Jonathan Hager House
Circa 1740
October 16, 1739, Jonathan Hager took up “Hager’s Fancy” 200 acres in the valley of Antietam Creek. A year later he married Elizabeth Kershner for whom Elizabeth-Town (Hagerstown) was named and established his home here. In 1944 it was aquired by the Washington County Historical Society.
Marker is on South Walnut Street near Key Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
