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MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FORM NR Eligible: yes ^ no rbperty Name: Mendelsohn Terrace Address: 11801 Bethesda Church Road City: Damacus USGS Quadrangle(s): Damascus Zip Code: 20872 Inventory Number: M: 10-12 Historic district: yes County: Montgomery X no Property Owner: Eunice Walker Tax Account ID Number: 12 -00942755 Tax Map Parcel Number(s): P 535 Tax Map Number: FY 12 Project: Rehab/Replacement of Bridge M-009 over Bennett Creek Agency Prepared By: Greenhorne & O'Mara Preparer's Name: Becky Kermes Agency: Montgomery County DPW&T Date Prepared: 2/27/2006 Documentation is presented in: Preparer's Eligibility Recommendation: Criteria: X A B C D X Eligibility recommended Considerations: A B Eligibility not recommended D E F G Complete if the property is a contributing or non-contributing resource to a NR district/property. Name of the District/Property: Inventory Number: "Site visit by MHT Staff yes no Eligible: Name: yes Listed: yes Date: Description of Property and Justification: (Please attach map and photo) The property known as Mendelsohn Terrace is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its association with the agricultural history of Montgomery County. It is an 8th generation working farm and retains its collection of historic house, bank barn, milking barn, tractor shed, hay shed, and spring house. Set in rural Montgomery County, Mendelsohn Terrace lies just outside of the outskirts of the historic community crossroads of Browingsville at the intersection of Bethesda Church Road and Clarksburg Road. The area has retained many rural features including several farms in the vicinity, although none quite as complete as Mendeslsohn Terrace. New development has occurred in the vicinity, but to date there are no major shopping centers or business centers and the area has preserved its residential character. The immediate setting of Mendelsohn Terrace consists of the approximate 150 acres which is its suggested National Register boundary. The house and outbuildings are situated on top of a knoll and the land slopes downward to Bennett Creek and the house faces Clarksburg Road, although access to the property is from Bethesda Church Road. MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST REVIEW Eligibility recommended ^Q Eligibility not recommended Criteria: A _ A B C _D Considerations: T Comments: ^viewer, National Register Pro: Date ruu^u 11^^*

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MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FORM

NR Eligible: yes ^

no

rbperty Name: Mendelsohn Terrace

Address: 11801 Bethesda Church Road

City: Damacus

USGS Quadrangle(s): Damascus

Zip Code: 20872

Inventory Number: M: 10-12

Historic district: yes

County: Montgomery

X no

Property Owner: Eunice Walker Tax Account ID Number: 12 -00942755

Tax Map Parcel Number(s): P 535 Tax Map Number: FY 12

Project: Rehab/Replacement of Bridge M-009 over Bennett Creek

Agency Prepared By: Greenhorne & O'Mara

Preparer's Name: Becky Kermes

Agency: Montgomery County DPW&T

Date Prepared: 2/27/2006

Documentation is presented in:

Preparer's Eligibility Recommendation:

Criteria: X A B C D

X Eligibility recommended

Considerations: A B

Eligibility not recommended

D E F G

Complete if the property is a contributing or non-contributing resource to a NR district/property.

Name of the District/Property:

Inventory Number:

"Site visit by MHT Staff yes no

Eligible:

Name:

yes Listed: yes

Date:

Description of Property and Justification: (Please attach map and photo)

The property known as Mendelsohn Terrace is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its association with the agricultural history of Montgomery County. It is an 8th generation working farm and retains its collection of historic house, bank barn, milking barn, tractor shed, hay shed, and spring house.

Set in rural Montgomery County, Mendelsohn Terrace lies just outside of the outskirts of the historic community crossroads of Browingsville at the intersection of Bethesda Church Road and Clarksburg Road. The area has retained many rural features including several farms in the vicinity, although none quite as complete as Mendeslsohn Terrace. New development has occurred in the vicinity, but to date there are no major shopping centers or business centers and the area has preserved its residential character.

