19239 Shepherdstown Pike
Keedysville, MD 21756

ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD AREA - SOLID BRICK HISTORIC HOME. - UNIQUE MIX-USE SMALL FARM. - Two former Mayors of Keedysville have occupied this property. Diverse Uses. - 4.0 Acres with elegant residence, home office, hobbies, rural lifestyle, retirement, week ends/vacations . For a special buyer(s) who require ample space in an extraordinary 19th c. Victorian brick period house + huge bank barn, outbuildings and acreage. Private homesite is located just off the Main St. of Keedysviile; public sewer & water, Comcast cable. Property boasts water frontage along the scenic Little Antietam Creek. - This small farm is an authentic example of a Post-Civil War Victorian Period home - brick residence has with all its original detail work. Center hallway with an elegant stair case; front and rear stairways, classic bay window with interior fold-in shutters and single-pane windows. Constructed upon a rise high above the Little Antietam Creek. Ten rooms. Two large natural flowing springs run directly into the creek . Bird sanctuary; stream valley mini-ecosystem. CIVIL WAR HISTORY. Property improvements include a c. 1850 Pre-Civil War bank barn (72'x46') used as a field hospital for wounded troops. During the Battle of Antietam, John J. Keedy's farm was employed as Gen. McClellan's Headquarters Company relocated to Keedysville. SECLUDED LIVING. Waterfront view from the home + front yard. FEATURED USES: (1) ideal home office with Comcast cable + Verizon phone lines (2) spacious 2-level barn & contiguous outbuildings for a hobbyist, artist, craftsperson, antique buff, gardener (3) slate and stone patios, bordered by native limestone walls, provide for outdoor fare directly off the kitchen porch. (4) Tree farm across from entrance driveway. (5) Subdivision subject to Town final approval . (6) Separate Deed conveys the continuously flowing, walled-in 19th c. large spring - with its overflow stream + water cress. (7) B&B potential conversion, subject to Town of Keedysville approval. (8) Mayors who had occupied the house were Burgess Christian Keedy and Mayor Charles Taylor. GROUNDS & YARD. Twin stone patios 36' x 24' & 22' X45'. Informal terraces, perennials, original + added stone walls, antique brick walkways; winding private entrance lane. Farmer mows the field. Please no drive-by. More land available. Subject to recordation of plat.