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West St. Mary's Manor

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.

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

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All material is property of the Maryland Historical Trust.

Last Updated: 01-06-2004

--SM-2 WEST ST. MARY'S MANOR Drayden Private late 18th century (altered 1768)

West St. Mary's Manor was a 2,000-acre tract, one of the

first patented by Lord Baltimore. The proprietor granted it to

Captain Henry Fleet, a Virginian, who guided Governor Leonard

Calvert and his party to the site of St. Mary's City. In 1640

the land, as well as " .•• the housing and tenements thereupon

built, •.• "became the property of Thomas Cornwaleys, Governor

Calvert's chief advisor.

At the time of the Revolution, Henry Harford, the natural

son and heir of the last Lord Baltimore, owned West St. Mary's

Manor. In the 1780's, the State of Maryland confiscated all

British property, including Harford's last holdings. The State

divided West St. Mary's into several tracts and sold them. The

majority of the lots went to people who had previously rented

part of the manor.

The house sits on a promontory overlooking the St. Mary's

River and St. Mary's City. It is a 1 1/2-story frame structure

with brick ends, each with a pair of exterior brick chimneys. On

the interior, a central hall runs through the house. Interesting

interior detail includes the hall arch and stair, both remarkably

similar to those seen at Mulberry Fields.

An authentic restoration was carried out here in the 1930's.

Also see archeological listing.

This property has been designated a National Historic

Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior.

Sl'MA.-2 WEST ST. MARY'S MANOR Drayden Private

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE

17th century

Mary Brent Fitzherbert, daughter of Giles Brent

·and his Indian wife, and her husband, John Fitzherbert,

were living at West St. Mary's Manor on May 20, 1673

when they sold Kent Fort Manor on Kent Island to Richard

Moy. The site of their home is unidentified on the original

West St. Mary's tract. For further historical information

see S:tGi ~ SM-2.

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West if:~!~·· Manor is ~ one-and~a-halt story ~se with: gabled ~t, .... ",: brick bas-Z-iit'·a.na end val.ls~ and tront and rear Vall.a ot clapboards. · Tali. . ·--~~-~--!l' exterior double chimneys, with a one-story brick pent between them, rise at.· .. -·· 'L~ -'~ each gable end.l ·The house is 40 teet wide and 31. teet deep. The south (tro12t).; . ::1. facade is tive bays wide and has a center door with a small rectangular ~.

- transom above it. The four tall windows on this elevation have nine over nine .-:---~:....

light sash and exterior paneled shutters • In the root above are three tall and ~·· narrow dormers; - The north (river) elevation is only tbree bays wide,· but its . · i_~ · ~ center door and two fianlting windows are similar to those on the tront tacade. The root, on the north elevation, contains two dormers Yi.th tour over four light sash. The l::lr.ick ... ~d, walls . each have two small.er windows, one vi th tour lights in the tirst-stoey pent and the other, located· in the second story between the stacks, vi th six over six light sash. The vest end wall also con-tains a side entrance, situated near the northwest corner.

---- ... ''hie pi&n ot the-house, with its classically balaneed tour-room-and-center hall plan, represents an advance over the simpler one and two room plans of' small 17th century dwellings. West St. Mary's Manor has a central hall separating the two main rooms on the south (front) elevation and two narrow"back rooms on the north aide. The center hall, extending through the house, is divided into two sections by means of' a wooden elliptical or transverse arch. · The rear portion ot this hall, abottt -12 f'eet deep, contains a stair vith·panelecl spandrel built against the vest va.11. The stair rail is chancelled on its u}>per surface and ends in a scroll·: above the newel. The rooms have deep wainscoting and each room has a t'ireplace. ~e _living_ rt?om, which is located in the southwest corner, has a chimney piece Yi.th broad tacia surrounds.

