Cumberland’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Cumberland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cumberland was named by English colonists after the son of King George II, Prince William, the Duke of Cumberland. It is built on the site of the mid-18th century Fort Cumberland, the starting point for British General Edward Braddock's ill-fated attack on the French stronghold of Fort Duquesne (present-day Pittsburgh) during the French and Indian War, the North American front of the Seven Years' War between the French and the British. (See Braddock expedition.) This area had been settled for thousands of years by indigenous peoples. The fort was developed along the Great Indian Warpath which tribes used to travel the backcountry.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cumberland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cumberland’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGroup at Cumberland, May, 1862, 1862: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Cumberland
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Cumberland, decade by decade
1990s
24 historic places in Cumberland
Cumberland has 24 listings on the National Register, and they protect 1,585 historic buildings, because Chapel Hill Historic District alone counts 809.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1973Washington Street Historic District
Listed 1973Bell Tower Building
Listed 1973City Hall
Listed 1973Public Safety Building
Listed 1973Western Maryland Railway Station
Listed 197516 Altamont Terrace
Listed 1975200-208 Decatur Street
Listed 1978Wright Butler House
Listed 1979African Methodist Episcopal Church
Listed 1979Town Clock Church
Listed 1979Canada Hose Company Building
Listed 1979B'er Chayim Temple
Listed 1980First Baptist Church
Listed 1982Francis Haley House
Listed 1982Thomas Koon House
Listed 1983Downtown Cumberland Historic District
Listed 1986George Truog House
Listed 1997Cumberland YMCA
Listed 2005Chapel Hill Historic District
Listed 2005Decatur Heights Historic District
Listed 2005Greene Street Historic District
Listed 2008Rolling Mill Historic District
Listed 2010Klots Throwing Company Mill
Listed 2013Footer's Dye WorksThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Group at Cumberland, May, 1862 (1862) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.