You searched for City|State: hagerstown, md
Page 9 of 11 — Showing results 81 to 90 of 107
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3WF_leitersburg-bridge-no-2_Hagerstown-MD.html
This is the first of two bridges built in 1839 by John Weaver. The two-arch span rises steeply over the Antietam Creek and is unusual because of the lateral curve in its roadbed. It was long known as Strite's Mill Bridge because of a mill to the n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3WC_old-forge-bridge_Hagerstown-MD.html
This three-arch bridge was erected at a cost $2,800 by W. H. Eirely in 1863 over a ford in Antietam Creek. The east arch of this bridge spans a path once used for cattle. A forge, part of a large ironworks operation owned by the Hughes brothers, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KZ_mason-and-dixon-line_Hagerstown-MD.html
Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary line. Surveyed and marked 1763-68 by two English astronomers, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. This is one of the "Crown" stones, set every five miles displaying the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore on south and Penns…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KL_washington-county-courthouse_Hagerstown-MD.html
This is Washington County's third courthouse. When the county was established in 1776, the first courthouse, a combination building that served also as a market house, was built in the middle of the town square, one block east of here. It proved t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BO_corporal-william-othello-wilson_Hagerstown-MD.html
United States Army Medal of Honor Recipient and Buffalo Soldier
William Othello Wilson, a native of Hagerstown, Maryland, enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 21, 1889, at age 22 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He was subsequently assigned to the 9th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39L_washington-county-jail_Hagerstown-MD.html
The first building used as the Washington Country Jail was a log house at 26-28 E. Franklin Street in Hagerstown. In 1818, the state legislature authorized the county to spend $12,000 to build a new jail.
The new jail was built on this site on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39K_washington-county-jail_Hagerstown-MD.html
An African American Heritage Report prepared by the Heritage Resources Group for the City of Hagerstown in 2002 identified the following historical incidents which suggest that the Washington County Jail was a significant site of activity along th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39J_the-harmon-hotel_Hagerstown-MD.html
The Harmon Hotel stood here, one of more than 40 properties owned by Walter Harmon (1869-1915), a local African-American businessman who amassed a fortune in real estate.
A McGaheysville, VA native, Harmon had 10 children and 20 grandchildren. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39D_claggetts-millrace-bridge_Hagerstown-MD.html
Although it vaults only a millrace deflected from Antietam Creek proper, this small but well-designed one-arch bridge is typical of many others that have not survived at mill sites in the county. It is not certain that John Weaver built this 53' b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2SI_claggetts-mill-bridge_Hagerstown-MD.html
This three-arch bridge over Antietam Creek was completed by John Weaver in 1840 for $2,800. It was near the mill operated for generations by the Claggett family. The house, barn, and outbuildings of the Claggett estate, "Valentia," stand nearby. T…