Eastport Walking Tour Stops 17-18​

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Stop #17 is where entrepreneur Jerry Wood founded the world's oldest and largest sailing school here in 1959, in this building which was originally a Sears & Roebuck "kit" house.  In 1970, Wood and his partners launched the world's first-in-water boat show, which, along with the powerboat show they started in 1972, has become a pillar of the international recreational boating industry as well as an Annapolis institution.  Still in keeping with it's nautical heritage, this site is now the home of Chesapeake Bay Magazine and the Annapolis School of Seamanship.

Stop #18 is Davis' Pub.  In the 1920's, George Washington Davis, a pillar in Eastport's African-American community, opened a confections and general store here on the corner of 4th and Chester Avenue.  It became Davis' Lounge by the 1940's to serve the local black watermen in the neighborhood.  In 1986, Davis' Pub opened and now serves as a mainstay in Eastport's laid-back social scene.  It's been featured on the Food Network's hit show "Drive Ins, Diners and Dives"