Brattan-Taylor-Calloway Store

Joshua Brattan built this store before 1838 as a one-story building measuring 16' × 22', and unlike most buildings in town it included a basement. In 1850 Thomas Taylor, who had worked there as a clerk, purchased it and later served the town as a teacher, surveyor, politician, hotel manager, ship builder, and Post Master of the post office located in the store. After Taylor's death, S.A. Calloway bought and operated the store, and later Calloway's daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Roe Elliott, operated it. Over the years, living quarters and a second story were added, and in the early 1900s a sewing factory operated on the second floor. The grocery store has been carefully preserved and partially restored, and the building was moved to this site in the 1990s.

Mardela Springs, Maryland · United States