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Western Maryland College Historic District

Architectural Survey File

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Last Updated: 04-16-2004

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WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE HISTORIC DISTRICT (Listed on the National Register of

Historic Places)

West Main Street Westminster

Est. 1864

Private

The Western Maryland College Historic District includes six

of the college's earliest surviving buildings and structures:

Carroll Hall (1873), Little Baker Chapel (1875), The

President's House (1889), Levine Hall (1891), Ward Memorial

Arch (1898), and Alumni Hall (1899).

The College was established by the Maryland Annual Conference

of the Methodist Protestant Church in 1864. It is located on

a site known as "Old Commons," which had been a meeting and

picnicing area for the citizens of Westminster. The first

building, Old Main, was a brick and stone structure constructed

in 1866. It was added to in 1871, 1887, and 1890, and remained

the center for campus activities until it was demolished in

1956. The Wesleyan Theological Seminary was located at the

college during the mid-twentieth century.

The campus buildings within the historic district present an

excellent view of late nineteenth century public and residen-

tial architecture. Levine Hall is a brick structure with

Colonial Revival ornamentation and is the oldest college

classroom building still standing. Alumni Hall, with its

elaborate main facade and its gallaried auditorium, was

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designed by Jackson C. Gott of Baltimore and is architec­

turally the most prominent building on campus. Carroll

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Hall was originally known as "Terrace Hill," the Victoric

Gothic style residence of the Reifsnider family, that has

performed various campus functions since its purchase by the

college in 1922. The President's House was built in 1889

for the residence of the college's president and, although

it has undergone various remodelings, it retains the outward

character of late 19th century residential architecture.

Little Baker Chapel is a stone structure built on a Greek-cross

plan that is unique to Carroll County's ecclesiastical archi­

tecture. The Ward Memorial Arch, relocated to its present

site in 1937, was built to honor the college's first president

Dr. James T. Ward and is one of the few examples of a major

public monument in the county. These buildings and their

setting of tree shaded grounds preserves a small portion of

the early campus and its history.

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3 . Wall Covering: Weatherboard ( ) German Siding ( ) Board and Batten ( ) Wood Shingle ( ) Shiplap ( ) Novelty ( ) Stucco ( ) Sheet Metal ( ) Aluminum ( ) Asphalt Shingle ( ) Brick Veneer ( ) Stone Veneer ( ) Bonding Pattern: Other:

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6. Engineering Structure : 7. Other :

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Roof Style: Gable ( ) Hip ( ) Shed ( ) Flat ( ) Mansard ( ) Gambrel ( ) Jerkinhead ( ) Saw Tooth ( ) With Monitor ( ) With Bellcast ( ) With Parapet ( ) With False Front ( ) Other:

Number of Stories: Number of Bays: Entrance Location: Approximate Dimensions:

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The Weste!:"n XarylanC. Co:!.lege Historic District, West-minster, ••. +- ~ .. ,. _,_. .,::• -r 1.-. • is si~~2-ea w~~~i~ ~~e con~ines o_ t.~ presen~ one hunered-pl~s acre co:'..lcqc ca ... "".1.pus a!'.6 comprises an area of a'.:Jci..:·: t~'1ree acres at i·:.s southeQst corner. The distric~ is bo~~~e~ en ~~e so~th side ~v rnion ~own Pi~e and ~est Yain Street, on the southeast ~v Unio; c;-1---ee-1- 0'"' -1-i..,,,, nr,rt~"""'S-1- 'hy a ~; -ne r 11 nni' nn -nor+-;..,wr:>s-'- -:-o ;:.0,,-1-hr--:::.s-4--,._. ..... J... '-I ...... , ___ ..;,._ ... .,_,,_,_ .&. ... ~C-i. ;,,.... .,._; ~ _.,,_..o,J,- ..... ~J. .... _ J. ~ .... .._ __ - ·- :_ .;.::> \..!\.... .::..-::... i_

