Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Culvert 200, 136 miles above tidewater, Hanco...
Survey number: HABS MD-801 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 46, 107.4 miles from tidewater, Williams...
Survey number: HABS MD-793 Public domain photograph of ruins in United States, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Samuel Pry House, Keedysville Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Significance: This house is significant for its log construction, and its association with the nearby Civil War Battle of Antietam. Survey number: HABS MD-958 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Salty Dog Tavern, Lock 33 vicinity, Sharpsbur...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HAER MD-27-C
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Typical Lock Gate, Sharpsburg, Washington Cou...
Survey number: HABS MD-767 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A group of people standing outside of a building, possibly related to:...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Barn on outskirts of Hagerstown, Maryland
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A group of men standing next to each other. Great Depression FSA photo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a barn and a cow, Great Depression. FSA/OWI...
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Farm near Hagerstown, Maryland - safety film negatives, Library of Con...
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Waste Weir, Lock No. 37, 67.15 miles above ti...
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Piper Farm, House, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Significance: The house is significant both due to its relationship to the Battle of Antietam and its status as a structure typical for the time and region. Survey number: HABS MD-946 Building/structure dates... More
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hager...
Significance: The "little green shed" survives as the oldest structure associated with aviation pioneers Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner, who formed the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company (KRA) in 1926, a y... More
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hager...
Significance: The "little green shed" survives as the oldest structure associated with aviation pioneers Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner, who formed the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company (KRA) in 1926, a y... More
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hager...
Significance: The "little green shed" survives as the oldest structure associated with aviation pioneers Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner, who formed the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company (KRA) in 1926, a y... More
Antietam National Cemetery, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharp...
Significance: On September 17, 1862, over 23,000 men and boys were killed or wounded during the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland. In early 1864, Maryland State Senator Lewis P. Frey introduced legi... More
Samuel Pry Mill, Keedysville Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Significance: This mill is significant for its vernacular architecture, its contribution to local commerce, and its association with the nearby Civil War Battle of Antietam. Survey number: HABS MD-958-A Natio... More
Herman Farm, House, North side of Showalter Road, East of I-81, Hagers...
Significance: Dated October 16, 1860, this farmhouse is an excellent documented example of a prosperous farmer's dwelling which has remained to the present with only minimal alterations. The major significanc... More
Herman Farm, House, North side of Showalter Road, East of I-81, Hagers...
Significance: Dated October 16, 1860, this farmhouse is an excellent documented example of a prosperous farmer's dwelling which has remained to the present with only minimal alterations. The major significanc... More
Maryland State Monument, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Significance: It was commissioned in 1898 by the Maryland General Assembly to honor the Union and Confederate soldiers from the state who fought in the Battle of Antietam. The monument is located in a grove of ... More
Joseph Parks Farm, Barn, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Structure name changed due to further research, 11/2005. Significance: The property known today as the Joseph Parks Farm was purchased by Jacob Mumma in 1796. The barn was most likely constructed before 1821, ... More
Joseph Parks Farm, Barn, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Structure name changed due to further research, 11/2005. Significance: The property known today as the Joseph Parks Farm was purchased by Jacob Mumma in 1796. The barn was most likely constructed before 1821, ... More
Joseph Parks Farm, Barn, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Structure name changed due to further research, 11/2005. Significance: The property known today as the Joseph Parks Farm was purchased by Jacob Mumma in 1796. The barn was most likely constructed before 1821, ... More
Newcomer Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike near Middle Bridge, Sharpsburg, W...
Significance: Architecturally, the Newcomer house is a typical example of a regional log house. Its proximity to the middle bridge lends the Newcomer house further historical significance. Survey number: HABS... More
Mary Locher Cabin, Route 65 (Hagerstown Pike), Sharpsburg, Washington ...
Significance: This abandoned farm dwelling is historically significant as part of a farmstead that existed before and during the Battle of Antietam, and as a surviving structure in the West Woods landscape, nor... More
Antietam National Battlefield, Observation Tower, Richardson Avenue, S...
Significance: Antietam's stone Observation Tower was built during the War Department's era of battlefield preservation and interpretation. In 1890, congressional legislation gave the War Department oversight o... More
Mumma Farm, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Significance: As a house that was destroyed during the Battle of Antietam and rebuilt the year after, the Mumma farm is significant both historically and as an example of the architectural style of Washington C... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Bridge Piers, Junction of Pot...
Survey number: HAER MD-16 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1838 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1842 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1851 Sub... More
Tolson's Chapel, 111 East High Street, Sharpsburg, Washington County, ...
Significance: Tolson's Chapel served as a church and a Freedman's Bureau school for black residents of Sharpsburg in the years following the American Civil War. Establishing religious and educational instituti... More
Tolson's Chapel, 111 East High Street, Sharpsburg, Washington County, ...
Significance: Tolson's Chapel served as a church and a Freedman's Bureau school for black residents of Sharpsburg in the years following the American Civil War. Establishing religious and educational instituti... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 36, 62.4 miles above tidewater, Sharpsbu...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-115 Survey number: HABS MD-775
U.S. Army Garrison Fort Ritchie, Lower Lake Dam, Fort Ritchie Military...
