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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

(Type all entries' complete applicable sections)

S T A T E :

Maryland

F r e d e r i c k FOR NPS USE ONLY

E N T R Y O A T H

1. NAME C OMMON:

S c h e i f f e r s t a d t A N D / O R H I S T O R I C :

2. LOCATION S T R E E T A N D N U M B E R : Route 15

I n t e r s e c t i o n of West Second and Rosemont S t r e e t s a t E x i t 7 , / C I T Y OR TOWN:

F r e d e r i c k C O N G R E S S I O N A L D I S T R I C T :

S i x t h S T A T E

Maryland 24 F r e d e r i c k o : l 3. CLASSIFICATION

CATEGORY (Check One)

• Distr ict [3$ Building

• Site r j Structure

• Object

OWNFRSHIP

2 Public

[X; Private

• Both

Public Acquisit ion:

Q In Process

| Being Considered

STATUS

[ 5 Occupied

1 Unoccupied

[3] Preservation work in progress

ACCESSIBI I

TO THE PUBLIC

Yes: Restricted

| Unres tr ir tf d

[X No

PRESENT USE (Check One or More as: Appropriate)

3 Agricultural

[~̂ L Commercia I

I | Educational

] Entertainment

_) Government

[ 1 Industrial

• Mil itary

[~~] Museum

] Private Residence

j Religious

j Scientific

[~1 Transportation

• Other (Specify)

! X Comments

t e n a n ted

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

Miss Evelyn Krantz S T R E E T AND N U M B E R :

100 5 Rosemont Avenue Ci T Y OR TOWN: S T A T E : CODI

Frederick Maryland ~ '• [5. LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION ;

C O U R T H O U S E . R E G I S T R Y OF D E E D S . E T C :

Frederick County Courthouse S T R E E T A N D N U M B E R :

Court Square C I T Y OR TOWN: S T A T E CODE

Frederick Maryland 24 |6. ftj PRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS

T I T L E OP S U R V E Y :

D A T E OF S U R V E Y : | ] Federa l | ] State | j Coun ty I | I . o ra l

D E P O S I T O R Y FOR 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 I T Y OR TOWN: S T A T E : , , , | i

F-3-47 ' I 7 - -DESCRIPTION

C O N D I T I O N

(Chock One)

• Excel lent [ 3 Good Q Fair • Deteriorated Q j Ruins Q Unexposed

(Check One) • Al tered f j £ Unaltered

(Check One)

[~~] Moved ^C] Original Site

D E S C R I B E T H E P R E S E N T AND O R I G I N A L (It known) P H Y S I C A L A P P E A R A N C E

Scheifferstadt is' situated on the north side of Jefferson Street, several yards south of the intersection of West Second and Rosemont Streets and U.S. Route 15, (at Exit 7), in Frederick, Maryland. The property is bounded on the north, east, and west sides by these three roads, and on the south side by-Baker Park.

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The house is in a two part composition. The main block, of fieldstone construction, is two stories in height and three bays in length; a two story, two bay, brick addition at the west end, recessed back from the east facade of the main block but flush to its west facade, was built in the early nineteenth century.

The present main entrance door of the principal block occupies the central bay of the east facade and is flanked by double hung windows of two over two Victorian sash. All of the door and window openings appear to be original in size and location, with the three first floor door and window openings of the front and rear facades of the main block having stone relieving arches positioned a short distance above their heads. The three windows of the second floor level of both facades are positioned directly above each of the openings below. The gable roof, is flared at the eaves and there is a large brick chimney centrally positioned along the roof ridge. The exposed north end of the house has two windows at both the first and second floor levels and a single window within the attic gable. Directly below the two first floor windows of this end are small opeaings with shaped wrought iron grills that provide ventilation and light to a large vaulted cellar beneath the north end of the house.

The south wing, of common bond brick construction, is three bays in length. At its south end the cellar is exposed for one full story, although a tall, one story brick spring house covers half of that wall area. A chimney is enclosed within the south end of the wing.

On the interior Scheifferstadt retains an impressive amount of original woodwork and hardware. In many instances the archi­tectural features seen in the house are the first of their type to be recorded in Maryland. The first floor is composed of three rooms: a narrow central hall with two doors on each wall that open into large flanking parlors; a third door at the east end of the north wall opens into a steeply winding enclosed stair. The north parlor has windows with flared plastered reveals and plastered walls. A large projectinn chimney on the south wall originally had an expansive fireplace

(See C o n t i n u n t i o n Sheel II I

F-3-47 SIGNIFICANCE

PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate)

• Pre-Columbian I • 16th Century

• 15th Century D 17th Century

^ 1 18th Century

?C] 19th Century

| | 20th Century

SPECIFIC DATE(S) (II Applicable and Known)

AREAS OF SIGNI FICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

Abor iginal

I 1 Prehistoric

• Historic

I | Agriculture

PC| Architecture

JU Art

| | Commerce

[~] Communications

[ | Conservation

j Education

] Engineering

] Industry

| Invention

] Landscape

Architecture

'] Literature

• Mil itary

• Music

• Pol i t ical

• Rel ig ion/Phi .

losophy

1 Science

] Sculpture

[X| Social Human­

itarian

[~| Theater

] Transportation

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

The property on which Scheifferstadt is situated, initially a part of a large tract of land called Taskers Chance, was ac­quired by Josef Brunner from Daniel Dulany in 1746.

