Museum Exhibits
Museum of Rural Life, Denton, MarylandVisit the Museum
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16 N. Second St., Denton, Maryland
Open Saturdays 10 am to 3 pm
April 1 thru November 30
Museum of Rural Life
Taylor-Brown House
Built for merchant-broker Solomon Brown in 1819 and later owned by the Taylors, an African American family. This house was moved twice by mule cart and survived the fire that leveled most of Denton on July 4, 1865, when balls of candlewick and kerosene were flung in celebration at a Civil War reconciliation picnic.
Painter’s Range
An entire log cabin home of a tenant or subsistence farmer, circa 1824.
Chance’s Desire
Home of a “middling planter,” circa 1787.
Skillington’s Right
Home of the Fraziers, a wealthy planter family, circa 1795.
WWI - The Great War
Built for merchant-broker Solomon Brown in 1819 and later owned by the Taylors, an African American family. This house was moved twice by mule cart and survived the fire that leveled most of Denton on July 4, 1865, when balls of candlewick and kerosene were flung in celebration at a Civil War reconciliation picnic.
WWII - Lost Lives
In the Lost Lives exhibit, visitors will recognize the names Corregidor, Cuadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Normandy, Tripolis Мопtе Cassino, The Bulge, Guam, and others. Together with the Letters Home and Romance, our WWII exhibits give visitors compelling and straight-forward insight into how World War impacted Caroline County families.
Sea Stories
Caroline County captains, sailors, and shipbuilders in the Age of Sail and the Age of Steam.
FDR on the Denton Courthouse Green
FDR’s visit on Labor Day 1938 was more than just a big day for Denton. It was also a carefully planned and orchestrated event in FDR’s battle to secure the New Deal.