Smithsburg-Leitersburg Area
130 – Dry Spring Farm, 1824, near Chewsville, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:29 pmKieffer Funk Road doglegs between Jefferson Boulevard and White Hall Road, east of Hagerstown. It runs through the margins of the city and pushes into farmland. On the east side …
55 – Stoneridge, circa 1830-1850, south of Leitersburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:29 pmNortheast of Hagerstown, Clopper Road twists along Antietam Creek, then crosses the stream on a narrow bridge. It is a picturesque scene: rolling hills, tall trees, waterfowl and sometimes a …
53 – The Leiter House, circa 1846, Leitersburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:28 pmIt’s the gray house with blue shutters on Leitersburg’s Main Street just off the square–solid, brick, tucked right against the sidewalk. It’s a substantial home, made in two sections. The …
7 – The Hive, circa 1850, near Chewsville, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:28 pm
Not far from Route 62 north of Chewsville, shielded by undergrowth and the remnants of a large barn, a gracious brick home sits at right angles to the road, facing …
38 – Linden Hall, mid-19th century, west of Smithsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:27 pmJust west of Smithsburg, in the wide corner made by Cavetown Church Road and Route 64, is a mid 19th century farmstead. Screened by trees and shrubs, little is visible …
66 – The Old Stone Mill, circa 1850, northeast of Smithsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:26 pmNortheast of Smithsburg, Edgemont Road winds into the foothills of South Mountain past log houses now clad in weatherboard, past orchards, past a mobile home firmly planted on fieldstone foundations. …
48 – Silver Storm Farm, 1858, east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:26 pmTrovinger Mill Road loops north from Route 64 pressing into farmland and curling into one of the turns of Antietam Creek. On a bluff, surrounded by fenced meadows, stands a …
57 – Beard’s Church, circa 1863, east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:26 pm
Old Forge Road wanders east from Antietam Drive into farmland and crosses Antietam Creek over a three-arched stone bridge. Two miles farther, a small country church appears on the left, …
92 – South Mountain Hotel, circa 1874-1890, north of Smithsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:25 pmHigh on South Mountain near Edgemont sits a solitary farmstead, dominated by a red brick house, surrounded by forests and orchards, isolated from any community, far from any highway. Jacques …
67 – Stover’s Manse, circa 1888, northeast of Smithsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:25 pm
When J. Mitchell Stover assembled his tracts of land near Edgemont, there were already several structures there: the stone mill that had been converted into a distillery, a barn on …