Josef Brunner emmigrated to Pennsylvania from Scheifferstadt, Manheim, Germany in 1728, but it is not known how much time passed before he finally settled in Maryland. It was a common practice for Dulany to allow time payments for the purchase of property so it may be that Brunner had lived on the property for several years before finalizing the transaction. The fact that nineteen other German families, including three directly related to Brunner, purchased their land on the same day of the Brunner-Dulany transaction indicates that all or most of them had probably been residing on their respective properties for some time before final purchases were made. It appears likely that Josef Brunner was responsible for the building of Scheifferstadt since the peculiarly German and European characteristics seen in its construction and architectural de­tail suggest that the builder was very familiar with those architectural traditions. Whatever the case, in 1753 Josef transferred his property, then 303 acres and "buildings", to his son Elias. Scheifferstadt remains in the possession of descendents of Josef Brunner to the present day although the house and its remaining three acres are currently for sale.

Certainly one of the best preserved mid-eighteenth century houses in Maryland today, Scheifferstadt has had few altera­tions made to it and all of these minimal. It is both archi­tecturally and historically important to Frederick City and County and to Western Maryland in general because of its in­disputably close relationship to the early German settlement of this region and to the German traditions that are still in evidence today. It is said that Scheifferstadt is the oldest house in Frederick City, but while this may be disputed by contrary evidence it is obvious that the uniqueness of its architecture and its direct association with the history of the region establish it as being one of the most important historical sites in Maryland.

F-3-47 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Frederick County Land Records, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.

S c h u l t z , Edward T. F i r s t S e t t l e m e n t of Germans i n M a r y l a n d . ( F r e d e r i c k , Md.! David H. S m i t h , 1 8 6 9 ) , p p . 3 9 - 4 0 .

T r a c e y , Dr . A r t h u r . "Notes from t h e Records of Old Monacacy." P r i v a t e M a n u s c r i p t C o l l e c t i o n i n p o s s e s s i o n of Mrs . Grace L o u i s e T r a c e y , F r e d e r i c k , Md. ( N . d . ) . p . 1 5 2 .

(See C o n t i n u a t i o n S h e e t # 2 . ) 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA

L A T I T U D E A N D L O N G I T U D E C O O R D I N A T E S D E F I N I N G A R E C T A N G L E L O C A T I N G T i l l P R O 0 ! RTY

C O R N E R

NW

NE

SE

L A T I T U DE

Degrees M inu tes Seconds

LONGI T U D E

Degrees Minu tes Seconds

L A T I T U P E A N D L C N G I T ' I D E C O O R D I N A T I 5 D E F I N I N G T h t L t i \ T ^ R POIN I OF A i I r. !-,

OF LESS T H A N T E N ACRES

L A T I T U O I

Degrees Minu tes Seconds

39 25 25

L O N G I T U O L

Degrees M inu tes Seconds

77 25 39

APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: one acre IL IST 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

STATE: COUN TY

COUNTY :

COUN TY:

11. FORM PREPARED BY N AME A N D T I T L E :

J . R i c h a r d R i v o i r e F i e l d Su rveyo r sh ORG ANI ZA T ION

Maryland H i s t o r i c a l T r u s t A u g u s t 2 5 , 1973 S T R E E T AND NUMBER":

2 52 5 Riva Road C I T Y OR TOWN:

A n n a p o l i s '12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION

As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­

tional Historic Preservat ion Act of 1966 (Public Law

89-665), I hereby nominate th is property for inclusion

in the National Register and certify that it has been

evaluated according td*the c-iteria and procedures set

forth by the National Park Service. The recommended

level of significance of this nomination is :

National f j State f j Local •

Name :

O r l a n d o R i d o u t 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 O f f i c e r "

Putt

Maryland 214 01 24 NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION

I hereby certify that this property is included in the

National Regis ter

D i r e c t o r , Oflice ol Archeology and Historic Premorvallon

l / i ' e

ATTEST:

Keeper ol The National Reftiatcr

Date

Form 10-300o (July 1969)

U N A k D STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ^ ^ P NATIONAL PARK SERVICE M

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

(Continuation Sheet) j

S T A T E

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COUN TY

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E N T R Y N U M I ' I R

<Number"' en'rles) SCHEIFFERSTADT #7 Description (Continued)

opening that was altered in size at a later date. The south par­lor, initially one large room, was divided into two chambers early in the nineteenth century. The fireplace opening in t he chimney "on its north wall has been completely closed but the chim­ney still retains built-in closets. At the north side of the we window of this room is a smaller closet, positioned the same dis­tance from the floor as the window, that is embellished with a wide, heavily carved, bolection-type architrave, a paneled door, and a scalloped apron. Two large exposed and plastered summer beams extend through the house from end to end.

