Maryland - Somerset County - Historic Districts
Somerset County Maryland (Historic Districts) has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Manokin Historic District and University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Academy Grove Historic District, Crisfield Historic District and Cullen Homestead Historic District.

The famous person Rev. Joshua Thomas is associated with one of more of the Somerset County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Somerset County places including W. Wilson Booth, Dashiell, J. Roland & Sons, et al. and E.G. Lind. Prominent architectural styles found in Somerset Country are Federal, Late Victorian and Colonial Revival.

Academy Grove Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001863)
Also known as Fairmount Academy;Potato Neck School;Knights of Pythias Hall
MD 361 , Upper Fairmount
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse, School
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Crisfield Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001018)
Also known as S-127;See Also:Chrisfield Armory
Roughly bounded by Chesapeake Ave., Maryland Ave., 4th and Cove Sts., including area between Asbury Ave. and E. Main St., Crisfield
Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Cullen Homestead Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000932)
Also known as S-515
4533, 27049, and 27067 Lawson Barnes Rd. , Crisfield
Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Department Store, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Deal Island Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000780)
Also known as Deil's Island; Deals Island, Great Devil's Island; Devil's Island
Deal Is. Rd. from Upper Thorofare to Ballard Rd. and intersecting Sts. , Deal Island
Onore Baka Sama, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Thomas, Rev. Joshua
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Cemetery, Processing Site, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Water-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Business, Business, Cemetery, Processing Site, Religious Structure, Specialty Store, Water-Related
Manokin Historic District (added 1976 - - #76001010)
Also known as Manokin Settlement
SW of Princess Anne at Manokin River , Princess Anne
Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Princess Anne Historic District (added 1980 - - #80001834)
Also known as See Also:Beckford
Off MD 413 , Princess Anne
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Lind,E.G.
Architectural Style:
Federal, Italianate, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (added 2005 - - #05001021)
Also known as S-429
1 Backbone Rd. , Princess Anne
Honors Lane, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dashiell, J. Roland & Sons, et al., Booth, W. Wilson
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Upper Fairmount Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000900)
Both sides of MD 361 , Upper Fairmount
Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
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