paralleling the President's House ane Little 3a~er Chapel, and on the nort.iwa.st by a line running northwes-1: to southwest and about 100 feet nort~west of th8 rear o~ the President's ?ouse to West ~ai~ Street. Xithin th~s ar0a stand six o~ t~e colleae's earliest s~r-v ~ v-i na t..u-:..., "".;"'"';"'T'S -=::n -~ +-- , .. +-,,_ • ":'\ 1-,T""''"'; '!.'.!' ., : /"'"'I.:.,,,_._ 1; :.T i :i -- ... ~ __ -- _, ;..i ___ c_ __ .'::i '-·"c. s_r...,c_._.J_es .•. _._~·-·-""a __ , ...... a. .. .-.o _ _._ -"a_,__,_, __.ev_,_ne Eall, The President's Bouse, Little 3aker Chaoe:, and the Ward Vernor-i:-.' 71.,,.,-.-;.., nv-n'y t~"e "'res~c:,e""'+-ts -..ro"se '1'.~:~d ¥1=>""0.,...-:~ 1 A~c· ,.,~ ~ ... -·· ........ --U_;,,. .t'\......, _..j .... • ._.i...;,.._. -.!. ..._ -- _;_ . .:..L- -...o. u r r•C _;_ ' .1.. -._.-.~1 ..a.. _._c.~:.. .).. J_ .:.1_ f a .. '-4.

Carro:-:_1 :-ra::_:.:. ha.ve tl1eir own semi-priv2te setti!1gs. ;~lunmi l-:al:,. Baker Chapel and Levine Eall occupy sites c·0se to frequen~~y travelled streets. Al~ ~uildinas, however, have tree s~aded orounds and are 2 short walki~g distance fro~ one another. ~

~Fr?;l ~al~, a visually pleasing Victorian Gothic-style villa of rose co:oreC'~:.::.ck with whi"::e tri:rr., was built in l87l as a ~::-rivate residence. =~ is a one a~d one hal~ story ~ui:~ing wi"::h a ~igh, steeply pitched ga~le roof. Centered on ~he principa: (e2s~) facade is a two s~ory flat roofed tower. T~e main en~rance is located on the first floor :evel o= ~he tower beneat~ a =:at roofed per~' decorated with Gothic tracery. Above the porc'!-1 is a two over two Goth~c arche~ window and above t~at a wiCe s:attee facia be~ow the tower roof. T~e original tower ro~~ was nrobablv oa~~e~ but its high gable was apparently removed sorne ye~rs ago: -v- ~~~ing t~e tower 2.re four Y..'i:lc~ows, two on eac:'l side, o::;_e on each f:oor le rel. The seco~~ floor win~ows r::.se above the cor~ice of the roo~ ~ _ are gab lee. 1\12. o::=:c ~n:~::'.c;s ~.J.ve pointeC. Got~ic arc:-:es 2.nd frame two over two sash. 0!1 both ends of "::he :::mile.in':! is a f::-a-ne, thre~ sided, one s~~ry projecting bay window on t~e firs~ floor :eve:, a ~o~·:e wi!1dow a•: :::-ie seco:!".c, :::-..oor a.:::: a smal2. w.::.ndow wi_ ':?!.in t::.e gable. At t~s rear af t~c bui:ding stand a series of rn~~ti-qab:e~ and balconie~ winss a~d additions.

~he Freside~t's House, built in 1889, is a two story sto,e and frac'"!',e--Eo'...lse-::~-;-:.:::-f:i a few Queen Anne feat'.2res. T:::e!:"e is a more recent one story addition to t~c southwes~ end. It is ~asically a two story ~i~pc2 roo~e~ square block with gabled oro~ections on all four s:.:..c'.es. ·:):-i -:::'.-le :-iort.:~c-'clst corner of t:i.e ho-..isc :s a three story, pyr~id roofed tower. The windows of the s~one first r100!:" ~evel have bric: fl~1-t ,1rc'.:1c's, one' ()Ver one t.'<1!1C :.;dsh <end w\L:..t.c n;1in':od louvered bl.':-ids. T~e transancd, do~~le leaf~d entra~ce don- is ~ituat0d near the south end of t~e cast ~acace. The seconc =:oor is of w~it~ paintec ripple e~ge~ boards and has windows of s::.x over six ~ash with louvered bli~C p~inte~ ~lack. ~ea~ the peak of t~e clippe~ ~ables are small ,..,-inc.ows t~;.a t are ?YCsUTI.ably -_:sed for ven":i2_la ting the a t"=2-c. T>.'3

(See continuation s~eet No. 1)

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third ~loor level of the towe:r- has mu:ti paned a~d shuttered windows on eac~ o~ its eight sides.

