Hagerstown and Around Town
You are Invited to the Saylor House
Posted on: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 3:56 pm
Special “Before Restoration” HOUSE TOUR for WCHT members and Friends Sunday, October 16, 2016 1 to 4 pm (Free of Charge) After 60 years of neglect, until …
Saylor House, Circa 1800, Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 1:00 pm
In 2007, planning for a new business park began in Hagerstown. The 29-acre parcel slated for development stands along Jefferson Boulevard, east of Eastern Boulevard from where Diamond Drive and …
“The Plan” for the Saylor House
Posted on: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 10:15 pm
When determined preservationists present an idea benefiting the community to receptive government leaders, the result is “The Plan.” Occasionally, we are pleased to say, it works. Hagerstown City Council Approves …
Save the Saylor!
Posted on: Monday, March 7th, 2016 @ 4:42 pm
Near the Antietam Creek just east of the newly developed Hagerstown Light Business Park, in the new Kiwanis Park, a circa 1800 stone house stands off the beaten-path, unused, …
141 – Rockland Farm, 1773. Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Saturday, April 25th, 2015 @ 3:31 pm
Fiddlersburg is a small community on the eastern fringes of Hagerstown. The main street, Antietam Drive, has been supplanted by Eastern Boulevard and the railroad crossing closed so that …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
