Standard Oil Building

Historical marker location:

501 Saint Paul Street, Mount Vernon, Maryland

( Marker is on Saint Paul Street (Maryland Route 2) north of East Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Maryland was a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.