Levine Hall, built in 1891, is a Colonial Revival stvle brick -,---------·---- • ..1.

buildi~g, recta~~ula:!'." in shape and with classical ~otifs decorating the win~ows, doors and pe~i8ented qa~les. :nitially built as two s~ories it was raised to three fu:l floo~s in :901.

Li4.:~e Bake:>:" C~2:_, C.eC.icatec in 1875, is a sma::'..l building with a central octa~onal s~ace incornorated ~n a Greek Cross plan. There are so~e Richa~dsonia; forms ?r~sent sue~ as the massive se~i-circular stone arches over the western entra~ce a~d other first floo:r- openings. At the entrance there is a double leafed ~ocr with a se~i-c~rcular staiI1eC. (;:.ass "'..:ransor'.1 abo·-1e. A :!:> 1.1J.:'-<y, frarr.e, two story tower v..· -":.h a pyramid roof was later ad~ed to the roof 0£ the pediment over the west c~t=ance. On each o~ the fc~r exterior walls of the central octagona~ space are la·-ge windows with rounded heads projecting above t~e cor~ice line and enclosed with ~edirr.ented gables. ?ictori~: scenes o~ stained glass in t~ese winrlows ar9 the work of the Baltimore firre of H. ?. Gern~ar~t and Co. and were installed in 1920.

The Ward ~emorial Arch, a local internretation of Romanesaue ;~ 1- <- .. ~ 1 1 \~(--~-, -~-c-~_;, ~.;-· c X1 \ ~~,_;-~~t~~~-i1-0·--,1~-R i c~1n. J-r_: ~~on l ,, !1 ~. n f -~ ~.1 <' n(: <~ , wn ~~ l; 1 ti.!_ t i n l 8 g 8 ctt. ct .L0~·:LL0n ;-'rux.i.111c\Lt.~ to the l'resldont 's House ttnC. was relocctted on its ?resent:. site in 1937. ~tis of heavy, rourh cut s~one wi_~ larqe s~cne Voussoirs frnming ~~e se~i-circu:ar a.ch.

Alumni Hall, ~eca~se of its massive size and basically Renaissance !\eviv·a-l-style~:!.:":..c:.-C architect'.lre, is perhans t:-i.e best known of the six st.ructures recordec:. ::.ere. :::~ }:.2s r·..:.stica.-':::.· -'. wa2.ls at the :i.rst floor level of t~e scuare front bloc~ and the nrincinal '.west) faca{ features

. • . ' p . c ' 1 . .... • - . . • -'-"' ~ . • .... -rus~:..c3~ec -n~ran e nays ana two s_ory p:..~a?:ers w:_ ___ ~onic ca?i~a~s on t~e seco~d an~ third ~loor :evels of ~he t~o ?avi:lions f~~nking the curved central section. ~he central nart of t~c f2~ade ~s crowned ~y m a~tic sto:r-y wit~ circular attic w~n2ows, garlands ~~d nilasters. On t~e r~2r elevation is a lower, three story, so~i-circ~:ar apse wit~ a :ow co~~cal s~aped roof.

T~e interior contains Et la:-:-ge ga~_::..oried auc.itoriu.111 widely recog~ized for t~e excellence of its accoustics, a theatre, work s: 0?S 3~~ c:ass roo~s. ~he ~etai:ing o~ the ~~itori~~ e~~loys a c:2s~ic~: ~oti~ t~rcughout. Sorne of the ~~re i~t0~cstino fc ~ures inc 2. '_:Ce :-iar..C s o~.e s -=.ct 2-~-~c:. (; 2.as s \\T j_!1C.ov..~s orJ. .:>:.c~ s e cc :1C. c..1nC - .i::i :_.:-cl f :oor leve:s of t~e a?sc.

