Sharpsburg Area
131 – Middlekauff-Poffenberger Farm, circa 1756 and 1820, north of Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:12 pmThe brow of a low hill hides a collection of well maintained farm buildings, nestled in a hollow, well to the east of Sharpsburg Pike. Protected by a conservation easement, …
62 – Long Sought Tavern, circa 1780-1800, north of Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:12 pm
Bowie Road is a single lane that follows the path of the Potomac below Taylor’s Landing Road. There, set back from a grassy swale that once was the C&O Canal, …
136 – Mount Pleasant, circa 1790, Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:11 pmOn the edge of Sharpsburg, Chapline Street drifts along a row of small houses, many dating from the early settlement of the village. At the edge of town, the road …
108 – Piper House, circa 1790, Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:11 pm
In Sharpsburg, a large stone house stands on the south east corner of Main and Church Streets, a venerable relic in an historic town. Joseph Chapline, Sr., Indian fighter, early …
112 – Roulette Farm, late 18th century, Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:10 pm
Bloody Lane, where once the Union and Confederate Armies met in the deadliest, single day battle in the history of this country, is quiet now, a sunken road winding among …
43 – Stone Hill, circa 1800-1825, north of Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:09 pm
Taylor’s Landing Road angles north and west above Sharpsburg, winding around one of the great loops of the Potomac River. Most of the houses along this rural way are of …
95 – Kef-Poff Farm, circa 1802, Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 9:09 pm
Narrow Mansfield Road winds east past quiet fields, often shaded by old trees. Sections of stone fence still stand, and black boards bind pastures. A small sign announces Kef-Poff Farm; …
106 – Greystone Farm, circa 1842, south of Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 5:54 pm
Just south of Sharman’s Run on Mills Road, two great maple trees stand sentinel before a farmhouse, shading it from passersby. The house is built of roughly coursed fieldstone with …
89 – Ferry Hill, circa 1812, southwest of Sharpsburg, MD
Posted on: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 2:52 pm
High on a cliff above the Potomac, an imposing brick home stands sentinel across from Shepherdstown. Early settlers coming down the valley from York, Pennsylvania, forded the Potomac at Packhorse …
198 – Burnside’s Headquarters, circa 1840. south of Sharpsburg, MD.
Posted on: Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 @ 1:11 pmUndoing 150 years to reveal past in Burnside’s Headquarters Mills Road runs generally north/south between Burnside Bridge and Harpers Ferry roads, near land crossed during the Battle of Antietam. …
