Snook Family Farm Agricultural Center near Frederick in Frederick County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Milking Parlor and Creamery

Photographed by Adam Margolis, September 20, 2025

1. Milking Parlor and Creamery Marker

Inscription. Frederick County experienced a period of agricultural industrial transition from 1805-1870. Within the farming community, the most important advancements were the structures for milking cows. The sanitary handling of milk required buildings for milking cows that were separate from other livestock. These advancements changed the physical features of the farm, thus it is possible that some of the structures on the farm associated with milking cows were built around the late 1870s.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Animals • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 39° 30.921′ N, 77° 24.241′ W. Marker is near Frederick, Maryland, in Frederick County. It is in Snook Family Farm Agricultural Center. It can be reached from Old Frederick Road north of Devilbiss Bridge Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10200-B Old Frederick Rd, Thurmont MD 21788, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Spring House (within shouting distance of this marker); Snook Family & Farmhouse (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Snook Farm Smokehouse (about 400 feet away); Snook Family Farm

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(about 500 feet away); Lewistown (approx. 1.7 miles away); Lewistown Trout Hatchery and Bass Ponds (approx. 2.1 miles away); Heritage Farm Park Lime Kiln (approx. 3 miles away); In Remembrance (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Frederick.

Photographed by Adam Margolis, September 20, 2025

2. Milking Parlor and Creamery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2025, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 124 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 21, 2025, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.