Looking down from the Tydings Memorial Bridge over the wide expanse of the Susquehanna River along Maryland’s Interstate 95, the little town of Port Deposit is seen off in the distance as no more than pebbles along the water line. Closer inspection at the north end of the bridge reveals a little train garden of a town nestled into cliffs of granite. Compact in layout, Port Deposit’s land area is less than two square miles, where a population of approximately 700 people resides.

Known for its quarried granite, Port Deposit boasts a number of impressive older buildings constructed of the durable material. The entire Cecil County town, incorporated in 1824, was placed on the National Historic Registry in the spring of 1978.

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