1777 Built at direction of Maryland General Assembly

1778-79 Quartered Hessian and Convention prisoners captured at Bennington and Saratoga

1782 Quartered Hessian and Bayreuth Yager Regiments following Cornwallis' surrender

1799 Quartered French sailors of the L'Surgent captured by U.S.S. Constellation

1802-03 Served as staging center for Lewis and Clark Expedition

1812 Quartered U.S. troops during War of 1812

1824 Visited by General LaFayette

1840-42 Used as silk work cocoonery

1853-60 Used for Frederick County Agricultural Society fairs

1861-65 Housed wounded Confederate and Union troops

1868 Became Maryland School for the Deaf

Placed by Frederick Chapter, NSDAR

1976

Marker can be reached from Clarke Place, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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