Schifferstadt Architectural Museum

America's finest example of German colonial architecture.

Schifferstadt, named by Joseph Brunner after his childhood home near Mannheim, Germany, stands on its original site in Frederick, Maryland.  Joseph and his family arrived in Philadelphia around 1729.  In 1746 he purchased 303 acres of a tract known as "Tasker's Chance" from Daniel Dulany.  Schifferstadt, the oldest known house on Frederick still standing, was completed in 1756.

Schifferstadt's sandstone walls are two feet thick and its hand-hewn beams are pinned together with wodden pegs.  Reinforced arches of stone above the windows and doors on the first floor provide support for the outside walls above them.  The roof's unusual kick-up and flared eaves, tremendous "wishbone" chimney, paling insulated interior walls and ceilings, and exposed half-timbering make Schifferstadt an importatn landmark in the study of German architecture in Maryland.

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NOW Open Year Round
Tuesday through Sunday,  12pm to 4pm

**All other days are by appointment only if a docent is available**

Admission: Tours - donation requested
(Children Free)

Follow U.S. 15 and Tourist Information 
signs to Rosemont Avenue Exit.

For additional information contact:
Schifferstadt
1110 Rosemont Avenue
Frederick, MD  21701
(301) 663-3885

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