ACHS SUl'tMARY FORlf

1. Name: Stoney Castle

-- 2. Planning Area/Site Number: 17 /26

4. Address: Westerly Road Poolesville, Md.

3. M-NCPPC Atlas Reference: Map 12 Coordinate B-3

5. Classification Summary Cate~ory building Ownership private Public Ac-q·u~i-s~i~t~i~o·n--~N~/~A----------Status occupied Accessible no ?resent us-e---p-r~I~v-a~t~e--r_e_s_i•a•e-n __ c_e __

Previous Survey Recording MNCPPC Title and Date:Historic s~1~t~e~s~1~n~v~e~n~t~o~r~y

1976

Federal ____ State~County_!__Local _____

6. Jate:mid-19th century 7. Original Owner: Stephen Newton White

8. Apparent Condition

a. good b. altered c. original site

9. Description: Stoney Castle is a fiVe bay, two story house built of unhewn stones, marked by large quoining blocks, lintels and window sills of ashlar. A recent two story portico covers the three central bays. The doorway is recessed with panelled reveals and is surrounded by a four-light transom and two-light sidelights. The first floor windows open as doors onto the porch.

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The house ends are mar.ked by double chimneys with an apron. A boxed cornice and fascia-type architrave run across the facade and along the gable sides; it is returned into the gable. A service wing runs at right angles to the main block; it has a large central chimney and two-story porch.

The interior of the house features a half-turn staircase with landing behind an archway, panelling, hardware, and fireplaces. Outbuildings in­cludes a restored log house and a stone spring house with high quality stonework.

Significance : Stoney Castle is significant as the mid-19th century manor house of a prominent western Montgomery County family.

By the turn of the 19th century, the tract on which Stoney Castle is situated (Resurvey on "Forest") was part of the large land-holdings of George Peter of Georgetown, D.C. In 1831, Stephen Newton White purchased 705 1/16 acres of this land, and brought his young family to live. There may have been a small house on the property at this time, but it was probably Stephen and Mary Veirs White who constructed Stoney Castle generally as it is seen today. Here in 1832, their second son Elijah Veirs White was born; he be­came a prominent military commander during the Civil War, and a farmer, businessman, banker, minister, and local hero of Loudoun and Montgomery Counties. Benjamin, the older son, maintained the "home farm" at Stoney Castle, passing it to his son, Harvey Jones White; Harvey was a successful farmer, County Commissioner, and member of the Maryland House of Delegates. The 346 acre property passed to Harvey's son, Dr. Byron Dyson White,in 1933.

Stoney Castle remained in the White family until 1949, when 310 acres were sold to Madeleine Kneeplehout Van Sterkenburg, the former Countess de Chastel of Belgium.

Madeleine van Sterkenburg's daughter Marie-Renee married Alfred Spates in 1967, and the property is presently in their names.

Researcher and date researched: Daniel Levin-6/78 Michael Dwyer-Arch. Desc.

12. Compiler: Eileen McGuckian 13. Date Compiled: Sept. 1979 14. Designation

15. Acreage: c. 310 acres Approval __

MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST

M: 17/26 MAGI:

INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURVEY

6NAME HISTORIC

ANO/OR COMMON

Stoney Castle

llLOCATION STREET & NUMBER Westerly Road CITY. TOWN

Poolesville _VICINITY OF

STATE

Marv land DcLASSIFICA TION

CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS _DISTRICT _PUBLIC .XOCCUPIED

X.BUILDING(S) 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

A.W. & M.R. Spates Et Al. STREET & NUMBER

22 West Jefferson Street CITY. TOWN

Rockville _ v1c1N1TY oF

llLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE

REGISTRY oF DEEDS.ETC. Montgomery County Courthouse STREET & NUMBER

CITY. TOWN

Rockville II REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS

TITLE

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

8 COUNTY

Montgomery

PRESENT USE

_AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM

_COMMERCIAL _PARK

_EDUCATIONAL X-PRIVATE RESIDENCE

_ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS

_GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC

_INDUSTRIAL _TRANSPORTATION

_MILITARY _QTHER

Telephone #: 762-3326

STATE , Zl.p code Maryland 20850

Liber #: Folio #:

