SOutHERN MARYlaNd Calvert County (CAL) Charles County (CHR) St. Mary’s County (STM) The letter-number code listed beside each destination refers to the fold-out map inside the back cover. HISTORIC ST. MARY’S CITY • St. Mary’s City Chesapeake Beach CAL H-18 Dameron STM L-19 Hollywood STM K-18 St. Edmond’s United Methodist Church 3000 Dalrymple Rd, 20732 410-257-7311 Served the African-American community as a school and church beginning in 1857. Burned in 1893. The present building dates from 1970. umc.org/fi nd-a-church/ church/79746 St. Jerome’s Hall 17765 Three Notch Rd, 20628 301-872-4566 Built in 1885 by the local chapter of the Knights of St. Jerome, the oldest Catholic fraternal organization in the Archdiocese of Washington. In the late 1880s, the hall served as the fi rst parochial school for black children in St. Mary’s County. Sotterley Plantation 44300 Sotterley Ln, 20636 301-373-2280 1-800-681-0850 The plantation has an 1830s slave cabin that exemplifi es typical slave housing in the Tidewater region. The history of slavery at Sotterley is told through the cabin and related artifacts, as well as through the story of the Kane family that lived on the plantation. sotterley.org Coltons Point STM L-17 Drayden STM L-18 St. Clement’s Island-Potomac River Museum 38370 Pt Breeze Rd, 20626 301-769-2222 Mathias de Sousa, often noted as the fi rst individual of African descent to settle in Maryland, was part of the fi rst group of colonists to land at St. Clement’s Island in 1634. The little that is known about de Sousa is included in the museum’s display. https://www.stmarysmd.com/ recreate/stclementsisland/ Drayden African-American Schoolhouse 18287 Cherryfi eld Rd, 20630 301-994-1471 One of the best preserved African-American schoolhouses in the country. This structure still occupies its original site and has not been signifi cantly altered. co.saint-marys.md.us/ recreate/Draydenschool/ Maryland’s Underground Railroad & African-American Heritage Travel Guide 27
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