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D-40 Head Range Farm, (Dr. Dorsey Wyrill House) 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 thorough understanding of this property should plan to visit the MHT Library as part of their research project; look at the MHT web site (mht.maryland.gov) for details about how to make an appointment. All material is property of the Maryland Historical Trust. Last Updated: 06-22-2016

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D-40

Head Range Farm, (Dr. Dorsey Wyrill House)

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

thorough understanding of this property should plan to visit the MHT Library as part of their research

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

All material is property of the Maryland Historical Trust.

Last Updated: 06-22-2016

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D-40 Head Range Farm Church Creek vicinity c. 1810-20 Private

The Head Range farmhouse is an important example of early nineteenth century

vernacular construction practices the in the characteristic stepped building form

indigenous to the region. The main two-story, three-bay hall/parlor plan dwelling was

built on a high end scale with beaded flush shiplap siding on the front and rear elevation,

while the gable ends are sheathed with beaded weatherboards. The first floor interiors

boast flat-panel wainscoting and paneled overmantels, built-in cupboards and a boxed

staircase. The west end sections, while being reworked during the twentieth century as a

modern kitchen and living space, retain the historic relationship to the main block with

their descending heights.

The Head Range farmhouse was erected around 1810-20, most likely during the

ownership of planter John Williams, who amassed a sizable agricultural estate during the

early nineteenth century. His estate was evaluated by a group of commissioners

appointed by the Dorchester County court. In 183 7, the plantation, comprising a large

number of tracts spreading over 500 acres, was sold by Isaac F. and Rebecca R.

Williams to Jeremiah Pattison for $13,440. He turned around and sold a large portion of

the plantation to planter Richard Linthicum three years later. Richard Linthicum owned

and managed the Head Range plantation through the balance of his life, and bequeathed

it to his son Josiah in his will, written and proved in 1853. In addition to the 467 acres on

Church Creek he left to his son his "store house, lots and all the back land" as well as

several negro slaves with limited terms to serve before being set free, and one thousand

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dollars in gold. The Head Range plantation has remained in Linthicum family hands to

the present day.

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Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic Head Range Farm

other

2. Location

street and number Taylor ' s Island Road

city, town Church Creek

county Dorchester

3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owner

name Josiah Francis Linthicum Trustee

street and number 4867 Miners Cove Circle

Inventory No. D-40

not for publication

x vicinity

telephone

city , town Loomis state California zip code 95650

4. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Dorchester County Clerk of Court liber MLB 843 folio 651

city, town Cambridge tax map 51 tax parcel 209

5. Primary Location of Additional Data ___ Contributing 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 HASS/HAER ___ Historic Structure Report or Research Report at MHT

6. Classification

Category __ district _x_building(s) __ structure __ site __ object

Ownership __ public _ x _private __ both

Current Function _ x _agriculture __ landscape __ commerce/trade __ recreation/culture __ defense __ religion __ domestic __ education __ funerary __ government __ health care __ industry

__ social __ transportation __ work in progress __ unknown __ vacant/not in use __ other:

tax ID number 9-201262

Resource Count Contributing

l Noncontributing ____ buildings ____ sites ____ structures ____ objects ____ Total

Number of Contributing Resources previously listed in the Inventory

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7. Description

Condition

x_ excellent _good

fair

deteriorated ruins altered

Inventory No. D-40

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

DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

Head Range farm, located on both sides of Taylor's Island Road (MD 335) is situated at the head of Church Creek just west of the village of Church Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland. The two­story, three-bay main block, dating to the first quarter of the nineteenth century, extends to the west with a story-and-a-half middle section and a shorter story-and-a-half third section, originally a kitchen. A twentieth century single-story wing, including a garage is attached to the west side of the historic sections of the house. Supported on twentieth century brick foundation, the two-story main block is sheathed with a combination of flush beaded shiplap siding on the front and rear elevations, whereas the gable end facades are covered with beaded weatherboards. The steeply pitched roof is covered with wood shingles. The house faces south with the gable roof oriented on an east/west axis.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Head Range farm is situated on the western edge of the village of Church Creek on a point of land formed by tributaries of Church Creek. Road access is provided by Taylor 's Island Road (MD 335) which cuts through the property with the house on the north side and the farmland largely to the south. The two-story, three-bay hall/parlor plan frame house, built around 1820, is a multi-sectioned stepped or telescope style structure with two historic sections that extend westward and descend in height. Attached to the west end of the third historic section is a twentieth century garage wing. Supported on a rebuilt brick foundation, the exterior of the main block is sheathed with flush, beaded shiplap siding on the north and south elevations while the gable end are covered with beaded weatherboards. The outer edges of the wall elevations are trimmed with narrow paneled corner boards. The various roofs are covered with wood shingles.

