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Tyree Tavern

A two-story, log and frame inn and tavern, built c1810, expanded 1827. Headquarters of Chicago Gray Dragoons, who left graffiti

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Moulder Hall

A general store and grocery store built in 1791; used as a hospital after the Battle of Antietam.

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Rector's Store and Warehouse

Store and warehouse built around 1835; later enlarged and used as a station, store, and post office. Signatures on the interior wall: EG Wm. H H Chambers

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Lightner's Store (Duff Green Warehouse)

A brick warehouse built around 1830, with a carved signature of a Union soldier on the exterior

Langley Ordinary

Built in 1842 as a 'drover's rest,' and also served as a home and a public meetinghouse. During the Civil War, served as headquarters of Gen. McCall and as an infirmary. Signatures found in upstairs walls of spaces used as hospital rooms

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Hope Park Mill

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Roeder's Store

The store was built in 1858 for Roeder, a confectioner who also owned the adjacent Whitehall Tavern. In 1862, Union soldiers left graffiti on the second floor and attic.

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Landon House

Originally constructed as a silk mill before being relocated and used as various schools. Occupied by both Confederate and Union soldiers, who left a variety of signatures, drawings and taunts. Privately owned.

The Graffiti House

"The Graffiti House is a two-story frame structure, believed to have been built in 1858. It was built directly beside the railroad tracks, suggesting that its function included some type of commercial aspect. Proprietors of whatever business was…