East New Market
Property Reports
106 Main Street
Willoughby Casket Manufacturing
(Also known as Carpenter's Shop, Carriage House, and Warehouse)
Key date analysis:
A tax record from 1896, lists Thomas D. Hooper with a carriage house valued at $500. In October 1905 Howard Willoughby purchased a carpenter's shop from Thomas D. Hooper. The building is shown on the 1922 map as a building for Casket Manufacturing. In 1977 it was described as a warehouse. Today it is owned by Leonard Zeller and part of his Funeral Home business. Emma Helsby Smith began leasing the land land she owned in late 1880s. These leases were not always recorded. Since a land record does not show Thomas D. Hooper acquiring this lot, it is assumed that he leased it from Emma H. Smith around 1890.
Who built it:
Thomas D. Hooper likely built the carpenter's shop in the 1890s.
Longest Residents:
This structure was owned by the Willoughby family for over 70 years.
More Research:
When did Hooper lease or buy the land from Emma H. Smith? When exactly did he build the carpenter's shop.
Historic Records:
231 MLB 621 - 31 July 1984 - Leonard D. Zeller and Leonard W. Zeller to Leonard D. Zeller & Christine M. Zeller, his wife, for $0: Lots - one lot on the west side of Main Street in the town of East New Market described in accordance with a plat entitled "Survey of the Lands of Ruth S. Willoughby, Town of East New Market", dated March 7, 1977, prepared by Andrews, Miller, & Assoc., Inc. Engineers-Surveyors, in 19 PLC 41. Beginning on the west side of Main Street at the extreme northeast corner of the land herein intended to be conveyed and at the extreme southeast corner of the land of Reginald A. Mills (138 PLC 667), thence leaving Main Street and running with the line of division between the land herein intended to be conveyed and the land of Reginald A. Mills, N75/32W .31f to a monument, thence N75/32W 257.05f to an iron pipe and to the land of Dorothy W. Groten (Liber 72, folio 94), thence S18/07W 37.27f to an iron pipe, thence with the land of Fred B. Willoughby (Liber 111, folio 106), S74/28E 83.3f, thence with the land of Lawrence Blake Adshead (Liber 164, folio 231), S75/04E 87.19f, thence S15/45W 78.15f to a concrete monument, thence S74/15E 91.99f to the west side of Main Street, thence running with the west side of Main Street N15/45E 214.26f to the place of beginning. The land is the identical property which was conveyed unto the said Leonard D. Zeller and Leonard W. Zeller, by deed dated 16 March 1977 in 199 PLC 169.
199 PLC 169 -16 March 1977 - Ruth S. Willoughby to Leonard D. Zeller and Leonard W. Zeller for $5: [described in 231 PLC 621]. The land is the identical land which was conveyed unto the said Ruth S. Willoughby by two deeds; viz: (A) Deed dated 27 August 1973 from William O. Corkran et al, personal representative to Ruth S. Willoughby in 181 PLC 149. and (B) Deed dated 30 March 1973, from Howard H. Willoughby to Ruth S. Willoughby in 179 PLC 192.
181 PLC 149 - 27 August 1973 - William O. Corkran and Robert W.
Corkran, personal representatives of the estate of Fred B. Willoughby,
to Ruth S. Willoughby for $5: Whereas Fred B. Willoughby departed
this life, testate on 6 January 1973 possessed of the land hereinafter
described. Whereas the said Fred Willoughby by a first codicil to
his last Will and Testament, dated 22 June 1959, did give, devise and
bequeath unto his daughter-in-law, Ruth S. Willoughby, the first and
prior right to purchase at appraised value filed in the Orphans Court
for Dorchester County, all of the real estate, including the funeral
parlor and adjacent dwelling house, land and outbuildings, in the town
of East New Market, together with all the personal property incident to
the operation of said funeral and undertaking business. Whereas
the said Ruth S. Willoughby has notified said William O. Corkran and
Robert W. Corkran, personal representatives of Fred B. Willoughby's
estate, in writing, of her intention to exercise the said option, as
required by said Will. All those three lots within the corporate
limits of the town of East New Market as described.
Lot No. 1: Lot which passed to the said Fred B.
Willoughby by operation of law upon the death of his father, Howard H.
Willoughby. Land which was conveyed unto the said Howard H.
Willoughby by Joseph F. Harris & Sallie J. Harris, his wife, by deed
dated 12 August 1890 in 14 CL 295. Lot lying on the western side
of the county road leading from said town to Cabin Creek at the point of
intersection of division line between the lot now sold and the lot of
ground owned by Mrs. Helen Helsby, then with said division line in a
westerly direction 257f, to the land of Samuel L. Webster, then in a
northerly direction 64f to the lot of ground sold by the said Andrew F.
Dukes & Mary E. Dukes, his wife, to William J. Varnes, then with said
lot 257f to the county road, and from thence with said road 64f to the
place of beginning.
[Lot No. 1 is the site of the
Howard Willoughby House]
Lot No. 2: Lot which passed to the said Fred B.
Willoughby by operation of law upon the death of his father, Howard H.
Willoughby. Land which was conveyed unto the said Howard H.
Willoughby by Thomas D. Hooper & Lulu Hooper, his wife, by deed dated 12
October 1905 in 31 CL 308. All the carpenters shop now occupied by
the said Willoughby on the west side of the county road running from
said town to Cabin Creek and on the lot belonging to Mrs. Emma H. Smith
between the dwelling house formerly occupied by Cassidy C. Rawlings and
the dwelling of the said H.H. Willoughby.
Lot No. 3:
Lot which passed to the said Fred B. Willoughby by operation of law upon
the death of his father, Howard H. Willoughby. Land which was
conveyed unto the said Howard H. Willoughby by Emma H. Smith & James M.
Smith, her husband, by deed dated 31 July 1916 in 3 WHM 431.
Beginning at a point on the western side of Main Street 20f north from
the dwelling formerly occupied by Cassidy C. Rawlings, and from thence
running with said Main Street in a northern direction 73f, thence west
to the property occupied by Saxton & Parker, thence with same in a
southern direction 73f, and thence in a straight line to the place of
beginning. [Lot No. 3 is the site of
Willoughby's Funeral Home]
31 CL 308 - 12 October 1905 - Thomas D. Hooper & Lulu Hooper, his wife, of New York, to Howard H. Willoughby for $250: The carpenter's shop now occupied by the said Willoughby situated in the town of East New Market on the west side of the county road running from the said town to Cabin Creek and on the lot belonging to Mrs. Emma Smith between the dwelling house formerly occupied by Cassady C. Rawlings and the dwelling of the said H.H. Willoughby.
East New Market Cemetery
Helen Helsby d. 6 January 1897
1896-1910 Tax Record
H.H. Willoughby
26 April 1907 - Carriage Shop in ENM from Thos. D. Hooper
Thomas D. Hooper
1896 -
Carriage shop adjoining C.C. Rawlings $500
26 April 1907 -
reduced by carriage shop to Howard Willoughby
1896 Tax
Record
Thos. D. Hooper
Carriage shop adjoining C.C. Rawlings $500
1876 Tax
Record
Margaret Newton
Dwelling house, shop, & lot in ENM 3/4 acre - $500
Causine Helsby
1 corner lot & shop in ENM 1/8 acre - $300
[For more information about this property see the historic record report for the Willoughby Funeral Home. Also see the Northwest Corner for a complete history of the corner property.]