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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3MM_twin-oaks_Highland-Beach-MD.html
Designed by Frederick Douglass so that "As a free man I could look back across the bay to the land where I was born a slave". Built by Charles Remond Douglass.1895
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F8_welcome-to-eastport_Annapolis-MD.html
Eastport's distinctive history, character and identity grew from maritime roots. The marinas that now serve pleasure boaters were once filled with wooden workboats. So crowded was the shoreline, it was said that an enterprising cat could flit from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F7_welcome-to-eastport_Annapolis-MD.html
Eastport's distinctive history, character and identity grew from maritime roots. The marinas that now serve pleasure boaters were once filled with wooden workboats. So crowded was the shoreline, it was said that an enterprising cat could flit from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F5_three-great-boat-yards-one-location_Annapolis-MD.html
As you walk among these buildings, imagine wooden boats taking form. Picture men sweating in the hot sun as they plank a hull, caulk a seam or varnish a rail. Envision Navy officers in khaki uniforms boarding vessels for sea trials. From 1913 to 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F4_the-glass-works_Annapolis-MD.html
The private home at the corner of Severn Avenue and Second Street was once the head office for one of Eastport's largest businesses. The Annapolis Glass Works - later the Severn Glass Company - produced china, glass and pottery from 1885 to 1902. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B5_the-start-of-something-big_Annapolis-MD.html
This is where Eastport's famed boat building industry began. On this site in 1868, a German immigrant named Wilhelm Heller began crafting fine wooden boats. His reputation spread and business flourished. Heller's became the largest boatyard on Spa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B3_the-old-farmhouse_Annapolis-MD.html
This century-old farmhouse is one of the only reminders of the agrarian past of Eastport. Yet, in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, horse racing and farming were the economic mainstays. As late as 1798, there were only two buildings o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B0_murphys-row_Annapolis-MD.html
You are standing at the corner of "Murphy's Row." These ten row houses were built in 1888 by Charles James Murphy for laborers employed at his company, the Annapolis Glass Works. The houses bear witness to Eastport's early years. The seventh ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3AY_the-maritime-tradition-lives-on_Annapolis-MD.html
Prestigious sailboat racing events have made Annapolis famous. But the real reason for Annapolis' reputation as "America's Sailing Capital" is the community of Eastport. There are more marine-related businesses here than anywhere on the East Coast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3AV_the-fort-at-horn-point_Annapolis-MD.html
Near here, at the end of Eastern Avenue, is the site of one of three forts built to defend Annapolis Harbor from British raids during the Revolutionary War. Built in 1776, the fort had major defenses of trenches, earthen ramparts and fifteen ca…
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