The south (main) elevation of the two-story, three-bay house is dominated by a two-story gable roofed portico supported on paired Tuscan columns. Both floors are screened in. The first floor is defined by a center entrance fitted with a raised six-panel door topped by a four-light transom. To each side are nine-over-six sash windows flanked by aluminum shutters. The second story is defined by an uneven four-bay fenestration with a second floor door and six-over-six sash window covered by the second floor porch. To each side of the porch are six-over-six sash windows. The edge of the roof is finished with a boxed cornice.

The east gable end is defined by a section of exposed brick firewall framed by beaded weatherboards. The brick firewall was rebuilt in mid twentieth century brick when the foundation was redone. Seams in the weatherboards indicate that the exposed brick firewall extended to the second floor height and was later infilled. Small two-over-two sash pierce the gable end, which is finished with an extended eave with returns at the base. A rebuilt chimney stack protrudes through the gable end.

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Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

Name Head Range Farm Continuation Sheet

Number_]_ Page 1

Inventory No. D-40

The north (rear) elevation is a three-bay fa9ade with a center entrance covered by a single-story gable roofed porch. The raised panel door is topped by a four-light transom. To each side are nine-over-six sash windows flanked by louvered aluminum shutters. The second story is defined by three unevenly spaced six-over-six sash windows flanked by louvered aluminum shutters.

The west gable end of the main block is largely covered by the story-and-a-century section which houses the current kitchen. Small two-over-two sash windows light the attic. During the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries the gable end eaves were extended and built out with returns. Piercing the roofline is an interior brick chimney stack.

The middle section to the three-part historic house has been modified in its conversion to a kitchen . A bank of small windows mark the south side and a slider door has been introduced to the north side flanking a nine-over-six sash window. On each roof slope there is a gable roofed dormer fitted with a six-over-six sash window. The west end of the center section is largely covered by the single story historic kitchen, which has been altered as well with a paired set of six-over-six sash windows defining the front (south) wall along with a partially glazed door. An interior end brick stack rises through the gable end.

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8. Significance Period

1600-1699 1700-1799

x 1800-1899 1900-1999 2000-

Specific dates

Areas of Significance

_ agriculture _ archeology x architecture

art commerce communications

_ community planning conservation

Construction dates

Evaluation for:

___ National Register

Inventory No. D-40

Check and justify below

economics education

_ engineering entertainment/

recreation _ ethnic heritage _ exploration/

settlement

health/medicine _ performing arts _ industry _ philosophy

invention _ politics/government _ landscape architecture religion

law science literature _ social history

_ maritime history _ transportation _ military other:

Architect/Builder

____ Maryland Register --=x __ not evaluated

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

SIGNIFICANCE SUMMARY

The Head Range farmhouse is an important example of early nineteenth century vernacular construction practices in the characteristic stepped form indigenous to the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia. The main two-story, three-bay hall/parlor plan dwelling was built on a high end scale with beaded flush shiplap siding on the front and rear elevations while the two gable ends are sheathed with beaded weatherboards. The first floor interiors boasts flat-panel wainscoting and paneled overmantels, built in cupboards, and a boxed staircase. The west end sections have been reworked as a modern kitchen in the center part and a den in the old kitchen, which retains its large fireplace.

HISTORY AND SUPPORT

The Head Range farmhouse was erected around 1810-20, most probably during the ownership of planter John Williams, whose estate was evaluated by a group of commissioners from Dorchester County court. 1 In 1837, the plantation, comprising several tracts and over 500 acres, was sold by Isaac F. and Rebecca R. Williams to Jeremiah Pattison for $13,440, 2 who turned around three years later and sold a large share of the plantation to planter Richard Linthicum.3 Richard Linthicum owned and managed the Head Range plantation through the balance of his life, and bequeathed it to his son Josiah in his will, written and proved in November 1853.4 In addition to the 467 acres on Church Creek he left his "store house, lots and all the back land". as well as several negro slaves with limited terms yet to serve, and one thousand dollars in gold. The Head Range plantation has remained in Linthicum family hands to the present day.

