Northern Area
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Chesapeake Beach Railway Station	Chesapeake Beach
Chesapeake Beach during the 1920’s and 30’s was a beach resort and railway station.  Today the railway museum and the beach are within walking distance.  Explore the exhibits that discuss what life was like for this small town and the history behind this railway station.  The museum offers many family friendly activities throughout the year.
Highlands	Dunkirk
"This plantation house stands on a tract called Highland granted to Thomas Smith in 1670.  It was built, probably by Fielder Bowie Smith, about the end of the Eighteenth Century.  It stands in the sight of the main highway near Smithville or Dunkirk."  -- Charles Francis Stein
Red Hall	Dunkirk
"Red Hall, the ancestral seat of the Lyle family, was patented in 1667 by Ninian Beall and Captain John Bogue or Boage.  It was acquired shortly thereafter by William Lyle.  The old house was built in 1680 and retained by descendants of William Lyle until about 1815, when it was sold to Mordecai Smith."  -- Charles Francis Stein
Grahame House (Patuxent Manor)	Lower Marlboro
"Grahame House, or Patuxent Manor, lies just to the north of Lower Marlboro on land originally patented by Captain John Bogue.  It was built by Charles Grahame and an iron fire back of the fireplace bears the date 1741.  Its original beautiful panelling has been removed to the Patuxent Room at the duPont Museum at Winterthur, Delaware."  -- Charles Francis Stein
Harbor Master’s House	Lower Marlboro
"The old Custom House, or Harbor Master's House, is one of the oldest buildings of Lower Marlboro, and dates from the late 1600s.  Lower Marlboro is claimed to be the second oldest town in Maryland and occupies the site of an Indian Village.  In Colonial days, sailing ships came up the Patuxent River to discharge their cargoes at Lower Marlboro, and load with tobacco for the return voyage to England.  There was a large dock, several warehouses, a mill, a tannery, and at least two taverns."  -- Charles Francis Stein
Maidstone	Owings
"Maidstone . . . was granted to Colonel Samuel Chew, one of the early Puritan settlers.  It was the seat of the Chew family for many generations.  Chief Justice Samuel Chew of Delaware was born here.  His son, Judge Benjamin Chew, was Chief Justice of Pennsylvania after the American Revolution.  Maidstone was in Anne Arundel County territory during the Colonial era, but was allotted to Calvert in the settlement of the boundary dispute of 1822-1823.  The old frame house which marks the site of Maidstone was built by Samuel Chew, Jr., about 1680."  -- Charles Francis Stein
Letchworth Chance	Plum Point
"Thomas Letchworth, or Leitchworth, patented Letchworth's Chance in 1658, as reward for having transported ten persons to Maryland.  Joseph Letchworth, the son of Thomas, sold the property to Samuel Chew and Richard Johns.  The old house, which stands on a high hill overlooking Chesapeake Bay at Plum Point, is the result of several additions to the original structure probably built by Samuel Chew for his son."  -- Charles Francis Stein
All Saint's Church	Sunderland
The church was first established in 1693 as a simple log structure north of the location where the current church sits.  This structure was later enlarged sometime in 1703.  Due to repairs to the old structure the current brick building was built in 1774 but was not complete until 1777.  The current structure is a great example of the Georgian architect style.