Built in 1915 for the owners and first occupants, Philemon Thomas and Augusta Legg Price, the Price House is one of the largest houses in town. One of its unique features is a cupola on top that was used during World War II as a lookout for enemy planes. Volunteers manned the post connected by…

Known as the H. Goodhand Hotel and listed on the 1877 map, the hotel was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Emory Skinner in the early 20th century. Then called Skinner’s Boarding House, it offered room and board to salesmen and other travelers. The house was later owned by Roland and Lolita Bright Carvel.

Built about 1860 for J. Reuben Jeffers on the original Broad Creek tract, the 1877 map shows a boarding house rented to Alexander Lowery of Coxe’s Neck. He later bought the property and opened it as a hotel in November 1883. Alterations were made to meet the needs of overnight travelers coming from the Matapeake,…

In 1851, Charles and Mary Ann Stevens sold the land to the Chesapeake Lodge #59 of the Order of Odd Fellows for one cent. In 1864 the Lodge sold it to the trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church, John Jeffers, Charles Downes, James Denny, William C. Gibson, Franklin Bright, M.G. Goodhand, and C.G.L. Porter. No…

The Stevensville Bank of Queen Anne’s County, built between ca. 1903-1907, opened for business in 1909. It is the oldest bank building on Kent Island and one of the oldest in the county. The façade’s classical architectural details and pressed tin ceiling and intact furnishings and vault helped place it on the National Register of…

This 730 square foot building appears on an 1877 map and served as the Stevensville Post Office for the first half of the 20th century. The government paid $18.75 a month in rent and $25 a year to heat the structure. A variety of businesses occupied the small building until it was acquired in 1997…

Built between ca. 1880-1890 for Dr. J.E.H. Lewis, the first occupant was probably Ann Kemp, widow of Thomas Kemp. She later married her landlord, Dr. J.E.H. Lewis. Her son, C. Percy Kemp made this his home after becoming a physician. He also used Dr. Lewis’s adjacent former office, which no longer exists. The drug store…

The corner building was constructed ca. 1900 as a grocery store and owner’s residence for Wells Tolson by Everett Cook and Eugene Herbert. The original German siding, now covered by vinyl, was probably salvaged from the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Subsequent grocers were T. Walter White, George Lowe, Philip Grollman, William Lowe and Addison Frampton…

In 1894 the Maryland Legislature gave approval to Queen Anne’s Railroad Company to build an east-west railroad across Delmarva, connecting Queenstown, Maryland with Lewes, Delaware. In 1902, the route was extended 13 miles to Love Point, which provided employment and excitement to Kent Island. The 1952 opening of the Bay Bridge brought the railroad era…

This is the oldest house in Stevensville. John Denny constructed it shortly after purchasing the land in 1809. A ship carpenter, Denny used an unusual post and plank construction method in which walls are formed by tenoning horizontal planks into mortices (slots) cut into vertical corner posts. The south portion of the house was added…

In 1809, John Denny purchased from J. Stevens the lot on which this structure and the adjacent Cray House are located. It is believed that he constructed this building some time after he built the Cray House, possibly making it the second oldest building in Stevensville. The building was sold to Hugh A. Legg in…

John Tolson built this general store, which was later operated by Fred Thomas. First known as the American Store, the name was later changed to Acme Market. Julius Grollman, a local merchant in the early 1900’s, worked in the store as a young man earning $15 a week. The building later operated as a U.S.…

The oldest church on Kent Island, Christ Church, built in 1880, is a superb example of the Queen Anne style of ecclesiastical architecture and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is believed to be the fourth church of the Christ Church parish founded in 1631 and the oldest continuous Episcopal congregation in…

Built in 1870 for Charles B. Downes by his brother Sam Downes, Henry Grollman bought this house in 1910. After leaving his partnership with Ellis Grollman, Henry built an addition to the house and with his wife, Lena, opened a dry goods store.

Built between ca. 1865-1870 for Charles Stevens, this was one of the first stores in Stevensville. A Mr. Beitzel was an early occupant. Dr. John R. Benton bought the property, divided the structure and moved it to land now occupied by the adjacent office building, making it a separate dwelling. Thomas Carroll was the merchant…