Friday, June 13, 2025 (continued)
Now for a Walking Tour of Historic St Michaels:
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| Eagle House (1893) of the Dodson family |
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Dodson House (1851, raised to three stories in 1886
to be used as a hotel) |
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| Higgin's House (1856) |
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| Shannahan House (1853) with a small inlet from the harbor |
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The Second Empire-style Shannahan House
is unique in St Michaels |
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The Snuggery (1790s) is thought to be one of the few
remaining log houses in town |
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Dr Dodson House/Bruff House (c 1799 as a tavern,
enlarged in 1872) |
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Haddaway House (late 1700s); the family
operated a shipyard behind the house |
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Small Frame House (1800-1810)
is typical of homes of of sailors
and shipyard workers |
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Wickersham (1750) was moved from near the airport
to this location near the water in 2004 |
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Thomas Harrison House (before 1798) is the oldest
two-story frame structure still standing in St Michaels |
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Church Cove Park (1920s) with two replica
cannons of those given in 1813 by
Jacob Gibson after his prank during the
War of 1812 when he raised a red
handkerchief on his boat to make the
townspeople think the British were coming;
the cannons were then used in the real
Battle of St Michaels against the British |
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View of St Michael's Harbor from the restaurant
where we had lunch |
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| Shrimp roll and black bean salad/salsa |
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| Fish taco and coleslaw |
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| The Cottage (c 1840) |
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Amelia Welby/Captain Wetheral House (c 1772-1783);
Amelia Welby is considered the first Poet Laureate of Maryland |
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| Nice grouping of hydrangeas and large hostas |
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| Hydrangea macrophylla 'McKay'/Cherry Explosion Hydrangea |
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Cannonball House (1805) was apparently the only
house damaged during the War of 1812, with a cannonball
penetrating the roof and bouncing down the stairs
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St Mary's Square with a cannon used during
the Battle of St Michaels in 1813, and placed
here during a centennial event in 1913 |
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| Revolutionary War Cannon placed here in 1961 |
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St Michaels Museum comprised of the Chaney House
(c 1850, of free Black brothers) and the
Jeremiah Sewell House (L side built as a mill
before 1819, R side addition in 1865) |
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| Colonel Joseph Kemp House (1805, in Georgian style) |
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| Berkeley's Hall (c 1840) |
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| The Old Inn (1816) |
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Thomas Bruff House (c 1800, in Eastern Shore style
called a telescope house) |
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| Mount Pleasant (c 1806) |
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| St Luke's United Methodist Church (1871) |
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| Christ Episcopal Church (1878) |
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| Tarr House (c 1800-1810) |
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| Bruff-Mansfield House (c 1800) |
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Freedom's Friend Lodge (1883) may be the
oldest Black lodge in Maryland |
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Union United Methodist Church (1895,
in Gothic Revival style) is the oldest
African American church in St Michaels |
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Horace Turner House (1904, in Queen Anne style) was
constructed by Black builder Horace Turner who was
also involved with the Union United Methodist Church |
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| The Parsonage Inn (c 1870, in Queen Anne style) |
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