The Swiss Chalet - 68 North Main Street

Formerly the office for the McClenahan Quarry, this building has a wood frame atop a granite foundation.

On the street level, a window with horizontal granite bars served as the spot workers would come to pick up the paychecks at the end of the week.   The company vault with 24 inch thick walls is still inside.

The building was turned into a home in 1915 and still contains a handsome Port Deposit granite fireplace with a polished granite mantle.  The stairway is of Georgia heart pine and the stair rails are hand carved.

Grace Humphries, the founder of the Port Deposit Heritage Corporation (who put this tour together) once lived here, and those who moved in after her added central air conditioning around 1976.

The photos shown are from 2018 and 1904.

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