Downtown / Main Street USA: Stevensville, Md. Multi-Cache

Kent Island was founded in 1631, making it the oldest Eanglish settlement within the present day state of Maryland, and the third oldest permanent English settlement in the United States. In 1850, the town of Stevensville was founded as a steamboat terminal. Today you will have the chance to walk along the main street of this little town starting at the little park on Main Street.

From the little park you will go to the white building that sits adjacent to the park. This is the Bank.

This was the first enterprise on Kent Island in 1903. This building was constructed sometime between 1903 & 1907. It is the oldest building on Kent Island & one of the earliest surviving in the county. The classical architecture details on the façade of this stucco building along with its pressed tin ceiling & intact furnishings & vault helped place it on the National Register of Historic Places.

You will need the 3 digit address number from the front door of the building. This will be A B C. From here you will walk just across the street to the Post Office.

The exact construction date is not known but it did appear on an 1877 map & served as Stevensville Post Office for the first half of the 20Th century. This building is only 730 SF & served as the Stevensville PO until the 1950’s. It was acquired by the KI Historic Society in 1997 & currently is the Society’s headquarters.

You will need to know the first date mentioned on the historical info sign. Use only the 1st 3 numbers of this date as D E F. From here you will proceed up the street & just around the corner to the big church.

The congregation of Christ Church was first established in the 1630’s. This building is the 4th known church constructed by the parish in 1880. It is a fantastic example of ecclesiastical architecture & also one of the most carefully preserved Victorian Churches in Maryland, being the site of the earliest Anglican settlements in the colony. The 1880 church is distinguished by the steep slate roof, an unusual chimney designed in the medieval ‘lancet’ style & stained glass windows arranged in 3 pairs along each side wall with larger arched windows in the south gable behind the alter. The bell tower adjoins the east façade. The dramatic inside is dominated by the steeply pitched ceiling supported by open, stick style trusses that divide the building into 4 open bays.

You will need the 4 digit date of the Old Christ Church at Broad Creek Cemetery. Use just the middle 2 digits of this date as G H.

You now will have a few minutes break as you walk over to the circle of Main Street. There is a wonderful little bakery that will draw you in for a treat & an Italian aroma that will tempt you to have a seat on the patio for a glass of wine & great pasta just across the circle.

As you continue across the circle notice the design of the bricks that are used for the street rather than the usual asphalt. Continue your short walk to your next stop, The Cray House.

Built c. 1809, The Cray House is a rare example of post-and-plank construction where hand sawed logs were mortised into vertical posts, forming the sides of the building.

You will need the single digit number on the post that has the information for letter I. Now on to your final destination, which I thought appropriately is the Train Depot.

This train depot, built in 1902, was originally at the north end of town but was moved to this location in 1988. It extended its western terminus 13 miles from Queenstown to Love Point where connections were then made with steamboats to cross the Chesapeake Bay. The entire rail system ran more than 60 miles from Kent Island to Lewes, Delaware.

You will need the number on the post directly below the information page for the letter J.

This concludes your history tour & now you will have to plug in all of the numbers you have collected to get the final cords for the cache. I hope you have enjoyed yourself & Good Luck!

A= B= C= D= E= F= G= H= I= J=

Final cords: N38’ 58. K 8 L W76’ 1 M. N P Q

The answers to the problems below will fit into the final coords where listed above for K L M N P Q

(C – D) = K (A + D) = L (D + F) = M (G + J) = N (D + J) = P (E – H – I – D) = Q

All of these locations are OPEN to the public to ENTER on the 1st Saturday of the month during the summer. At all other times they can be visited 24/7. I've marked it a 1.5 Terrain only because the final location to the cache is grassy but should still be wheel chair accessible. Also know that gps signal bounces over here on the shore. ENJOY your tour!