The Gate House Museum

08/17/2025

As a reminder, this page has moved BUT(!) there is an important effort with which we need your help!

06/17/2025

Did you miss our craft event today? Make sure you are following our new page, the Sykesville Gate House Museum to see our events and updates!
Our next craft event falls during our Christmas in July celebration, but there are many other events posted on our new page!
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06/08/2025

Still following us on this page? You are missing out! Follow us on our new page at https://www.facebook.com/SykesvilleGateHouseMuseum/
See you there!

The Sykesville Gate House Museum serves as the public history museum by and for the Town of Sykesville. Visit our historic house located in Millard Cooper Park to learn more!

05/11/2025

Please make sure you have liked and followed our new page!
Tours begin next week, and many events are upcoming!
Follow the link to see the new page.
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It's almost Tour Time!
Join us for fifteen minutes of history highlights on these quick tours designed to share Sykesville's history without wilting your Farmer's Market salad greens!
Tours are set to begin next week at the Downtown Sykesville Farmer's Market: May 18 and 25, 2025 at 10 or repeated at 10:30 at the Centennial Fountain near the Post Office. No RSVP required. FREE.

See you there!

05/04/2025

Have you been seeing our updates to the Main Street index project? Make sure you are following us on our New page!

Check out that page here!: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16GiasVBfJ/

Another site has been posted on our ongoing Main Street index project! Click on the link to find out more about the Arcade Building's history at 7566 Main Street!
https://www.thegatehousemuseum.com/copy-of-7568-main-street

04/19/2025

The Gate House will be closed for Easter Sunday!
Please remember to like our new page, https://www.facebook.com/SykesvilleGateHouseMuseum/ which is tied to our Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/gatehousemuseum/
Before THIS page stops being updated later this year.

04/11/2025

Make sure you like our new page so that you don't miss updates like these! https://www.facebook.com/SykesvilleGateHouseMuseum/

History of 7602 Main Street

04/06/2025

If you are seeing this on our old page, make sure you update to the NEW facebook location for the Gate House, linked in the post here!

This article from the Sykesville Herald Newspaper issue of April 4, 1918 discusses when the Sykesville Bank finally used adding machines rather than pen and paper to total accounts.

We've been working on "SUM" archiving of the Sykesville Herald as we continue to create a matrix of downtown businesses over time.

03/25/2025

Exciting news! We have a new page. Give it a like so you can stay current on all of our upcoming news and events before we close this page later this year.

https://www.facebook.com/SykesvilleGateHouseMuseum/

The Sykesville Gate House Museum serves as the public history museum by and for the Town of Sykesville. Visit our historic house located in Millard Cooper Park to learn more!

03/18/2025

March was first proclaimed Red Cross Month in 1943 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to raise awareness of the organization and its humanitarian mission.

Photo is from the March 12, 1959 edition of The Sykesville Herald.

03/16/2025

Believe it or not, this is a postcard! Leather postcards were popular souvenirs but were only briefly used for mailing. After the introduction of machine sorters in 1909, the cards would jam the machines and were phased out.

Come see our leather postcard collection at the museum. Our hours are Tuesdays and Fridays from 10-4 and Sundays from 12-5.