Initially, at the second floor l^vel, the room configuration of the first floor was repeated; however, the north and south bed chambers were divided into two room areas by beaded board par­titions at a slightly later date. In the hall the two chimneys are joined at the ceiling level, creating a vaulted ceiling in this area of the hall. In the north chimney of the hall is a small fireplace and chute for heating and supplying coals to a built-in five plate stove in the north bed chamber(s); the stove has four plates in figured relief and is dated 1756.

A second and larger arched fireplace opening on the south wall of the hall was presumably used for heating only. The fireplace in the south bed chamber has been completely sealed but still ret. in? built-in closets with oaneled doors. All of the partition doo throughout the house are of a five panel design and retain the original, elaborately wrought thumb latches, locks, knobs, and hinges. The use of massive exposed and (later) plastered summer beams in the first floor rooms is repeated on the second floor.

Decaying plaster has recentlv revealed that the south partition wall of the second floor hall is of half-timbered construction that was initially exposed. This is a significant architectui feature as it is the first example of exposed wall framinn of this tvpe to be recorded in Maryland. Because of the basica] sound condition of the plaster on all other walls it is difficull to ascertain,at the present time whether or not this same tyne of framing was emploved elsewhere in the house.

Another architecturallv significant, feature retained at Scheifferstadt is the oriqinal, eiqhtoenth centurv framing system of the roof (see <11 , i\-. i n<r) . M emplovs two sots o1 whal Is prop erly termed "upper quarter crucks" that supporl massive coll n and principal rafters. Between each of the two sets oi principal rafters are two purlins that support a series of common rafters.

(Pee Continuation Sheel Mo.2)

Form 10-300a (Juiy 1969)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

(Continuation Sheet) N o . 2

S T A T E

Maryland C O U N T Y

F r e d e r i c k

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FOR NPS USE ONLY

E N T R Y N U M B E R

(Number all entries)

SCHEIFFERSTADT #7 Description (Continued)

Unfortunately all of the common rafters were replaced in the early twentieth century but it is still possible to establ;

their number, locations, and the manner in which they were secured at the ridge and onto the collars, purlins, and wall plates.

In the wing is one principal room at the first and second floor and cellar levels. For the most part, the interior woodwork is contemporary to the early nineteenth century construction date attributed to this part of the house. Both the first floor ro and the cellar have large fireplace openings on their south walls: presumably these rooms were used as winter and summer kitchens respectively. The small, one story with open loft spring house at the south end of the wing is believed to be contemporary Lo this wing in its date of construction.

#9 Major Bibliographical References (Continued)

Scharff, J. Thomas. History of Western Maryland. Reorint of 188 2 e'd. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 19 6 8.

#12 Level of significance of this nomination (Continued)

The extensive amount of architectural detail and hardware showing German influence is unusual anywhere in Maryland and is of national significance

F O R M 10-301 A ( 6 / 7 2 )

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM

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1. NAME COMMON

Schei f f e r s t a d t 2. LOCATION

S T A T E

Maryland

AN [3 'OR H I S T O R I C

C O U N T Y

Frederick

N U M E R I C CODE (Assigned hy PIPS)

TOWN

Frederi ck S T R E E T AND N U M B E R

Intersection of West Second and Rosemont Streets at Exit 7, Route 15 3. PHOTO REFERENCE

PHO TO C R E D I T

J.R.Rivoire September 1975

N E G A T I V E F I L E D A t

Maryland Historical Trust 2525 Riva Road Annapol:is, Maryland JlTOT 4. IDENTIFICATION

D E S C R I B E VIEW. D I R E C T I O N , E T C .

Northeast

GPO 9 3 2 . 0 0 9

Form 10-301 (July 1968)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF T K t INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM

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1. NAME

COMMON

Scheifferstadt

A N D / O R HISTORIC

2. LOCATION

S T A T E

Maryland

C O U N T Y

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

I n t e r s e c t i o n of West Second and Rosemont S t r e e t s a t 3. MAP REFERENCE

S O U R C E

U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute map Freder ick Quadrangle

D A T E

1953

N U M E R I C C O D E (A»s/rfn«i/ by ftrps)

TOWN

Frederick

l ixit 7 , Route 15

S C A L E

1:24000 REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW

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"Schifferstadt" Stone House of Frederick, Maryland. Schiefferstadt

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Frederick Post - June 19, 1975

F-3-47 John Milner Assoc. Newsletter

Spring 1979

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F-3-047/FHD-0794 Frederick County Tax Map 413, Schifferstadt parcel: 1.45 acres

F-3-047 (FHD-0794) Scheifferstadt 1110 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick Frederick Quadrangle