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Aug. 3—The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has purchased the former Old South Mountain Inn, a historic commercial stone building, and plans to turn it into a visitors center. The ...
The Old South Mountain Inn property east of Boonsboro has been aquired by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The department will turn it into a visitor's center. But there isn't a ...
The most significant contributing buildings are the Mountain House Inn (now the Old South Mountain Inn) and the White House Inn, or Beachley House. Also included in the list is the Reno Monument at Fox's Gap, shown at right. The Old National Pike, now known as U.S. 40 Alternate, passes over South Mountain at Turner's Gap. [2]
Old South Mountain Inn. The Old South Mountain Inn and Dahlgren Chapel are located at Turner's Gap.. The first road through Turner's Gap was created in 1756 as the Road from Frederick to Fort Frederick that connected the town of Frederick with the new fort built as a result of Braddock's Defeat in 1755.
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The alternate route continues southeast as Boonsboro Pike and starts to ascend South Mountain. At the summit, known as Turner's Gap, US 40 Alternate intersects Washington Monument Road, which leads north to Washington Monument State Park, and passes the Dahlgren Chapel and the Old South Mountain Inn. [1] [4]
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South Mountain is the northern extension of the Blue Ridge Mountain range into Maryland and Pennsylvania.From the Potomac River near Knoxville, Maryland in the south to Dillsburg, Pennsylvania in York County, Pennsylvania in the north, the 70-mile-long (110 km) range separates the Hagerstown and Cumberland valleys from the Piedmont regions of the two states.