The immediate setting of Mendelsohn Terrace consists of the approximate 150 acres which is its suggested National Register boundary. The house and outbuildings are situated on top of a knoll and the land slopes downward to Bennett Creek and the house faces Clarksburg Road, although access to the property is from Bethesda Church Road.

MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST REVIEW

Eligibility recommended Q̂ Eligibility not recommended

Criteria: A _ A B C _ D Considerations:

T Comments:

^viewer, National Register Pro: Date r u u ^ u 11^^*

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NR-ELIGIBELITY REVIEW FORM

M: 10-12 Mendelsohn Terrace

Page 2 ^ ^PA.s early as 1695, the land that now emcompasses Montgomery, Prince George's and Frederick counties was designated as Prince

George's. The area was divided in 1748 and the western portion - including the land that would become Montgomery County -became Frederick County. In 1776, Dr. Thomas Sprigg Wootton, a member of the Marylan Consitutional Convention, introduced a bill to divide Frederick into Montgomery, Washington and Frederick. Montgomery County was named for Richard Montgomery, a brigadier general in the colonial Army who fought in the French and Indian War. The early years in the development of Montgomery County were based on the agricultural economy, although by 1840, the land was depleted of its nourishments that tobacco and corn needed. With the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O) in 1850 and through the introduction of new farming techniques, such as crop rotation, deeper plowing and fertizlliation, the farming industry picked back up and by 1860 Montgomery County was thriving.

During the Civil War, farms suffered as both Union and Confederate armies passed through Montgomery County several times. At one time there were 18,000 Union troops in Darnestown and another 20,000 at Poolesville. There were no major battles fought in Montgomery County.

From 1870 through 1895, life in Montgomery County relfected the new age of pro-business sentiments and rapid development of technology. Life in and near Washington DC brought in more people and life in the suburbs of nearby Montgomery County took birth. With the B&O Metropolitan Branch expanding westward through the county, suburbs expanded and summer homes were built further out along the B&O Railroad. Farming shifted again, with the concentration of farms turning to dairy production with the development of pasturization techniques.

Mendelsohn Terrace's growth and development of a family farm as early as 1830 to the shift of a dairy farm reflects the agricultural trends experienced by Montgomery County. Therefore, Mendelsohn Terrace is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its association with the agricultural history of Montgomery County. The property retains the 1880 main house, the circa 1860 bank barn, the circa 1930 ilking barn, hay sheds, silos, other related outbuildings, and the stone remains of the chimney of the original 1830s house. Although not part of the Browingsville Historic

^^District. it is visually and physically linked to the District.

Mendelsohn Terrace was constructed for George Washington Wesley Walker who made Mendelsohn Terrace the "musical and literary center of the community." In order for a resource to be considered eligible under Criterion B, the person must be considered a significant person to his profession. Census records in 1870 and 1880 indicated that Mr. Walker considered himself a farmer by profession and while he was the choir director at the Bethesda M.E. Church, research did not indicate that Mr. Walker as a significant musician of the period.

Mendelsohn Terrace is not considered eligible for the National Register under Criterion C as it has been altered by the application of vinyl siding and replacement with aluminum windows to the house, the bank barn is sheathed with a fairly recent vertical board and a new metal roof. The collection of the buildings is notable, but there are many other nearby farms in Carroll and Frederick County that retain a higher degree of integrity.

Mendelsohn Terrace is not being evaluated for its significance under Criterion D.

Resources: MfflP Form M: 10-13 Browningsville Historic District www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/MCGinfo/county/document/history.pdf "Montgomery County, Maryland: Our History and Government. A joint publication by Montgomery County, Maryland and the Montgomery County Historical Society.

MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST REVIEW

Eligibility recommended Eligibility not recommended

Criteria: _ A _ B C D Considerations: A B _ C D E F G

^MHT Comments:

Reviewer, Office of Preservation Services Date

Reviewer, National Register Program Date

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MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST M: 10/12

Magi#

INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURVEY

Q N A M E HISTORIC Mendelsohn Terrace

AND/OR COMMON

QLOCATION STREETS. NUMBER . ' . - _ , , . „ , „

Route 122 and Gladhill Roads CITY. TOWN

Brownings v i l l e VICINITY OF STATE

Maryland

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

6 COUNTY

Montgomery-

CLASSIFICATION

CATEGORY

—DISTRICT

JXBUILDING(S) —STRUCTURE

_SITE

—OBJECT

OWNERSHIP

—PUBLIC

XpRiVATE —BOTH

PUBLIC ACQUISIT ION

_ I N PROCESS

—BEING CONSIDERED

STATUS

-^OCCUPIED

—UNOCCUPIED

—WORK IN PROGRESS

ACCESSIBLE -~YES RESTRICTED

— YES: UNRESTRICTED

J&IO

PRESENT USE

X.AGRI CULTURE

—COMMERCIAL

—EDUCATIONAL

—ENTERTAINMENT

—GOVERNMENT

—INDUSTRIAL

—MILITARY

—MUSEUM

— PARK

^PRIVATE RESIDENCE

— RELIGIOUS

—SCIENTIFIC

—TRANSPORTATION

—OTHER

OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME Stewar t E. & Eunice E. V/alker Telephone #: 253-2725 STREET & NUMBER

STATE , z ip code Maryland

CITY. TOWN

Browningsv i l l e VICINITY OF

[LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF D E E D S , E T q , l o n t g o m e r y C o u n t y COUTthOUSe

Liber #: I6*f0 Fo l io #:' 195

STREET& NUMBER

CITY. TOWN

Rockv i l l e STATE

Maryland

3 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE

M-NCPPC Inventory of Historical Sites DATE

1976 —FEDERAL X.STATE X_COUNTY —LOCAL

DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Park H i s t o r i a n ' s Office CITY. TOWN STATE

Rockv i l l e Maryland 20855

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I DESCRIPTION M-10-12

CONDITION

^EXCELLENT

_ G O O D

_FAIR

_DETERIORATED

_ R U I N S

—UNEXPOSED

CHECK ONE

X-UNALTERED

—ALTERED

CHECK ONE

X-ORIGrNALSITE

_MOVED DATE-

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

This lovely Gothic Revival style farmhouse sits on a hill facing s outh.

Built on fieldstone foundations, this two and a half story, three bay by five bay, L-shape frame house has been expanded to serve the six generations of Walkers who built the house and have lived here contin­uously. The house used to have novelty siding, but this was recently re-' placed by aluminum siding. The south (front) porch has a flat roof with a turned balustrade railing at the roof line and supported by four wooden columns. The porch area is enclosed by a railing with turned balusters similar to that on the porch roof. This porch is smaller than the original. The south door has two round-headed lights over two lower wooden panels. The doorway is surmounted by a transom light.

One over one and two over two double hung windows are flanked by black aluminum louvered shutters. On the west elevation there is a one story bay window. The house has an unusual cross gable roof, there are three cross gables on the south elevation. Two light Gothic windows are set into these cross gables, these gables also have decorative scalloped bargeboards. The north and east gable ends have two small windows: one is a four light casement window and one is a louvered ventilator windou^ The roof has corrugated metal covering. There is one interior end chlf^ky on the east elevation.

The south door leads into a central hallway. An open string single run staircase ascends from south to north along the west interior wall. The stairway has a round newel post, a carved banister and turned bal­usters. To the east is a parlor and to the west is the music room. North of the hall is an enclosed porch with a modern bay window set into the west interior wall opening onto the dining room. The kitchen is north of the dining room and porch. A sun room is located west of the dining room.

There are random width floors. The floor in the parlor was replaced when termites destroyed the original flloring. There are ten foot ceil- -ings in the south section of the house. The walls and ceilings are plaster over lath. The molded door frames accepted the wooden paneled doors. There are plaster ceiling medallions in the parlor and music room, the dining room medallion was removed sometime ago. The house when it was first built had a bathroom complete with a wooden copper-lined tub. In addition, closets were built into the house.