Significance: This dam is the lower unit of a two part-water control system at Fort Ritchie, Maryland. Both dams are locally important structures used to maintain the recreational-use lakes at Fort Ritchie. A... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House, Lock 37, 67.0 miles abov...
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Dry Dock at Lock 35, 62.3 miles above tidewat...
Survey number: HABS MD-885 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Smith House, Keedysville Road Near Upper Bridge, Sharpsburg, Washingto...
Survey number: HABS MD-955 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Mule Barn, Four Lock Road, Clear Spring, Wash...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HAER MD-28
Poffenberg Farm, House, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
See also HABS MD-949-A for additional documentation of this same structure. Additional documentation includes photographs (Photographs 1-3). Survey number: HABS MD-130-A National Register of Historic Places N... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 48, 108.9 Miles a...
Significance: The Lock Tender's House at "Four Locks", built in 1846, is the best preserved structure in this complex. It is distinctive in that it is one of the largest remaining two story brick houses along ... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 48, 108.9 Miles a...
Significance: The Lock Tender's House at "Four Locks", built in 1846, is the best preserved structure in this complex. It is distinctive in that it is one of the largest remaining two story brick houses along ... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Joseph Poffenberger Farm, Wash House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsbu...
Significance: It is a 1-room outbuilding, which was built in 2 phases. The western section of the building, thought to be earlier, was built of horizontal hewn log construction, with a large exterior fieldstone... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 46, 107.4 miles above tidew...
Survey number: HABS MD-792 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kennedy Farm, Chestnut Grove Road, Samples Manor, Washington County, M...
Significance: The building was used by John Brown as a rendezvous during the summer preceding the raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-117 Survey numbe... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Sideling Creek Aqueduct, Above Lock 56, 136.6...
See also HABS No. DC-147 for list of other C&O Canal structures. Survey number: HABS MD-806
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 34, Harpers Ferry Road, 61.6 miles above...
Survey number: HABS MD-766 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Rohrbach Farm, Barn, East of Burnside Bridge Road, Sharpsburg, W...
Survey number: HABS MD-944-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 35, 62.3 miles above tidewater, Sharpsbu...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS MD-773
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 35, 62.3 miles above tidewater, Sharpsbu...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS MD-773
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 35, 62.3 miles above tidewater, Sharpsbu...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS MD-773
Antietam National Cemetery, Entrance Gates, Shepherdstown Pike (State ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-135 Survey number: HABS MD-936-B Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction
Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...
Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More
Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...
Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More
Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...
Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More
Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...
Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More
Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...
Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Conococheague Creek Aqueduct, 99.8 miles abov...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-128 Survey number: HABS MD-224
Joseph Sherrick Farm, House, Burnside Bridge Road (Rural Route 1), Sha...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Section House, Lock 39, 74.28 miles above tid...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-122 Survey number: HABS MD-220
Mumma Farm, House, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS MD-950-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1862 Demolished Building/stru... More
Mumma Farm, House, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS MD-950-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1862 Demolished Building/stru... More
Mumma Farm, House, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS MD-950-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1862 Demolished Building/stru... More
Mumma Farm, House, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS MD-950-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1862 Demolished Building/stru... More
Roulette Farm, House, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Significance: The Roulette farm is significant both as an example of the area's early architecture and due to its relationship to the Civil War Battle of Antietam. Unprocessed Field note material exists for th... More
Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...
Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More
Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...
Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More
Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...
Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More
Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...
Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More
Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...
Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More
Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Rou...
Significance: The cemetery's significance lies primarily in the events of the Civil War Battle of Antietam which led to its creation. Architecturally, its elaborate entrance gate and gothic-inspired lodge hous... More
Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Rou...
Significance: The cemetery's significance lies primarily in the events of the Civil War Battle of Antietam which led to its creation. Architecturally, its elaborate entrance gate and gothic-inspired lodge hous... More
Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Rou...
Significance: The cemetery's significance lies primarily in the events of the Civil War Battle of Antietam which led to its creation. Architecturally, its elaborate entrance gate and gothic-inspired lodge hous... More
Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Rou...
Significance: The cemetery's significance lies primarily in the events of the Civil War Battle of Antietam which led to its creation. Architecturally, its elaborate entrance gate and gothic-inspired lodge hous... More
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Joseph Poffenberger Farm, House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, W...
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Joseph Poffenberger Farm, House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, W...
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Joseph Poffenberger Farm, House, 17834 Mansfield Avenue, Sharpsburg, W...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Burnside's Bridge over the Antietem, Washington County, Maryland
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Rohrbach Farm, Springhouse, East of Burnside Bridge Road, Sharps...
Survey number: HABS MD-944-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Grove Farm, Dependency, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-954-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Barn with painted windows near Hagerstown, Maryland
Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A group of people standing around a building. Great Depression FSA pho...
Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Railroad station. Hagerstown, Maryland
Public domain image of a train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a group of people, Great Depression. FSA/OW...
Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sign near Boonsboro, Maryland. Great Depression public domain photogra...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a frog, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
National Road, Tollhouse, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mumma Farm, Springhouse, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Upper Bridge, Keedysville Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-959 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hager...
Significance: The "little green shed" survives as the oldest structure associated with aviation pioneers Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner, who formed the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company (KRA) in 1926, a y... More