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Repairs Needed at Fountain Rock Lime Kilns

April 17, 2015April 16, 2015 Michael Kustercounty executive, Fountain Rock, Frederick County, historic preservation, Jan Gardner, Lime Kiln, National Park Service, Parks and Recreation

In 2009, Frederick County Parks and Recreation began to notice a significant amount of bricks falling from the Fountain Rock Lime Kilns’ west side oven arch barrels. Frederick County’s Fountain Rock Park abuts Walkersville’s Community Park, and can be accessed from a nature trail in Walkersville. At the time, Frederick County Board of County Commissioners approved asking the National Park Service – Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) to complete a Condition Assessment Report to ascertain the reason for the brick failure. They also approved designs and plans to be made for repairs.…