Princess Anne includes several notable historic treasures. The Teackle Mansion, built between 1802 and 1819, is an outstanding example of neoclassic architecture, noted for its symmetry, unique architectural features, and collection of 19th century furnishings; it was the home of prominent merchant and statesman Littleton Dennis Teackle and stands near the headwaters of the Manokin River. The town of Princess Anne, created by an act of Maryland’s General Assembly in 1733 and later listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was named for Anne, daughter of King George II, and occupies what was generally called the wading place of the Manokin River; it is distinguished by many Federal and Victorian style houses, lovingly tended dooryards, and the Historic Boxwood Garden. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore began in 1886, when the Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened the Delaware Conference Academy, better known as the Princess Anne Academy, with nine students to educate young black men and women. In 1919 it became the Eastern Branch of the Maryland Agricultural College as the institution designated to provide the land-grant curriculum to the state’s black citizens, in 1948 it became Maryland State College, a division of the University of Maryland, and in 1970 it took its present name. Its Frederick Douglass Library and Ella Fitzgerald Center for Performing Arts serve as important educational and cultural resources for the area.