Welcome to the Middletown Valley Historical Society
The MVHS was founded in 1976 to preserve the rich historic and cultural background that shaped Middletown, Maryland and the surrounding valley.
Please join us for our Monthly events!
This fall the Middletown Valley Historical Society will host one monthly program the third Sunday of the month at 2pm. September and October will be at the Middletown Library. The November location is Zion Lutheran Church.
Please take a look at our upcoming events page for more info.
Please join us on Sunday, September 20th @2pm at the Middletown Branch Library
"Uncertain and Precarious: C&O Canal Navigation at the Beginning of the Civil War" By Tim Snyder
Tim Snyder will talk about an early Confederate seizure of two canal boats at Berlin (Brunswick), MD, in April 1861 and the ensuing resolution of the dispute between Maryland and Virginia, which involved the appointing of commissioners, visits to the site, actions by both state legislatures.
Tim lives in Hagerstown and is author of several books and articles that have appeared in a variety of journals, magazines, and newsletters.
Middletown Valley
“One of the most favored and delightful spots on earth.”
— Andrew Jackson (7th president of the United States)
The Middletown Valley Historical Society is headquartered in a home constructed on one of the town's original lots, laid out in 1767.
The present home was constructed prior to 1850 using locally obtained field stone. It is one of the only remaining stone-faced buildings in Middletown.
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