K-101 Hinchingham (Hinchingham on the Bay, Bay Shore Farm, Wilmer Farm, Gale Farm)

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Last Updated: 12-02-2019 K-101 1774 Hinchingham (on the Bay) (Bay Shore Farm, Wilmer Farm, Gale Farm) 20874 Hinchingham Lane Rock Hall Private

Situated directly on the shore of Chesapeake Bay, Hinchingham is a 2

1/2-story brick house with a 1 1/2-story brick wing to the north. The main block has two flush brick chimneys, a box cornice with identical bed and crown ogee moldings, 9/6 sash windows on the first floor, and 6/6 sash windows on the second floor and in the pedimented roof dormers. There are exterior blinds on the main block which appear to be replacements. The main and rear facades of the main block are laid in Flemish bond with Queen closers and have a molded brick watertable of English bond (which also runs along the south gable-end), gauged flat arches, and a three-brick belt course between the first and second floors. The gable walls are laid in English bond with some glazed headers. The

1 1/2-story wing has one brick chimney at the north end and a porch on both front and rear facades. The first floor windows are 6/6, as are the windows in the shed-roofed dormers. The brickwork in the wing is all English bond, with an unornamented watertable. The principal facade of the main block, which faces west, is five bays wide, with an eight panel door occupying the center bay. The wing is three bays in width, and there are three dormers on each section. A modern, one-story, screened porch extends across the entire front of the house.

The south gable wall of the main block has two attic windows and a centered porch covering the cellar entrance. The date 1774 is set in glazed headers in the gable. Also on this elevation is the outline of the steeply pitched roof of a later K-101

addition, recorded as standing in 1934. The rear facade of the main block, facing east, is five bays across, with an eight-panel door in the center. The wing is three bays wide on this same elevation and has a door located in the south bay.

The main block has three dormers, the wing has two. The north end of the main block has a six-panel door toward the northeast corner which opens into the east porch of the wing. In the gable are two small windows. The north end of the wing has a later door and two attic windows. The east porch of the wing is under the roof of the wing, while the west porch has a shed roof.

Hinchingham, a well-preserved, large brick house built in 1774, is similar to a number of other 18th century Kent County buildings, characterized by a two- story brick main block with a low kitchen wing on one side. Typically a room stood on either side of a central hall. In the gable end, the date was often picked out in glazed headers. These buildings are especially important because they are specifically dated, making them instrumental in dating other early buildings in

Kent County. Hinchingham was built later than most of this type, and probably because of this, is larger and more elegant in appearance. Hinchngham is also similar in some respects to several other buildings in Kent County. The covered porch beneath the symmetrical roof of the kitchen wing resembles that of

Springfield Farm and Thornton. On the interior, the living room paneling, a good example of the well-developed early Georgian style, is like that of Rich Hill in the upper county. The paneled fireplace walls in the other three first-floor rooms are also well-executed examples of the period and still in excellent condition. K-101

Hinchingham on the Bay Near Rock Hall c. 1774

At least six significant dwelling houses remain on the Hinchinghaon tract, this being the most significant and the only one hsted on the National Register.

The land known as Hinchingham began as a grant of 2200 acres "on the East Side of the Chesapeake Bay" made to Thomas Hynson in 1659.1 By the mid-18th Century the huge quantity of land had been divided into nine parcels. This parcel appears to have been owned by John Gresham who bequeathed it in 1750 to his daughter Sarah.2 Sarah became the first wife of James Frisby III and it was through this marriage that this part of Hinchingham came into the Frisby family. The family owned another parcel about a mile south of this site. James and Sarah may have hved on the plantations, but she died young and James was married a second time to Rebecca Ringgold, sister of Thomas Ringgold of Chestertown.

