Hopkins Farm

[Marker Front]:

This farm has been owned by the Hopkins family since 1834, when John Hopkins (1793-1837) purchased it from William Toney. The Greek Revival main house was built ca. 1840, with later additions ca. 1890 and ca. 1925. Hopkins' widow, ...

Hopkins and Sons; Hopkins and Brothers

Records of this mercantile business date back to 1842. This store also served the community as a bank and as a social and political meeting place. Deeded in 1970 to Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Marker is on Market ...

Alfred A. Hopkins Plaza

Honoring Alfred A. Hopkins

Mayor, 1989 - 1997

Marker is at the intersection of Market Space and Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Market Space.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Nathaniel (Nace) Hopkins

Leader of his people who was born a slave circa 1830; fought for Union in Civil War; originated annual Trappe Emancipation Day celebration, 1867, and headed it until his death in 1900. One of the founders of Scott‘s Methodist Church. ...

James Roy Hopkins

Side A:

James R. Hopkins was born May 17, 1877, in Irwin and graduated from Mechanicsburg High School in 1895. As a child, he gained exposure to art through his mother, Nettie, an accomplished self-taught water colorist. Hopkins enrolled at The ...

Francis Hopkinson House

Francis Hopkinson House

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U. S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1971

Marker is at the ...

Mark Hopkins Monument

Construction began on this splendid mausoleum in 1878 when the then very wealthy Mary Hopkins wished to provide a suitable resting place for her recently deceased husband Mark Hopkins.

Mark Hopkins had operated first a grocery store and then a hardware ...

Nathaniel Hopkins

Soldier from Trappe

This was the home of Nathaniel Hopkins, known affectionately in Talbot County as "Uncle Nace." He was born a slave near here in 1831. After leaving his owner, Percy McKnett, and serving in the United States Colored Troops ...

Birthplace of Johns Hopkins

Founder of the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Born May 19, 1795. Died December 24, 1873.

Marker is at the intersection of Reidel Road and Johns Hopkins Road, on the left when traveling south on Reidel Road.

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Hopkins Marine Station

Hopkins scientists study the biology of the bay

The building across the cove is Hopkins Marine Station. It was the first marine laboratory on the West Coast, founded in 1892. Part of Stanford University, its facilities are dedicated to the study ...