F-1-199

Jacob Dutrow Farmstead

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Last Updated: 11-21-2003

F-1-199 Jacob Dutrow Fannstead Manstown vicinity Private

ca. 1852-1900

'!he Jacob Dutrow Fanlstead is principally a private residence, tut still

has a group of dc:mestic arrl agricultural outl::uildin:Js, am:>rg which is a pnnp

house arrl windmill, a garage, a wagon shed/ corn crib, arrl the foun:lation of a

probably srookehouse or summer kitchen. '!he property is moderately significant

for the Italianate Revival architectural details of the dwellirg, a two-story

brick house with five bays arrl a one-story porch, arrl a perperrlicular rear

wirg. '!he f onn of the house is the basic German vernacular house of the 19th

century, with the addition of scroll brackets, stilted piers, arrl m:>lded

lintels which are the main eleroonts of the Italianate style in this house.

Compared to the high-style Archibald T. Snouffer House (F-1-165), the Dutrow

House is much m:>re c:::cmoon in occurrence in Frederick county. '!he farm was

established in its present fonn by Jacob rutrow in about 1852, the date of his

purchase of 156 acres fran the heirs of Olarles carroll of carrollton. rutrow

built the house arrl the bank barn, demolished except for a stone foun:lation,

later reb.rilt with a smaller, non-contritutirg \.IR)E!r structure. Accx:>rding to

Grove's History of carrollton Manor, Dutrow was a rabid Southern sympathizer

who was frequently jailed durirg the Civil War period for unspecified reasons

which probably involved generally suspicious behavior or outright statement of

his views.

F-1-199 Jaex>b rut:row Farmstead .Adamstam Frederick County

HISIORIC CDNI'E>IT:

MARYLAND a:MPREHENSIVE HISIORIC PRESERVATION PIAN DATA

Geographic Organization: Piedm;)nt (Harford, Ba.ltim:>re, carroll, Frederick, Har.iard, Montganery Counties, arrl Ba.ltim:>re City)

Olronological/Develc:pnent Period: Agricultural-Irxiustrial Transition, A.O. 1815-1870 In:lustrial/Urban Dominance, A.O. 1870-1930

Prehistoric/Historic Period '!hemes: Architecture, Larrlscape Architecture arrl canmunity Plannirg

Resource Types:

category: Buildin:J

Historic Enviromnent: Rural

Historic F\lnction & Use Danestic/sirgle dwellirg/residence Danestic/sec:x:>rrlary structure/garage Danestic/sec:x:>rrlary structure/other depen:iencies Agriculture/SUl:sistence/storage/granary

Known Design SOUrce: None

Ml03 P47 Survey No. F-1-199

MARYLAND -INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES

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Form Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory

Magi No.

DOE _yes ~no

1. Name (indicate pref erred name}

historic Jacob Dutrow Farmstead

and/or common

2. Location

street & number 2109 New Design Road _ not for publication

city, town Adamstown _x_ vicinity of congressional district 6th

state Maryland county Frederick

3. Classification Category __ district ~ building(s) _structure _site

_object

Ownership _public ~private

_both Public Acquisition _in process _ being considered ___x_not applicable

Status ~occupied

_ unoccupied _ work in progress Accessible ~yes: restricted _yes: unrestricted _no

Present Use _ agriculture _commercial _ educational _ entertainment _ government _ industrial _military

_museum _park ~ private residence _religious _ scientific _ transportation _other:

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

name James H. Clemson

street & number 6964 Sundays Lane telephone no.:

city, town Frederick state and zip code MD 21701

5. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Frederick County Courthouse liber 1126

street & number 100 W. Patrick Street folio 273

city, town Frederick state MD 21701

6. Representation in Existing Historical surveys

title

date _federal _state _county _local

~posltory for survey records

city, town state

7. Description

Condition _excellent ~good _x_ fair

Check one ~deteriorated _unaltered _ ruins __1L_ altered _unexposed

Check one ~ original site _moved date of move

Survey No. F-1-199

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

OONTRIBU1'ING RESOURCE CXXJNT: 5

'lhe Jaex>b rutrow Farmstead is an originally agricultural c:x::rrplex now principally a private residence centered on a two-story brick dwelling 1:uilt about 1852 on the west side of Buckeystown Pike south of Olarrl Road near Adamstown, Frederick COUnty, Maryland. '!he outl:uildirgs are in fair to deteriorated ron:lition arrl include a frame pump house with a wirrlmill, a frame garage, a frame wagon shed/com crib, and the foundation of a probable sm:>kehouse or summer kitchen. 'lhe starrling outl:uildin;Js appear to date from the last quarter of the 19th century and the deioolished danestic outb.rilding may have been contenp::>rary with the dwelling. 'lhe fannstead also rontains several non-contril:A.Iting agricultural 1:uildirgs, including a roncrete block dairy mm, terra CX>tta silo, and milk house. 'lhe original bank barn was probably l::m:ned to the foundation, which was b.lilt over with m:xiern materials. 'lhe house faces east, as the original principal access to the fannstead was from Buckeystown Pike, rut the current main driveway rt:M enters the property from New Design Road. Dates for the Wildirgs were b:lsed on architectural evidence, land records, historical maps, and Grove's History of carrollton Manor (1928), p. 175.

'lhe dwelling was painted white in the past, rut the walls are now weathering, with IOOSt of the paint visible on the east elevation urrler the one-story porch. 'lhe east elevation has a five-bay facade with a center entrance. '!he brick born patterr is 8: 1 American on the east, and 5: 1 on the other elevations arrl rear wing. 'Ih cornice is corbeled arrl the gable roof is covered with starrling seam matal. Interior em chinuleys rise at the north and south ems and two other interior dillnneys are in the rear wing. 'lhe wing extends fran the northwest corner and has a two-story open pordl on the south side. '!he wirrlow and door frarres on all elevations have a shaped lintel with a flat curved incised arch. '!he sash is 6/6 and the main door is a four-panel type. A three-light transan and sidelights surrourrl the door. '!he east elevation porch has chamfered square posts on square bases with scroll brackets. 'lhe deck is wood and is raised on brick piers. A plain wood staircase rises from the lawn to the porch. '!he north elevation has no openings except at the attic level, where two 2/2 wirxlows flank the interior chinuley stack. In the rear wing, a wirxlow on the first story bears infill evidence and is flanked by pilasters, indicating that it was once a doorway to a small entry porch, now missing. '!he south elevation has only two attic wirrlows. '!he interior of the house was inaccessible for this survey.

Foundation of outb.rilding: 'lhe location of the foundation near the southwest ex>rner of the rear wing in:licates the deioolished structure was probably a sm:>kehouse, a maathouse, or a surrmer kitchen. 'lhe foundation is partially roncealed in a grass-covered Il'OUlrl on which brick, stone, and wood debris are visible.

Pump house and wirrlmill: 'lhe frame pump house and wirrlrnill are located northwest of the house. 'lhe rectangular one-story Wilding was probably used for other purposes in addition to housing the pump machinery, tut the interior was inaccessible for further ol::servation. '!he south elevation has three bays in the gennan siding, with a four-panel door in the west bay am 6/6 wirdows in the other bays. 'lhe gab]

(continued on separate sheet)

8. Significance Survey No. F-1-199

Period _ prehistoric

- 140~1499

- 150~1599

_ 160~1699

_ 170~1799

_.K_ 180~ 1899 __x_ 190~

Areas of Significance-Check and justify below _archeology-prehistoric _community planning _ landscape architecture_ religion _ archeology-historic _ conservation _ law _ science _ agriculture _ economics _ literature _ sculpture ~ architecture _ education _ military _ social/ _ art _ engineering _ music humanitarian _ commerce _ exploration/settlement _ philosophy _ theater _ communications _ industry _ politics/government _ transportation

_ invention _ other (specify)

Specific dates C. 1852-1900 Builder/ Architect

check: Applicable Criteria: and/or

Applicable Exception:

Level of Significance:

A B x C D

A B C D E F G

national state x local

Prepare both a summary paragraph of significance and a general statement of history and support.

