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Runnymeade

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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Last Updated: 05-14-2004

RUNNYMEADE Kennedyville, Maryland

(19th century)

Runnymeade is located on the north side of Route 292 about

~ mile west of the junction with Route 213. The house is on a

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working farm and includes barns, a tenant house, and outbuildings

dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. The house is composed of

two parts, a four bay, true 1~ story frame section, and a four bay,

two story brick section. Although the evidence is inconclusive,

the frame section appears to predate the brick section. Legend

holds that the frame wing was constructed in 1692, and there

may have been a house on the property then but there is absolutely

no visible, physical conformation of that early date.

An even more unusual building on the property is the large

pyramidal dairy just a few feet of the house. Its wooden shingle

roof nearly reaches grade and it is topped by a metal ventilator.

Entry is through a six panel door set into a gable-roofed entry.

The eaves of this little entry are edged with wooden scallops.

MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST MAGI # 1502275635 K-227

INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURVEY

6NAME RUNNYMEADE HISTORIC

AND/OR COMMON

IJLOCATION STREET & NUMBER North side Route 292, ~ mile west of Junction with

Route 213 1st CITY. rowN

Kennedyville XX VICINITY OF

STATE

Maryland

DcLASSIFICATION

CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS _DISTRICT _PUBLIC _xocCUPIED

~BUILDING(SI .X.PRIVATE _UNOCCUPIED

_STRUCTURE _BOTH _WORK IN PROGRESS

_SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE _OBJECT _IN PROCESS _YES RESTRICTED

_BEING CONSIDERED _YES: UNRESTRICTED

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DOWNER OF PROPERTY NAME Broderick Incorporated N.V.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Kent COUNTY

PRESENT USE

_AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM

_COMMERCIAL ~.PARK

_EDUCATIONAL XPRIVATE RESIDENCE

_ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS

_GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC

_INDUSTRIAL _TRANSPORTATION

_MILITARY _OTHER

c/o Robert T. Price, Jr. ___________ Telephone #: 301-758-1660 STREET & NUMBER

103 Lawyers Row CITY. TOWN STATE I Zlp code

Centreville _ v1c1N1TY oF Maryland 21617

llLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION Liber #: EHP 106

COURTHOUSE. Folio #: 142 REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC

STREET & NUMBER

CITY. TOWN STATE

Chestertown Maryl and

D REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE

Maryland Historical Trust, Survey of Kent County DATE

1968 _FEDERAL X..STATE _COUNTY _LQCAL

DEPOSITORY FOR

suRVEY RECORDS Maryland Historical Trust, The Shaw House, 21 State Ci rel e CITY. TOWN STATE

Annapolis, Maryland

II DESCRIPTION

_EXCELLENT

.KGOOD

_FAIR

CONDITION

_DETERIORATED

_RUINS

_ UNEXPOSED

CHECK ONE

_UNALTERED

-XALTERED

CHECK ONE

X....ORIGINAL SITE

_MOVED DATE __ _

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Runnymeade is located on the north side of Route 292 about ~ mile west of the

junction with Route 213. The house is on a working farm and includes barns, a tenant

house, and outbuildings dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The house is composed of two parts, a four bay, true 1~ story frame section, and a

four bay, 2 story brick section. Although the evidence is inconclusive, the frame

section appears to predate the brick section. Legend holds that the frame wing was

constructed in 1692, and there may have been a house on the property then but there is

absolutely no visible, physical conformation of that early date.

The frame section has its 6 over 6 sash window arranged in pairs on the south

facade. The frames are simple and narrow. 1bere are two rooms on the first floor and

the entrance is in the north wall. The building has two Victorian gable dormers in

the roof slopes and a roof which overhangs at the gable as well as on the long sides ot

the building. There is a brick chimney stack partially enclosed in the west gable.

1be building has recently been covered with wood-grain vinyl siding and it has a

black asphalt shingle roof.

The brick portion of the house is the same depth, 18'4", as the frame section. 1be

brick section has its facade laid in Flemish bond although is used elsewhere. Both

sections of the house are white with white trim.

