to town do not represent the impact of those first circuses that came by boat up the Corsica, and up this street. The Aron Turner’s Circus . . . — — Map (db m80657) HM |
| On Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213) at Broadway, on the left when traveling north on Commerce Street. Reported damaged. |
| | "When our own citizens have been carrying provisions--the produce of our own soil, in their own ships--to feed the armies of England, and her allies on the continent of Europe, they have been captured on their homeward bound passage on on their . . . — — Map (db m138255) HM |
| On South Commerce Street just north of Church Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
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This property is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Female Seminary
1876 — — Map (db m138259) HM |
| On Maryland Route 213, on the left when traveling north. |
| | To honor the veterans of Queen Anne’s County who served their country in time of war and especially those who made the supreme sacrifice so that we and future generations may enjoy freedom. — — Map (db m3106) WM |
| | Born in Denton, Caroline County on June 1, 1828, Captain Ozmon was already a well-known sea captain by the time he established his business in Centreville in 1858. In the 1860’s he began purchasing properties in the wharf area and continued to do so . . . — — Map (db m80670) HM |
| On Welcome Center Drive at Hayden Road, in the median on Welcome Center Drive. |
| | Although isolated from Maryland's largest population centers, the Eastern Shore was important to the state's role in the Civil War and exemplified the citizens' divided loyalties.
In the years before the war, enslaved African-Americans here . . . — — Map (db m21455) HM |
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In 1631 William Claiborne established the first settlement in Maryland. A fort and trading post on Kent Island, the westernmost part of Queen Anne's County.
On April 18, 1706, during the reign of Queen Anne, the County received its name from . . . — — Map (db m3104) HM |
| On Lawyers Row just west of Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Queen Anne's County Courthouse was built between 1792 and 1794. Still in use today, it is the oldest continuously used courthouse in Maryland. In 1876, the entire building was enlarged to the rear and the wings raised to full stories, resulting . . . — — Map (db m138254) HM |
| Near Little Kidwell Avenue just east of Future Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Lucretia Kennard was a woman who knew how to make a difference.
Arriving in Queen Anne's County in 1903, she was appalled by the poor quality of education for black students. In those days, schools were segregated by race, the only books . . . — — Map (db m138262) HM |
| On Lawyers Row just east of Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213), on the left when traveling west. |
| | In 1782, an Act of the Assembly authorized the removal of the County seat from Queenstown to a more central part of the County. That's why the town was called "Centre Ville", with French spelling because of the Post-Revolutionary War admiration for . . . — — Map (db m138252) HM |
| | Before the automobile, boat transportation was the only efficient way of moving goods in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Throughout the 19th century, Centreville Landing was a prosperous commercial area serving the schooners that carried grain, . . . — — Map (db m80661) HM |
| On Happy Lady Lane 0.1 miles from Railroad Avenue, on the left. |
| | By that year, a 2-story brick house, measuring 40 by 24 feet and described as “not yet fully complete,” was built on a 4-acre lot of “Chesterfield,” deeded in 1792 from Mary Nicholson to her daughter Henrietta. Henritta’s . . . — — Map (db m3109) HM |
| On South Liberty Street (Maryland Route 213) just south of Church Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| | St. Paul's Parish was officially established as a result of the Vestry Act and the formal record of the vestry proceedings began on May 8, 1694. On May 1, 1834, the cornerstone for the church was laid by the Rev. Robert Goldsborough — its wall . . . — — Map (db m138264) HM |
| On North Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213), on the left when traveling north. |
| | The brass pin in the adjoining sidewalk marks the former location of the stone known as "P.G. No. 1", recognized since 1791 as the beginning point of the "Public Ground" now occupied by the Court House and the reference point for all of the original . . . — — Map (db m62294) HM |
| On Maryland Route 213 at Broadway, on the right when traveling north on State Route 213. |
| | Oldest courthouse in continuous use in the State of Maryland. The building was authorized by Acts of Assemby after the removal of the County Seat from Queenstown to Chester Mills, later Centreville. It was erected between 1791 and 1796 on land . . . — — Map (db m3103) HM |
| On Broadway just west of Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213), on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Queen Anne's County Courthouse was constructed at the time when the county seat was removed from Queenstown to Centreville. It was accepted by the County Court on June 1, 1796, and ordered to be "taken, held and deemed to be the proper Court . . . — — Map (db m138253) HM |
| On South Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213) just north of Fayette Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Built circa 1794 on the second lot to be sold in Centreville, the Tucker House is a good example of what many of the earliest homes in the town were like. It originally was two rooms deep and one room wide, a popular style of the Federal period in . . . — — Map (db m138258) HM |
| On South Commerce Street (Route 213) just south of West Water Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In October, 1794 the merchant William Harper Sr. purchased the Northern half of town lot No. 3 North from Centreville founder, Elizabeth Nicholson for £55 pound. By 1798 2 Federal brick houses had been built by Harper and rented for commercial . . . — — Map (db m138256) HM |
| On Maryland Route 213 south of Water Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Early plantation house with original paneling.
Listed as an “old dwelling” in a 1744 resurvey of “Smith’s Forrest,” patented 1681.
Moved 1964 by the Queen Anne’s County Historical Society to present site, part of . . . — — Map (db m3107) HM |
| On South Commerce Street (Maryland Route 213) just south of Ruthsburg Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Wright's Chance was moved to this location in 1964 from its original site 6 miles east of town. Unlike the large brick plantation houses that have better survived, this type of frame structure was much more common during the Colonial period. The . . . — — Map (db m138257) HM |
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