SAVAGES NECK 1600
Thomas Savage, considered
the first permanent European settler on the Eastern
Shore received a tract of
land from Debedeavon, Chief of the Accawmacke Tribe in the
1600's, named Savage
Neck, which has seen a number of beautiful homesteads over the
centuries, including
Elkington, built in the last half of the 18th century
and named for
the wife of the first
Thomas Savage, Hannah Ann Elkington.
During the 1800's and
1900's this big house, little house, colonnade, and kitchen,
style home with exquisite
architectural details, went through the hands of Parkers,
Upshurs, Scott, Willing , Nottingham and Willis families.
A Thomas L Savage, sold
this property in 1790 to John Stratton, U.S. Congressman
1801 to 1804.
Construction details are
Flemish bond finishes, gables, cornice, and dormer windows
and a yard full of 18th
century outhouses.
Abstract: Eastern Shore
News, Wednesday, 9 September, 2015.
No comments:
Post a Comment