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Speaker Series – The History of Pottery Making in Shepherdstown 1700s to Present Day – Pam Parziale, March 26, 2025

The 2025 Historic Shepherdstown Speaker Series will kick off with three events in the spring, starting with Pam Parziale who with her late husband Ren established Sycamore Pottery near Shepherdstown […]

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A Fine Day Out for Washington and Rumsey

A Fine Day Out for Washington and Rumsey by Nick Blanton   In 1993 the architect of the US Capitol, George White, organized a bicentennial celebration to commemorate the laying […]

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HOURS AND INFO

The Museum will open for the 2025 season on April 19:
Saturdays – hours 11:00-5:00
Sundays – hours 1:00-4:00

Special tours are possible if a volunteer docent is available. Call 304-876-0910 on Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday to inquire. 

Suggested donation: $5.00 per person. FREE admission to Historic Shepherdstown members, children, students and military.

LOCATION

129 E. German Street
(corner of German and Princess Streets)
Shepherdstown, WV

Google Maps

Digital Exhibits

Posey Advert July 7, 1842

Frederick Jerome Posey

Rickard House

Rickard House

Photo courtesy of State Library of Queensland.

Thomas (“Tommy”) Hopkins

Shepherdstown Opera House

Shepherdstown Opera House

1861 – MAP OF VIRGINIA Showing the distribution of its SLAVE POPULATION from the CENSUS OF 1860

Samuel P. Humrickhouse

Baptismal Font from the Christ Reformed Church

Baptismal Font from Christ Reformed Church

2007 – Explore Maps, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 3rd Edition

1727 – A survey of the northern neck of Virginia

1755 – A general map of the middle British colonies in America

1612 – Map of Virginia by John Smith

1883 – Map of Jefferson County, West Virginia

1862 – Map of the Battle-Fields of Harper’s Ferry and Sharpsburg

Map of Jefferson County, Va., Oct. 1862

1762 – Hand-Drawn Plat of Mecklenburgh

1990 – Shepherdstown’s Historic District

1852 – Map of Jefferson County by S. Howell Brown

1984 – Municipal Boundary of Shepherdstown Jefferson County — West Virginia

1890 – Shepherdstown Lots Map by S.P. Humrickhouse

1796 – Map of Virginia from The American Universal Geography.

1734 – Thomas Shepherd Survey Plat

1899 – Sanborn Fire Insurance Map

1862- Civil War Battle Map

1864 – Sketch of actions near Kearneysville and Shepherdstown, Va.

1753 – A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia

Day Book of Henry Bedinger

Invoice Book of Henry Bedinger

The General’s Table

C. M. Entler 1852 Diary

John James Abert

Silver Spoons

Eleazer Hutchinson Miller

M. L. Entler embroidered green jacket

Mary Louise (Entler) Herrington

Craft Clock – Stairway

Craft Clock – First Floor

Mary Catherine Weltzheimer

Schomacker & Co. Piano

Piedmont Table

James Shepherd Five-Drawer Chest

Photo of James Shepherd Dining Table

James Shepherd Dining Table

Photo of cherry end

Cherry Table Ends

Adam Link Desk

Brass Cuspidor

McMurran Clock Tower

Alexander R. Boteler

R. D. Shepherd, aka R. D. McLean

John George Weis Family

John Francis Hamtramck

The Rumsey Steamboat Museum

Joseph McMurran

Daniel Bedinger

War of 1812

The Battle of Shepherdstown

Alexander Gardner photo of the Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam

Red Sox Uniform

Shepherdstown & the American Civil War

Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks

Civil War Marker No. 23

Hopkins Desk

John Woltz Clock

Entler Hotel

McMurran Hall

Old Trinity Church

James Rumsey

Reverend John Kehler

Rumsey Monument

Eleanor (Strode) Shepherd

Shindler House

"Conrad Shindler Portrait CROP" by Nredding01 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conrad_Shindler_Portrait_CROP.jpg#/media/File:Conrad_Shindler_Portrait_CROP.jpg

Conrad Shindler

Copper Kettle