Editing Cumberland, Maryland (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:City of CumberlandMDdowntown051020.jpg|thumb|Downtown Cumberland, Maryland]]

===Attractions===
==== Western Maryland Railway Station ====
Located at the [[Western Maryland Railway Station (Cumberland, Maryland)|Western Maryland Railway Station]] is the [[Western Maryland Scenic Railroad]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canalplace.org/ |title=Canal Place |access-date=July 5, 2016 |archive-date=July 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703094738/http://canalplace.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Arts and entertainment district ====
Located in Cumberland's arts and entertainment district is Saville Gallery, the Allegany Museum, the Cumberland Theatre, the Arts at Canal Place Cooperative Gallery, the New Embassy Theatre, the Cumberland Music Academy, MettleArts Studio and Foundry, the Arteco Gallery and Institute for Creative Enterprise, Windsor Hall, the Gilchrist Museum of the Arts, the Gordon-Roberts House, the Graphicus Atelier print-making studio, and a variety of retail and specialty stores. Seasonal events include the Cumberland Comes Alive music series, Saturday Arts Walks, and the annual Mountain Maryland Artists' Studio Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.downtowncumberland.com/ |title=Downtown Cumberland |website=downtowncumberland.com |access-date=March 10, 2007 |archive-date=April 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401071417/http://www.downtowncumberland.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{nonspecific|date=June 2017}}

==== Canal Place Heritage Area ====
[[File:canal swains lock 20040911 121236 2.jpg|thumb|[[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]] at [[Locks on the C&O Canal|Swain's Lock]]]]

The [[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park]] is located at [[Canal Place]], the western terminus of the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]], and intersection of the railroad, canal, and [[Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland]].

====Allegany Museum====
[[File:Allegany Museum, Cumberland, Maryland, USA.jpg|thumb|Allegany Museum]]
Allegany Museum exhibits include local prehistoric life, the Cumberland glassware industry, Kelly Springfield Tire Company, MeadWestvaco, the Cumberland brewing industry, and folk art on the building's second floor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alleganymuseum.org/ |title=Allegany Museum – At the Crossroads of American History |website=www.alleganymuseum.org |access-date=July 5, 2016 |archive-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019085223/https://alleganymuseum.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{nonspecific|date=June 2017}}

====The Narrows and Lovers Leap====
The Narrows is a compact notched valley that [[Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River)|Wills Creek]] has carved into [[Wills Mountain]]. Inventor [[Frederick John Bahr]] bought Wills Mountain and built his log cabin on top.

The [[National Road]] ([[U.S. Route 40 in Maryland|U.S. Route 40]]) and a number of railroad lines pass through this steep, narrow, and rocky river valley on the edge of Cumberland. On the northeast side of Wills Mountain, sits a rocky outcropping known as [[Lover's Leap]]. The name comes from a Native American Romeo and Juliet legend. The tale tells how a jilted lover met his end by jumping off this ledge. Today, the rocks high above the water provide extensive views of the [[Allegheny Mountains]]. Lover's Leap has been frequently romanticized by postcard pictures of this valley, including those taken by George Steward in 1950 and published in the 1953 book ''U.S. 40''.

Lover's Leap is {{convert|1652|ft|m}} above sea level and made up of oddly squared projections of rock, from its top, all the way down to the National Highway (U.S. Rte. 40) below. The City of Cumberland and the neighboring states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia may be seen from this point.

===Other attractions ===
* [[Constitution Park (Maryland)|Constitution Park]]
* [[Cumberland Theatre|Cumberland Theatre Company]], located on N. Johnson St., offering year-round performances
* [[Gene Mason Sports Complex]]
* [[New Embassy Theater]]

===Nearby attractions and points of interest ===
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* The [[Frostburg, Maryland#Thrasher Carriage Museum|Thrasher Carriage Museum]], in [[Frostburg, Maryland]], has one of the nation's top collections of [[horse-drawn vehicle]]s, representing every walk of life, from the milkman to the wealthy. Pleasure vehicles, funeral wagons, sleighs, carts, and more are on display in the renovated 19th-century warehouse. Housed in a renovated warehouse opposite the steam train depot in Frostburg, this museum houses an extensive collection of late 19th- and early 20th-century horse-drawn carriages, featuring more than 50 vehicles from the collection of the late James R. Thrasher. Highlights include the inaugural coach used by Teddy Roosevelt, several Vanderbilt sleighs, elaborately decorated funeral wagons, formal closed vehicles, surreys, and open sleighs.
* The [[Paw Paw Tunnel]] is one of the world's longest canal tunnels and was one of the greatest engineering feats of its day.
* The [[Sideling Hill]] road cut is a {{convert|340|ft|m|adj=on}} deep road cut where [[Interstate 68]] cuts through Sideling Hill. It is notable as an impressive man-made mountain pass, visible from miles away and one of the best rock exposures in Maryland and indeed in the entire northeastern United States. Almost {{convert|810|ft|m}} of strata in a tightly folded syncline are exposed in this road cut.
*[[Dan's Mountain State Park]]

===Notable landmarks===
[[File:Wills Creek Cumberland.jpg|thumb|Wills Creek]]
[[File:Downtown Cumberland.jpg|thumb|Downtown Cumberland]]
Some of Cumberland's most architecturally significant homes are located in the [[Washington Street Historic District (Cumberland, Maryland)|Washington Street Historic District]]. Considered the elite residential area when the city was at its economic peak, Washington Street was home to the region's leading citizens including the president of the C&O Canal. Significant public buildings include the Allegany County Courthouse, Allegany County Library, and Emmanuel Episcopal Church, located on the site of Fort Cumberland. It features [[Gothic Revival]] architecture with three large [[Tiffany glass|Tiffany]] windows, fort tunnels, and ammunition magazine cellars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/cumberland/wsh.htm |title=Washington Street Historic District |first=Shannon |last=Bell |website=www.cr.nps.gov |access-date=March 10, 2007 |archive-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204055849/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/cumberland/wsh.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The 1850 [[Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Cumberland)|Emmanuel Episcopal Church]], standing at the eastern end of the Washington Street Historic District, is one of Maryland's most outstanding examples of early [[Gothic Revival architecture]]. The [[Allegany County Courthouse]] dominates the city's skyline. It was designed in 1893 by local architect [[Wright Butler]]. The [[Queen City Hotel]] was built by the B&O during the 1870s. The battle to preserve it was lost when the building was demolished in 1972. [[B'er Chayim Temple|Temple B'er Chayim's]] 1865 Gothic Revival building is one of the [[Oldest synagogues in the United States|oldest]] surviving synagogue buildings in the United States.

Also of note are the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Terminus at Canal Place, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, the Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland, the Cumberland Masonic Temple,<ref>{{cite web |title=Maryland Freemasons plan to celebrate 100th anniversary of Cumberland Masonic Temple |url=https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/maryland-freemasons-plan-to-celebrate-100th-anniversary-of-cumberland-masonic-temple/article_bb34b5d4-ade0-5804-adab-e9aa92c107b3.html |website=The Cumberland Times-News |date=21 October 2012 |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408015927/https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/maryland-freemasons-plan-to-celebrate-100th-anniversary-of-cumberland-masonic-temple/article_bb34b5d4-ade0-5804-adab-e9aa92c107b3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the Allegany Arts Council, Rocky Gap State Park, [[Cumberland Narrows]] along Wills Creek, on Alternate U.S. 40.