After Rebecca's death, James Frisby married a third time, Margaret Moore, and it was for her that he built the present Hinchingham house in 1774. Interestingly, James would marry again after the death of Margaret, this final marriage to Ann WUmer. He continued to hve at Hinchingham imtil his death in 1807. In addition to marrying four times and fathering eleven children, James Frisby was a Commissioner for Justice in Kent County. In the 1790 Census he was Hsted as the owner of thirty slaves. One of his oldest daughters, Anna Maria, was responsible for the construction of another important Kent County house - Airy HiU. William, his son, Uved at K-101

Big Fairlee. Three daughters by his last two wives received the mgyority of his lands: Margaret, who was married to Dr. Morgan Brown, received the Violet Farm, and Rebecca, vnfe of the Reverend Simon Wilmer V received Hinchingham.3

The house which James Frisby built on Hinchingham was similar to, but plainer than the Violet Farm. Composed of two parts, it had a five-bay, two and one half story main part and a four-bay, one and one half story service wing. The main part had a central stairhall with two flanking rooms. The principal room (south room) had pilasters flanking the chimney breast and arched glazed cupboards beyond them. Rather than full paneling, there was paneled wainscoting on the other walls. It had a well-developed cornice and modillions. The north room had plainer paneling with closet adjacent the fireplace. A fireplace was built at both ends of the wing, but the use and arrangement of the rooms is undocumented.

Like the Violet Farm, Hinchingham was built of Flemish bond on the fi-ont and rear facades and Enghsh bond elsewhere. The only regular use of glazed headers was in the date 1774 in the south gable. No initials were installed with the date. The kitchen or service wing had a small porch also covered by the 'A' roof, Uke Springfield Farm nearby.

The Reverend Simon Wilmer served as Protestant Episcopal Minister of Shrewsbury Parish from 1803-1806. In 1804 he was appointed a deputy to the CJeneral Convention of the Episcopal Church. He was later Rector of St. Paul's Church from 1808-1810. In the first year of his stay at St. Paul's he purchased Stepney, his boyhood home adjacent Chestertown. His actual place of residence has not been established. Wilmer sold Stepney in 1813 K-101

and Hinchingham later in 1819.

John E. Gale acquired Hinchingham around 1835.4 He owned Gresham College to the north, as well as a farm on the opposite side of the main road. Gale apparently resided at Gresham College as it was in better repair than Hinchingham which was listed as in "bad repair" in 1852.5 At the time of his death, Gale's son, John L. Gale became owner of Hinchingham. His wife, Araminta Harper was given use of the south rooms, a cellar and kitchen for her lifetime.6 It was diuing the ownership by John L. Gale that a tall one-room addition was constructed on the south gable. It appears in Swepson Earle's Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore.

After the Gale occupancy, the farm was acquired by George B. Westcott^ in whose family it remained until 1931 when Carolene Hynson duPont purchased it.8 Mrs. duPont, later Mrs. CUfton Miller, restored the house to a pristine condition which it had not seen since it was constructed. Hinchingham became a showplace, was featured in Forman's Eairlv Manor and Plantation Houses and was frequently on the Mar>'land House and Gairden Pilgrimage. The Miller occupancy ended in 1958 and since that time Hinchingham has had four owners.

1. Certificates, Lib. 4, fol. 223; Patents, Lib. 4, fol. 302. 2. WiUs, Lib. WH 3, fol. 184. 3. Wills, Lib. BC 5, fol. 405. 4. Land Records, Lib. JNG 3, fol. 654; JNG 4, fol. 235. 5. 1852 Tax Assessment. 6. Land Records, Lib. JFG 5, fol. 100. 7. Land Records, Lib. DCB 3, fol. 231. K-101

8. Land Records, Lib. RAS 7, fol. 402. K-101 Hinchingham, Wilmer Farm, Bay Shore Farm, Gale Farm 1774 Rock Hall Private

Situated directly on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Hinching- ham is a two and one-half story house of brick with a one and one- half story wing. Bricks of the main house are laid in both English and Flemish bond; window arches are gauged. The principal facade of the main block is five bays wide with a central, eight-panel door. The building was built in 1774. K-101 UNirpD sTAirs nrPARTMENT or Tiif INTHRIOR i T A T r t NAIIOMAL PARK SCRVICf Maryland COUNTY- NATIONAL REGISTER OF IIISTOFJIC PLACES Kent INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM rOR NPS U?F ONLY » (Tyiic nil vntrivs complete applicable sections) I. NAME Hinchinghham AfjD/ or» 11151 or'i t! Hinchingham; Wilmer Farm; Bay Shore Farm; Gale Farm LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER Maryland Route 445, 1.7 miles south of Maryland Route 21 On Chesapeake Bay at the end of 1.2 mile driveway on west side CITV on TOWN! CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Rock Hill First

