Smithsburg-Leitersburg Area
98 – Prince of Germany, circa 1810-1840, north of Smithsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 10:27 pmThe house on Bradbury Avenue, along the fringes of Smithsburg, looks like so many other simple, everyman homes in the county. It sits close to the road, covered in cream-painted …
113 – Rohrer House Farm, circa 1770, east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:36 pmHopscotch Lane winds north from Trovinger Mill Road, a vestige of an early road that ran between Rohrers Mill and Old Forge Road, fording the Antietam. On the left side …
90 – Trovinger Mill, 1771, east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:36 pmWhen the mill was built in 1771, it was Jacob Rohrer’s Mill. It lay along a road that ran from Hagerstown to the forge that was a mile and a …
26 – Huckleberry Hall, circa 1787, north of Smithsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:35 pmIn the rolling orchard country north of Smithsburg, Poplar Grove Road branches off from Durberry and descends a gentle grade into a broad plain cut through by the Little Antietam …
121 – Bowman’s Mill, 1789-1801, south of Leitersburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:35 pmIn the hollow where Little Antietam Creek crosses under Smithsburg Leitersburg Road, a cluster of buildings hugs the road. This is George Bowman’s legacy, and home of some of his …
88 – The Maples on Oswald Lane, circa 1791, east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:33 pmOswald Lane presses east from Whitehall Road into fields behind the Chewsville Community Center. After nearly half a mile, this private road makes a right angle turn and dips to …
12 – White Oak Forrest, late 18th century, east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:32 pmBeyond the eastern edge of Hagerstown lies a random collection of modest homes grouped about a crossroads called Fiddlersburg. Down a long lane past a row of mailboxes and a …
9 – The Maples, circa 1800, near Chewsville, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:32 pmThe drive from Interstate 70 toward Smithsburg along Route 66 is serene and beautiful. Open spaces and well-tended fields gather along the road, and orchards climb the side of South …
10 – The Willows, circa 1800-1825, near Chewsville, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:31 pmThe great red brick barn stands sentinel along Route 66 south of Cavetown, its ends pierced with diamond patterns in the brickwork–a lovely solution to the mundane problem of ventilating …
102 – Bald Barrons, circa 1812, east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:30 pmThe stone farmhouse at the corner of Old Forge and Beck Roads dates from 1812, a time of transition from the Colonial to Federal styles of architecture. It is set …
