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WEST DENTON WAREHOUSE AND WHARF

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c. 1920; c. 1940 additions. 10215 River Landing Rd.
  • (Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie)

As the only Eastern Shore county without a major coastline, commerce and transportation via the Choptank River was especially important to Caroline County. This riverfront warehouse and wharf is a rare surviving example of the once common type. Serving various local industries including canneries and granaries, it replaced a mid-nineteenth-century warehouse on this same site. The c. 1920 warehouse is a 100 × 40-foot structure with heavy timber framing, king rod trusses, and a concrete floor. Additions to the north (40 × 20 feet) and south (40 × 40 feet), each including an office space, were added in the early 1940s when the wharfs and bulkheads in the vicinity underwent major repairs. The north addition has been removed, revealing the painted “Baugh’s” sign on the gable end from former owner Baugh’s Fertilizer Company. By the 1920s steamboat traffic on the upper Choptank began to wane due to damage from a 1919 flood as well as riverbank erosion and shoaling, creating navigational obstacles. Now sheathed with corrugated metal, the warehouse retains its original wood siding underneath and awaits restoration.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie
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Data

Timeline

  • 1919

    Built

  • 1939

    Addition

What's Nearby

LAW OFFICE (PEOPLE’S NATIONAL BANK)
MEMORY LANE
JAMES WEBB CABIN

Citation

Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie, "WEST DENTON WAREHOUSE AND WHARF", [Denton, Maryland], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MD-01-ES28.

Print Source

Buildings of Maryland, Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022, 102-102.

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