7 Goodsell Alley

Description

This property is a business-owner's dream! Run your business from where you live! Whether you want the workspace, maritime engine repair shop or storage. Primary shop has a 30 x 30 workshop with separate office that includes bathroom and parts room. Upstairs apartment has private entry and is open concept living with private one bedroom/bath with deck that runs the whole length of back of building. Exterior of building has been bulkheaded and has private dock access. Property itself has a vast history. In the late 1890+GGs +GG mid 1900+GGs Crisfield was part of an industrial boom due its easily accessible supply of seafood provided by local watermen. With seafood being shipped all over the United States, Crisfield became known as the "Seafood Capital of the World.+G- With that rise in residents, Crisfield saw a rise in businesses both big and small along the downtown area. Today there are only a handful of original buildings left, this particular one being one of the last few standing. In 1868, James H. Goodsell bought what was then water that extends westward from Broad Street. Hence the name of the street. The building itself built in 1928, providing the perfect location for local waterman to have their engines repaired and serviced. the Milbourne Machine shop has been operating for 94 years.