Ward Brothers' House and Shop


Ward Brothers' House and Shop
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Ward Brothers' house in 2012
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Location	3199 Sackertown Rd., Crisfield, Maryland
Coordinates	37°58′13″N 75°50′42″W / 37.97028°N 75.84500°W / 37.97028; -75.84500Coordinates: 37°58′13″N 75°50′42″W / 37.97028°N 75.84500°W / 37.97028; -75.84500
Area	0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built	1880 (1880), 1918
Architectural style	1-room-plan, Victorian trim
NRHP Reference #	94000790^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 21, 1997

The Ward Brothers' House and Shop is a historic home located at Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It consists of a two-story, two-bay, one-room plan frame dwelling built around 1880, and the brothers' barber shop, a composite building composed of individual structures grouped together behind a long false front. The brothers Lemuel T. Ward, Jr. (1896-1985) and Steve Ward (1895-1976) are recognized as the fathers of the modern movement in decorative wildlife, or decoy, carving in America.^[2]

The Ward Brothers' House and Shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Paul B. Touart (February 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ward Brothers' House and Shop" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

Ward Brothers' House and Shop, Somerset County, including photo from 1992, at Maryland Historical Trust

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

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