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Boonsboro, Maryland Walking Tour

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Tour Overview

Walking/Driving tour of sites of historical interest

This walking tour of Boonsboro, Maryland was created on behalf of the Boonsboro Historical Society.

Walking tour stops 1-34 are located within downtown Boonsboro. Stops 35-38 are worthy of touring, but a farther distance. All within 3 miles of downtown Boonsboro, but will likely require travel by car.

A brief history of Boonsboro:

1725- Settlers were moving through the area on the “Conestoga Path” on their way to Virginia in an effort to get families to settle Western Maryland. Lord Baltimore began offering grants to settlers. In 1738 Captain George Beale patterned 100 acres which includes present dayBoonsboro.

1755- General Braddock and his army, accompanied by George Washington, passed through this area on their way to battle the French and Indians at Fort Duquesque. After their defeat most of the population was forced to leave the area because of Indian attacks.

1792- William Boone, with help from his brother George, established the town and sold the first of 44 lots. A post office was opened in 1801, and by 1803 there were
24 houses. The 1820 census shows a population of 395 whites, 7 free blacks, and 26 slaves.

1810- An all-weather road was completed from Baltimore to Boonsboro, bringing rapid growth and prosperity to the area. The National Pike passed down Main Street. Many businesses were established to service the flourishing traffic. By 1830 the population had grownto 707.

1823- The first macadam road in the United States stretched from Boonsboro to Hagerstown.

1827- On July 4th, the citizens of Boonsboro erected and dedicated the first monument in the nation to George Washington.

1831- Boonsboro became incorporated and held the first town election. Jonathan Shafer was elected as the first burgess (mayor).

1902- The Hagerstown-Frederick Electric Railroad Company began trolley service through Boonsboro. The station closed in 1938.

1939- Shafer Park was dedicated after being built during the Depression by the Work Progress Administration.

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Stops

  1. Stop 1: Hotel Eagle - Inn BoonsBoro

  2. Stop 2: 7 North Main Street - one of the original first sites

  3. Stop 3: Bank/Town Hall, 19 N. Main St.

  4. Stop 4: Dr. Edgar T. Smith House - 33 North Main St.

  5. Stop 5: Hamilton/Brining House - 103 N. Main St.

  6. Stop 6: Bast Furniture - 109 N. Main St.

  7. Stop 7: Boonsborough Museum of History - 113 N. Main St.

  8. Stop 8: Welty House - 121 N. Main St.

  9. Stop 9: St. James Catholic Church - 121 N. Main St.

  10. Stop 10: Bowman House, home of the Boonsboro Historical Society - 323 N. Main St.

  11. Stop 11: Lakin Farmhouse - 5 Stouffer Ave.

  12. Stop 12: Boonsboro Trolley Station - 220 N. Main St.

  13. Stop 13: National Road Heritage Museum - 214 N. Main St.

  14. Stop 14: Bast Homestead - 114/116 N. Main St.

  15. Stop 15: Shafer Tannery - 102 N. Main St.

  16. Stop 16: 44 N. Main St.

  17. Stop 17: 42 N. Main St.

  18. Stop 18: Smith/Gaines House - 32 N. Main St.

  19. Stop 19: Stonebraker Building - 4 N. Main St.

  20. Stop 20: Bomberger House - 27 Potomac St.

  21. Stop 21: Trinity Reformed Church (Salem) - 33 Potomac St.

  22. Stop 22: Old Salem Graveyard/Boone Gravesite

  23. Stop 23: Civil War Brothers - Potomac Street

  24. Stop 24: Dr. Wheeler House - 24 Potomac St.

  25. Stop 25: U.S. Hotel - 2 S. Main St.

  26. Stop 26: Old Grocery - 14 S. Main St.

  27. Stop 27: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church - 64 S. Main St.

  28. Stop 28: Mt. Nebo Methodist Church

  29. Stop 29: Lilacs of Rose Hill - 141 S. Main St.

  30. Stop 30: Odd Fellows Hall - 27 S. Main St

  31. Stop 31: Cast Iron Building - 5-7 S. Main St.

  32. Stop 32: First Christian Church of Boonsboro - 14 St. Paul St.

  33. Stop 33: Weldon - 40 St. Paul St.

  34. Stop 34: Red Men's Hall - 9 St. Paul St.

  35. Stop 35: Drive to this location: Old South Mountain Inn - 6132 Old National Pike, Boonsboro

  36. Stop 36: Drive to this location - Dahlgren Chapel, across from Old South Mountain Inn

  37. Stop 37: Drive to this location - Washington Monument - 6620 Zittlestown Rd, Middletown, MD 21769

  38. Stop 38: Drive to this location - Crystal Grottoes Caverns - 19821 Shepherdstown Pike, Boonsboro

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