Stevensville Historic District
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Stevensville Historic District
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Buildings in the Stevensville Historic District
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| Location | MD 18 and Love Point Rd., Stevensville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°58′53″N 76°18′49″W / 38.98139°N 76.31361°WCoordinates: 38°58′53″N 76°18′49″W / 38.98139°N 76.31361°W |
| Area | 45 acres (18 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architect | Baxter, Richard & Sons; Et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference # | 86002333 |
| Added to NRHP | September 11, 1986 |
The Stevensville Historic District, also known as Historic Stevensville, is a national historic district in downtown Stevensville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It contains roughly 100 historic structures, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located primarily along East Main Street, a portion of Love Point Road, and a former section of Cockey Lane.
The Cray House, located on Cockey Lane, is the most complete example of post-and-plank construction known to exist. John Denny purchased the lot from J. Stevens in 1809. Denny, a ship carpenter, used a construction method in which walls are formed by tenoning horizontal planks into slots cut into vertical corner posts. After a series of owners, it was sold at auction in 1914 to Nora Cray, a widow who lived there with her three children. Nora Cray's heirs deeded the property to The Kent Island Heritage Society in 1976, and the house was restored in 2004. It predates the town of Stevensville, and is listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 1880 building of the Christ Episcopal Church of Kent Island, located on East Main Street, is the fifth church of the Christ Church parish founded in 1631, the oldest continuous Episcopal congregation in the United States. Previous church buildings were in nearby Broad Creek, one of the first towns established in Maryland. The church is an excellent example of the Queen Anne style of ecclesiastical architecture, and the building is listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now owned by the county, and as of 2008, houses a Lutheran parish and is in the process of being restored.
The Stevensville Bank was constructed between 1903 and 1907. It opened for business in 1909, and is the predecessor to Bank of America's Tidewater Branch in Stevensville. The bank's original building is located in the historic district on Love Point Road and is listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places. The building has classical architectural details, a pressed tin ceiling, intact period furnishings and vault. Since the bank's business moved locations in the 1960s, the building has been occupied as business offices and by merchants. The Kent Island Heritage Society is the current lessee of the property.
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