CARR-1446

Shriner/Lewis Farm

Architectural Survey File

This is the architectural survey file for this MIHP record. The survey file is organized reverse-

chronological (that is, with the latest material on top). It contains all MIHP inventory forms, National

Register nomination forms, determinations of eligibility (DOE) forms, and accompanying documentation

such as photographs and maps.

Users should be aware that additional undigitized material about this property may be found in on-site

architectural reports, copies of HABS/HAER or other documentation, drawings, and the “vertical files” at

the MHT Library in Crownsville. The vertical files may include newspaper clippings, field notes, draft

versions of forms and architectural reports, photographs, maps, and drawings. Researchers who need a

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project; look at the MHT web site (mht.maryland.gov) for details about how to make an appointment.

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Last Updated: 04-16-2004

INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY/DISTRICT MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST

INTERNAL NR-ELIGIBILITY REVIEW FORM

Property/District Name: Shriner/Lewis Farm Tax Parcel #:

Survey Number: CARR-1446

Project: Taneytown No. 1 Loop 138 KV Transmission Line Agency: -=F~E=R~C"'-~~~~~--

Site visit by MHT Staff: ~no yes Name

Eligibility recommended Eligibility not recommended _x~-

Criteria: --~A ~-B ~C ___ D Considerations: ___ A ___ B ___ C ___ D ___ E __ F ___ G

__ None

Justification for decision: (Use continuation sheet if necessary and attach map)

The Shriner/Lewis Farm, located south of Taneytown in rural Carroll County, MD, and consisting of a small farm complex, is not considered eligible for individual listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The property is outside of a potential Taneytown Historic District; however, along with other farmsteads in the vicinity, the property could contribute to a potential rural historic district. At this point, no examination of the area for rural historic district designation has taken place.

The Shriner/Lewis Farm consists of a ca. 1870 farmhouse, a late 19th-century barn, a ~rame smokehouse and three 20th-century frame poultry sheds. The farmhouse is a 2-1/2-

story, four-bay, double-pile building with a wrap-around porch. It is covered with aluminum siding and all the windows have replacement sash. A frame addition was made to the rear of the dwelling in 1975.

A small frame barn with a Eorebay stands west of the house. The barn has been resided with metal and has a 1-story addition to the rear, and a side, two-bay garage on the east elevation. Due to the major remodeling of the buildings, the buildings no longer resemble their historic appearance. The property lacks the architectural distinctiveness and integrity to qualify for listing on the National Register.

Documentation on the property/district is presented in: MHT Form

Prepared by: Inventory form prepared by Archaeological and Historical Consultants, June 1995

Kimberly Prothro Williams August 25,1997 Reviewer, Office of Preservation Services Date

A yes NR program concurrence:

~r,NR no not applicable

1/~1 [11 program Date

~urvey No. CARR-1446 ii'·.

MARYLAND COMPR~~-NSIVE HISTQ~~Q i~ESERVATION P~ DATA - HISTORIC CONTEXT

I. Geographic Re.g:t.ona

Eastern Shore Western Shore

__ x_ Piedmont

Western Maryland

(µ11 Eastern ~hare counties, and Cecil) (Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's)

(Baltimore City, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery)

(Allegany, Garrett and Washington)

