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Frederick Attractions
Barbara Fritchie House
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. Visit the exterior year round. If you would like to see the inside of this site, please call for hours.
154 W. Patrick St.
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 698-8992
Beatty Cramer House
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 springhouse, and a smokehouse. The site holds Historic American Building Survey (HABS) status and is protected by a Maryland Historical Trust Deed of Easement. The site is open for special events and by appointment by calling 301/668-2086 or 301/668-6088.
9010 Liberty Rd.
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 668-2086
Brunswick Railroad Museum
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. C&O Canal Visitor Center and Pete Harper's Children's Hands-On Activity Room located on main floor. Hours: Fri 10 AM - 2 PM, Sat 10 AM - 4 PM, Sun 1 - 4 PM. (Year Round) VISA, MC & Discover. Main floor handicapped accessible.
40 West Potomac St.
Brunswick, MD 21716
(301) 834-7100
C&O Canal Visitor Center
The C&O Canal National Historic Park Visitor's Center, and the Museum Store are on the first floor of the Brunswick Railroad Museum. C&O Canal Visitor Center and Pete Harpers Children's Hands-On Activity Room located on main floor. The third floor features a 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. Hours: Fri 10 AM - 2 PM, Sat 10 AM - 4 PM, Sun 1 - 4 PM. (Year Round) VISA, MC & Discover. Main floor handicapped accessible.
44 West Potomac St.
Brunswick, MD 21716
Catoctin Aqueduct
Catoctin Aqueduct was 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 the same location a major tributary of the Potomac River-Catoctin Creek. It's one of 11 stone aqueducts on the 184-mile long C&O canal.
2800 Lander Rd.
Jefferson, MD 21755
(301) 600-2888
Catoctin Furnace/Cunningham Falls State Park
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. Hours: Daily, 8 AM to SUNSET. Handicapped accessible. VISA, MC
Catoctin Furnace Road south of Thurmont
Thurmont, MD 21788
(301) 271-7574
Central MD Heritage League/Lamar Cultural Her. Ctr
The non-profit land trust preserves South Mountain Battlefield sites and is restoring two historical structures, the Lamar Center and the Dahlgren Chapel. Middletown will be the focal point of an auto tour of the South Mountain Battlefield. Mon - Fri 10 AM - 2 PM and by appointment. Call first.
200 W. Main St.
Middletown, MD 21769
(301) 371-7090
Frederick County Public Libraries/Maryland Room
The Maryland Room, located on the second floor of the C. Burr Artz Public Library, is Frederick County Public Libraries' local history, genealogy, and government document center. It is a non-circulating research collection of primary and secondary sources. Materials actively collected document all aspect of Maryland's history and culture, the lives and genealogy of Maryland's peoples, and the Civil War. Special emphasis is placed on obtaining resources relating to the peoples, places, communities, and institutions of Frederick County and Frederick City. The Maryland Room is an official partner archive of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project and is the home of the Linton-Holdcraft Obituary Collection, as well as, the George Brigham Civil War Research Collection. The Maryland Room curates changing exhibits in both the lobby of the Artz Library and in the Maryland Room; and also regularly sponsors public programs on a variety of history related topics.
110 E. Patrick St.
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 600-1629
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