Clear Spring Area
34 – Fiery’s Inheritance, circa 1790, east of Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 8:35 amNorth of the church, along St. Paul’s Church Road, is a stone house set at right angles to the road, far down a lane. It is four bays wide with flat arches over the windows and coursed ashlar stonework. The corners of the house are quoined and there is a water table. The roof is …
8 – Montpelier, circa 1790, Clear Spring, MD
Posted on: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 8:35 am
North and east of Clear Spring, on a sharp bend in Broadfording Road, stands Montpelier, shaded by stately old trees and surrounded by the outbuildings of another century. Built of white-painted brick and stone, five bays in length, the origin of the house presents a tantalizing mystery. Excavations around the site show evidence of charring …
