Boonsboro Reflections: The Salem Church Served Lutheran & Reformed Congregations
In 1806, construction was completed on Boonsboro’s dual-congregation Salem Church on Potomac Street. This church, jointly owned and serving both Lutheran and Reformed congregations for many years, was considered one of the finest stone churches in western Maryland. ...Boonsboro Reflections: Boonsboro’s First Church
Settlers in the area established the congregation of Salem Church decades before the founding of Boonsboro. A log schoolhouse located ½ mile northeast of town along Route 66 served as the worship site. While this structure is long gone, remnants of a graveyard can...Boonsboro Reflections: Historic Gravesites
Boonsboro Reflections: Historic Gravesites William Boone died in 1798, only six years after founding Boonsboro. He was buried on his land. In 1802, planning and construction of the Salem Church began on property acquired from the Boone family and the Old Salem...Boonsboro Reflections: 1792 & the Founding of Boonsboro
In 1792, William Boone and his brother, George, laid out 44 half-acre lots – 22 on each side of the main wagon road connecting Fredericktown and Hagerstown (now Alternate 40) – with the town square at the intersection with the road to Sharpsburg (now MD...Boonsboro Reflections: Expansion of Boone Land Holdings
After working his 100-acre farm for 15 years, William Boone purchased a 140-acre parcel of land known as Fellowship from Valentine Nicodemus in 1791. The important wagon road connecting Fredericktown and Hagerstown ran through that parcel and was destined to become...Find Us on Facebook
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