page_title: Creagerstown, Maryland
section_title: Fire of June 2, 1914
hierarchical_section_title: Creagerstown, Maryland / History / Fire of June 2, 1914
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo 1914 Postcard showing the fire from 1914 in Creagerstown.
context_page_description: Creagerstown is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is playfully known by its residents as "4 miles from everywhere" because of its situation at 4 miles from Thurmont, Woodsboro, Rocky Ridge, and Lewistown.
  The town consists of about 40 buildings, including three churches and a small school building. A number of the buildings in the town can be classified as historical and the ruins of older buildings can also be found.
  Creagerstown is additionally the home to both Creagerstown Park and Creagerstown Cemetery. Maryland Route 550 passes through Creagerstown on its way towards Loys Station in the form of Creagerstown Road.
context_section_description: On June 2, 1914, around 10 am, a major fire broke out in Monocacy Valley Creamery and destroyed about 30 buildings, causing somewhere between $60,000 and $70,000 worth of damages.   The fire was caused accidentally when a spark from a fire set by a man in the creamery ignited the roof. Strong winds fanned the flames, allowing the blaze to cross the road and gaps between buildings.  Creagerstown had no fire department to put out the fire.  The town hall was burned down and the fire also destroyed all of the hotels owned by the Valentine family, though the Valley Hotel was eventually rebuilt.  Between 1920 and 1930 a number of houses in the town were reconstructed.  But by 1930 other road improvements and other highways, such as the Frederick and Emmitsburg railroads, had been constructed throughout Frederick and Creagerstown never recovered.
caption: Postcard from 1914 showing the destruction caused by the fire.
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