Our headquarter is in the Brumbaugh House, 5825 Main Street, in Elkridge. We have turned it into a museum experience which is free to visitors. Our goal is to engage people who are new to Elkridge as well as those who have lived here all their lives by installing interesting educational displays and interpretive signage walking visitors through the history of Elkridge.

But we don’t just collect “old” history. Our history and heritage are always changing as new people come to Elkridge. Today becomes tomorrow’s history, which sounds trite, but it is true. Elkridge has changed enormously in the past, and we expect that pattern to continue.

Our old membership brochure is attached below, which also has more information about the history of our society and Elkridge. To join, go to https://elkridgeheritage.org/become-a-member/ for more information.

5825 Main Street, Elkridge MD 21075.

We are open from 10am to 2pm on the 3rd Saturday of every month at the above address. Come learn about the Brumbaugh House and its namesake, Dr. Benjamin Bruce Brumbaugh, and explore the history of Elkridge through maps and businesses, and other artifacts. See the Events Calendar and the Museum Page for more information.

Contact us to make an appointment if you cannot attend our open houses.

Photo courtesy of AAIC Visual Perceptions

To repair / care for the Elkridge Heritage Society’s headquarters, the Brumbaugh House, raise money to continue operations, build membership and share Elkridge Heritage / History through events, and to maintain a museum for public viewing.

In particular, The Society is a non-profit organization committed to the preservation, promotion and presentation of local heritage. Its mandate is to support its mission by:

• Restoring, preserving, and utilizing the Brumbaugh House as a resource for the community as a meeting place for community activities, archival storage and a museum
• Responsibly operating said museum and resource center
• Reflecting the diversity and change that Elkridge and the adjacent Patapsco River Valley has experienced; encouraging community interest in the unique history of the area to ensure that present and future generations can share in and understand the rich heritage; educating the broader community about local heritage and its benefits through the presentation of exhibits and displays, lectures, demonstrations, special events and participatory programs.
• Continuing research, discovery and collection activities; collecting, classifying and displaying the artifacts, photographs and other items of Elkridge and Patapsco River Valley physical and cultural heritage as well as current changes; identifying families that called Elkridge home through oral and written histories.
• Committing to the rehabilitation of buildings, through example or advocacy
• Being actively involved in relevant community and government programs, which benefit heritage preservation.
• Studying and preserving the history of Dr. Brumbaugh
• Carrying on all activities appropriate for a historical society, such as marking and preserving historical sites.

Go to our Event Calendar to see what’s going on!

https://elkridgeheritage.org/events

We hope you consider giving back your local Elkridge history by donating to our tax deductible 501c(3).

Go to https://elkridgeheritage.org/homepage/our-board/ to see contact information and a little blurb about each board member.

Our headquarterswas formerly the home of Dr. Benjamin Bruce Brumbaugh. Dr. Brumbaugh was a popular country doctor in Elkridge who continued to make house calls until he retired after 50 years of dedicated service. His office was in his home and we have preserved it as it was when he passed away in 1985. There are still some “Brumbaugh Babies” in Elkridge who were delivered by him. We maintain the house as a museum.

We also have a room dedicated to telling the history of Elkridge through maps, and another room telling the history of Elkridge through business and industry.

We have a large assortment of Elkridge artifacts and files in addition to Dr. Brumbaugh’s medical supplies and notebooks. These include sports memorabilia, maps, and family history files. The photo above shows Dr. Brumbaugh’s office much as it was when he retired. The photo is courtesy of AAIC Visual Perceptions. For more about our museum, see https://elkridgeheritage.org/brumbaugh-house-museum/.

We also have a large collection on line in our Elkridge Knowledge Based. See https://elkridgeheritage.org/elkridge-knowledge-base/.

Download our latest by-laws here: