In operation from 1776 to 1903, the Catoctin Iron Furnace was a community in itself. Founders, miners, clerks, charcoal makers, storekeepers, teamsters, and others came together under the iron master’s supervision. A furnace stack, the iron master’s Manor House ruins, and self-guided trail.
✕
Type
✕
Location
Catoctin Furnace/Cunningham Falls State Park
Historical Sites, National & State Parks, Historical Sites, National & State Parks
Camping, Scenic Drives and Trails
Catoctin Aqueduct
Historical Sites, Historical Sites
An historic canal structure of great importance to the transportation, structural, cultural and social fabric of Frederick County, the Village of Lander, the C&O Canal, the State of Maryland and our nation. The Catoctin Aqueduct site is where, in 1832, two arch rivals, the C&O Canal and B&O Railroad, first competed to concurrently cross at […]
Carollton Manor (Tuscarora/St. Josephs Church)
Historical Homes, Historical Sites, Historical Homes, Historical Sites
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, who was the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, provided a chapel at Tuscarora in 1764. The cemetery, adjoining the church, contains many unmarked graves of the Irish laborers of the C&O canal and B&O Railroad, who fell victim to the cholera epidemics of 1822 and 1832. The marked […]
Brunswick Railroad Museum
Historical Sites, Museums, Historical Sites, Museums
Features huge, interactive HO scale model railroad depicting B&O passenger line from Union Station, DC to Brunswick Freight Classification Yards. Railroad equipment and memorabilia, social history exhibits, photographs, Victorian costumes, furnishings, toy, baseball, and medical history.
Bjorlee Museum
Historical Sites, Museums, Historical Sites, Museums
Located on the campus of the Maryland School for the Deaf, the Bjorlee Museum is one of Frederick’s newest exhibits.
Beatty Cramer House
Historical Homes, Historical Sites, Historical Homes, Historical Sites
This c.1732 Frederick County, Maryland site features an unusual timber-frame and brick building with an interesting variety of early architectural construction techniques and details, an 18th century spring house, and a smokehouse.
Barbara Fritchie House
Historical Homes, Historical Sites, Historical Homes, Historical Sites
The museum is the reconstructed house of Barbara Fritchie, heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem from the Civil War. “Shoot if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country’s flag,” she said while leaning out an upstairs window.
The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Historical Sites, Historical Sites
A unique historic site unlike any other, The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is the home of the first American-born saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Heritage Frederick
Historical Homes, Historical Sites, Museums, Historical Homes, Historical Sites, Museums
The Museum & Research Center is located in the 1820’s home of Frederick physician Dr. John Baltzell, in the heart of Historic Downtown Frederick. Discover the rich history of Frederick County and its role that it has played in the nation. Journey through the county’s struggles, triumphs and entertainments spanning the colonial period to the […]
Canal Quarters – Lockhouse 28
Historical Homes, Historical Homes
Bed & Breakfast
Spend the night in historic Lockhouse 28, along the scenic C&O Canal. Furnishing to depict the 1830s, you will learn about the engineering marvels that make up the canal and experience life as the lock keepers lived it.