A clapboarded, gabled meat house is located northeast of the house. The dinner bell hangs at the peak of the gable," its ring can be heard all over the farm.

CONTINUE ON SEPARATE SHEET IF NECESSARY

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SIGNIFICANCE M-10-12

PERIOD

—PREHISTORIC

— 1400-1499

— 1500 1599

— 1600-1699

— 1700-1799

X l 800 1899

— 1900-

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE - CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW

ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC

ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC

AGRICULTURE

ARCHITECTURE

ART

—COMMERCE

—COMMUNICATIONS

SPECIFIC DATES ] _ 8 8 0

—COMMUNITY PLANNING

—CONSERVATION

—ECONOMICS

—EDUCATION

—ENGINEERING

—EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT

—INDUSTRY

—INVENTION

—LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

—LAW

—LITERATURE

MILITARY

J£MUSIC

—PHILOSOPHY

—POLITICS/GOVERNMENT

BUILDER/ARCHITECT J o h n M o u n t

— RELIGION

—SCIENCE

—SCULPTURE

—SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN

—THEATER

TRANSPORTATION

—OTHER (SPECIFY)

of G

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

"Mendelsohn Terrace" is significant for having been the "musical and literary center of the community where Professor George Washington Wesley Walker's choirs and schools gathered for musical and social occasions" during the late nineteenth century in upper Montgomery County. He led si ving, directed the choir, played the organ in the Bethesda Church near hisJhome for 56 years. Professor Walker had everyone in the upper part of the county singing.1 The house is currently owned and occupied by one

W. Walker's grandchildren. In April, 1830, George Brian "Walker was deeded some land called

"Henry & Elizabeth Enlarged" from Peter Boyer. One hundred and forty-four cres of this land descended first to his son, Nathan James Walker, to hold

for his younger son. George Washington Wesley Walker. In his will of May 16, 1857, George Brian Walker left the farm to George W. Walker.2 The deed, however, did not transfer to George W. Walker until Dec. 20, 1875* He had to buy out his brothers' and sisters' interest in the estate for $2,̂ -00 before he obtained ownership.

George Washington Wesley Walker, the Professor of Music, was respon­sible for the building of "Mendelsohn Terrace". He was born in a log cabin on the farm in Oct. 1&37* Only the stone chimney of that original family cabin remains on the farm. George Walker married Rachel Browning Purdum in 1858, and they had eight children. In the census records of I87O & 1880, he is listed as a farmer. In his early years, however, he showed a marked interest in music, and learned avidly from local teachers. He received more formal training and recognition when in the summer of 1870 he attended the "Normal Institute" in Florida, New York. There he studied under music master, Lowell Mason,-> and, also, established several close professional friendships that continued throughout the rest of his life. For over forty years the original picture of his class at the "Normal Institute" hung in the music room at Mendelsohn Terrace.^

According to assessment records, George W. W. Walker's farm consisted of 1M+ acres. Between the 1873 and 1882 assessments, the price per acre decreased, and although the value of the land property was declared the same,; 2̂ -60, the 1882 assessment shows that*Cl020 of that went for improve­ments,? perhaps for construction of the grand new farm house. A date marker on the house indicates construction was in 1880. John Mount, a local guilder, was builder of both "Mendelsohn Terrace" and the Bethesda Church p the road, which the Walker family started. Seventh and eighth genera-ion Walkers continue to farm the land and occupy the lovely "Mendelsohn Terrace".

FOOTNOTES: (See Attachment Sheet A) CONTINUE ON SEPARATE SHEET IF NECESSARY

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JMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES M:10-12

See Attachment Sheet A

CONTINUE ON SEPARATE SHEET IF NECESSARY

IGEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 1 ^ ) 0 . P 0 2 a C T e S

VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

STATE COUNTY

STATE COUNTY

BJFORM PREPARED BY Cm, _ . H t

NAME / TITLE m d y R e e d ' Architectural Description

Carole U. Marks ORGANIZATION DATE

Sugar loa f Regiona l T r a i l s 11/28/78 STREET & NUMBER TELEPHONE

Box 87 926-^510 CITY OR TOWN STATE

Dickerson Maryland 20753

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, 19 74 Supplement.

