A history of Deer Park,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Deer Park from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Deer Park traces its history back to the 1770s, long before Garrett County was established. The town was part of property owned by Lord Baltimore and was originally surveyed on April 14, 1774. Deer Park saw immense growth during the mid to late 1880s, primarily because of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Deer Park Hotel, constructed in 1872, served as the focal point for visitors who came to the mountaintop to enjoy the area's scenery and cool temperatures during the summer months. Numerous large cottages were subsequently erected and made available to wealthy visitors.
President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland spent the first night of their honeymoon in Deer Park, June 3, 1886.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Deer Park’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAnnual meeting, American Society …, 1885: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Deer Park
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Deer Park, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Deer Park
2 places in Deer Park are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Annual meeting, American Society of Civil Engineers (1885) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.