1 Dorchester County Court Commission, ER 7/214-243 , Maryland State Archives, Annapolis. 2 Dorchester County Land Record, ER 16/74, 25 February 1837, Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge. 3 Dorchester County Land Record, ER I 8/124-26, 12 September 1840, Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge. 4 Dorchester County Will Book, TTH 1/254-55, Written 1 November 1853, proved 10 November 1853, Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge.

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Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

Inventory No. D-40

Name Head Range Farm . Continuation Sheet

Number___§_ Page 1

Head Range Farm Taylor's Island Road

· Church Creek vicinity, Dorchester County, Maryland

Map 51 , Parcel 209

MLB 843/651

9.4.2007

PLC 192/310

11.19.1975

Virginia T. Linthicum, Trustee under the Virginia Linthicum Trust

to

Virginia T. Linthicum, Trustee under the Virginia T. Linthicum Trust as to an undivided ninety-five percent interest and Josiah Francis Linthicum Trustee, or successor Trustee under the Josiah Francis Linthicum Irrevocable Trust (Upon the death of Benjamin J. Linthicum on October 18, 2004 fee simple title to the land and property passed absolutely to Virginia T. Linthicum by virtue of the right of survivorship as the surviving Tenant by the entirety.

418 acres

Josiah F. Linthicum

to

Benjamin J. Linthicum

formerly the home farm of the said Walter R. Harrison, and the late Margaret C. Harrison, died seized and possessed one half thereof having been inherited From her father, the late Josiah Linthicum, and the other half was conveyed to her by ,she being then Margaret C. Linthicum, and unmarried, by her brother, Benjamin J. Linthicum, now deceased,

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Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

Inventory No. D-40

Name Head Range Farm Continuation Sheet

Number _JL Page 2

JFD 13/648

11.15.1923

CL 20/302

5.19.1896

1877 Lake, Griffing, & Stevenson Atlas

V . Calvin Trice and Calvin Harrington, Trustees

to

Josiah F. Linthicum

$12,000 Whereas by a decree of Circuit Court for Dorchester County, dated 11th day of May 1922, and passed in a cause in said court depending, wherein Henry D. Linthicum and wife are complainants and Walter R. Harrison, et al. are defendants, being No. 4097 in Chancery, the above named V. Calvin Trice and Calvin Harrington were appointed trustees with the authority to sell the real estate in the proceedings in said cause ...

Benjamin J. Linthicum

to

Margaret C. Linthicum (Harrison)

Whereas Josiah Linthicum late of said County, deceased, did heretofore, depart this life intestate seized and possessed of valuable real and personal property, and leaving Benjamin J.Linthicum and Margaret C. Linthicum, both of whom are over the age of twenty one years as his only children and heirs at law, Whereas to make division of said Value real and personal estate, the said Benjamin J. Linthicum and Mary Linthicum his wife have agreed to convey by these presents unto the said Margaret C. Linthicum .. . .

Home farm of the said Josiah Linthicum saving and excepting such parcels thereof, being the same lands which were conveyed unto Richard Linthicum, the father of said Josiah Linthicum by Jeremiah Pattison and wife,

Josiah Linthicum, farmer, 700 acres , nativity in Dorchester County, Nativity, dating to 1820.

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Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

Inventory No. D-40

Name Head Range Farm Continuation Sheet

Number___§__ Page 3

Dorchester County Will Book ITH 1/254-55

Written 11.1.1853 Proved 11.10.1853

ER 18/ 124-26

Last Will and Testament of Richard Linthicum

To, son Josiah

First, all land I bought of Jeremiah Pattison called Head Range containing 467 acres . . . being the land where I now live and where where Jacob Dixon now lives, also to Josiah balance or residue of my land and store house, lots and all the back land .. . negro man Elisha for six years and then to go free, also my negro man Pery also I give said Josiah my negro boy Joe until he shall arrive to the age of thirty seven years and then go free he being 17 years old . .. .I give to my son Josiah Linthicum one Thousand Dollards in Gold to him and his heirs forever. ..

