J. C. Lore Oyster House

J. C. Lore Oyster House
J.C. Lore Oyster House - South View, December 2008
J. C. Lore Oyster House is located in Maryland
J. C. Lore Oyster House
J. C. Lore Oyster House is located in the United States
J. C. Lore Oyster House
Location14430 Solomons Island Road, South, MD 2, Solomons, Maryland
Coordinates38°19′27″N 76°27′39″W / 38.32429°N 76.46084°W / 38.32429; -76.46084
Area0.266 acres (1,080 m2)
Built1934
ArchitectJ.B. Lusby
NRHP reference No.84003869
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 1984[1]
Designated NHLAugust 7, 2001[2]

J. C. Lore Oyster House, also known as J. C. Lore and Sons, Inc., Seafood Packing Plant, is located at 14430 Solomons Island Road South, in Solomons, Calvert County, Maryland. It is a large two story, rectangular frame industrial building constructed in 1934 as a seafood packing plant. It replaced a 1922 building that was destroyed by the 1933 Chesapeake Potomac hurricane. It is significant for its historical association with the commercial fisheries of Maryland's Patuxent River region, and architecturally as a substantially unaltered example of an early-20th century seafood packing plant. It has been adapted by the Calvert Marine Museum to house exhibits and many of its original spaces, artifacts, and records have been incorporated into them.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001.[2][3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "J. C. Lore Oyster House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
  3. ^ Ralph Eshelman (August 26, 1993). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: J. C. Lore Oyster House / J. C. Lore and Sons, Inc., Seafood Packing Plant" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) (includes oyster recipes) and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from c. 1985 (32 KB)