Visual Concept

Barlow Creamery Interpretive Sign
2017
In 2017, my grandfather worked with the Cumberland Township Historical Society in Adams County, Pennsylvania, to create a historical marker for the Barlow Creamery, famous for “Barlow Ice Cream,” which operated from 1898 to 1928 along Taneytown Road south of Gettysburg. I condensed his 600-word story into a short inscription, found an ice cream cone vector icon, and created a visual concept.
The sign was unveiled on June 7, 2017, with about 100 attendees, including notable guests such as Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding and Adams County Commissioner Marty Qually. The sign is listed in The Historical Marker Database.
Inscription Text_
Samuel Swartz built and operated a creamery on this site in 1898. With milk and cream from local dairy farmers, the creamery manufactured ice cream, becoming famous for “Barlow Ice Cream.” In 1909, C. D. Dougherty purchased the business, later transferring the property to the Gettysburg Ice and Storage Company whose main facilities were located along “Ice Cream Avenue” in Gettysburg. The creamery, which contained an ice making plant, relied on water and ice from nearby Rock Creek. Operations ceased in 1928. The site later became occupied by a general store until the mid-1970s.
Erected 2017 by Cumberland Township Historical Society
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Role: Visual Concept, Inscription Editing
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Project lead: Thomas Clowney
Fabricator: Rodney Yingling and Craig Yingling
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