Yesterday - Items from the files of The Frederick News-Post - 44 Years Ago

Wednesday August 11, 1982

Four fire companies — Walkersville, Woodsboro, Frederick and Lewistown — handled the controlled burning of the old Eleanor Houck farm house on Md. 194 near Walkersville that has stood empty for many years and was becoming a health hazard.
The firemen set the blaze so the flames would consume the front of the house first while they sprayed water toward the rear of the building. The house, more than 100 years old, previously had been occupied by the Houcks, the Van Fossen family and the Schroyers.