CODE COIIN I V! Maryland 24 Kent 0 29 Cl.ASSIFICATION

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OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER"S NAME Dr. Samuel F. Thomas STREET AND NUMBER R. D. 2, Box 72 CITY OH TOWN: S T A TE : CODE Rock Hall_ Maryland 21661 24 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS< ETC>: Kent County Courthouse

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CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Chestertown Maryland 24 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY

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CITY OR TOWN STATE CODE K-101 [j. DESCRIPTION (Chtick Unp) |Xr.>rc«IUn» rj f.oeJ ( ) Foir • Dalriin'Oted G R"in« • UnsKposed CONDITION fC/nc* Ont) (Check One) D Allvtod CX Unoltarad n Moved f^ Originol Sit* UUSCRIUE THE l'm;St:NT *NP OHIGINAL (It hnown) l-HV&ICAU APPEARANCE Situated-direct]y on the shore of Chesapeake Bay, Hinch- ingham stands at tlic end of a 1.2 mile driveway on the west side of Maryland Route 445, 1.7 miles south of Maryland Route 21. It is a 2 1/2-story brick house with a 1 1/2-story brick wing to the north. The main block has two brick chimneys, a box cornice with identical, bed and crov/n ogee *' moldings, 9/6 sasli windows on the first floor, and 6/6 sash windows on the seco)id floor and in the podiinentcd roof dormers. There are exterior blinds on the main block which appear to be replncoments. The main and rear facades of the main block are laid in Flemish bond with Queen closers and have a molded brick watertable of English bond (which also runs along the south gable-end), gauged flat arches, and a three-brick belt course between the first and second floors. The gable walls are laid in English bond with some glazed headers. The 1 1/2-story wing has one brick chimney at the north end and a porch on both front and rear facades. The first floor windows are 6/6, as are the windows in the shed- roofed dormers. The brickwork in the wing is all English ^ bond, with ar unornamented water tablti. ,. ^ * The principal facade of the main block, which "faces west, is five bays wide, with an eight panel door occupying the center bay. The wing is three bays in width, and there are three dormer? on each section. A modurn, one-story, screened porch extend.', across the entire front of the house. * The souvh gable wall of the main block has two attic > windows and a centered porch covering the cellar entrance. The date 177'- is set in glazed headers in the gable. Also on this elevation is the outline of the steeply pitched roof of a later addition, recorded as standing in 1934.1 The rea:: facade of the main block, facing east, is five bays across, with an eight-panel door in the center. The v.'ing is thre i bays wide on this same elevation and has a door located in the south bay. The main block has three dormers, the wing has two. i, '; • The north end of the main block has a six-panel door toward the northeast corner which opens into the cast porch of the wing. In the gable are two small v/indov.'s. The north end of the wing has a later door and tv/o attic windows. The east porch of the wing is under the roof of the wing, while the west porch has a shed roof. Tswapson Earle, Thc__aicsapeako Bay Country (4th ed. ; Baltinorc: Tlioman-Ellis Co., Publislie'rs, 1934) , p. 318. There is a photograph showing this addition paitially obscured by trees. see continuation sheet K-101 SIGNIFICANCE PUnroo (Chrck Vnti or Morr Dm Art""!"!"''-) n Pre Columtion I D 16lhConlu,y. ex 18"'' Century LI 20lh Century • ISlh Cenlu.y G 17»h Cfnloiy [^1 19lli Crnlury SI>rciriC D*1i:'5-I (U Apl'ltcahltt nnri Knuwn) _1774 Anr.AS OK SIGNIMCANCC fC/ircli

STATCMrtJT OF Slttt-tlFIC AMCC Hinchingham, a well-preserved, large brick liouse built in 1774, is similar to a nxuober of other 18th century Kent County buildings. H. Chandlee Forman generally described this group as follows: . . There existed in the Langford Bay section of Kent County, between the middle of the Eighteenth Century and the American Revolution, a distinct type of house, consisting of a two-storey brick dwelling with a low kitchen wing on one; side. A room stood on ejther side of a central Hell. ... In the gable- end vas the date written large in burnt black headers. . . .1 . 5

These buildings are especially important because they are specifically dated, making them instrumental in dating other early buildings in Kent County. H.'.nchingham was built latec than most of this type, and probabi.y because of this, is larger anc more elegant in appearance. V? r Hinchingham is also similar in some respects to several other buildings in Kent County. The covered porch beneath the symmetrical roof of the kitchen wing reserri)les that of Springfield Farm and Thornton. On the interior, the living room paneling, a good example of the well-developed early Georgian style, is like that of Rich Hill in the upper county. The paneled fireplace walls in the other throe first-floor rooms are also well-executed examples of the period and still in excellent condition. i .

