Pictures

The Old Stone House
Photo taken Jul 1999 by Homer Brenneman, Jr.

Old Barn across the road from The Old Stone House
Photo taken Jul 1999 by Homer Brenneman, Jr.

Richter Home in Cove before 1928
Courtesy of Doris Oester, scanned by Alice Eary and her son, Matt

Drane House
in Accident
oldest standing home in county
Courtesy of Lois Stewart

The Old Stone House is located along old Route 40 or what was once the National Pike, about 3 miles east of Grantsville. From the early 1800's it served as an inn for the stage coach and wagon traffic that moved west to Ohio Territory. At this early date it was owned by the Tomlinsons. Current owner and occupant is John Hershberger. The house is part of the National Trust but is not open to the public. Behind the house is "Little Meadows", camp sight for Braddock's forces and George Washington in 1755, as they went to meet the French and Indians who occupied Fort Duquesne. They had left from Fort Cumberland about a week earlier. And they met defeat along a tributary of the Youghigheny River near Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh).

Casselman Bridge
Constructed in 1813, it was the largest single-span stone arch in the U. S. (80 feet). It served traffic on the nation's first Federal highway, the National Pike, which ran between Cumberland, Maryland, and Wheeling, West Virginia.

Mt. Lake Park Hotel

Old B & O Railroad Station
sits behind the museum, and trains still run through town several times a day.

Deer Park Inn
Courtesy of Deer Park Inn

Emmanuel Lutheran
Church in Bittinger
1922
Courtesy of Bettie Weyler

Emmanuel Lutheran
Church in Bittinger

Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Cove
Courtesy of Doris Oester, scanned by Alice Eary and her son, Matt

The back of St. John's Lutheran MS Church in Cove and the side of the St. John's Lutheran Church ELCA, with the parsonage of the MS Church on the other side
Courtesy of Doris Oester, and Alice & Matt Eary

The Emmanuel Lutheran in Bittinger is located with a cornfield to the east and south, the firehall to the west and Bittinger Cemetery to the north. The church began it's existence in 1822 with services in private homes and in the log schoolhouse which is now part of the firehall. The building in the picture was dedicated in 1875. Behind the old church you will see the new one being built mostly by volunteer labour. Nearly everyone in church has had a hand in helping out. To the left of the church in the picture can be seen the education building dedicated in 1992 under the leadership of Pastor Louise Knotts. The old church building has been purchased by someone who hopefully has plans to rebuild the church as a memorial or historic site. This picture, taken July 1999, is a gift from Homer Brenneman, Jr. Homer may be a descendant of the Christian Brenneman who built the old church in 1875 at a cost of $1,300.

McKenzie School in Avilton
about 1900

Friendsville School c. 1910
Courtesy of Buddy Duckworth

Oakland Public School
Postcard dated 08 Mar 1912, sent to Lela Parks-Roth (Carolyn Shupe's grandmother) from her Aunt Emma Parks-Strawser

Kempton School 1925
Student Body included about 115 children, 5 to 16 years old. Some students pictured: Mary E. LEWIS, Russell "Bid" LEWIS, Carl W. LEWIS, Harry "Zeke" LEWIS, Faye JORDAN, Charlie O. "Skinny" KING, Edna KING, Mary KING, and a BECKMAN girl.

Pleasantville School Student Body 1930 Nov 21
(a one-room schoolhouse)

Pictured Left to Right -

Back Row: Vivian Stevens, Mary Miller, Nina Bernard, Maxine Friend, Verna Johnson, Eva Shaffer, Arthur Bernard, Franklin Custer, Harvey Riley, Beatrice ?

Middle Row: Anna Mae Johnson, Ella (Eloise) Louise Bernard, Edna Miller, Nina Friend, Katherine Shaffer, Mary Louise Friend, Gladie Johnson, Elizabeth Bernard, Helen Timmerman, Mildren Wilkins, Lucille Dennis, Miss Virginia DeBerry

Front Row: Virgil Loren Bernard, Elbert Riley, Floyd Custer, Harold Timmerman, Paul Custer

Not pictured: William Bernard, Loran Miller, and Della Johnson They were absent, according to a note on the back of the photo.

Contributed by Jeremy W. Bopp

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