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PORT DEPOSIT, UNITED STATES

Port Deposit

Welcome to Historic Port Deposit, Maryland!

Known as Cresap's Ferry and Creswell's Ferry until 1812, it was an important ferry crossing for travellers, and a critical exchange point for river commerce.

The flat-bottomed arks and timber rafts coming down the river loaded with flour, grain, lumber, coal, iron and other goods from places North on the river were transloaded  onto larger vessels here at the deepwater river town.  The larger vessels would then venture to places along the Chesapeake Bay and beyond.

In 1824, this tide-water town on the Susquehanna River was officially incorporated as the Town of Port Deposit.  The entire town was listed as a historic distric on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Experience this tour this at your own pace and come back whenever you'd like.

This tour is put together by the Port Deposit Heritage Corporation, located in the Paw Paw Building at 98 North Main Street. 

The cover photo is courtesy of Henry Peden and Jack Shagena from their book, "Port Deposit - River Town in the Shadow of a Cliff", 2019.

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98 North Main Street, Port Deposit, MD, United States
Port Deposit
  1. Rock Run Mill - North Main Street between Mill Street and Granite Avenue
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  2. First Baptist Church - 282 North Main Street
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  3. Bethel A.M.E. Church - 196 North Main Street
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  4. Midtown Market - 190 North Main Street (area)
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  5. St. Teresa's Roman Catholic Church - 162 North Main Street
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  6. The Old Sorrel - 158-160 North Main Street
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  7. Site of the former McNeilly House - 131-133 North Main Street
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  8. Midtown Market (more recently) - 175 North Main Street
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  9. (former) Tome Memorial Methodist Church - 102 North Main Street
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  10. Paw Paw Building - Port Deposit Heritage Museum - 98 North Main Street
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  11. Nesbitt Hall - 99 North Main Street
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  12. Creswell's Marble Shop - 97 North Main Street
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  13. The Blackburn House - 75 North Main Street
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  14. The Swiss Chalet - 68 North Main Street
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  15. Municipal Building - 55 North Main Street
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  16. Boyle House - 29 North Main Street
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  17. Abrahams Building - 15 North Main Street
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  18. 1 Center Street
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  19. Museum - U. S. Naval Training Center Bainbridge - 6 South Main Street
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  20. Gerry House - 18 South Main Street
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  21. Falls Hotel - 26 South Main Street
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  22. Presbyterian Church - 44 South Main Street
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  23. Touchstone House - 48 South Main Street
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  24. Steps (to Liberty) - 64 South Main Street
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  25. Archway to Washington Hall (site of former Tome School) - 60 block South Main Street
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  26. The Carriage House - 80 South Main Street
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  27. McClenahan Mansion - 90 South Main Street
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  28. The Gas House - on the Promenade
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  29. Jacob's Ladder - 98 South Main Street
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  30. Promenade - along the waterfront
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  31. VFW - Jerry Skrivanek V.F.W. Post 8185
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  32. What's the background story of the V.F.W. organization?
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  33. What's the story of a military tank in the parking lot at the VFW?
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  34. Who was Jerry Skrivanek and why does he have a VFW named after him?
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