The land known as Hinchingham began as a grant of 2200 acres "on the East side of Chesopick Bay" made to Thomas Hynson in 165 9.2 By the mid-18th C(intury, this huge quantity of land had been divided into nine parcels. The largest, 1"H. Chandlee Forman, Early Manor and Plantation Houses of Marylcnd (Easton, Marylaiid: By the Autlior, 1S34) , p. 217. . • • " , . ?Prnt Roll, Vol. 1, Kent i Cecil #1, Liber 5/folio 47, jaal l.j:;-.f_Rc CO'id?-/ - Annapolis, Maryla;id. K-101 UNITED STATCS DCPARTMriU Or TMG INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK StRVICC Maryland NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTOR IC P LACES COUN1Y Kent INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY KNTRVNUMDER I DATC (Continuation S/ivrl) 1 of 4 (Numlifr nil entrlft) Hinchingham <(7 Description, continued ' . The main block lias a center hall plan with one room on each side. The south room has two circular headed cupboards wit]i fluted pilasters, one on oacJi side of tlie fireplace. TJio walls ]iavc paneled wainscoting below tlie chair rail and tlicrc is a modillionod ceiling cornice. The nortli room has a paneled chimney breast with a closet to tlic left. The closet door is hinged on the left but has scar marks of II-L hinges on the right side. - . The wing has a fireplace at each end, but has otherwise been altered by the addition of new woodwork and partitions and modern kitciien facilities. There is a square brick office building contemporary to the house to the southeast. It has a pyramidal roof and a fireplace on the south wall. The east and wes't walls of • this smalJ building have one 6/6 sash window each. The '' . nortli walJ has one 6/6 window to the east and a six-panel door to tha west. , .

#8 Significance, continued containing 700 acres, was obtained by the Frisby family during the first quarter of the century. In 1747, William (III) Fris))y deeded 200 acres described as "all that tract called Frisby's Convenience being part of a tract called Ilinsinghajn . . . between Chesapeake Bay and Tavern Creek"^ to his bi-othor, James (III) Frisby. Their father, William (II) Frisby had died intestate in 1738 and William (III), as the oldest son, apparently inherited all of his land. He then gave tliese 200 acres to his brotlier "in consideration of tlie natural love and affection" v/hich he held for him. It was during tJie sixty years that James (III) Frisby owned the property t^iat the house now called Hinchinghara was erected.

*Oeed JS 26/38, Kent County Land Records, Hall of Records, A.inapolis, Maryland. ', . K-101 Torm 10-TOO UNITED STATr«i OFPARTMCNT OF THE INTCRIOK (July 1969) NAfiONAL PARK SEK'VICE Maryland NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTOR IC PLACES Kent INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY

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(IVumltfir all entrlcn) Hinchingham #8 Significance, continued The Frisby family settled early in Maryland. James (I) Frisby, a mercliant, brouglit his family and seventeen others from Virginia in about 1GG3. His son, Williixm (I) Frisby, served Kent County in several capacities, including that of representative to the Maryland Assembly, It was this William Frisby who purchased the 700-acre Hinchingham tract. Jamos (III) Frisby, probable builder of Hinchingham, was a Commissioner and Justice in Kent County in 1763 and 17G8-1774.^ Ho was married four times and had eleven children. He is listed as the owner of thirty slaves, a large nuinber for the times, in the 1790 census. His three daughters, Margaret, wife of Dr. Morgan Brown; Mary, wife of Dr. J. N. Gordon; ar d Rebecca, wife of the Reverend Simon Wilm.er, inherited the Hinchingham tract from their father in 1807. In the fo.Llowing year, the Browns and the Gordons sold their shares in the land to the Wilmers for .^1156. The parcel at that time cont..ined 145 acres . v., : ' The JvGverend Wilmer served as Protestant Episcopal minister C'f Shrewsbury Parish, from 1803 until 1806.^ In 1804, he vas appointed a deputy to the General Convention of the Ep: scopal Cfiurch. He resigned his parish post for reasons oi health, but soon took up a similar position in St. Paul'i, Parish. "7 ., " - : , V7ilm(.:r apparently originally studied for the ministry in St. Pav.l's Parish under the Rcvcirend George Dashiell in the 1790s. A letter from that tim(j records a conversation between W.Imer and a parishioner regarding the changes Darhioll was making in the traditional E£)iscopal service. Wilmer is quoted as saying.

