Details - Part 2

The information and display area will be laid out like spokes on a wheel. This arrangement will not only evoke the site's early industrial heritage which will be interpreted at the facility, it also facilitates a geographic representation of the many Scenic Byways and heritage routes that converge at Frederick, like spokes, plus the surrounding communities and attractions.

The spokes will provide the opportunity for exhibits and displays interpreting and providing tourist information, brochures, maps, etc. to motorists traveling these routes, or intercepting them as they arrive in Frederick. As a hub of these byways, heritage routes and driving tours, the proposed center will benefit all of these initiatives through cross-promotion. A motorist traveling one scenic byway route, for example, will not only become aware of all that there is to see and do along the way, they will also learn about the other routes that intersect in Frederick. A family looking for a specific map-guide for the Historic National Road, the Catoctin Mountain National Scenic Byway, the C & O Canal Route, Old Main Streets State Scenic Byway, or Maryland Civil War Trails because they've seen the trailblazer signs or saw these routes advertised, will learn about the others. In particular, the center is situated in an ideal location to provide tourist information about the Historic National Road to motorists traveling along this All American Road, or to those intercepting it having arrived from a different direction, such as from Washington, D.C. or Gettysburg, PA.