maryland historical trust: inventory no. 15/7

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Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No.15-7Maryland Inventory ofHistoric Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic Brown Tobacco House

other

2. Location

street and number 28601 Ridge Road not for publication

city, town Mt Airy vicinity

county Montgomery3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners)

name Keith E Rowland

street and number 28545 Ridge Road telephone

city, town Gaithersburg state MD zip code 217714. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Montgomery County liber 19050 folio 754

city, town Rockville tax map tax parcel P310 tax ID number 12-009237

5. Primary Location of Additional DataContributing Resource in National Register District

Contributing Resource in Local Historic District

Determined Eligible for the National Register/Maryland Register

Determined Ineligible for the National Register/Maryland Register

Recorded by HABS/HAER

Historic Structure Report or Research Report at MHT

Other:

6. Classification

Category Ownership Current Function Resource Countdistrict public agriculture landscape Contributing Noncontributingbuilding(s) private commerce/trade recreation/culture buildstructure both defense religion sitessite domestic social strucobject education transportation objec

funerary work in progress Totagovernment unknownhealth care vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resourcindustry other: previously listed in the Inventory


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7. Description Inventory No.15-73

Condition

excellent deteriorated

good ruins

fair altered

Prepare both a one paragraph summary and a comprehensive description of the resource and its various elements as itexists today.

The resource was first surveyed in 1968, for the Historic American Building. At the time, the structure was

described as a small log barn in good condition, used for the storage of tobacco. The structure had one opening

being a low door on one side. The surveyor added:

The construction and shape is typical of the small log storage barns in this county. The walls are round logs

dovetailed at their corners. The chinking between the logs is composed of stucco applied over thin slabs of

stone laid in a herring bone pattern. There are many crosspoles of log laid across the inside of the barn.1

The log structure is no longer standing and a pile of logs lie nearby.

Still extant is a small frame gable roof structure that may have been an ice house. The structure is ventilated by

frame louvered cupola with delicate, Greek Revival style detailing.

1Paul A Brickman, Barry A Weintrab, HABS Inventory, 7-24-1968.


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Maryland Historical TrustMaryland Inventory of Inventory No. 15-7Historic Properties Form

Name Brown Tobacco HouseContinuation SheetNumber 7 Page 1

Brown Tobacco House Site

12008


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Brown Tobacco House

Michael F. Dwyer, 10231973


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Brown Tobacco House Site

Outbuilding, possible ice house, 12008


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8. Significance Inventory No. 15-73Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below

1600-1699 agriculture economics health/medicine performing arts

1700-1799 archeology education industry philosophy

1800-1899 architecture engineering invention politics/government

1900-1999 art entertainment/ landscape architecture religion

2000- commerce recreation law science

communications ethnic heritage literature social history

community planning exploration/ maritime history transportation

conservation settlement military other:

Specific dates Architect/Builder

Construction dates

Evaluation for:

National Register Maryland Register not evaluated

Prepare a one-paragraph summary statement of significance addressing applicable criteria, followed by a narrative discussion of thhistory of the resource and its context. (For compliance projects, complete evaluation on a DOE Form see manual.)

This resource was owned by Edward I and P B Brown when it was surveyed in 1968 and 1973. Historic maps

indicate Henry Young living in this vicinity by 1865, and continuing to live here in 1878. Tobacco houses of this

type were built throughout the 19th century in Montgomery County, and possibly even into the early 20th centur

Farmers in the Damascus area continued to grow tobacco well into the 20th century. Log tobacco houses were u

almost exclusively in Montgomery for the curing of tobacco leaves. With stone chinking laid in a herringbone

pattern and interior crosspoles, the tobacco house was typical of those found throughout the upcounty area. Th

crosspoles were used for curing the tobacco leaves.

The tobacco house was still standing in recent years, but was dismantled by 2007.


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Maryland Historical TrustMaryland Inventory of Inventory No.15-7Historic Properties Form

Name Brown Log Tobacco HouseContinuation SheetNumber 8 Page 1

Martenet and Bond map, 1865


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Maryland Historical TrustMaryland Inventory of Inventory No.15-7Historic Properties Form

Name Brown Log Tobacco HouseContinuation SheetNumber 8 Page 2

G M Hopkins Atlas, 1878


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9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. 15-73

Brickman, Paul A; and Barry A Weintrab. HABS Inventory, Brown Log House, #195, 7-24-1968.

Hopkins, G M, 1878 map (published 1879).

Martenet and Bond map, 1865.

Owens, Christopher. Brown Tobacco House, 15-7, Maryland Historical Trust worksheet, Nomination Form for the National

Register of Historic Places, 10-23-1973.

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of surveyed property 2.5 acresAcreage of historical settingQuadrangle name Quadrangle scale:

Verbal boundary description and justification

11. Form Prepared by

name/title Clare Lise Kelly

organization M-NCPPC date 12-2009

street & number 8787 Georgia Ave telephone 301-563-3400

city or town Silver Spring state MD

The Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislatureto 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 onlyand do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights.

return to: Maryland Historical TrustMaryland Department of Planning100 Community PlaceCrownsville, MD 21032-2023410-514-7600

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