The Creeger House

The Creeger House was built in the 1820s, first showing on a tax record in 1825, by Daniel Rouzer. It was originally a small, log structure. 

In 1865, the home was purchased by Daniel’s grandson, Col. John R. Rouzer. Col. Rouzer was a prominent member of the Union Army during the War and even endured a brief period of imprisonment. He had the home enlarged and encased in brick in 1876. 

The home was later sold to a WWI veteran, Edwin Creeger, in 1926. Creeger owned the local Chevrolet dealership and lived with his wife, Ethel, and their only child, Edwin “Eddie” Jr. Eddie served as a naval aviator in WWII and lost his life in an airplane accident in Europe. He was the first WWII casualty from Thurmont. Edwin and Ethel continued to live in the home after Eddie’s death. 

After the death of her husband, Ethel Creeger donated the house to the Thurmont Historical Society in 1990. Ethel left many of her family’s belongings in the home. The Creeger House has served as the headquarters for the Thurmont Historical Society ever since.