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~estern Ytaryland College was established under the auspices of the Ma::.:-yland A:inual. Confe:::-ence of t.:1e :"1et'hoG.ist. Protestant Church and chartered by an act of the Maryland Legislative in 1864. Co~s"deration was first s:~ ver:. ~o a site ir. t:'."le 3a.l tiTiore C:L t.y area but this was later changed to its present site in Wes"'::J".l:~ns~::.eY.

The original eight acre ca~pus was acqui~ed by the college's state c:.ppointed Boa:r-<i of Direct.ors in 18 64 util:~zing private Y" ~!'..~·.es. The site, althoug~:1. privately ot·•:'"'.ed, was ·:me t..'1.at ::or ma.:i.y years was used by the citizens of Westnins·:::.er as a :meetin.g and picnicing area. Corrunonly referred to c:.:': ~.:hat time as the ''Old Co:n:mons", it was the scene of an~ual fourth o~ Ju:y ce:ebrations, pol~~~cal rallys and during the Civ::..::.. h'ar was ub_L_zed ::>y t:he ,"\·, ·y of ":he PotoMac to bivo._,1ac troops and fo!.· the placeme!lt of guns to p!"o-:.Gct the da:cly arr:L val o:: artil:ecy on the ncar~y western ?•!aryl2.::d raiJ.road.

The first building to be con~·!:ructed, combining classrooms and dormitories, • . .:as f..now"n as ":.he ~a:~n 3ui_leing. Cornbining brick and stone, 2. :-:::-egi.c:-n<t:_:..y ·-:o.rr.mo::-, bui2.dinq ma ter::..al, :_ ~: 'das· :_ni t:..2.lly constrJcted 5-n 1866, aC.C.ed to ir. 1871, 2.887, and :.'...890, und cler.::i::_ishcC. i7'.l 1956. About fourteen othe:::- '.Ji..:.i.:.d::_nss were cons':r1cted. on f1e c:..<:<·:,: acre. si "::::e between 1866 a~c~ :_gc;c:; ~:>t:-t: .... 1-tith t~1e exc·cp-::ion 0£ t]-::;,se inc...:.. .. ..:.C.ed in ,;:h~~s

noI'.lina.-':ion, a:l have ~een razed a:n.c ot?:'l.er :.:i-.. ... ::..::..dings erected on their sites. T~e struc~~res nominated an h~stor~c distric~ are the oldest surv~vins arc~::..tectural lin~s with ~he nineteenth ce~tury beginninqs of tl"-.i.c co:.:.eqe.

A.:..t.mmi ::!a:_J_ has served t:he college anC. co:mrr.uni_·':y '~ several ways throu~h.o~t its istory. ~esigned bv ~ackson C. Got~ o~ Baltimore, Alumni Ha:~- was co:::1ple·'.:.c•:. .:_n :.:.8 9 9 "::o :'..lr:.c::~:_on as a ha:'...l fo:::- Com...rnence::-:1.ent exer­cises, ba~que::.s, anC o".::her social ~unctions such as a ~eeti~g ?lace for the :Si terary Socic"'::.ies. r,vhen !_,i tt2.e :Sake:::- Chap~l beca.""'.1.e too s~a.:1 to hold t.:te growi~J.g n'..:...~~:Je:r- of st.1J.dents, anC. nrevi0 1 ... :.s ·~o t:.=.e c:!:"ec.i.::.on of the '~r""e~ "a'-"'..- ·.·,.,,. .. ,,0.,..;""' 0 har-e1 "'• 1 •1-mn~ ';.1a,,··· 1ac "' 1 "'0 ·c,-,.r" on ~,,...,c.1 a·-s f'o~ ..-L .... -":;:.:... ~=-) _\..'-.!- k __ ..... _._ __ u __ 1._.;.. l:' _ 1 .t..a.- ... ...:.~l.::. ... -- ...__ ..... _._ V\ ._,, c..,_._;::. _._._·t,_-;::;_.~ •• -. ~._.. ...... :f - ......