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

rust SUGARLOAF REGIONAL TRAILS . State Circle > Box 87, Stronghold

Dickerson, Md. 2U/OJ

RETURN TO: M a r y I a n T h e Shaw A n n a p o l i ( 3 0 1 )

l a r y l a r •1401 •1438

(301) 926-4510

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M:10-12

ACHS SUMMARY FORM

1 . Name Mendelsohn Terrace

I. P lanning A r e a / S i t e Number 10/12 3 . MNCPPC At las Reference Map 2 Coor: F - l l

4. Address Rt. 122 and Gladhill Roads, Browningsville

5. Classification Summary

Category building Ownership private Public Acquisition TJ.A. Status occupied Accessible no Present use agriculture private residence Previous Survey Recording M-KCPPC Federal State County X Local /m. ., , Historical Sites Inventory 1976 v (Title and date: )

6. Date 3.88O 7. Original Owner: _ George Washington W. Walker 8. Apparent Condition

a. Excellent c. Original Site

b. Unaltered

9. Description; This lovely Gothic Revival three bay by five bay two and a half story L-shape frame farm hous« sits on a hill facing south. The house used to have novelty siding but recently was covered by aluminum siding. The south (front) porch has a flat roof with a turned balustraded roof railing and supported by four wooden columns. The porch is enclosed by a turned balustraded railing. There are one over one and two over two double hung windows flanked by black aluminum siding. There are three cross gables on the south elevation. Two eight light Gothic windows are set into each of these cross gables.

10. Significance : The land on which M^flaelsohn Terrace sits has been in the same family since 1830 and is still a viable family farm. The house itself is an important example of Gothic Revival architecture in Montgomery County,

George Brian Walker.was deeded the land in I83O. His son, George Washington Wesley Walker was born in a log cabin on the farm in 1837;. the stone chimney of the original family log cabin still remains on the farm. Mendelsohn Terrace was built in 1880 for George W. Walker by John Mount, a local builder. Mount also constructed Bethesda Church nearby, founded by the Walkers. For over 50 years Mendelsohn Terrace was the musical and literary center of Browningsville as Professor Walker's choirs and schools gathered for musical and social occasions. It has been stated that Walker had everyone in the upper county singing. Seventh and eighth generation Walkers continue to live here and run the dairy farm.

11. Date researched and researcher Fall 1978 Carole U. Marks ^L Candy Reed - Architectural Description _ W Compiler Gail Rothrock 13. Date Compiled 12/78 14. Designation

Approval •.

• m 15. Acreage 150.582 acres

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"Mendelsohn Terrace"

Attachment Sheet A *

M: 10/12

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FOOTNOTES:

1. Mary B. Scanlon, "Pioneer Music Masters", Music Educators Journal, p. 2.

2. Wills of Montgomery County, Md., JWS1, 63.

3. Land Records of Montgomery County, EBP 15/103 (1875).

*f. Scanlon, OP. Cit., p. 2.

5. Tax Assessment, I876-I896, District 2, p. 33.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PRIMARY SOURCES

Montgomery County Land Records Tax Assessment Records I876-I896, District 2, Montgomery County. U.S. Census Records, Montgomery County, Md., 1870 & 1880. Will Records, Montgomery County.

SECONDARY SOURCES

Day, Jackson. The Story of the Maryland Walker Family. Including the descendants of George Brian Walker and Elizabeth Walker Beall. August 2*f, 1957. Montgomery County Historical Society

Scanlon, Mary Browning. "Pioneer Music Masters" Music Educators Journal. September, 1938.

