The Historic Derr House offers an exceptional setting for any special event. Carefully restored and renovated, this landmark property offers several large rooms for entertaining, a fully equipped modern kitchen, and 3 ½ bathrooms all with original touches throughout. The Derr House is a versatile space that can be customized to the client’s and their coordinator’s specifications, offering infinite possibilities to fit every whim and budget. A booking at the Historic Derr House entails a generous time frame and creative freedom. Hire the caterers you like, furnish and decorate as you wish, throw a lavish holiday event for the entire office, or an intimate wedding for your closest family and friends. The Derr house is your ‘canvas’, we provide the pristine and historic setting, you and your event coordinator provide the vision. The Historic Derr House’s versatility makes it perfect for a wide variety of events: - Intimate Weddings - Holiday Parties - Banquets - Retirement Parties - Bar/Bat Mitzvahs - Birthdays - Art Shows - Corporate Meetings and Events - Anything you can imagine, we can accommodate… This landmark fieldstone farm house, in historic Frederick MD, sheltered the Derr family for 5 generations and over 200 years. The house was originally built around 1775 by Sebastian Derr, a wealthy landowner, for his son John, on a 307 acre property he bought from Daniel Dulany in 1755. Sebastian Derr, originally from Bavaria, built this stalwart home amidst the rich farmland between the Monocacy River and Frederick & Woodsboro Pike that he christened “Dearbought”. Over the years as a family home the house has undergone several building phases, lending the structure a many varied architectural character ranging from German farmhouse, to Federal Manor, To neo-classical style. One of the most remarkable additions was the enormous kitchen with its 10ft wide hearth. This storied home is a registered and cherished Frederick County Landmark.

The Historic Derr House offers an exceptional setting for any special event. Carefully restored and renovated, this landmark property offers several large rooms for entertaining, a fully equipped modern kitchen, and 3 ½ bathrooms all with original touches throughout. The Derr House is a versatile space that can be customized to the client’s and their coordinator’s specifications, offering infinite possibilities to fit every whim and budget. A booking at the Historic Derr House entails a generous time frame and creative freedom. Hire the caterers you like, furnish and decorate as you wish, throw a lavish holiday event for the entire office, or an intimate wedding for your closest family and friends. The Derr house is your ‘canvas’, we provide the pristine and historic setting, you and your event coordinator provide the vision. The Historic Derr House’s versatility makes it perfect for a wide variety of events: - Intimate Weddings - Holiday Parties - Banquets - Retirement Partie... more

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