II. Chronological/Developmental Periods:

Paleo-Indian Early Archaic Middle Archaic Late Archaic Early Woodland Middle Woodland Late Woodland/Archaic Contact and Settlement Rural Agrarian Intensification

~~~~Agricultural-Industrial Transition __ x~ Industrial/Urban Dominance

Modern Period Unknown Period ( --· prehistoric

III. Prehistoric Period Themes:

10000-7500 B.C. 7500-6000 B.C. 6000-4000 B.C. 4000-2000 B.C. 2000-500 B.C. 500 B.C. - A.D. 900 A.D. 900-1600 A.D. 1570-1750 A.D. 1680-1815 A.D. 1815-1870 A.D. 1870-1930 A.D. 1930-Present

historic)

IV. Historic Period Themes:

Agriculture Subsistence Settlement __ x_ Architecture, Landscape Architecture,

and Community Planning Political Demographic Religion Technology Environmental Adaptation

v. Resource Type:

Category: Buildin·

Historic Environment: Rural

Historic Function(s) and Use(s): Subsistence/Agriculture/barn.

Known Design Source:

Economic (Commercial and Industrial) Government/Law Military Religion Social/Educational/Cultural Transportation

Domestic/Single Dwelling; secondary structures;

CARR1446 Shriner/Lewis Farm CA. 1870 Taneytown vicinity Private

The Shriner/Lewis Farm contains a ca. 1870 farmhouse. a late nineteenth-century barn. a

frame smoke house, and three twentieth-century frame poultry houses. The farm house is a

vernacular style two-and-a-half story, four-bay, double-pile frame building. The building

is covered with aluminum siding, has had the window sash replaced with modern sash, and has

had a modern addition attached to the rear. The forebay barn has modern additions on the

rear and east side and has been covered with metal sheet metal siding. The three one-story

frame poultry houses are covered with German weatherboard siding and have asymmetrical gable

roofs. The Shriner /Lewis Farm does not appear to be eligible for inclusion on the National

Register of Historic Places due to the remodeling of the house and barn. The remodeling has

resulted in the loss of the integrity of design, materials. and workmanship.

CARR1446 Shriner/Lewis Farm Carroll County, Maryland

Maryland Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan Data Historic Context

Geographic Organization: (3) Piedmont

Chronological/Development Periods: (10) Agricultural-Industrial Transition

Prehistoric/Historic Period Themes: (I) Agriculture; (2) Architecture

Resource Type:

Category: Building(s)

Historic Environment: Rural

Historic Function(s) and Use: Farmstead

Known Design Source: None

Survey No. CARR1446 MARYLAND INVENTORY OF

Maryland Historical Trust _HISTORIC PROPERTIES ' Magi No.

State Historic Sites Inventory Form DOE _yes no

1. Name (indicate preferred name}

historic Shriner/Lewis Farm

and/or common

2. Location

street & number 4750 Stonesifer Road

city, town Taneytown _x_ vicinity of congressional district

state Maryl and county Carro 11

3. Classification Category _district­_x_ building(s) _structure _site /~object

Ownership _public _x__ private _both Public Acquisition _in process -v- being considered -~A 1not applicable

Status _X_ occupied _ unoccupied _ work in progress Accessible _yes: restricted _yes: unrestricted _no

Present Use / _x_ agriculture _commercial _ educational _ entertainment _government _ industrial _military

_ not for publication

_museum _park -X- private residence _religious _ scientific __ transportation _other:

4. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of~ owners)

name Melvin H. and Geraldine G. Lewis

street & number 4750 Stonesifer Road telephone no.:

city, town Taneytown state and zip code MD 21878

5. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Carro 11 County Courthouse liber 573

street & number N. Court St. folio 716

city, town state

6. Representation in Existing Historica.1 surveys

title N/ A

date _federal _state _county _local

pository for survey records

city, town state

7. Description

Condition -2L excellent _good _fair

Check one _ deteriorated _ unaltered _ ruins -2l altered _unexposed

Check one L original site _moved date of move

Survey No. CARR1446

Prepare both a summary paragraph and a general description of the resource and its various elements as it exists today.

The Shriner/Lewis Farm contains a ca. 1870 frame farmhouse, a late nineteenth-century barn, a frame smoke house and three frame twentieth-century poultry houses.

The farmhouse is a two-and-a-half story, four-bay double-pile building with a porch which wraps around the facade and northeast elevations. The house has been covered with aluminum siding, and all window sash has been replaced. A one-story, gable-roof, ca. 1975 frame addition was added to the rear of the building. To the northwest of the house is a one-story, gable-roof frame shed which may have once served as a smokehouse.

A small frame barn with a forebay stands west of the house. The barn has been resided with metal, and has a one-story addition to the rear, and a side, two-bay garage addition constructed onto the east elevation.

Three frame poultry houses stand northwest of the house. The poultry houses are one-story, weatherboarded (with German siding), and have asymmetrical gable roofs. The windows in the buildings contain six-over-six sash.

8. -Significance Survey No. CARR1446

Period _ prehistoric ~ 1400-1499

Areas of Significance-Check and justify below _ archeology-prehistoric _ community planning _ archeology-historic _ conservation _x_ agriculture _ economics

_landscape architecture_ religion _law _science _ literature _ sculpture 1500-1599

_ 1600-1699 _ 1700-1799 _x_ 1800-1899 _1900-

_x_ architecture _ education _ military _ social/ _art _commerce _ communications

Specific dates

check: Applicable Criteria: and/or

Applicable Exception:

A

A

_engineering _ music humanitarian _ exploration/settlement _ philosophy _ theater - industry _ politics/government _ transpol'tation _ invention _other (specify)

Builder/ Architect

B C D NOT APPLICABLE

B c D E F G

Level of Significance: national state local

Prepare both a summary paragraph of significance and a ge~eral statement of history and support. \

The Shriner/Lewis Farm does not appear to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due to the remodeling of the house and barn, which has caused the property to no longer resemble its historic appearance.

The Shriner/Lewis Farm is part of the land grant, "Resurvey on Brother's Agreement." The farmhouse does not appear on the 1862 map of

~~ Carroll County but th~ land surrounding the farmhouse had been designated as a 7 3/4 acre and 1 square perch tract, which it still is today (Simon J. Martenet, "Martenet's Map of Carroll County" Baltimore: Simon J. Martenet, 1862; Carroll County Land Record Book 30: 40). Magdalene and Michael Fringer sold the approximately 7 acre tract to Ann Stultz and Mary Ann Stultz for $900 in 1862 (CCLRB 30: 40); it is possible that the house had been constructed by this time. Samuel Shriner acquired the property for $1400 in 1874 from the Stultzes, and he appears as the owner of the house on the 1877 map (Illustrated Map of Carroll County {Philadelphia: lake, Griffing & Stevenson, 1877).

Shriner sold the property in 1887 to Lucy J. and John H. Reifsneider for $800. The farm changed hands 12 times beteen 1887 and 1974 when the present onwers purchased the property (CCLRB 76: 527; 103: 451; 134: 345; 147: 372; 191: 369; 193: 307; 327: 114; 343: 239; 573: 142).

9. Major Bibliographical References Survey No. CARR1446

See Narrative Sheet

1 O. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 7. 7 5 acres Quadrangle name Ia neytown

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Verbal boundary description and justification

Not Applicable

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List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries

state code county

state code county

11. Form Prepared By name/title Nancy Van Dolsen, Principal Investigator

organization Archaeological & Historical Consultants date June 1995

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code

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street & number 101 N. Pennsylvania Ave. telephone 814-364-2135

city or town Centre Hall state

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The Maryland Historic Sites Inventory was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature to be found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA, 1974 supplement.

The survey and inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only and do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights.

return to: Maryland Historical Shaw House

Annapol· , Maryland 21401 (3 269-2438

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CARR1446 Shriner/Lewis Farm Carroll County, Maryland

9. Major Bibliographic References

Carroll County Land Record Books, Carroll County Courthouse, Westminster, Maryland.

Illustrated Atlas of Carroll County, Maryland. Philadelphia: Lake, Griffing & Stevenson, 1877.

Martenet, Simon J. "Martenet's Map of Carroll County." Baltimore: Simon J. Martenet, 1862.

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