Hagerstown Historic District

Hagerstown Historic District is a national historic district at Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. The district contains the downtown commercial and governmental center as well as several surrounding urban residential neighborhoods and industrial areas. It includes the original plat of Hagerstown, laid out in the 1760s, as well as areas of expansion that developed generally prior to or just after the turn of the 20th century. Some 2,500 Confederate dead lie in Rose Hill Cemetery on South Potomac Street, most of whom died at the Battle of Antietam.[2]

Hagerstown Historic District
Former fire hall in the district in 2011
LocationRoughly bounded by Prospect and Canon Aves., Memorial Blvd. and the CSX RR tracks., Hagerstown, Maryland
Coordinates39°38′23″N 77°43′6″W
Area425 acres (172 ha)
Built1770 (1770)
ArchitectSims and Sims
Architectural styleItalianate, Federal, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.93001551[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 2, 1994

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paula Stoner Reed (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hagerstown Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

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