The Costen House is a historic U.S.

United States

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 home located at 206 Market Street, Pocomoke City

Pocomoke City, Maryland

Pocomoke City, dubbed "the friendliest town on the Eastern Shore", is a city in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. Although renamed in a burst of civic enthusiasm in 1878, the city is regularly referred to by its inhabitants simply as Pocomoke...

, Maryland

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, United States

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. Dr. Isaac Costen built the house circa 1870s and members of his family lived there for over a century. Dr. Costen became the first Mayor of Pocomoke City. The house currently serves as The Isaac Costen House Museum.

The Costen House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1975.

The Isaac Costen House Museum

The Isaac Costen House Museum provides information on the Costen family and how people in the area lived during 1870-1920. The grounds of the museum also includes The Hall-Walton Memorial Garden.

External links

• Costen House, Worcester County, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Costen House (Ocean City Vacation and Hotels Guide website)