re.2..iq:~ol.:s serv~~ ::es. Sine'~ t!'len its services :'."lo.ve s-ro•,..;c:. to ::ieco::n.e the ma:or perform~ng center on cirnpus, offeri~g two stage areas, the larger audi to.ciu ... "'1 and the srn.aller, rr:ore :_ni t.:matc area k.r.own o.s ''unde:::-s~age. "· These ::.:~c us0cc !Jy the :-J.':'.'a.."'"'.atic l\.rt 0epart.c"110n.·':. a:cd -t:~.:e ~!;.usic De?artment.. AluJru:i Ea:::. is 0xcep"tirn.ally valua°?)2_e fo'>'." ::his p1_i.rpose as -:.he :::>"J.ilC: . .:.ng is accous~ica::y 0x2!~:!en~ ~n~ so eesigncd ~o e~s~re an almost perfect

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WESTER~ Y..ARY:;::,J\~D co~~EGE HISTOR:C DISTRICT Carrol: Cou.!1.t:-!" Maryland

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view of the stage from vir~ually every seat. ~:u.~n~ Ra~l also houses the e~~ire Dra~atic A~t Depar~~ent, ?~oviding offices for professors a~d c~assroo~s and stage areas for s~udents.

Alu.~ni Hall is not only important to the college but to t~e surround­ing cor.>.:nuY',::. ty a.s wel:!... I': served as the major a'.lci ':.ori um for Westminster f:r-om 18 9 9 to 10 71 when the ·.·:estrnins'ter Eiq'.:1 School was ~:;ui::. t, which .;nc 1 ••dPc' a.., auc.~i·'·rir~,,TT' •.• -: ... h rl ~a,...crer ca ...... ac-~-i-v 11 600 ro""''"'area~ .i-o 0 "0' ...:.J.. _,,, '-"' .:... ... ....... -- _,_ -- -·· V't - -- c::.. ...- .!.. - ~ ....... -., "..!... I ' - ;. .. l.:::' .... - .;,; . ..,, I •

But AJ_·J.mni Hall co:l.tinues to serve ;:he cornr:n.:.:1i ty even now as almost all of the product:.o!ls gi.ve::-:i. by t:1.e :)rama-':.:'...c Ar+: a::1C. M•J.sic De~0.rtments are ope~ to the p~~:~c.

Levine Ha:l is the oldest.college classroom building s~:.11 standing, dating back to 199:. !t was t~c gi~t of Dr. an~ M:r-s. Charles Billingslea in memory of ~~e~r son, Lev~~e Bil:~ngs:ea. It was originally ~uilt to house the ?rimary ~epart~ent of the college and was later used for the Pr2paratory School. As a Pre?aratory School, the bu:'._lding con~a~ned sleepi~g rooms for the male stude::J.ts, recitation rooms, the library, and t~e principal's off~ce. :n 189S, Levine Hall was enlarged to provide classroom soace, an~, in lSOl, a t~itd floor was a~de~. Levine Hall Currnn~1y ~~··~ea ~~n M11~~C ~P~)ar~-e"~ 'O~OV~d~"~ ~'a~~rOOITtS S~U~~QS ....... - ~... - _._ .. J. .._ ._....... ... ~ -- -.:. v . ~ -" . . ..... "'-' ··-;.., ....... _._I~ - .L ,_ I J.. .... ~- ..... - -lo'-::'; - - ....... \...) I - - - ,

practice rooms, a recital hall, and ~he D6ria M~sic Library.

"Little Saker" Chapel, so called to distinguish it from the later built and laraer Baker Memorial Chapel, was dedicated to the co:lege in :895 as a gift =rom a trustee of~the college, Mr. Willi~m G. Baker. Mr. B~~er d~n2~ed ~he Chape- as a ~hanks offering to God for the restor.:~tion of t>.e !°'.(:.>a:'.. ~.h o:: his sr;n.. Originally ··~e Chapel was used for Sun~ay Schoo! and Sund~y evenin~ service~, but in 1932 the Sunday servj.cc W<.lS moved to A:.u .. mn::. Hall because t'.1.e C!lapel could no :'.onger contain the n~m~or of ~eon!" atten{incr. Since t~en the Chane:, with a seating capac~ty of ~so: ~as provid~d an~- i~~~~ setting-for ~eddings, chris~c~~ngs, ane f~neYa:s. ~he Chapel is a~so used for week:y re!igious ':_)Urpose s in t.enC.ec'.. for sri.al).er gathec -"-SS, includi.::lg weekly _8rr..:"'.lunio:1 services.

