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D-190

Henry Page House, (Dixon House, Maynadier House, Sycamore

Cottage)

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D-190 Henry Page House Cambridge c. 1840 Private

With its tall and deep proportions and prominent gable-front street elevation, the Henry

Page house is a dominant example of domestic Greek Revival design in Cambridge.

Built around 1840 the side hall/double-pile main block rests atop a raised brick

foundation with a fully excavated cellar lighted by windows fronted by iron grilles. The

side entrance is distinguished by pairs of pilasters that visually support a molded

entablature. Sheltering the front entrance is a gable-roofed portico supported by larger

scale pilasters and square columns. Also characteristic of the second quarter of the

nineteenth century construction date are the large size six-over-six sash windows that

light the first and second floors. Defining the gable-front pediment is a tripartite window

typical of the period as well. The main block is extended to the rear by an off-set story-

and-a-half service wing that is supported by a raised brick foundation pierced by grilled

window openings. Although estimations of age for the rear wing have ranged during the

mid eighteenth century, exterior construction features indicate the wing was erected at the

same time as the main block at a time when kitchens were increasingly built an extension

of the main house rather than as a detached outbuilding. A tall, common bond brick

stack featuring corbelled shoulders dominates the rear gable end.

The lot history of this property has been traced back to the mid eighteenth

century ownership by Reverend Daniel Maynadier, who was rector of the Great

Choptank Parish prior to the Revolutionary War. The Maynadier family held title to the

High Street property through the balance of the eighteenth century and into the early

nineteenth century when Henry G. and Henry Maynadier sold the lot and its

improvements to Henry and Charlotte A. H. Page the year following their marriage in

April 1827. The property sold for $500, thereby indicating it was improved by modest

and potentially very old buildings. The Pages occupied the High Street property through

the second quarter of the nineteenth century; in the 1840 census the couple is listed in the

population schedule for Dorchester County with four slaves. Around the time that the

census was taken, the Pages engaged masons and carpenters in the construction of a new

house, replacing whatever existed on the lot at the time. Two simultaneous transfers in

the land records between the Pages and Thomas Holiday Hicks document the

construction of the house prior to August 1841. The large sum of $5,000 cited in the

transactions points to the substantial cost of the new dwelling and its service wing. Also

located on the property was a small single-story, gable-roofed office.

During the second half of the nineteenth century the property was the long-time

residence of Dr. Richard H. Dixon, who purchased the Page house in May 1865 for

$5000. Dr. Dixon is located at this site on the 1877 Cambridge city map printed in the

Lake, Griffing, and Stevenson atlas. AT the time of the 1880 U.S. Census, 52-year old

widower Richard Dixon was listed with his mother-in-law Rebecca Stewart, aged 68; a

son James, aged 23; a daughter "Hellen," aged 18; another son Lee, 16 years old, and a

13-year old daughter, Nannie. Richard H. Dixon married a second time to Helen Victoria

Johnson in November 1885. The Page house remained in Dixon family hands until

Helen V. Dixon sold the property to Edward S. Phillips for $13,000 in December 1919.

During the mid to late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the property has passed

through numerous hands.

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Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic Henry Page House

other Dixon House

2. Location

street and number 116 High Street

city , town Cambridge

county Dorchester

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

name Brian D. and Kathleen A. Manicke

street and number · 101 Markley Court

city, town Cambridge state MD

4. Location of Legal Description

Inventory No. D-190

not for publication

vicinity

telephone 410-228-9061

zip code 21613

courthouse re<Jistry of deeds etc Dorchester County Clerk of Court ljber 1008 folio 40

city, town Cambridge tax map 301 tax parcel 52 tax ID number 136188

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 ___ Determ ined Ineligible for the National Register/Maryland Register ___ Recorded by HABS/HAER ___ Historic Structure Report or Research Report at MHT ___ Other: __________ _

6. Classification

Category __ district _ x _building(s) __ structure __ site __ object

Ownership __ public

_ x _private __ both

Current Function __ agriculture __ landscape __ commerce/trade __ recreation/culture __ defense __ religion

_x _domestic __ social __ education __ transportation __ funerary __ work in progress __ government __ unknown __ health care __ vacant/not in use __ industry __ other:

Resource Count Contributing

I Noncontributing ____ buildings ____ sites ____ structures ____ objects ____ Total

Number of Contributing Resources previously listed in the Inventory

7. Description

Condition

excellent 2L- good

fair

deteriorated ruins altered

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

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

The Henry Page house, also known more recently as the Dixon house, stands at 116 High Street on the southeast side of broad brick line avenue. Raised on an elevation brick foundation with a fully excavated cellar, the two-and-a-half story side hall/double pile plan house was built around 1840 with a shorter story-and-a-half service wing extending to the back. The rear wing, although purported to date to the mid eighteenth century, shares many of the same exterior features as the front block. The house is sheathed with aluminum siding, and medium pitched gable roofs are covered with asphalt shingles. Joining the house on the large residential lot is a single-story gable front office building dating to the mid nineteenth century.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Henry Page house, known during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the Dixon house, stands at 116 High Street in the center of the Cambridge Historic District. Facing northwest, the two-and-a-half story, gable-front, side hall/double pile plan frame dwelling is supported on a raised brick foundation with an excavated cellar. Built around 1840, the three-bay by two-bay main block is sheathed with aluminum siding and the steeply pitched roof is covered with asphalt shingles. Attached to the back of the main block is a story-and-a-half, two-bay by one room frame service wing that is also supported on raised brick foundation and is covered with aluminum siding. The gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles. Standing southeast of the house is a single-story, gable-front, one-room plan frame office that is extended to the rear by a small gable roofed addition. A shed porch shelters the twobay front. The office is sheathed with plain weatherboard siding, and an interior end brick chimney rises through the gable end.

The northwest (front) elevation of the main block is a three-bay elevation with a side entrance in the southernmost bay. The entrance is sheltered by a prominent gable roofed portico supported on square posts that rise to a low pitched gable roof trimmed with a simple crown molding. The entablature has a narrow fret-like molding band. The front door, currently removed, is framed by a pairs of Greek Revival pilasters that frame sidelights and rise to a Greek entablature incorporating a three-light transom. To the left (northeast) of the entrance bay are two large scale six-over-six sash windows flanked by louvered shutters. Piercing the foundation wall directly below each window opening are three-over-three sash window opening fitted with horizontal metal grilles. The second floor is lighted by three evenly spaced six-over-six sash windows flanked by louvered shutters. The Greek Revival front of the house is defined by an enclosed pediment, and the tympanum is pierced by a tripartite window consisting of a center six-over-six sash window flanked by narrow sidelights. Piercing the south slope of the gable roof is a pair of narrow brick chimney stacks that are finished with a modest corbelled cap.


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The northeast and southwest side elevations are similarly detailed two-bay facades with six-over-six sash windows lighting the first and second floors. Three-over-three sash windows with grilles pierce the foundation wall. In direct alignment with the windows on each floor are two gable roofed dormers that light the attic.

The rear (southeast) elevation of the main block is partially covered by the story-and-a-half service wing leaving two bays of the main block unobscurred . The first floor is sheltered by a screened in shed roof porch. Six-over-six sash windows light the first and second floors. The rear gable is finished like the front of the house with an enclosed pediment and a tripartite window piercing the gable end.

The two-bay by one room service wing is supported by a raised brick foundation that is pierced like the main block with large cellar window openings. A parapet wall on the northwest end of the service wing features a six-over-six sash window on the first floor and a tripartite window on the second. The service wing is lighted by a combination of nine-over-six and six-over-six sash windows. Rising against the southeast gable end is a tall, common bond brick stack with corbelled shoulders at the first floor level.

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

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Check and justify below

economics education

_ engineering entertainment/

recreation _ ethnic heritage _ exploration/

settlement

health/medicine _ performing arts _ industry _ philosophy

invention _ politics/government _ landscape architecture x religion

law science literature _ social history

_ maritime history _ transportation _ military other:

ArchitecUBuilder

____ 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

With its tall and deep proportions and prominent gable-front street e levation, the Henry Page house is a dominant example of Greek Revival design in Cambridge. Built around 1840, the side hall/double-pile main block rests atop a raised brick foundation with a fully excavated cellar lighted by windows fronted by iron grilles. The side entrance is distinguished by pairs of pilasters that visually support a molded entablature. Sheltering the front entrance is a gable roofed portico supported by larger scale pilasters and square posts. Also characteristic of the second quarter of the nineteenth century construction date are the large size six-over-six sash windows that light the first and second stories. Defining the gable front pediment is a tripartite window typical of the period as well. The main block is extended to the rear by an off-set story-and-a-half kitchen wing .. Although estimations of age for the wing have ranged in the mid eighteenth century, exterior construction features indicate the service wing was built at the same time as the main block. A tall, common bond brick stack with corbelled shoulders dominates the gable end.