1be brick building has tall brick chimneys with corbelled caps partially enclosed

in the gable walls. Its steeply pitched gable roof is finished with verge boards and

a three step corbelled cornice.

The entry door is in the second bay from the west. It has a reproduction wooden

architrave and six panel door. Windows have 6 over 6 sash set in plain wood frames

with a Grecian ogee and bevel backhand and plain wooden sills. Above each window is a

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II SIGNIFICANCE

PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW

_PREHISTORIC _ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

-1400-1499 _ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _CONSERVATION _LAW

_ 1500-1599 -AGRICULTURE -ECONOMICS _LITERATURE

_ 1600-1699 ~RCHITECTURE _EDUCATION _MILITARY

X-1700-1799 -ART _ENGINEERING _MUSIC

X.1800-1899 _COMMERCE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _PHILOSOPHY

_ 1900- _COMMUNICATIONS _INDUSTRY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT

_INVENTION

SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

_RELIGION

_SCIENCE

_SCULPTURE

_SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN

_THEATER

_TRANSPORTATION

_OTHER !SPECIFY!

Runnymeade is an interesting early farmhouse with two interesting 19th century

outbuildings. The house has a 1~ story frame section with one wall of paneling which

may date the 18th century and a two story brick section with corbelled cornice which

was probably constructed in the early 19th century. The most interesting outbuilding

is a rare pyramidal dairy, now converted into a garage.

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IJMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

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lliJGEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _______ _

VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

STATE COUNTY

STATE COUNTY

mFORM PREPARED BY NAME I TITLE

Marsha L. Fritz, Survey Consultant ORGANIZATION DATE

Kent County Planning Commission 778-4600, ext.67 STREET & NUMBER TELEPHONE

Court House CITY OR TOWN STATE

Chestertown, Maryland

The Maryland Historic Sites Inventory 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 The Shaw House, 21 State Circle Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (301) 267-1438

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flat arch. On the second floor the windows have louvered shutters, but on the first floor the shutters have two panels with Greek ogee and bevel panel moldings.

On the upper floor of the wing and on the first floor room (now a kitchen) the interior has been completely modernized. A wall of paneling remains in the middle room of the first floor. It has raised and beveled panels and a mantle with crude gouge work carving that resembles <lentils. There is also a simple corner cupboard with butterfly shelves.

The stair to the second floor of both sections is in the south­east corner of the wing, with a few more steps up to the parlour chamber. On both floors of the brick section contain one room each, although there appears to have been wooden portitions in each one. Little early interior trim remains in the brick section but there are paneled doors with four and six recessed or raised panels. On the second floor is some reeded, 19th century window trim.

An even more unusual building on the property is the large pyramidal dairy just a few feet of the house. Its wooden shingle roof nearly reaches grade and it is topped by a metal ventilator. Entry is through a six panel door set into a gable-roofed entry. The eaves of this little entry are edged with wooden scallops.

Standing beside the dairy is a smaller pyramidal-roofed building, probably used for storage. A frame structure, it is covered with German shiplap siding and has an asphalt shingle roof.

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l~unnymctl<lc is supposed to have been bu i It in 1692

anJ f.>0ss i b I y the onc-<rnd- onc-lw If story frurne portion \.JuS

that bu i Id i nu . To the east of the one- and- onc-liu If story

structure is a two story , four bay long brick structure ,

luid in Flcnish bond on the south facade . The Joor 1s

I ocatcd on the second buy frorn the \vest . There ure f I ut

brick urchcs above the w i ndo\"S of vcrticul hcdJers , o/u

sushcs , pa nc I I ed shutters . AnJ the Joor tr i 111 is a good

copy of a cl.i::;sic tloor trim . There ure brick chimneys

on each !Jub I e of the br i ck str ucture anJ on the outside

of the ynhle west of the one-and-one-half story wing .

There is a pyrumida l shaped ice house und a square

smoke house west oF the main bui l ding .

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