Jeremiah Pattison

to

9.12.1840 Richard Linthicum

ER 16/74

$11 ,556.25 all those several tracts or parts of tracts and parcels of land lying and being in Dorchester County aforesaid, and on Church Creek . .. that were conveyed by Isaac L. Williams to The said Jeremiah Pattison

Isaac F. Williams and Rebecca R. Williams

to

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Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

Inventory No. D-40

Name Head Range Farm Continuation Sheet

Number_§___ Page 4

2.25.1837 Jeremiah L. Pattison

$13,440.00 Williams Chance, Cornwell Head Range, Piney Neck, Tinian (?),Mace's Back Range Outlet, Mace's Regulation, Addition to Greenbank, and Williams Addition, containing five hundred and fifteen acres more or less, also all them several tracts or parts of tracts lying and being in Dorchester County aforesaid, and in a neck called Button's Neck, called and known by the names following, that is to say, Toote ll ' s Venture, Colston ' s Timber Yard, and Addition to Colston's Timber Yard, containing twenty one acres and five eighths of an acre, being a part of the real estate assigned to the said Isaac F. Williams by a certain commission appointed by the Dorchester County Court to divide the real estate of John Williams, late of Dorchester County, deceased, reference to the Commission and return recorded in ER 7/214-243

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9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. D-40

Dorchester County Land Records, various volumes, Dorchester County Courthouse.

10. Geographical Data

2 acres 418 acres+

Acreage of surveyed property Acreage of historical setting Quadrangle name Gi'!urel 1 Gree~Quadrangle

(,.01,..Dt;.N Hll..4-Quadrangle scale: ~I :=2~4~0~00~----

Verbal boundary description and justification

The metes and bounds of this property are coincidental with the current boundary of the lot.

11. Form Prepared by

name/title

organization

street & number

city or town

Paul B. Touart, Architectural Historian

Chesapeake Country Heritage & Preservation date 10.22.2012

Cedar Hill, P. 0. Box 5 telephone 410-651-1094

Westover state Maryland 21871

The Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties 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 Trust DHCD/DHCP 100 Community Place Crownsville, MD 21032-2023 410-514-7600

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Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

Name Head Range Farm Continuation Sheet

Number _JL Page 1

Inventory No. D-40

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Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

Name Head Range Farm Continuation Sheet

Number _JL_ Page 2

D-40, Head Range Farm Lake, Griffing & Stevenson Atlas , 1877

Inventory No. D-40

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CONDITION 0 Exce I lent [XI Good 0 Fair

(Check One)

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DESCRIBE THE PRESENT~ ~D ORIGINAL (If known) PHYSICAi.. APPEARANCE

The Head Range house is one of the telescopic type of dwellings which appear frequently in Dorchester County. It is composed of three sections, each smaller than the previous section.

The main portion is a three bay long, two story frame structure which is sheathed with beaded shiplap siding. It stands over a brick cellar. The central bay of the struc­ture has a two story screened portico with Doric columns. The entrance door is paneled and has a transom. On the first story the windows have 9/6 sash and on the second, 6/6. Access to the second story porch is gained thru a door ad­jacent the center window. There are two interior chimneys within the gables and the roof has a later overhanging eave. The back of the fireplace is exposed on the east side from the ground to the second floor level.

The central portion is only one bay wide and one deep. On each side of its 11 A11 roof is a small doimer. The window on the first story is a result of kitchen remodeling.

The smallest portion is two bays wide, it having a door and double window with dormer above. To the rear and west of the house is a garage addition built recently.

The interior of the house is very comfortable. The main portion having two large rooms, each with recessed panel wall and wainscot. The oveimantal is composed of several small panels. To the north of the living room fireplace is a glazed cabinet in which the upper panes are arched. There is also a slide between the upper and lower cabinet. South of the fireplace is the enclosed stair with closet beneath. The dining room has a nearly identical wall of paneling, except the cabinet is paneled. A board wall seperates the two rooms, the opening foimerly having double doors. The kitchen still retains an original fireplace and boxed stair. The newel of the latter is champhered, whereas, the newel in the foimer section have beaded edges. Since there are two complete walls where the large and middle sections join, it is suggested that the smaller pre-dates the larger section.

Brick in the floor and fireplace are original though both have been relaid due to poor condition. The beams are also exposed and beaded like many examples in the area.

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