^'Francis B. Culver, "Frisby Family," Maryland Histor­ ical Magazine, XXXI (December, 1936) , 337-338. -'Culver, p. 348. ^'Ethan Allen, Eastern Shore Parishes, Historical Notes, Vol. I, Cecil, Kent & Caroline Counties, MSS in Hall of Rec­ ords, Anuccpolis, Maryland, p. 119.

"^Allon, p. 146. K-101 Form 10-300o UNITCt) STATES DFPARTMPNT OP THC INTTRIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PAKK SERVICE Maryland NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY • NOMINATION FORM Kent FOR NPS USE ONLY (C(m(inu:>lion Sheet) 3 of 4 ENTRY NUMBER

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#9 Significance, continued Why, Sir, the Cliurch Service is now become like an old song that nobody cares for. The people want something new, and Mr. Dashiell and I think that we can do more good nsing Extempore prayer and the ncv/ hymns . . . . ^

He was reprimanded for this attitude by the influential parishioner and, it was noted, he responded with some rudeness When he became minister in this parish, however, he was apparently warmly received. He stayed for only two years, until 1806, at which time he moved to New Jersey.^ This ^ was the seme year in which he and his wife purchased Hinch- ingham so it is possible that they never lived there perm­ anently.

In 11119, Simon Wilmer sold Hinchingham, then containing 165 1/4 acres, to John W. Wilmer of Baltimore City. Five years later, it was sold to Mrs. Juliana Frances Scott of Kent Counly. Mrs. Scott and her husband Beckington were . / unable to meet the payments due on the property and it subsequently passed through a'number of hands until the Gale family obtained it in the mid-19th century. The Gales, an early i'nd well-knov/n family in Acnt County, owned Hinch­ ingham for a quarter of a century. An addition built onto the south gable-end, no longer standing, may have been added during their ownership. , •

Boxwood hedges were planted on the east or landward side of the house some time after 1934. They now stand at a height C'f about four feet.

"^Allen, p. 192.

^Allen, p. 147. K-101 UNITED 51ATC<; DCPARTMrNT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland NATIONAL UliGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUMlY Kent INVLMTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NFS USE ONLY I:N THY NUMiit:R (Continuation Shact) 4 of 4 fNnmhrr nil mntrtc/t) •• Hinchinqham #9 Major Dibliographical References, continued SECONDARY SOURCES Allen, Ethan. Eastern Shore Parishes, Historical Notes. Volunin I, Cecil, Kent, and Caroline Counties. MSS in Hail of Records, Annapolis. [1858]. Culver, Francis B. "Frisby Family." Maryland Historical Magazine, XXXI (Decciiiber, 1936), 337-353. Earle, Swepson. The Chesapeake Bay Country. 4th ed. Balti- mora: Thomas-Ellis Co., Publishers, 19 34. Forman, H. Chandlee. Early Manor and Plantation Houses of •'^ •' • Mar/land. Easton, Maryland: By the Author, 1934. Hanson, Gc:orge A. Old Kent: the E:astern Shore of Maryland; _j .. . Reprint of 18^76 ed. Baltimore: Regional PuBTTshing Co., 1967. K-101 MAJOR BIBUOGRAPHicAI. RErCRENCTS

PRIMARY SOURCES, Mall of Hecordr;, Annapolis, Maryland Census of 1790, Maryland Land Records of Kent County (also in Kent County Courthouse, Ches tortov;n , Mary 1 and Probate Records of Kent County Tax Assessment of 17B3, Kent County see continuation slioet 10. Gf OGRAF'HICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDF- COOII11| M A T r.S I. *inui

