Johnathan Hager House Museum

Few cities which predate the nation itself can boast the home of their founding father, preserved, restored, and furnished to its 18th century glory.

This 1740 stone house recalls the days when this was America's frontier. Jonathan Hager, a fur trader and gunsmith, designed the house to be impregnable in case of attack (which never came). Its modest collection of 17th- and 18th-century artifacts, including spinning wheels and a rare German clavichord (an early piano), makes it an interesting stop, especially for those already visiting the...

Raised over a never failing spring, this 18th Century fortress of a home celebrates the 275th year anniversary of city found...er, Jonathan Hager's, first land buy at this site in 1739. Archaeological evidence supports that this site was occupied and inhabited by native Americans long before any European settlers ever set foot on American soil. Visit the Jonathan Hager House Museum and step...

The Hager House is a two-story stone house in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States that dates to circa 1740. The house was built by Jonathan Hager, a German immigrant from Westphalia, who founded Hagerstown. The basement contains two spring-fed pools of water, providing a secure water source. Hager sold the property, then known as Hager's Fancy to Jacob Rohrer. The house remained in the Rohrer...