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Oxford, Maryland Walking Tour

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:23:43 +0000

Oxford, Maryland is a beautiful historic town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is one of the oldest towns in America, marking it’s founding in 1683. It is a quiet, water-lover’s paradise still populated with working watermen intermingled with Washington D.C. weekenders and retirees. This photo collection is part of a larger one, taken for other purposes, so I extracted some of the “old house” scenery to share here.

Cape May Walking Tour

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:59:25 +0000

My wife and I spent last weekend in Cape May, NJ; ground zero for Victorian historic homes. We stayed at the Queen Victoria on Ocean St. and it was a very enjoyable stay. The owners and staff are very cordial and work very hard to make sure you understand the basics of the Inn and are quickly able to get to the ralaxing part.

We spent a good bit of time just walking the streets to admire the homes. The size and scale of these old buildings makes you realize why today so many of them get rented out or turned into Bed & Breakfasts – they’re huge and could house a family of 15 if you were so inclined.

The Cape May oceanfront homes are seeing a flurry of rebuilding and restoration as you will see some of that in some of the photos. Click on the image above for a meager sampling of the hundreds of Victorians in Cape Mayor for the full-screen experience, see the slideshow, here.

St. Michaels, Maryland Walking Tour

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:29:31 +0000

St. Michaels, Maryland is one of my favorite places to be in the U.S. and is a great place for the appreciation of old homes. Imagine a quaint historic town with cute little shops and big-city caliber restaurants and you’ve got a good feel for the “downtown”. Drive away from the town area, down winding roads and past lush greenery, and you’ll find hundreds of miles of waterfront property and some of the most picturesque scenery anywhere. … and your historic home of your dreams can be right there at the water’s edge. … and you can catch Maryland’s treasured blue crab right in your back yard. I can’t take it. It’s just too good to be true. That’s why I see more smiles on peoples faces than anywhere else I visit on the East Coast.

St. Michaels is located in what I believe to be the most beautiful county in all of Maryland (but I’m biased), Talbot County. You can get a good overview of the region by seeing this map.

The photo above is of the Tarr House, purportedly one of the oldest houses remaining in St. Michaels from that era.

Each year St. Michaels holds a Christmas home tour and if you’re in the area in December, you should check to see if it coincides with the timing of Christmas in St. Michaels when the home tours run. Of course, any time of year is worth a trip to St. Michaels and during the warmer months it is at it’s peak.

The photo below will take you to our first photo tour from St. Michaels and only represents a small sampling of what is there.

“Widehall”

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:37:14 +0000

“Widehall” in Chestertown, MD. HABS Photos are here.