North County

Kammerer House, 1774, North Washington County, MD

Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:42 pm

Just south of the Pennsylvania state line near Interstate 81, the efficient, modern buildings of Citicorp are fanned out around an 18th century farmstead. Tucked in the center of this …

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54 – Lehman’s Mill Farm House, circa 1800, north Washington County, MD

Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:38 pm

Lehman’s Mill Road winds east from Marsh Pike near the Pennsylvania border and soon enters Lehman’s Mill Historic District. The earliest structure in this collection of mill buildings is the …

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36 – Brightwood, circa 1802-1829, north Washington County, MD

Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:38 pm

Marsh Pike runs north from Hagerstown roughly following the path of Marsh Run. Two miles past Paramount Road, on the right side of the pike, Blue Heron Lane leads east …

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74 – Elysian Fields, late 18th century, north Washington County, MD

Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 8:41 pm

Near the Pennsylvania border, a long, low limestone house stretches along Marsh Pike, surrounded by a yard filled with tall old trees. Three small gravestones stand in the farthest corner, …

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15 – Paradise Manor, late 18th century, north Washington County, MD

Posted on: Sunday, March 8th, 2015 @ 9:28 am

Paradise Church Road heads north from Longmeadow among an assortment of fields and new homes. To the east, Paradise Manor Drive leads into a subdivision with established yards and a …

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31 – Ashton Hall, 1801, Maugansville, MD

Posted on: Saturday, March 7th, 2015 @ 11:50 am

Ashton Hall, Maugansville MD

South from the crossroads that is the center of Maugansville, set well back from the road near new homes that are just now being built, is a five-bay stone farmhouse. …

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17 – Price’s Bridge, 1822, Conococheague Creek west of Cearfoss, MD

Posted on: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 1:13 pm

Traveling west from Hagerstown out Salem Avenue onto Maryland Route 416, a new bridge crosses the Conococheague just past Cearfoss. On the northeast side of this bridge is a narrow, …

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18 – Lehman’s Mill District, circa 1800-1869, north Washington County, MD

Posted on: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 1:08 pm

Marsh Pike goes north from Hagerstown through a mix of fields, commerce and new subdivisions. Further out, single homes of varying styles and ages face the road, interrupting the crops …

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22 – Long Meadow, circa 1790, North Washington County, MD

Posted on: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 1:04 pm

Marsh Pike heads north from Paramount, passing subdivisions and single homes facing the road. On the right, behind a modern brick house and a collection of farm buildings and paddocks, …

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