Rebecca T. Ruark
United States historic place in Tilghman, Maryland. Added to the National Register in 1985, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Rebecca T. Ruark is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack built at Taylor's Island, Maryland. She is homeported at Tilghman Island, Maryland. Built in 1896, she is the oldest surviving skipjack in the Chesapeake Bay fleet. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Gibsontown Rd., Tilghman, MD |
| County | Talbot County |
| Listed | May 16, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85001095 |
| Type of place | skipjack |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Gibsontown Rd., Tilghman, MD |
| Coordinates | 38.71254, -76.33494 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail · 20 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Pax River Hog Point Campgrounds 28 mi · Pax River Paradise Grove Campgrounds 28 mi · Greenbelt Campground 35 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 85001095. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.