Clear Spring Area
32 – Stafford Hall, circa 1840, east of Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:58 pmEast of Clear Spring, on Cohill Road, a large, two-story, white-painted brick house sits on a rise that is shaded by old trees and softened by mature shrubs. The center …
2 – Wilson Bridge 1819 and Wilson Store c1847, east of Clear Spring, MD.
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
West of Hagerstown, Route 40 narrows to two lanes as it pushes into the countryside. Tidy homes, farmsteads and small businesses line the way in a random mix that is …
104 – Widmyer House, circa 1880, west of Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:02 pmOne of the Washington County houses available for curatorship under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is located near Fort Frederick, on a gravel lane that passes Mount Carmel …
97 – Perry House, circa, 1860, Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 8:58 pmIn Clear Spring on West Cumberland Street, an imposing brick home is a few feet back from the street behind a garden of potted plants. Its neighbors, which abut the …
93 – Oak Springs Farm, circa 1803, east of Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 8:51 pmAlong Clear Spring Road, a knot of farm buildings sits well back from the road among old trees and surrounded by a white board fence. This is the heart of …
6 – Clear Spring, MD. Founded in 1823
Posted on: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 10:18 am
The clear spring still flows at the foot of Fairview Mountain on the south side of what first was called the Bank Road. Now Route 40, it once …
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 …
16 – Nesbitt’s Inheritance, circa 1803-1813, Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 8:36 amBefore Clear Spring existed, Nathaniel Nesbitt, Sr.,owned the land on which it now lies. He had purchased 105 acres in 1754 after he emigrated from Northern Ireland. It is said …
140 – Land of Promise, circa 1800-1831, south of Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 8:36 amBig Spring Road winds through rolling countryside outside of Clear Spring. At a sharp turn, a lane forks to the left and travels a half-mile before crossing a small stone …
116 – Spring Meadow Farm, circa 1790, south of Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 8:36 amSouth from Clear Spring, Big Pool Road curls through the countryside, narrows as it crosses a one-lane bridge, and approaches the imposing 44 foot tall gable end of a stone …