HISTORY AND SUPPORT

The lot history of this property has been traced back to the mid eighteenth century ownership by Reverend Daniel Maynadier, who was rector of the Great Choptank Parish prior to the Revolutionary War. The Maynadier family held title to the High Street property through the balance of the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth when Henry G. and Henry Maynadier sold the lot and its improvements at the time to Henry and Charlotte A.H. Page in 1828 for $500, the year after their marriage in April l 82 7 .1 The Pages occupied the High Street property through the second quarter of the nineteenth century; in the 1840 census they are listed in the population schedule along with four slaves.2 Around the time of the l 840 census the Pages engaged masons and carpenters in the construction of a new

1 Dorchester County Land Record, ER 11 /31, 11 January 1828, Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge, Maryland. 2 Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Dorchester County Population Schedule for Henry Page, Ancestry.com.



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house, replacing whatever existed on the lot at the time. Two simultaneous transfers in the land records between the Pages and Thomas Holiday Hicks document the construction of the new house prior to August 1841. 3 The large sum of $5,000 cited in the transaction points to the substantial cost of the new dwelling. Also located on the property was a small sing le-story gable roofed office.

During the second half of the nineteenth century the property was the long-time residence of Dr. Richard H. Dixon, who purchased the Page house in May 1865 for $5,000.4 Dr. Dixon is located at this site on the 1877 Cambridge city map printed in the Lake, Griffing, and Stevenson atlas. 5 At the time of the 1880 U.S. Census, the 52-year old widower, Richard H. Dixon, was listed in the population schedule with his mother-in-law, Rebecca Stewart, aged 68; son James, aged 23; daughter "Hellen," aged 18; son Lee, 16 years old, and 13-year old Nannie.6 Richard H. Dixon married a second time in November 1885 to Helen Victoria Johnson. 7 The Page house remained in Dixon family hands until Helen V. Dixon sold the property to Edward S. Phillips in December 1919 for $13,000.8 The property passed through many hands during the balance of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

3 Dorchester County Land Record, ER 18/397, 24 August 1841 , Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge. "A lso all that lot of ground situated on the south east side of High Street in the town of Cambridge whereon the said Henry Page hath erected a large two story building and now resides together with the improvements and appurtenances thereunto belonging." 4 Dorchester County Land Record, CL 23/175, 9 May 1865, Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge. 5 John L. Graham, ed. The 1877 Atlases and Other Early Maps of the Eastern Shore of Maiyland, Wicomico Bicentennial Committee, 1976, p. 77 . 6 Tenth Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedule for Dorchester County, Maryland, Ancestry.com. 7 Elias Jones, A New Revised History of Dorchester County, Maryland. Tidewater Publishers, Cambridge, MD. 1966, p. 371. 8 Dorchester County Land Record, WHM 7/262, I December 1919, Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge, Maryland.


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Henry Page House 116 High Street Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland

Map 301 , Parcel 52

1008/40

11.19.2010

236/654

9.12.1985

RSM 89/ 153

6.30.1954

RSM 55/75

5.9.1945

Robert S. Collison, Assignee of Mortgage foreclosure, Margaret N. Tubman

to

Brian 0. Manicke and Kathleen A. Manicke

Betty P. Dobson and Errol S. Pritchett, Personal Representatives of the estate of Sallie B. Pritchett (died @ 12.19.1981)

to

Granv ille L. Tubman and Margaret N. Tubman

Frank E. Powell and Ruth C. Powell

to

Sallie B. Pritchett

Calvin Harrington and Emerson C. Harrington, Jr. , Trustees

to

Frank E. Powell and Ruth C. Powell, City of Washington, D.C.

