Location: 101 S Division St, Ocean City, MD 21842 Site Background: The Henry Hotel has stood at the corner of S. Division St. and Baltimore Avenue in downtown Ocean City, MD since 1916. In 1926 Mr. Charles Henry and his wife Emma, an African American couple living in Berlin, purchased the building creating a property that catered to ‘the better Read more...
Whitehaven Schoolhouse was first constructed in 1886 to meet the demand of the growing community. By 1908, an addition to the school was made, adding an additional room and a porch. However, with the rise of bus transportation of children to schools, Whitehaven Schoolhouse was closed in 1935 and acquired by the Whitehaven Methodist Church in 1937, from which point Read more...
Location: 325 Broad St, Salisbury, MD 21801 Site Background: Built in 1838, the Chipman Center is the oldest standing African-American church on Delmarva. It occupies the site of a former open meadow where slaves gathered for worship services conducted by Methodist circuit riders. In 1837 five local freedmen began holding services in a small red-pine slab building on the Read more...
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