Our Heritage Historic Restoration & Salvage LLC

09/08/2025

It’s a pleasure to help out the Boonsboro Museum of History cleanup the old Bast Furniture storefront.

We have exciting projects in the works at the annex building we can not wait to share. Did you notice work being done on the facade of annex last week? Our Heritage Historic Restoration & Salvage LLC has been working on the restoration for us.

A new display The "Intoxicating" History of Washington County will explore the history of alcohol production in Washington County, from Cider to Whiskey to Moonshine.
It will be ready for unveiling at the Bites and Bev's in the Boro' event on Thursday, September 25th (5-8pm) Museum volunteers will be on hand to answer questions.

https://facebook.com/events/s/bites-and-bevs-in-the-boro/1002728231784805/

05/24/2023

Barn stable lattice work

04/11/2021

Very happy with the results of cleaning up and finishing this beautiful original 1859 pine floor of the Solomon Thomas home for Mark and Laura Thomas. Thank you to Dru Jordan and the Thomas’s for the help on this project. Proud to be a part of this home’s story.

07/15/2019

I had the pleasure of cleaning up this room a few months ago. The room is part of the original house built in the early to mid 19th century. The house was heavily modified with a large addition in the early 20th century. The log room was furred out and plastered. The homeowner removed the plaster from the walls several years ago. Dru Jordan helped me with the Job. Together we turned this dusty project into a warm and inviting room with a lot of stories to tell if you know where to look!

07/15/2019

I really need to work on keeping this page updated. I've been keeping very busy with several projects. Some days are challenging, however at the end of the day I am proud of the work I am doing and grateful to be doing it.

01/16/2019

This house sits to the opposite side of Manor Church of the Brethren than that of my home. The loss of this house would be devastating to me in the sense it would be a unrelenting wound, reminding me daily of the ignorance that comes with the destruction of our architecture and heritage.
If anyone can attend tomorrow's meeting at 7pm, it would be a great help to have supporters of preservation there!
Once they're gone, THEY'RE GONE!

DEMOLITION ALERT!!
It might be a death knell for the 208 year-old Emmert-Wingert stone home at 18461 Manor Church Road. The owner has requested a demolition permit for the stone house with a large stone ell addition and two barns.

Applicant: Robert Householder of Smithsburg, MD

This application will be reviewed by Washington County Historic District Commission Wednesday evening January 16 at 7pm. Likely, the HDC will try to refuse the application. However, there are currently no Washington County ordinances to stop the destruction of yet another of Washington County's historic treasures. WE NEED A DELAYED DEMOLITION ORDINANCE!! And we need it yesterday.

This lovely stone house is dated 1811 in a gable stone and is important as a classic example of Washington County's vernacular architecture. The house appears to be in relatively good condition and has several great features such as the dentil cornice work and the fine stonework over the windows.

https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Washington/WA-II-183.pdf

The house was built by a member of the Emmert family who purchased the land from John Booth of Delamere in 1798. A member of the Emmert family later married into the Wingert family. Therefore, this house remained in the same family lineage for 200 years. The house and farmstead are contiguous to the Manor Church of the Brethren.

There appears no logical reason that this fine historic treasures of our county should come down. At this time, calls to Steve Goodrich, head of WC planning and director of the HDC expressing your displeasure might be in order 240-313-2438. Or, appearing at the HDC meeting Wednesday evening County Administrative Building, 100 West Washington, Rm 2000.

PLEASE SHARE WITH THOSE WHO LOVE HISTORY AND HERITAGE!!

10/15/2018

Had the privilege of having Ed Bearss visit my jobsite today. An amazing man to say the least.

09/08/2017

This foundation was constructed using very large pieces of well faced blue limestone (possibly re-purposed from another structure) on the street side of the house and a much smaller mixture of limestone along the sides of the house. The foundation originally was parged with a lyme based mortar. Somewhere in the life of the house, a more modern, portland based parge coat was applied, as well as 2 coats of paint and 1 coat of tar. After numerous attempts to remove all the layers, the decision was made to use media blasting to remove everything. This has mixed results; In one aspect we were able to remove all traces of paint and tar from the stone and have a fresh cut and laid look. The downside is we lost the years of oils and dirt that give the stone its true beauty and character, but it'll be back one day! After the stone was cleaned up, the remaining mortar was removed from the joints. With a little cleaning, the joints were ready and quickly re-pointed. Two unused basement windows had been boarded up and filled in with cinder-block. The window openings were cleaned up and relaid using a handmade rustic brick. I was happy to be a part of the long journey of this house!

09/08/2017

A brick interior chimney that had been buried behind plaster and lathe was uncovered, cleaned up with a write brush, cut out and re-pointed. A stainless steel liner was installed by an unknown contractor, to which I connected the proper hardware joining the thimble to the liner. The homeowner preferred the look of the broken brick, and only allowed me to replace a few of the highly deteriorated ones.