Laurel Heritage Museum
Laurel Heritage Museum Housed in the train station that was built in 1910, the Laurel Heritage Museum opened in 2012 with a large variety of artifacts, documents, and photographs from the collections of the Laurel Historical Society. This building was the second train station in Laurel. Originally, there were two sets of tracks to accommodate […]
Old Christ Church
Old Christ Church Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NHRP), this church is a fascinating finely preserved example of the region’s colonial past. Construction of what was known as the “Chapel of Ease” began in 1770, at which time the area was claimed by the colony of Maryland until 1775. At the west […]
Ross Point School
Ross Point School Ross Point School is a historic, rural, African-American school building located near Laurel. The Ross Point School was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NHRP) in 2001. Built during the early 1920’s, it is an example of one style of Colonial Revival architecture, designed by architects Guilbert & Betelle, and […]
Spring Garden
Spring Garden Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this residence reflects several periods of architecture, ranging from the Georgian style through Federal and Victorian Gothic. It was once a mansion house for a very large farm. The earliest section of Spring Garden is the large brick main core, built shortly after the Revolutionary […]
