Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway
James Webb Cabin, MD

This cabin (c.1852) is the only surviving log dwelling on the Eastern Shore known to have been built by a free black man, James Webb. With its wooden shingle, A-frame roof, hand-hewn logs held together with whitish mortar, center front door and small window in the eaves, the structure is typical of the housing of most African Americans at that time. Built on ballast stones from ships, it stands on what was likely an Underground Railroad Route including one used by Harriet Tubman escaping Poplar Neck with her parents.

Today the Webb Cabin is owned by the Caroline County Historical Society and is undergoing restoration. The cabin stands on an open parcel and can be viewed and explored daily.