Adaptive Reuse of Historic Resources
A Effort to Save History; BKG still endangered. Update Summer 2015.
Posted on: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 9:29 am
Why can’t history and progress cohabitate peacefully? The Brumbaugh-Kendle-Grove (BKG) Farmstead sits across the road from Hagerstown Airport on land acquired to expand the runway in 1999. The farm was …
61 – Valencia, circa 1925, Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 9:14 amThere it sits, on Potomac Avenue, a froth of pink stucco, shaped parapets, tile roofs and bells–a relic of the Spanish Mission heritage we never had. Perhaps because of its …
136 – Elmwood Farm, circa 1858, east of Williamsport, MD
Posted on: Friday, March 6th, 2015 @ 8:52 am
Interstate 81 cut through the original road from Williamsport to Boonsboro, leaving a section of the old route, now named Kendle Road, still passing through fields and among farms. …
1 – Doub’s Mill, circa 1811-1821, Beaver Creek east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 @ 9:20 am
The millrace enters the mill at the rear of the building. [for a larger view click on the image] Traveling east, Beaver Creek Road settles into a gentle valley. To …
99 – Pry Mill, circa 1820, west of Keedysville, MD
Posted on: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 3:12 pm
Just above the confluence of Little Antietam and Antietam Creeks in the southern part of the county, Keedysville Road makes a sharp turn and heads east along the north bank …
89 – Ferry Hill, circa 1812, southwest of Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 2:52 pm
High on a cliff above the Potomac, an imposing brick home stands sentinel across from Shepherdstown. Early settlers coming down the valley from York, Pennsylvania, forded the Potomac at Packhorse …
83 – The Barn at Black Rock, circa 1790-1820, Black Rock east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 2:34 pm
Barns are an important part of our landscape, great, sweeping structures that evoke an earlier time. They speak to us of our forebears; individuals who could raise the great beams …
42 – Miller’s Tavern, circa 1823, east of Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 8:38 am
In the first quarter of the 19th century, the westward movement was changing the face and the character of the country. Roads were built to carry pioneers west to new …
