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.,.„, 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR „.». 6-72) • NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

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S T A T E :

Maryland C O U N T Y :

FREDERICK FOR NPS USE ONLY

ENTRY DATE

1. NAME C OMMON:

Abraham Jones House A N D / O R H I S T O R I C :

2 . L O C A T I O N

S T R E E T A N Q N U M B E R :

Mail S t r ee t C I T Y OR T O W N :

Libertytown

Maryland 24

C O N G R E S S I O N A L O I S T R I C T :

Sixth C O U N T Y :

Frederick 021 C L A S S I F I C A T I O N

CATEGORY (Check One)

n District g ] Building

• Sile Q Structure

D Object

OWNERSHIP

Q Public

0 Privote

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Public Acquis i t ion:

"] In Process

[~l Being Considered

STATUS

5J Occupied

I I Unoccupied

I I Preservotion work in progress

ACCESSIBLE

TO THE PUBLIC

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• Restricted

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PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

I I Agricultural

[*"1 Commercial

(~~1 Educational

1 I Entertainment

I I Government

[ I Industrial

D Mi l i tary

f7 I Museum

• Pork

X I Privote Residence

I 1 R e l i g i o u s

I I Scienti f ic

I I Transportation d Comments

• Other (Specify)

[A. OWNER "OF PROPERTY O W N E R ' S N A M E :

Richard E. and Phebe W. Summers S T R E E T A N D N U M B E R :

Abraham Jones House C I T Y OR T O W N :

Libertytown | 5 . L O C A T I O N OF L E G A L D E S C R I P T I O N

Maryland 2A. 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 :

Frederick County Courthouse STREET AND NUMBER:

Court Sauare C I T Y OR TOWN:

Frederick,

6. R E P R E S E N T A T I O N IN E X I S T I N G SURVEYS

Maryland 24

T I T L E O r S U R V E Y :

D A T E OF S U R V E Y : • Federal Q State • County L7I Locol

D E P O S I T O R Y F O X S U R V E Y R E C O R D S :

S T R E E T A N D N U M B E R :

C ITY OR T O W N ;

F-8-50 | 7 . D E S C R I P T I O N

C O N D I T I O N MY. E.ce' . l r Good

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Detenoroted Ro, Unexposed

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X X Unoltered

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Moved X X Otiginol Site

D C i C P I b b T H E P P E 5 E . I . T AN V (At- '.it Itnowiij P H Y S I C A L A P P E A R A N C C

The Abraham Jones House is situated on the north side of Maryland Route 2 5 (Main Street), approximately two hundred feet east of the intersection of Maryland Route 26 (Main Street) and Maryland Route 75 in Libertytown, Frederick County, Maryland.

The street facade is three bays in length, two and one-half stories in height, and of Flemish band brick construction. It is attached to a later frame structure on its west side but its east side remains completely exposed. At each end of the "A" frame roof are low "parapets" formed by the extension of the gable walls up above the roof line. At each end of the roof ridge stand single flush gable chimneys.

The main-entrance door, a particularly fine example of Federal period craftsmanship and design, has- paneled jambs, fluted pilasters, a deep frieze, and a modillioned pediment. Breaking the frieze and the tympanum of the pediment is a molded key-stoned arch that frames a traceried overdoor fanlight. The same decorative embellishments applied to the doorway are repeated or. the modillioned roof cornice and the pediments of the roof dor­mers. The two windows of the first floor and the three of the second floor are of double-hung twelve over twelve sash; the double-hung windows of the dormers have foliated upper sash. At ground level, directly below and between the two first floor windows, is a segmentally arched cellar entrance. Adjacent to it, on its east side, is a small flat arched cellar window.

The interior of the Jones House reflects the same sophisticatior of design as the exterior facade. The wide wainscoted hall ex­tends through the house on the west side and is divided by a keystoned elliptical arch with projecting pilasters, all of which is embellished with reeds, flutes, and carved ropes. The focal point of the hall is the stair with its molded rail, delicately turned balusters, and elaborately carved brackets. The closet beneath the stair is paneled in an unusual radiating, quarter sunburst design.