1. A very common t'eature ot Maryland 17th and early 18th century houses was the _"chimney pent." located.between double chimneys that projected outside the end walls. These chimney pents took many forms. Most·cODDOnly, and as illustrated in West St. Mary's Ma.nor, the pent was a small closet with a shed or pent root set ,,between the chimneys. The pent wall. could be built of brick or wood &1l4-it could be nush with the chimney face, as in this house, or project beyond. 'l'be chimney pent in ef'tect added to the interior space and at the same ti.Die, 'buttressed the chimneys and added to massive appearance of the end walls. Chimney pents occurred outside of' the chimneys as well as between and in some houses were two stories high, affording closets in each story. Chimney pents were also used in 17th and 18th century hoUaes built in Borth Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE. ~-~ · ··, West St. Mary's Manor. erected in the period 1700-1730 9 is an outstanding

and rare example ot a small William and Marj ~:fck.;;;md.:.rrUie·· countr,r house. A transitional. house with center hal1 separating tvo main f'ront rooms and two narrow back rooms , the ma.nor house illustrates a point in the shift :trom the one and two room plans ot 17th century Southern houses to the l.arger and more symmetrical room arrangements ot 18th century structures.

History

West St. Mary"' s Manor• a 2 • 000 acre. tract granted-to.._Captain. Henr,y Fleet on May- 9, 1634 ~ is ~he earl.iest grant ot land knovn to have been recorded in Maryland. Based on architectural evidence. the .. existing anor. bcuae vas constructed at some time between 1700 and 1730 9 possibl.y 'b.J!~t.b41!-Den1el. Bell tamily.l The farmhouse was in poor condition by the l.ate 1930's aDd. has been caretul.ly restored over a period ot years by the present owners •

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1. By 1729 the estate had been subdivided into 15 leaseholds. A 1762 plat showing the location ot each 1729 leasehold cannot be located, hence it has been impossible to pinpoint who held the leasehold to the tract of land with the e%1sting house on it.

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NATIONAL ....I. STATE_ LOCAL_

As the designated .a.. Historic Preurv•ion Officer for the Nation.i H~ ~ation A!;t of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).1 hereby nominata·tllil Pf!CI~ 111'1 for inclusion in the NMion.i Register anct' c8nif-i thm it ha &.en ev.iuated according to the

criteria and pre c ' w •forth by the National Park Ser:vic~:

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West St. Mar.Y's Ma.nor SN, 2-CONTI NUAT10N IHEET

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ITEM NUMBER 10 PAGE l

BEGIBNIBG :f'or the same at the end of' course 1fo. 14 (being North 87° 45 minutes East, 30 :f'eet) ot a deed trom Ethel Goddard and James Goddard, her husband, Thomas McKay and Lettie McKay, his wif'e, et al, unto Whitney Le~ and Elizabeth R. Leary, his wif'e, and recorded among the Land Records of' St. Mary s County . Maryland, on November 15, 1939, in Liber CBG 12, folio 29, and running the following courses and distances as shown in said deed:

I l degree 30 minutes East, 239 feet to a post, B 32 degrees E, 27 f'eet to a Sycamore Tree, N ll degrees E, 331 feet to a Hickory Tree, 11 9 o 30 minutes East, 164 feet to a Sycamore Tree, N 200 15 minutes East, 196 :feet to a Sycamore Tree, N 13° 15 minutes East, 311 :feet to a stake, B 10° 45 minutes East, 130 feet to a . large Poplar Tree, ll 8° 20 minutes East, 505 feet to a Chestnut Oak Stump and sprouti N 10 degrees 45 minutes East, 302 :feet to a Walnut Tree, 1f 32 degrees 30 minutes East, 39 :feet to a Cedar Tree, N 54° East, 46 :feet to a Cedar Tree, B 79° Ea.st, 185 feet to the shore of.the St. Mary's River (at 119 feet on this course passing over a Concrete block fixed at the foot of' a fence corner post on the North side of' a small stream or cut to mark the boundary) ; then leaving said Adams land and running with the St. Mary's River and binding thereon S 62 degrees East, 200 feet, S 85 degrees 20 minutes East, 441 feet, S 38° East, 148-1/2 feet, S 5° east, 147 feet, S 360 East, 118-1/2 feet, S 6go East, 374 f'eet to a stake; then leaving said River Shore and running S 330 East, 45 f'eet to a Concrete Block fixed at the foot of a fence corner post, the corner of this land, the land known as "Peggins Point" now owned by W. Gwynn Gardiner and the land also :formerly part o:f' "West St. Mary's" now owned by Susan E. Burch and Henry B. Burch; thence running with the :fence of' the line of' said Burch land, reference being had to survey set :forth in deed Luke Goddard et ux unto said Susan E. Burch et ux, dated April 18, 1930, recorded in Liber J.M.M. No. 7 at :folio 16, S 19° West, 207 feet, S 7° West, 125 and 4/10 feet, S 25 degrees West, 95 f'eet, S 22 degrees 30 minutes West, 142 f'eet, S 8° West, 99 feet, S 2° 30 minutes West, 137 feet, S 21 degrees West, 89 :feet to a Cedar Tree standing in the corner of the fence; thence with the fence S 67° East, 106-1/2 feet, S 51° 30 minutes East, 665 feet to a post rixed on the southeast side of the road at the entrance into said Burch land, said post being at the top o:f' the River Bank, thence with the :fence S 85° East, 106 feet to a Concrete Block f'ixed in the ground on the shore o:f' the St. Mary's River; thence leaving said Burch land and running with the St. Mary's River and binding thereon S 33° 30 minutes East, 182 feet, S 47°

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West St. Mary• s Manor S f-1, 2-CONTl NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 10 PAGE 2

35 minutes East, 297 f'eet, S 64° West, 281 teet, S 78° West, 200 teet, S 88° 15 minute West, 256 f'eet, S 710 30 minutes West, 137 feet, S 460 50 Minutes West, 100 f'eet, S 29° 30 minutes West, 377 teet, S 6° 45 minutes East, 145 f'eet, S 9° 30 minutes West, 123 feet, S 39° 30 minutes West, 145 teet, S 2° 45 minutes East, 50 feet, S 36° 30 minutes West, 285 teet, S io0 30 minutes West, 50 teet, S 36° 30 minutes West, 245-1/2 feet, S 710 30 minutes West, 332-1/2 f'eet, S 770 30 minutes West, 475 f'eet, S 61° 45 minutes West, 253-1/2 feet S 48° 45 minutes West, 101 f'eet, S 61° 45 minutes West, 168 f'eet to its intersection with the line of' the parcel of land Part of "West St. Mary's", conveyed by William K. Watts et ux unto John B. Myers and by deed dated June 24, 1871 and recorded. in Liber J.F.F. Bo. 5 at f'olio 255, among the Land Records of' St. Mar.Y's County, and now owned by the Heirs of a certain Smith; then leaving said St. Mary's River and running the lines of said land as set forth in said deed with proper allowance for Declination of' the Magnetic Needle to date, N 35° 52 minutes West, 172 feet to a Concrete Block tixed. in the corner of the fence (at 10 feet on this course passing over a concrete block on the river shore to mark the Boundary); thence N 14° 20 minutes East, 875 f'eet to a Concrete Block f'ixe on the south side of' the road leading to "West St. Mary's" Residence and to "Peggins Point" (shown as "Pagan Point" on Plat attached hereto) and near the old entrance gate, and being the end of' course No. 65 ot the 1939 Goddard/McKay/Leary deed, Liber CBG 12, folio 29; thence running in a straight line approximately 1,100 feet from the end of said course No. 65 to the point of beginning, being the end of said course No. 14.

Containing 167. 5 acres of land more or less and being part of the same land as described as Parcel 1 in a deed from Elizabeth R. Blagojevich to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, recorded ·among the Land Records of St. Mary's County, Maryland on December 3, 1976 in Liber 263, folio 77.