(20 High Street) Whereas by a Decree of Circuit Court passed on the


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RSM 42/697

6.2 .1941

JFD 24/696

11.11.1929

JFD 11/554

6.2.1922

8th day of July, A.D., 1944, in the proceedings in said Court known as No. 6829 Chancery, wherein Anne Ruth M. Phillips is the Complainant and Calvert R. Phillips, and others , are the Defendants, the said Calvin Harrington and Emerson C. Harrington, Jr. were named appointed Trustees to se ll the land and property hereinafter more particu larly to be mentioned and described, and therein decreed to be sold,

Public Auction $14,050.00

Ruth C. Robertson, widow

to

J. Howard Phillips

Isabel B. Robinson

to

Ruth C. Robertson and Charles E. Robertson, who died @ 6.8.1940

William N. Andrews

to

Isabel B. Robinson

1. Assumption of $ 10,000 mortgage, WHM 7 /212, Dixon Property



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WHM 9/584 Edward S. Phillips

to

1.3.1921 William N. Andrews

WHM 7/262 Helen V . Dixon, widow

to

12.1.1919 Edward S. Phillips

$13 ,000

CL 32/597 Richard H. Dixon, M.D.

to

1.17.1907 Helen V. Dixon

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"at one time the residence of Henry Page, deceased .. . "

1877 Atlas City of Cambridge, Designated at site, Dr. R.H. Dixon

CL 23/ 175 Thomas J, Dail and Frances Dail

to

5.9.1865 Richard H. Dixon

$5 ,000


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WJ 6/25

3.13 .1851

12.7.1849

WJ 5/ 102

8.9.1849

ER 18/397

8.24.1841

Joseph E. Muse and wife, Ann E. A. Muse

to

Thomas J. Dail

$4,000 "all and singular that Lot and parcel of ground and houses thereon situated lying and being on High Street in the town of Cambridge and County aforesaid formerly the residence of the late Henry Page

Anne H. Bayly

to

Alexander H. Bayly

Charlotte A.H. Page

to

Anne H. Bayly

$5,000 All that Lot or parcel of ground lying on High Street in the Town of Cambridge on which the said Charlotte A. H. Page now res ides

Henry Page and wife

to

Thomas Holiday Hicks


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ER 18/482

8.24.1841

Six th Census of the United States Population Schedule

ER 11/31

1.11.1828

$5,000 all that lot of ground lying and being in the town of Cambridge and front on School Alley & at the head of Mill Street and immediately opposite the western end of the dwelling house of the said Thomas H. Hicks, and being the same lot of ground purchased by Henry Page from the Heirs of Jno. Donovan and containing by estimation from one to one and a half acres of land more or less , A lso all that lot of ground situated on the south east side of High Street in the town of Cambridge whereon the said Henry Page hath erected a large two story building and now resides together with the improvements and appurtenances thereunto belonging

Thomas H. Hicks

to

Henry Page and Charlotte H. Page

$5000 all that lot or parcel of Ground lying on High Street in the town of Cambridge which said Lot or parcel of Ground

Henry Page l white male, aged 30-39, 1 white female, aged 30-39 Male Slaves, aged 10-23, 1; Female Slaves, aged 10-23, l Male Slaves, aged 36-54, I; Female Slaves, aged 36-54, 1.

Henry G. Maynadier and Henry Maynadier

to

Henry and Charlotte A. H. Page

$500



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Dorchester County Marriage Record

4.17.1827 Henry Page married Charlotte A. Laird

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9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. D-190

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

10. Geographical Data

29,377 square feet Acreage of surveyed property Acreage of historical setting Quadrangle name --~C~a_m~b_n_· d~g~e,~M~d_Q~u~a_d_r_an~g~l~e ___ Quadrangle scale: """"l ,_,,:2'""'4....,0 ... 0'""0 ____ _

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

Private Consultant date 12.30.2011

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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D-190 Circa 1760 Maynadier House (Sycamore Cottage, Dixon House) 116 High Street Cambridge Private

The front portion of this frame house is two-and-one-half-stories tall with a gable

roof. There are three bays across the front and the windows are six-over-six sash. In

the gable end, on the front, is an attic window with flanking sidelights. In front of the

door is a one-story gabled portico supported by rectangular columns. On each side of

the door is a rectangular sidelight between two pilasters and a taller pilaster at the

corners of the portico. There are two massive chimneys in the center of this portion of

the house.

