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ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC HOMES & GARDENS
Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America
This new work explores the relationship between ethnicity and the buildings, personal belongings, and other cultural artifacts of early Pennsylvania German immigrants and their descendants. Cynthia G. Falk, 2008, 242 pp, hardcover, $45.00, member price $40.50
Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings: Placement, Design and Construction
This reprint of an 1881 book of plans and instructions for building barns, poultry houses, piggeries, carriage houses, dog kennels, bird houses, smoke houses, and root cellars, with charming illustrations. A great resource for identifying old structures. Byron D. Halsted, ed., reprinted 1994, 236 pp, $14.00, member price $12.60
Buyer’s Guide to Older and Historic Homes
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Richard Wagner, 32 pp, $12.00, member price $10.80
 Garden Notes of an Artist: The Garden Journals of Helen L. Smith
Beautiful works of art by the artist herself accompany this compilation of her garden journals. Tasker’s Chance Garden Club, 2005, $25.00, member price $22.50
 Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History
This book provides historians and homeowners with research techniques and a historical framework to help them compose a house history. From insights into previous occupants’ lives toquestions about the house’s construction, it guides the reader through sources of information about residential structures, written records, oral testimonies, visual sources, and the house’s surroundings. Also explored are American building patterns, individual characteristics of houses of different regions, construction techniques and materials, technology and family life styles. Barbara J. Howe and others, 1997, 168 pp, $19.95, member price $17.95
Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County Volume I, Ballenger to Frederick
Ann Lebherz & Mary Margrabe, 1998, $19.95, member price $17.95
Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County Volume II, Hauvers to Middletown
Ann Lebherz & Mary Margrabe, 2000, $19.95, member price $17.95
Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County Volume III, Mount Pleasant to Woodville
The final volume in the series features images and historical context for over 175 historic properties in nine election districts including Mount Pleasant, New Market, Petersville, Thurmont, Tuscarora, Urbana, Walkersville, Woodsboro and Woodville. Also included are brief histories of communities located in the districts and descriptions of notable historic landmarks. This volume (unlike the previous two) features color photographic images of most houses and related sites. Ann Lebherz, Mary Margrabe & Sarah Drenning, 2002, $39.95, member price $35.95
Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County SET: Volumes I, II & III—The complete series.
$72.00, member price $64.80
Preservation Information Booklet: The New Old House Starter Kit
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Richard Wagner, AIA, $6.00, member price $5.40
What Style Is It? A Guide to American Architecture
A portable, easy-to-use guide to identifying American architecture on teh road or in your own community. Includes helpful photos and line drawings, a concise illustrated glossary, and other information on 22 major styles of architecture from the past 300 years. John C. Poppeliers & S. Allen Chambers Jr., 2003 revised edition, 152 pp, $19.95, member price $17.95
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Learning Lunch: Researching Your Historic Home
Thursday, February 2
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Museum of Frederick County History
Treasured Heirloom Event
Saturday, March 24
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
hiStory Hour
First and third Wednesday of the month
10:00-11:00 a.m.
Museum of Frederick County History
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Formed from Prince George’s County in 1748, Frederick County originally included all of what are now Washington, Allegany, Garrett and Montgomery Counties, as well as part of Carroll County. Today, Frederick County is the largest county in land mass in Maryland. 