In addition to sporting round-arched windows, many of the buildings in Westminster feature special architectural details. He also built Baltimore's Greenmount Cemetery, St. Alphonsus Church and St. Peter the Apostle Church. Even the Carroll County Courthouse , built in 1838, features eye-catching architecture. It features original gas lights, intricate moldings, marble floors and a balcony. There's also a lot to discover outside of the town center.
Higher education has a long history in Westminster.
Western Maryland College , a liberal arts school, was chartered in 1868 and was the first coeducational higher learning institution south of the Mason-Dixon Line. The college is home to Theatre on the Hill , a professional theater company that has existed since 1982. Also outside of town is The Carroll County Farm Museum . The museum is a model of a productive 19th century family-run farm. The farm was used for churning butter, growing crops, making soap and spinning wool into yarn.