Welcome to the Clear Spring District Historical Association
Around 1818, the road that be known as the National Pike was extended west of Conococheague Creek Washington County toward Cumberland. From there, it would stretch westward to the wild west frontier of Ohio. Four miles west of Conococheague Creek, the new road bisected land owned by Martin Myers. Myers had aquired the land as part of a loan repayment from Nathaniel Nesbitt who set up housekeeping in the area now know as Broadfording and Mill Street. Farmer Myers decided to become a land developer and in 1821 he laid off lots on each side of the new road.
On one of his lots, next to a clear spring, Myers built a small log building where he made a sold crocks and jugs. The new road brought thousands of pioneers through "Myersville." Next to Myers' store, a small log hotel sprang up, which came to be identified by travelers as "the-hotel-at- the-clear spring."
By 1825, the town had seven hotels, stores, blacksmiths, cabinetmakers, and other tradesmen - and this building town was no known to everyone as Clear Spring. But the Coming of the steam train a couple of miles to the south in the 1850s bought an end to the long line of wagon trains through Clear Spring. The town quickly declined, surviving only as a farming community that relied heavily on the labor of slaves.
Clear Spring District Historical Association was formed in 1980 of a group community members from the town of Clear Spring and the District, the surrounding communities of Clear Spring, to save Plumb Grove, a home built in 1831 by Jonathan Nesbitt, grandson of Nathaniel Nesbitt, from destruction. The group was successful and has been working very hard since they first met together to preserve history in the Town and District of Clear Spring.
The CSDHA meets at the Brown Meeting House the third Monday of each month at 7pm.
CSDHA currently owns three properties in Clear Spring:
The Brown Meeting House
Plumb Grove Mansion and Museum
The Original Clear Spring Post Office
We Need Your Support !
Financial donations are greatly appreciated in our efforts to preserve Clear Spring history, maintain The Brown Meeting House, Plumb Grove, the Post Office, as well as other Clear Spring Historic Endeavors.
Tax deductible donations can be made here
Or mailed to
CSDHA
PO Box 211
Clear Spring, MD 21722
Clear Spring District Historical Association
Contact us for more information about how you can schedule a tour or find out more about how you can get involved with the CSDHA.
Clear Spring District Historic Association