Candlestick #2, Garret County:
From the USS Maryland Silver Service
Maker: Samuel Kirk & Sons (1815-1979)
Objects: Candlestick, Garrett County
Date: 1906
Medium: Sterling Silver
Dimensions: Overall height 12 3/8", Diameter of base, 5 1/8"
Accession number(s): MSA SC 1545-0921-2
Scenes on the front: (top to bottom):
1. Great Seal of Maryland
2.
Searight House
(number 49)
This stone structure was built near Uniontown, Pennsylvania along the National Road (present day U.S. 40) and was converted into a tavern by William Searight in 1821. Searight was also the local state commissioner of the Cumberland Road and in charge of collecting fees at the nearby “Searight Toll House” to help maintain the road.
Scenes on the reverse (top to bottom):
1. USS Maryland Cruiser
2. Workman House (number 50)
John McClure Hezlop built the stone structure in 1797 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania and kept it as a tavern. During the height of Cumberland Road, the tavern was maintained and run by James Workman, starting in 1843, where it got its name. The tavern stood until 1904 when it was torn down.
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