National & Local Treasures
Donnelly House, circa 1815, south of Williamsport, MD
Posted on: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 12:18 pm
Falling Waters Road undulates over rolling farmland moving west from Spielman Road to the Potomac River. As it curls past a bluff on the north, the corner of an old …
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 …
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 …
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 …
5 – Bowman House, circa 1826-1840, Boonsboro, MD
Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 5:54 pmBoonesborough was a thriving community of five houses and 30 souls in 1796. Situated on the trade route through Crampton’s Gap in South Mountain, the town grew as the National …
13 – Old Forge Farm, 1762, east of Hagerstown, MD
Posted on: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 9:49 am
Going west on Old Forge Road from Route 62, the highway dips across a one-lane bridge and rises again between fields and scattered homes. At the crest of a rise, …
119 – The Kennedy Farm, circa 1852, south Washington County, MD
Posted on: Friday, March 6th, 2015 @ 10:13 am
It’s the best kept secret in the state!” declares South Lynn as he gazes toward a small log cabin perched on high stone foundations. Then he launches into the story …
136 – Elmwood Farm, circa 1858, east of Williamsport, MD
Posted on: Friday, March 6th, 2015 @ 8:52 am
Interstate 81 cut through the original road from Williamsport to Boonsboro, leaving a section of the old route, now named Kendle Road, still passing through fields and among farms. …
