Burkittsville's Historic Post Office

Smoke rising over the center of town early on the morning of December 29, 2019, viewed from Catholic Church Road.

On the morning of December 29, 2019, two historic structures at heart of Burkittsville were severely damaged in a fire that left four families displaced who lived in apartments on the property. As firefighters from eight companies across Frederick and Washington Counties, Maryland, and Loudoun County, Virginia, battled the blaze, town residents gathered to help the families and first responders. St. Paul's Lutheran Church opened its doors to house the displaced families and to provide breakfast to them and the firefighters. Donations of clothing and household goods poured in over the afternoon. As the smoke finally settled over the town, a sense of gratitude for the safety of the families and first responders was also met with a sense of loss for a historic property that had been a place of daily activity for Burkittsville residents for over 150 years.

The post office building in the 1950s when Samuel Luther Brown, Sr., was operating his general store in the building.

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