Brown's Meeting House
                           Open the third Sunday March - Deceomber from 1-4pm

The old log structure at 11 South Mill Street was built in 1829 by Jimmy Welsh, the town undertaker.  Several others lived in the home through the years including a washer woman and her husband, Fred Luther, saddler who made and sold saddles for local residents as well as pioneers who traveled on the National Road.  For many decades, after the turn of the century, the house was used as a rental and many people lived in the old house over the years.

Carl and Maxine Brown purchased the weatherboard covered property in 1961. The plan was to use the old home for storage.  Carl was working on his future storage building one day are realized the structure was log.  His plan changed.  He decided to make the house primitive, and create a museum for his collection of antiques.  Working as funds and time permitted for 25 years, the log house was completed in 1986.   The "Log House Museum" was filled with a mixture of antiques and primitive tools.  Carl Brown passed away in 1993 and Maxine Brown a few years late and the Museum was inherited by her daughter, Carlene Brown Staley.  She opened the museum for special occasions.

As time passed, Mrs. Staley decided to liquidate the contents of the museum and in 2001, she donated the property to the Clear Spring Historical Association.  Brown's Meeting House now offers a large meeting room for programs, a magnificent library of local history, one of the best collections of French and Indian War books in the four-state area, as well as several art and history displays.  Many enter the building to attend monthly CSDHA meetings, research their local ancestry, or simply visit with others who gather on the third Sunday of each month to catch up on what is going on in the community.
 
More information about the Brown's Meeting House can be found in the February 2016 "Used to Be" Newsletter