Posts Tagged ‘home1’
March Along the Towpath
Posted on: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 3:58 pm
Published in March 2023 in Along the Towpath, an excellent article on the Antietam Canal and its connection to the Saylor House (click image to enlarge)
Call for Volunteers!
Posted on: Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 @ 8:26 am
WCHT is a volunteer-run organization and we need YOU to achieve the dream of a vibrant, usable education center at the Saylor House located on the banks of the Antietam nestled inside Kiwanis Park. Some of our members volunteered to help last year but we did not have our programs ready to utilize their efforts. …
Participate in Washington County Gives
Posted on: Monday, April 30th, 2018 @ 4:44 pmJoin us in restoring the Saylor House in Hagerstown’s Kiwanis Park. Your donations will help restore the front porch of the building this year. Please give through the Washington County Gives website, https://washingtoncountygives.org/npo/washington-county-historical-trust, between 12am tonight through 11:59pm tomorrow- 24 hours of giving on May 1st, 2018. If you can’t …
Early Fish Stocking History on the Antietam
Posted on: Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 @ 9:14 pm
Early in Washington County’s history, a group of men, including Peter Saylor, formed the Antietam Fish Company to conserve, stock and harvest fish in Antietam Creek. Peter Saylor was the builder/owner of the old stone house in Kiwanis Park. Come here Mark Madison discuss the local efforts in fish conservation on April 28th and take …
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 recently this historic stone building was virtually inaccessible. Thanks to hard work by WCHT members and others, you can take advantage of this rare opportunity …
Early Bird Notice for WCHT Members and Followers. . . . It’s Here, it’s finally here!
Posted on: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 9:11 am
Rebel of ’61 by Joseph R. Stonebraker $24.95 Annotated and edited by Sandra D. Izer for WCHT (2016) 264 pages of history (softcover) over 100 illustrations, maps, and photographs Rare 1823 “Battle of Funkstown” poem by Thomas Kennedy republished for the first time in almost 200 years Glossary and Index and much more! Stonebraker …
212 – Cool Hollow House, circa 1850, south of Funkstown, MD
Posted on: Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 @ 2:28 pm
Antietam Creek swings close to Old National Pike near the western end of Cool Hollow Road near Beaver Creek. A handsome white-painted brick house, laid in American bond, with interior brick chimneys stands on the narrow strip of land between the creek and the west side of the pike. Five bays wide, the main block …
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 Professional Court lead. Antietam Creek curls around the eastern margins of this section, its banks choked in weeds and scrub brush. A large bank barn …
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 brick house, obscured behind a tall thicket of evergreens, appears briefly. Before it, a narrow gravel drive separates from the road, climbs the bluff to …
“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 MOU Last week the Mayor and City Council of Hagerstown voted to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with members of the Washington County Historical …