5055/564 4843/435 4641/818

STATE

Maryland 20850

M-NCPPC Inventory of Historical Sites and P...ABS, 1936 DATE

DEPOSITORY FOR

SURVEY RECORDS

CITY. TOWN

1976

Park Historian's Office

Rockville

_FEDERAL LSTATE .XCOUNTY _LOCAL

STATE

Maryland 20855

II DESCRIPTION

_EXCELLENT

X..GOOD

_FAIR

CONDITION

_DETERIORATED

_RUINS

_ UNEXPOSED

CHECK ONE

_UNALTERED

XALTERED

H 11-ll:,

CHECK ONE

.XORIGINAL SITE

_MOVED DATE __ _

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Stoney Castle is a five-bay wide, two story house built of unhewn stones, marked by large quoining blocks, lintels and window sills of ashlar. A pedimented prostyle, tetrastyle two story portico covers the three central bays; the pediment is decorated with a fan motif. The recently-added columns are vaguely Doric or Tuscan; in neither case does the simple entablature consisting of architrave and cornice result in a "correct" order, The doorway is recessed with panelled reveals; a four light transom and two-light sidelights surround the door itself. The first floor window openings are panelled from the porch to the sill while above the sill are six-over-six sashes; the arrangement permitted the windows to be opened as doors onto the porch. The interior window jambs are panelled; modern heating units have been installed in the window recesses.

The ends of the house are marked by the double chimneys with an apron. A boxed cornice and fascia-type architrave run across the facade and along the sides of the gable; it is returned into the gable to suggest with the portico, a classicizing influence. A small bay has been added on the ground floor of the south gable end. On the rear (east) facade of the main block is an arched window at the turning of the staircase and beneath it, an entrance to the stair hall; a double curved stone staircase lead~ to the entrance.

A service wing running at right angles to the main block includes kitchen and an attached dairy house or other service house. The kitchen wing itself has a two story porch, now with wrought iron supports. Old photographs show the wing with square wooden columns, a wooden balustrade along the open second floor porch and a screened porch below. There is one large chimney near the center of the block.

Notable interior features include a half-turn staircase with landing behind an archway at the end of the entrance hall, panelling, hardware (including locks with the seal of "Carpenter and Co., Patentees"), and fireplaces.

Behind the main house is a log house that has been sympathetically repaired and restored. Near a stream between the house and road is a stone spring house of one story with heavy stone lintels and quoining, stone pediments, and one small window. The stone work is of a higher quality than that of the house.

CONTINUE ON SEPARATE SHEET IF NECESSARY

_ _II SIGNIFICANCE

PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW

_PREHfSTORIC

_1400-1499

_1500-1599

_1600-1699

_1700-1799

x._ 1800-1899

_1900-

__ARCHEULUliY-PREHISTORIC

__ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC

__AGRICULTURE

--ARCHITECTURE

__ART

_COMMERCE

_COMMUNICATIONS

_COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

_CONSERVATION _LAW

_ECONOMICS _LITERATURE

_EDUCATION _MILITARY

_ENGINEERING _MUSIC

_EXP LORA Tl ON/SETT LEM ENT _PHILOSOPHY

_INDUSTRY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT

_INVENTION

_RELIGION

_SCIENCE

_SCULPTURE

_SOCIAUHUMANITARIAN

_THEATER

_TRANSPORTATION

X_OTHER ISPECIFYI

Local History

SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT Stephen Newton White

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Stoney Castle is significant as the mid-19th century manor house of a prominent western Montgomery County family.

By the turn of the 19th century, the tract on which Stoney Castle is situated (Resurvey on "Forest") was part of the large land-holdings of George Peter of Georgetown, D.C. In 1831, Stephen Newton White purchased 705 1/16 acres of this land,l and brought his young family to live. There may have been a small house on the property at this time, but it was probably Stephen and Mary Veirs White who constructed Stoney Castle generally as it is seen today. Here in 1832, their second son Elijah Veirs White was born; he became a prominent military commander during the ~ivil War, and a farmer, busines~man, banker, minister, and local hero of Loudoun and Montgomery Counties. Benjamin, the older son, maintained the "home farm" at Stoney Castle, passing it to his son, Harvey Jones White; F...a.rvey was a successful farmer, County Commissioner, and member of the Maryland House of Delegates. The 31+6 acre property passed to Harvey's son, Dr. Byron Dyson White 2 in 1933.3

Stoney Castle remained in the White family unt~l 1949, when 310 acres were sold to Madeleine Knepplehout van Sterkenburg, the former Countess de Chastel of Belgium.

Madeleine van Sterkenburg's daughter Marie-Renee married Alfred Spates in 1967,) and the property is presently in their names.

