The Jefferson house

Photos of Old Chesapeake City, Pt 27

The Jefferson house is still standing on Biddle Street. Capt. Jefferson piloted a steam tugboat and ran a steam hammer, circa 1910. The house is now (Feb. 2014) the home of Allan and Sharon Taylor.

The Pensel/Dickerson House today. In 1908 my grandmother had her wedding reception there and was embarrassed because the floor collapsed under the weight of the dancers.

Famous Chesapeake City master carpenter, Harry Pensel. He built many Chesapeake City houses.

Photos of Old Chesapeake City

Photos of Old Chesapeake City, Pt 26

  

Canal Street at top right, Rio Theater at bottom left, Walt Coleman’s pool hall (now, 2014, the Shipwatch Inn) at bottom middle, Postell’s soda shop and newsstand and Shine Crawford’s Gulf station (both at bottom right). Can you identify any other historic buildings? Circa 1960.

Canal view with Canal Street at top and the Basin at bottom. Note Corps of Engineers’ buildings at middle and Sisters’ orphanage & barn at very top, looking north, circa 1962.

Wide view of Canal Street from the Hollow to the Reynolds’ property. The large, white, square building was the Pryor property (Tyler Hotel at one time).

Chesapeake City

Photos of Old Chesapeake City, Pt 25

The building that is now the Tap Room (south west corner of Bohemia Avenue and Second Street) was once a thriving bakery own by William Queck. It was also Brambles and for a long while the lower, attached part was Martin’s Tavern. In the early fifties a small restaurant was in the large, main building on the corner. The cook was Howard Carter, who served the best Chili I had ever tasted. Disobeying the rules, we high school students would sneak down there during lunch period so that we could eat Howard’s hot dogs, hamburgers, and Chili. He also served cokes and milk shakes. It was our half-hour gathering place. I played the pinball machine often, and ended up “tilting” it most of the time. The building was probably built in the mid-1800s. About 1915, when they were young boys, my father and Cousin John Sager used to play marbles in the alley right up against the bakery wall. John told me that they liked it there because it was warm and that they enjoyed the aroma from the baking bread. Photo courtesy of Kathy Vaughan Malone.

Charles Queck with his bread wagon, circa 1895. Charles owned a bakery in Elkton and delivered his baked goods in the Elkton area. Can anyone identify the buildings in the background? Photo courtesy of Kathy Vaughan Malone.

Photos of Old Chesapeake City, Pt 25

The building that is now the Tap Room (south west corner of Bohemia Avenue and Second Street) was once a thriving bakery own by William Queck. It was also Brambles and for a long while the lower, attached part was Martin’s Tavern. In the early fifties a small restaurant was in the large, main building on the corner. The cook was Howard Carter, who served the best Chili I had ever tasted. Disobeying the rules, we high school students would sneak down there during lunch period so that we could eat Howard’s hot dogs, hamburgers, and Chili. He also served cokes and milk shakes. It was our half-hour gathering place. I played the pinball machine often, and ended up “tilting” it most of the time. The building was probably built in the mid-1800s. About 1915, when they were young boys, my father and Cousin John Sager used to play marbles in the alley right up against the bakery wall. John told me that they liked it there because it was warm and that they enjoyed the aroma from the baking bread. Photo courtesy of Kathy Vaughan Malone.

  

Charles Queck with his bread wagon, circa 1895. Charles owned a bakery in Elkton and delivered his baked goods in the Elkton area. Can anyone identify the buildings in the background? Photo courtesy of Kathy Vaughan Malone.

Photos of Old Chesapeake City, Pt 24

Queck’s Hotel in 1896, now the site of the Bayard House. The building was constructed about 1780, thus making it the oldest building in Chesapeake City. It had numerous owners, including Bill Harriott, the Fithian family and the Albert Battersby family. In the modern era, famous bartender, Birdie Battersby, worked there for many years. Photo courtesy of Kathy Vaughan Malone.

Bill Queck and family on a Sunday horse-and-buggy ride in 1895. Note the Ericsson Line building and Joseph Schaefer’s ships’ chandlery at left. Mr. Queck was the great grandfather of the current Chesapeake City Vaughns. His bakery is now the site of the Tap Room and will be shown in my next week’s posting. Photo courtesy of Kathy Vaughan Malone.