The smaller gable-roofed two-story wing in the rear is the older portion of this

house and dates to some time after 1759. It was built by the Rev. Daniel Maynadier

and his wife, Mary. He was the rector of Great Choptank Parish from 1765 to 1772.

His wife was the granddaughter of William Vans Murray, minister to Holland, who had

purchased this land from John Kirk in 1725. The land was conveyed to Mary by James

Murray, the son of William Vans Murray, in 1759. She and her husband built Sycamore

Cottage shortly thereafter. Four generations of Maynadiers owned Sycamore Cottage

until 1828, when the property was sold to Henry Page and his wife, Charlotte. In 1840,

Page sold the front part of this house to Jeremiah Wright, who moved it down the

street. This half of the house is presently in use as the headquarters for the Woman's

Club (See D-142).

In 1841 Page conveyed the property to Thomas H. Hicks as trustee. That deed

refers to the lot on the southeast side of High Street "whereon the said Henry Page

hath erected a large two story building and now resides." This indicates that Page had

constructed a substantial home on the lot since 1828. Moreover, the selling price in

1841 was five thousand dollars. When Page's widow sold the property in 1849, she

also sold it for five thousand dollars. Dr. Richard H. Dixon bought the house in 1865.

It remained in the Dixon family until 1919 and is sometimes referred to as the Dixon

House.

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MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST WORKSHEET

NOMINATION FORM f o r t h e

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE

I . NAME

• N O / O R H I S T O R I C :

S y c a m o r e C o t t a g e 2 . L O C A T I O N

S T R E E T AND NUMBER:

116 H i g h S t r e e t C I T Y OR TOWN:

Cambr idge

Maryland D o r c h e s t e r 3 . C L A S S I F I C A T I O N

C A T E G O R Y

(Check One)

• Distr ict X] Building

D Sit« Q Structure

D object

OWNERSHIP

• Public

B Private

• Both

Public Acquis i t ion:

• In Process

• Being. Considered

STATUS

( 2 Occupied

• Unoccupied

n Preservation work in progress

A C C E S S I B L E

T O T H E P U B L I C

Y e s :

• Restr icted

• Unrestricted

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PRESEN T USE (Check One or More me Appropriate)

I 1 Agricultural

I I Commercial

I I Educational

• Entertainment

I 1 Government

• Industrial

• Mi l i tary

I I Muieum

• Pork

Q Private Residence

I I Rel igious

I I Scientif ic

I I Transportation

• Other (Specify)

I I Comments

OWNER OF PROPERTY JWNER'S NAME:

S a l l i e B . P r i t c h e t t S T R E E T AND NUMBER:

116 H i g h S t r e e t CITY OR TOWN:

C a m b r i d g e LOCATION OF~L£dAL DESCRIPTION

M a r y l a n d 2 1 6 1 3

C O U R T H O U S E . REGISTRY O F D E E D S . E T C :

D o r c h e s t e r C o u n t y C o u r t h o u s e S T R E E T AND NUMBER:

C I T Y OR TOWN: 206 H i g h S t r e e t

C a m b r i d g e M a r y l a n d 2 1 6 1 J T i t l e Reference of Current Deed (Book & Pa. # ) : L i b e r 8 9 / F o l i o 153

4. REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS T I T L E O F S U R V E Y :

D A T E O F S U R V E Y : • Federal • State • County • Local

D E P O S I T O R Y FOR SURVEY RECORDS:

S T R E E T AND N U M B E R :

C ITY OR TOWN:

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DESCRIPTION

CONDITION

(Check One)

n Excellent [ X Good Q Fair • Deteriorated Q Ruin. • Unexposed

(•Check One.)

K l Altered Q Uncltered

(Check OneJ

G Moved X ] Original Site

D E S C R I B E T H E P R E S E N T > 4 D O R I G I N A L ( i f known.) P H Y S I C A L A P P E A R A N C E

The front portion of this frame house, built sometime after 1B40, consists of two and one-half stories with a gable roof. There are three bays across the front and the windows are six over six sash. In the gable end, on the front, is an attic window with flanking sidelights. In front of the . door is a one story gabled portico supported by rectangular columns* On each side of the door is a rectangular sidelight between two pilasters, and a taller pilaster at the corners of the portico. There are two massive chimneys in the center of this portion of the house.