W~en ~uilt, ~ittle Baker did not include the stained glass wi~~ows it now eisplays. ~~ey were added in 1920 by Mr. Baker ~nd ~is bro~~er, Danie:. Crea~e<l by H. ~. Gernhardt an2 Co. of Ba:timore, they incl~t~ "':'he ,~\.!lnU:"°'.C ia-:.~_on" ( a::t ·r Eof :'.:man) , "':'he Mac~~·:;: and Chi:'.d" (?.a· ·~ael) , "The :..,i_c;~t. o= -::.~e -rr\'orld-f (~unt), a!J,...1. "Shris-'.:. i:;. t:!.e Tc~?:i_e'~ {:-!o~~;"tan:~ .1

as wel: as several s~a:ler, abstract o~es. La~r~ ndeitions to t~2 C~apel i~cluec a~ altar pai~t~ng done by Fannie ~ho~~3on i~ 1903.

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The President's House was buil~ in 1889 as a g~ft from ~he Baker brothers o~ Buc~~vstown, Marvland and ~as housed five consecutive Co11eae ~r0s~~ 0~~-s ~~~ ~~e!r-~am~,~~c ~h0 ~~nsence of ~he ~res~dent's -- -' 1::-'•""- - ~---t::: ... ~ - C..:...,.'-">, 1...-l ..:...- - -1. .... ~---...-~ • -..\. ·-· :.:.Jw>- t:_;; ... - I,...._ J.. - ..;. .0.

House on campus is a dying tradition in ~a~y colleges, but i~ has allowed for a closer contact be ~ee~ the pres~~ents and t~e stude~t/~ac~lty boe~es t~roug~out the years. The ~~esident'~ Eouse also serves as a center for various social ~unctions inv~:ving students, faculty, trustees, anC:. mernbers o:'..: t~e ~, .:lrrounC.ing corr.:nuni. ty.

The Victorian Got~ic Carroll Hall, built in 1871, was the former home o= t~e John ~. ~eifsnider, Sr. f2.I'.1ily a~d was purchased by ~,,·es tern Ma~~y:2nc~ Col2.ege in 2.922. It was transformed. into the Gray Gab:es In~, which became a popular gat··~rin~ place for stude~ts and visitors of the college. It was later ~sed as ~he Weste~~ Maryla~~ Col:ege ACninistrat~on ~uilding, and it now houses t~e Education ;)epart-:-:en~.: a:·,d serves as a center for ·':he s-rac"..la-:.e progra:::;.

Ward Memorial Arch was built in 1898 in honor of Dr. James T. Ward, the first president of Wester~ ~a=ylane ~ol:ege. It was a gift fro~ his niece, Vlie Norment H~rley. The arch originally stood a~ the ~ntranco of College Drive between the President's House an~ McDanie: Hal:. Because ca·-- had eifficul~y ~avigating its narrow oDenin~, ~~ was relocate~ a~ ~~e far southern poi~t of ~he ca~pus. (~a~n ~nd ~nio~ S~ree~s) in 1937.

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CONT! NUAT!ON SH!:f:T !T!:M Nl.JNIBER 9 PAGE

Schofield, Samuel B. "Conveniences '!:or Liv2.ng at Wes":.ern ~aryland Co:'...lege," May 4, 197.;,; "Incidents in t:1e :Estory of Wes':.ern Maryland Col::.ege," At.1gust 1974: _! "Western Mary:.".::iC. College Campus arlG. !3'J.2-2.d5.ngs, ~~-889-l92C,n ~:arch 29, 1974.

WMC Bulletin, July-August 1952, January 1953.

WMC Cataloque, 1894-95 throuah 1974-75. -------"'r--- -WMC ~ol"lt~-l:Yr October 1894, October l.902, May 1903

J. T. Ward Scra~oo!:., !1ewspaper art:'..cle C.ated Yiay 29, 1891.

· MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Bulletin of the Historical Soc~ety of .Carroll County, Maryland.

.May· l 9 5 :r:---. Ul.K.l?-J.t No. 2

Makosky, John D. "Western Maryland College in the Nineteenth Century , " r 1940 .

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