The two east parlors are fairly similar in design, having man­tles with turned columns, friezes decorated with oval reeded panels, and gouge worked cornice shelves. At one side of both parlor mantles are large arched cupboards with decorative treat­ments similar to those of-the hall arch. Both parlors (and the hall) have simply paneled wainscoting and four piece ceiling cornices. .Many of these same details, though less elaborate, are repeated in the second floor bedrooms.

At the rear (north) of the house stands a brick, two-story kitchen-dining wing that is said to predate the main house. It: expansive fireplace opening still retains its trammel bars and

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F-8-50 SIGNIFICANCE

P E R I O D (Cnct k One «r Afore ma Appropriate)

Pre-Columbton

1 5'h Century

16th Century

17th Century

18th Century

19th Century

20th Century

S P E C I F I C D A T E ' S flt Applicable and Known)

A R E A S OF S I G N I F I C A N C E (Check On- or More as Appropriate)

Abor igino!

Prehistoric

Histor ic

Agriculture

Architecture

Art

Commerce

Communications

Conservotion

E ducati on

Engineering

I nous try

Invention

Londscope

Archtlecture

L i tera ture

Mi l i tary

Music

P o l i t i c o l

R e l i g i o n / P h i .

losophy

Science

Sculpture

Soc io l 'Humon-

i tar ian

T heater

Transportat ion

Urban P lann ing

Other (Specify)

S T A T E M E N T O F S I G N I F I C A N C E

Abraham Jones, an evidently prosperous merchant who lived and operated a store in Libertytown in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, is traditionally credited with building this house and recent research by the present owners appears to substantiate this. Aside from his personal resi­dence the small store in which Jones sold his merchandise still stands adjacent to the house, although it has been ex­tensively altered both on the exterior and interior. The Jones House was later owned and occupied by Dr. Augustus Sappington, a well-known and apparently highly successful physician who worked in and around Libertytown during the nid-nineteenth century.

When the Jones House was built this area was just experiencing a growth in population and prosperity. However, except for a handful of large eighteenth century homes erected by very affluent land owners, the development of this region was slow and any degree of personal economic success is more often re­flected in the architecture and decorative arts of the mid-and-late nineteenth century. The Jones House, besides being one of the finest Federal houses in Maryland, is important to the study of those physical artifacts representing the social and economic history of this particular region.

V. MAJC- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE! F-8-50

William, T. J . C. H i s to ry of F r e d e r i c k Countv, Mary land Hagers town, Maryland. T i t s w o r t h and C o . , 1910) . Vol . I ,

325-326.

Summers, R. E. and P . W. Research on t h e Abraham Jones House, Maryland H i s t o r i c a l T r u s t , A n n a p o l i s , Maryland. 1973 .

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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 C O U N T Y B O U N D A R I E S

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11. FORM PREPARED BY I AME AND Tl T L E :

J . R. R i v o i r e , F i e l d Surveyor sdh ORG ANI Z A T I O N

Maryland H i s t o r i c a l T r u s t Sep t . 1973 STREET AND NUMBER:

2525 Riva Road C I T Y OR TOWN:

Annapol is 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION

As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­

tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law

89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion

in the National Register and certify that it has been

•"valuated according to the c-iteria and procedures set

forth by the National Park Service. The recommended

level of significance of this nomination is:

National Q State • Local •

Name

Orlando Ridout IV

Title S t a t e H i s t o r i c P r e s e r v a t i o n Of f i ce r

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S T A T E

Maryland 24 NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION

I hereby certify that this property is included in the

National Register

Direclor, Office o/ vtrcheo/ofiy and Historic Preservation

Vi'e

ATTEST:

•Keeper of The National Register

Date

F-8-50 Form 10-300a (July 1969)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

• INVENTORY • NOMINATION FORM

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S T A T E

Maryland C O U N T Y

Frederick FOR NPS USE ONLY

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#7 Description (Continued)

cranes, as well as a built-in oven. Attached to the north wall of the kitchen is a srEilier twc-story stone wing that is believed to have initially served as a servants auarter.

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F-8-050 Abraham Jones House 12106 Main Street, Libertytown Jennifer K. Cosham, 26 April 2006

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F-8-050 Abraham Jones House 12106 Main Street (MD 26), Libertytown Photo by Jennifer K. Cosham, 11/24/2012