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Attachment sheet B Ilendelsohn Terrace

MENDELSOHN TERRACE DEED HISTORY land known originally as "Henry & Elizabeth Enlarged"

lib +.j 12 March 1952 - Present Stewart E. Walker and Eunice E. Walker generation

6th .. 1924- 1951 Eugene Samuel Wesley Walker & Mary R. generation (d. 18 July 1951)

J- f= 5th 31 May 1917- 1924 John Lewis Walker & Hattie A.(Harriet) generation ^ ^ 3 / 1

5th June 1911- 1917 Pidilia W. Snyder & other family generation „ , (G.W.W.Walker's daughter)

L- t^f f sis 4th 20 Dec 1875- June 1911 George W. W. Walker & Rachel B. generation ^ ^ f ^ p /Q0?

4th c. i860- 20 Dec 1875 Nathan James Walker & other family members generation L F7

3rd 28 Apr 1830- i860 George Brian Walker & Margaret generation (d. 11 Sep i860)

L 3$ 1 f 514 f^ 1795 " 2 8 A p r l 8 3° ?eter Boyer

7 Oct 1803 Peter Boyer buys from James Day L* L F 77 25 July 1795 Peter Boyer buys from William Ballenger L. F-7 F 12.

Original Grant to Henry Hall for 2,302^ acres and called"Henry & Elizabeth Enlarged"

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NOMINATION FORM f o r t h e

. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE

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COMMON:

* N O ' O R H I S T O R I C :

Mendelsohn Terrace [l. LOCATION

S T R E E T AND N U M B E R :

Rte. 122 and Gladhill Road CITY OR TOWN:

Browingsville

\% C L A S S 1 F I G A T I O K

Maryland Montgomery

C A T E G O R Y

(Check One) OWN FR SHIP S T A T U S

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[A. OWNER OF P R O P E R T Y OWNER'S N A M E :

Stewart E. Walker STREET AND NUMBER:

CI TY OR TOWN:

Browingsville Ifo lOCAT.ON O F l e O A L DeSCRtPTION

Maryland ^

C O U R T H O U S E . R E G I S T R Y O F D E E D S . E T C :

Montgomery County Courthouse S T R E E T AND N U M B E R :

C I T Y OR TOWN:

Rockville Maryland {Title Reference of Current Pegd (Bock, & Pg, #.)._;

[6, REPRESENTATION (N EXISTING S U K V m • T I T L E OF S U R V E Y :

None D A T E O F S U R V E Y : • Fodera! • State f j County Q L o c a l

D E P O S I T O R Y FOR S U R V E Y RECORDS:

S T R E E T AND N U M B E R :

C I T Y OR TOWN:

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CONDITION

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• Excellent j 3 Good • Fair Q Deteriorated • Ruin. Q Uni<poi td

(Check One)

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D Moved gjj Original Sir* D E S C R I B E T H E P R E S E N T » JD O R I G I N A L (If known) P H Y S I C A L A P P E A R A N C E

The house is a two-story, frame structure with a three,

bay main facade, composed of double windows flanking a double

door. The facade has three dormers that break through the

boxed cornice; the central dormer has the date 1880 in large

wooden numerals.

In plan, the house has a central hall and flanking

parlours. The oval staircase is open to the third floor.

The present house replaced an earlier one on a nearby

site. The earlier house was an A-roofed, log structure of

two parts; originally a single house with external chimney,

an addition made it a central chimney house. Each half had

a central doorway and flanking windows. The chimneys and

parts of the foundation and walls remain standing.

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Prof• George Wesley Walker named the farm Mendelsohn

Terrace. He i s responsible for the present s t ruc tu re ,

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f 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA L A T I T U D E AND L O N G I T U D E C O O R D I N A T E S

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APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY:

Acreage J u s t i f i c a t i o n :

1

ILIST A L L S T A T E S AND C O U N T I E S FOR P R O P E R T I E S O V E R L A P P I N G S T A T E OR COUNTY B O U N D A R I E S

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