New Roadside Marker Installed In Time For Maryland Day Weekend

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — Officials will unveil a new roadside marker highlighting one of Anne Arundel County’s many historic sites over Maryland Day Weekend. The event will be held on March 21 at the entrance to Historic Goshen Farm, 1420 Cape St. Claire Rd., at 3 p.m. This is one of nine new roadside historic markers that will be installed across the county by Maryland Day Weekend.

Anne Arundel County is home to almost 4,000 historic buildings, archaeological sites, historic districts, cemeteries and heritage communities. The Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning and its Cultural Resources Division hopes to raise public awareness about some of the county’s most significant historic sites and enrich local appreciation for the depth of history through Maryland Day Weekend. These signs will encourage citizens and visitors to explore and experience Anne Arundel County history. A companion interactive map with locations, pictures and more information on each site can be accessed at www.aacounty.org/HistoricSigns.

Many of the signs mark publicly accessible sites where visitors can go to explore the county’s history in person. These include Goshen Farm in Cape St. Claire, the Commodore Isaac Mayo’s “Gresham” in Edgewater and Hancock’s Resolution in Bayside Beach, the National Register Historic District of Woodwardville, a late 19th century railroad town on Patuxent Road and the historic crossroads community of Friendship in South County. The Queenstown Rosenwald School in Severn represents a landmark era in education in the period before federal support of local education.

Some signs will mark historic properties listed on the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties that are privately owned. Though not publicly accessible, they help residents understand the full range of Anne Arundel County’s history and development. Signs also mark the location of an important historic sites that no longer exist, but profoundly impacted the economy and development of the area, like the 18th century Charles Waters Saw & Grist Mill at Bacon Ridge in Crownsville.