The smaller gable roofed two story wing in the rear is the older portion of this house, and dates to sometime after 1759.

D-190 SIGNIFICANCE

PERIOD (Check One or Mote me Appropriate.)

• Pre-Columbian • l^th Century

n 15fr.Car.tury • 17th Cantury

KJ 18th Cantury

• 19th Cantury

n 20th Cantury

SPECIFIC DATE'S) (II Applicable and Known;

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or Mora aa Appropriate)

Abor iginol

I I Prehistoric

• Historic

• Agriculture

f J Architecture

D A" I I Commerce

"] Communications

• Conservation

I I Education

1 I Engineering

I I Industry

n Invention

I I Landscape

Architecture

• Literature

• Military

• Music

• Political

• Religion/Phi

losophy

L71 Science

I I Sculpture

• Socio l/Humon-

itorian

• Theater

I | Transportation

[yl Urban Planning

• 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

History:

This house was built by Rev. Daniel Maynadier and his wife, Mary, sometime after 1759. Maynadier was a French Huguenot who fled to escape persecution. He was the rector of Great Choptank Parish from 1765 to 1772. His wife was the granddaughter of William Vans Murray,(Ambassador to Holland), who purchaed this land from John Kirk in 1725. The land was conveyed to Mary by James Murray, the son of William Vans Murray, in 1759. She and her husband built Sycamore Cottage shortly thereafter. Four generations of Maynadiers owned Sycamore Cottage. In 1828, the property was sold to Henry Page and his wife Charlotte. In 1840, Page sold the front part of this house to Jeremiah Wright twho moved it down the street. This half of the house is still standing and is presently in use as the headquarters for the Woman's Club. The front part of 116 High Street was built by Henry Page sometime after 1840.

Significance;

Although extensively altered by the addition of a large Federal style wing on the front, this is one of the oldest houses on High Street. It is an attractive, well maintained dwelling and contributes to the historic character of High Street.

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15fr.Car.tury

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Lascowski, F. Arthur, Papers,

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APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY:

Acreage Justification:

i l l . FORM PREPARED BY N A M E A N D T l T L E :

Catherine L. Moore ORG ANI Z A T I O N

11/10/75 S T R E E T AND NU» b E R :

Route 3 . Box 32 C I T Y OR TOWN:

Cambridge. Maryland

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Sycamore Cottage Cambridge, Maryland jfd 11/300

I have not been able to confirm or deny the statements made by

Cathe Moore concerning the age of this house.

Sources:

Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge, Maryland.

Court Records.

Land Records.

Will REcords.

Research by:

Terrance P. Walbert

1976

116 HIGH STREET RSM 89/153 CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND

After making a title search that took the lot back to 1827 I cannot

confirm or deny the conclusion already presented by Cathe Moore that the rear part

of the present house dates from the mid eighteenth century. It is quite obvious

in inspecting the house that the back portion was built at a different than the front.

Henry Page purchased the property in 1828 from Henry G. Maynadier of Anne Arundel

County for $500.00. I have been unable to find any record of the sale of the house

to Jeremiah Wright. In 1841 Page conveyed the property to Thomas H. Hicks as

trustee. That deed refers to the lot on the southeast sideof High Street "whereon

the said Henry Page hath erected a large two story building and now resides."1 This

indicates that Page had constructed a substantial home on the lot since 1828. Moreover,

the selling price in 1841 was $5,000. When Page's widow sold the property in 1849,

she also sold it for $5,000. Dr. Richard H. Dixon bought the house in 1865. It

remained in the Dixon family until 1919 and is sometimes referred to as the Dixon

house.

1. ER 18, folio 397, Land Records, Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge, Maryland

Sources:


Land Records.


Assessment Records.

Interview, Dolores Pritchett, 116 High Street.

Research by:

Terrance Walbert

1976

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D-190 Maynadier House, Sycamore Cottage, Dixon House 116 High St. Cambridge Cambridge Quad. Dorchester Co.

Documents

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