PARCEL 2:

BEGINNING tor the same at a post set on the shore of St. Mary's River near the mouth of "Wheatly Creek", a boundary of Lee McKay's land (formerly) and running with said McKay's land the following courses and distances:

1. North 400 15 minutes West, 10.32 perches (approximately 170.28 feet) to a post on the said McKay's land;

2. THENCE, leaving the said McKay's land and running South 74° West, 4.64 perches (approximately 76.56 feet) to the post by the west side of a valley;

3. THENCE, South 25° East, 12.12 perches {approximately 199.98 feet) to a post on the shore of said River;

4. THENCE, running with said shore North 54 degrees East, 7.36 perches (approximately 121.44 feet) to the beginning.

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Containing .45 acres of land more or less and being the same land conveyed to Joseph Allan Coad by deed :f'rom Clara H. Kent, et al, dated January 29, 1952, and recorded among the Land Records of St. Mary's County, Maryland in Liber CBG Bo. 36, folio 10.

ABD BEING the same land conveyed to the Lincoln National Bank, a corporation organized and existing under the Banking Laws of the United States of America, by deed :f'rom Joseph Allan Coad dated June 2, 1952, and recorded among the Land Records ot St. Mary's County, Maryland in Liber 37, folio 245.

AHD BEING the same land conveyed to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as Parcel 2 "Part of West St. Mary's" by deed :f'rom Elizabeth R. Blagojevich dated December 3, 1976, and recorded among the Land Records ot St. Mary's County, Maryland in Liber 263, folio 77.

Exhibit A consists of 40 pages an4 includes as Page 1 a schedule (which is recorded with this deed of easement) describing the documents and photographs that are a part ot the exhibit and that are tiled at the offices of the St. Mary's City Commission. Such documents and photographs are not recorded here­with but are nonetheless as full.y and completely incorporated into this deed of easement as though recorded herewith.

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DESCRIBE THE PRESENT# ~o ORIGINAL (II known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

West St. Mary's Manor is a 1 1/2-story house with gabled roof, brick basement and end walls, and front and rear walls of clapboards. A trans­itional house with center hall separating two main front rooms and two narrow back rooms, the manor house illustrates a point in the shift from the one and two-room plans of the Seventeenth Century Southern house to the larger and more symmetrical room arrangements of Eighteenth Century structures. Tall exterior double chimneys, with a one-story brick pent between them, rise at each gable end. The house is 40 feet wide and el 31 feet deep. The south (front) facade is five bays wide and has a center door with a small rectangular transom above it. The four tall windows on this elevation have nine over nine light sash and exterior paneled shutters. In the roof above are three tall and narrow dormers. The north (river) elevation is only three bays wide, but its center door and two flanking windows are similar to those on the front facade. The roof, on the north elevation, contains two dormers with four over four light sash. The brick end walls each have two smaller windows, one with four lights in the first-story pent and the other, located in the second story between the stacks, with six over siE light sash. The west end wall also contains a side entrance, situated near the northwest corner.

The plan of the house, with its classically balanced four-room-and­center hall plan, represents an advance over the simpler one- and two­room plans of small Seventeenth Century dwellings. West St. Mary's Manor has a central hall separating the two main rooms on the south (front) elevation and two narrow back rooms on the north side. The center hall, extending through the house, is divided into two sections by means of a wodden elliptical or transverse arch. The rear portion of this hall, about 12 feet deep, contains a stair with paneled spandrel built against the west wall. The stair rail is chancelled on its upper surface and ends in a scroll above the newel. The rooms have deep wainscoting and each room has a fireplace. The living rom, which is located in the southwest corner, has a chimney piece with broad facia surrounds. The carefully restored farmhouse is in excellent condition. Used

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0 19th Century

0 20th Century

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Abar iginol 0 Education 0 Politiccil 0 Urban Planning

0 Prehistoric 0 Engineering 0 Religion/Phi- 0 Other (Specify)

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0 Communications 0 Military 0 Theater

0 Conservation 0 Music 0 Transportation . STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

West St. Mary's Manor, erected in the period 1700-1730, is an outstanding and rare example of a small William and Mary brick and frame country house. Based on architectural evidence, the existing manor house was constructed at some time between 1700 and 1730, possibly by the Daniel Bell family. The farmhouse was in poor condition by the late 1930s and has been carefully restored by the owners over a period of years.

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