In 1709, 2 acres of land known as “Armstrong’s old field, near Pitte’s bridge" was designated by a group of leading citizens to be the site of the new court house. Philemon Hemsley oversaw the construction of the building which was twenty feet by thirty feet in size. The courthouse was razed and replaced with a new brick structure in 1794 to serve as Maryland’s Eastern Shore Capital. This new and present Talbot County Courthouse was remodeled in 1958 which included removal of the front porch and the addition of two wings.
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