'Ihe Jacob Dutrow Fannstead is IOOderately significant for the architecture of the dwelling, a restrained version of the Italianate Revival whidl was pcp.llar in the period about 1840-1880. 'Ihe IlltrCM House, :t:uilt about 1852, shows the style primarily in the decorative details on the regionally oannx:m Gennan vernacular dwelling fonn, with a five-bay main section arrl a perpem.icular rear wing. 'Ihe scroll brackets, stilted square columns of the porch, arrl the irolded lintels of the wi.rxiCM arrl door frames are the principal elements of the Italianate style. In the AdarnstCMn Region, several high-style Italianate Revival mansions along BuckeystCMn arrl New Design Roads are perhaps better exanples of the style (see F-1-165, "rchibald T. Snouffer House, located within sight of the IlltrC7.Y House to the south), lt the DutrCM House is a good, little-altered representative of the irore IOOdest

exterior style which is foun:l in all sections of the County. 'Ihe fannstead is also minimally significant for the purrp house arrl windrnill, although the state of deterioration has lowered its integrity. In the Adamstown Region, the generally flat, open larrl led several fanners in the late 19th arrl early 20th centuries to install windmills arrl pulTp houses. 'Ihe best representative in terns of integrity is on the Joseph N. <lliswell Fannstead, F-1-188. Jacob DutrCM was described in Grove's History of Carrollton Manor (1928) as having :t:uilt the house arrl the denolished bank barn. Deed records irxiicate that he purdlased the property in 1852 fran Olarles Tucker Carroll, the holder during the 1840's arrl 1850's of one of the Grarrl Divisions of Carrollton Manor, the 1821 apportiorment of the Manor larrls to Cl'larles Carroll of Carrollton' s heirs. Dutrow was also characterized as being "intensely Southern in his views arrl was on several occasions arrested arrl pit in prison", during the Civil War. 'Ibis attitude was c::omron airong IrOst of the large property CMners in the Adamstown Region, who were virtually all slaveowners as well.

9. Major Bibliographical References Survey No. F-1-199

Bond, Isaac. Map of Frederick County, 1858 Grave, William J. History of Frederick County. Frederick: Marken & Bielfeld, Inc.

1928, 174-175 Land Records of Frederick County Titus, c.o. Atlas of Frederick County, 1873

1 O. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property __ S_a_c_r __ e_s ___ _

Quadrangle name Bnckeystown. Md. Quadrangle scale 1 · 24000

UTM References do NOT complete UTM references

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Verbal boundary description and justification

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

state code county code

state code county code

11. Form Prepared By

name/title Janet L. Davis, Historic sites Surveyor

organization Frederick County Planning & Zoning Dept. date July 1993

street & number 12 E. Church Street telephone 696-2958

city or town Frederick state MD 21701

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.

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roof, in deteriorated corxlition, is st:an:1in;J seam metal. '!he wirmi.11 base projects above the west em of the roof an:l has only the directional vane intact at the top, the rotating vanes an:l hub being missing. '!he west em of the l::uilding is entirely rem:wed, revealirq the well location directly urner the win:hni.11 base. '!he l::uilding was probably l::uilt a1x>ut 1875, based on its materials.

Garage: '!he small deteriorated frame garage is located west of the house arrl south of the punp house. It has vertical siding an:l a corrugated metal roof. Sliding doors are on the east elevation. Its date is probably about 1900-1910.

Wagon shed/com crib: '!he wagon shed/com crib is located near the agricultural l:uildings which are generally grouped northwest of the house near the acx::ess driveway fran New Design Road. It has vertical siding arrl a corrugated metal roof. Its date is probably 1875-1900.

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