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FORM PREPARED BY N AMr AND Tl TLI Anthony 0. James, Summer Surveyor; Pamela James, Research Asst. OncANI 2 ATION OATC Maryland Historical Trust 21 Jan. 1975 STUEI.T AND NUMtir.n; 21 State Circle CITY on TOAN; Annapolis • Maryland 24 STATE LTATSON OFKICER ifcRTITICA I ION NATIO^;AL REGISTER VfrRlflCAIION

AK IhP ilfK icil.Ttfd sidle I^innon Offirt-r ftir the Nn- I hereby certify that this property is included in tht tional llistfiric PrPst'rvntirn Act of I'^fiO (Public LHW Notional Register. 80-065), I hereby riominale II is properly fi)r inclusion in the Nnlional Rcp.lslur unci cortify thai il has bct-n fvoluntfd nf-i-ordlnt; lo the c'iteria and proceifircs set forth by the National Piiilt Service, The reconiincnded Director, Ollicf ol Anlu-olpHy nrtd Historic Prei ervadoii level of sit;nificnnc:e of this .lomiiwtion is: Nalionnl [2] Stale fj I-OCH1 (J

I>4'C Nninc Arthur C. Townsend ATTICST: Titile State Historic Preservation Officer for Maryland Keeper cl /Vie Nuiuvnil .V<'/!'-'''er

l)ati bale K-101 K-101 Hinchingham 20874 Hinchingham Lane Anthony 0. James 8/1974 Damaged negative on file at MHT

K-101 Hinchingham 20874 Hinchingham Lane Anthony 0. James 8/1974 Damaged negative on file at MHT K-101 K-101 Hinchingham 20874 Hinchingham Lane Anthony 0. James 8/1974 Neg. on file at MHT

K-101 Hinchingham outbuilding 20874 Hinchingham Lane Anthony 0. James 8/1974 Neg. on file at MHT

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1 STATE Maryland HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY INVEMTORY K-101 COUNTY Kent County TOWN VICINITY 2. NAME STREET NO. Near ToI cheater Hinchingham

DATE OR PERIOD 1774 ORIGINAL OWNER Miller Family STYLE ORIGINAL USE Dwelling Georgian ARCHITECT ' PRESENT OWNER Mrs. Samuel H. Shriver BUILDER PRESENT USE Dwclling WALL CONSTRUCTION Brick 3. FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS USE NO. OF STORIES 2-1/2 *• NOTABLE FEATURES, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND DESCRIPTION OPEN TO PUBLIC NO

Hinchingham is a 2-1/2 story brick dwelling five bays long with a three bay 1-1/2 story "A" kitchen wing. It Is one room deep throughout. There is a molded water-table above the basement windows. Across these ground floor windows are horizontal wood bars. The door and upper windows are trimmed with flat arches of brick. The windows have 9 over 6 sash on the first floor, 0 over O on the second floor and ati are protected by louvered shutters. There is a belt course of three bricks between the two floors. The cornice is a plain wood box type with molding. There are three pediinented dordiers on the roof with 6 over 6 sash. On the wing there is a porch to the east, contained under the "A" roof. The flat headed dormers of the 1-1/2 story kitchen wing extend from the ridge pole; there are two on the east facade and three on the west facade. The date, 1774, is set in glazed headers on the south gable. A screened porch extends the entire length of the west facade overlooking the Chesapeake Bay.

The boxwoods landscaping the house have grown to a 'jood height. To the south of the house

Good condit ion 5. PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURE Endanger.d Interior Ext.rlor

6. LOCATION MAP (Plon Qpflonal) 7. PHOTOGRAPH 3 PUBLISHED SOURCES (Al"•»^ TitI; Pogt*) 9. NAME, ADDRESS AND TITLE CF RECORDER INTERVIEWS, RECORDS, PHOTOS, ETC.

Michael 0. Bourne

Maryland Historical Trust

DATE OF RECORD February \5. 1968

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K-101 Hinchingham (Hinchingham on the Bay, Wilmer Farm, Gale Farm) 20874 Hinchingham Lane, Chestertown Swan Point Quadrangle

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