FOOTNOTES: 1. Land Records of Montgomery County, Md., BS4/267 (March 16, 1831). 2. Jacobs, Charles and Marian Waters, "Colonel Elijah Veirs White",

Montgomery County Story, Vol. 21, #4 (Montgomery County Historical Society, November 1978).

3. Land Records~ Op. Cit., 548/291 (January 17, 1933). 4. Ibid., 1292/~7 (September 9, 1949). 5. Montgomery County Marriage Records, HMS14/447; Appl. Bk. 164/93.

CONTINUE ON SEPARATE SHEET IF NECESSARY

IJMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Farquhar, R.B., Old Homes and History of Montgomer} County, Judd and

Detweiler, Inc. Washington, D.c., 1962 (p. 290-92 • Maps: Martinet and Bond, 1865; Hopkins Atlas, 1878. Land Assessment, and Marriage Records of Montgomery County, Maryland. Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Western Maryland, Vol. I; originally published 1882, p. 732-33.

IIiJGEOGRAPHICALDATA c. 310 acres ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY

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Daniel Levin Michael Dwyer Architectural Description

ORGANIZATION DATE

Sugarloaf Regional Trails 6/78 STREET & NUMBER TELEPHONE

Box 87 926-4-5)0 CITY OR TOWN STATE

Dickerson Maryland 20753

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.

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DE3CRlBE THC. "RES'°l'1c ANO, ORl:'.;"'·'·L (if Y.,-,o,vn) PHYS' CJ..\.. APP EARi.•< CE 1 Stoney Castle is a five-bay wide, two story house built ofl

unhewn sto~cs, marked by large quoining blocks, lir1tels and window sills of ashlar. A pedimented prostyle, tetrastyle two 1

story portico covers the three central bays; the pediment is I decorated with a fan notif. The recently-added columns are vaguely Doric or Tuscan; in neither case does the simple en­tablature consisting of architrave and cornice result in a "correct" order. The doorway is recessed with panelled reveals a four light transom and two-light sidelights surround the door itself. The first floor window openings are panelled from the porch to the sill hhile above the sill are six-over-six sa5hes; the arrangement permitted the windows to be C?ened as doors onto the porch. The interior window jambs are panelled; modern heating units have been installed in the window recesses.

The ends of the house are marked bv the double chimnevs with an apron. A boxed cornice and fas~ia-type architrave· run across the facade and along the sides of the gable; It is re­turned into the gable to suggest with the portico, a classiciz~ 1 ing influence. A small bay has been added on the ground floor j of the south gable end. On the rear (east) facade of the main block, is an arched windoK at the turning of the staircase and j

beneath it, an entrance to the stair hall; a double curved I stone staircase leads to the entrance. I

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heavy stone 1 j n tels and quoining, stone pe dir:~en ts, and one s1:1all windc;1v. The stone irnrk is of a higher quality than that I of the house.

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The land was originally patented by Robert Peter . as part of Forest. In 1818, George Peter of Monta['verce conveyed the land to Thomas Fletchall. In 1831, Stephen N. White acquired the l3nd.

OTHER: The land and house are being acquired by the Stoney C2stl~ Racket Club, ~hich intends to

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citi:1.(·11s. At the time of his death in 1888, the District Bar Association adopted a Yery com­plimentary resolution which was orc1cred spread upon the records of thL• Suprenw ( 'ourt of \Yashington. The memhers of the bar attended his funeral in a body.

In one campaign, when speaking in a hall, sonH•thing lw said ahout his opposition aroused the ire of RC'nlwn Young, who "a" a popular builder of the County for many yf.'ars. Both w0n• powerful men. "Ruhe" starkd <lown the aisle from the rear of the hall, bristling with arn.;t•r. Quick ns a flash ~lill<:•r jurnpe<l from the platform, met Young halfway, and shouted, "Hnhe, if the shoe fits, put it on!!!" ~o blows WL're struck, and Rube subsided into a ::-:ent. At a not her time, "'.\Eller arranged for a Republican rally at a hall in RockYille. Upon his arriYal he found the door firmly padlocked. \rlien inquir­ing for the janitor he was told that the janitor hatl gone ''fishing.'' .Arnwd with a bar he pryed the loek off the door, and the rally was held as sc hed ulc>d.

Caroline Hallowell :Miller was horn in August, 18:n. 8he rernaint'd the 0mninant personality in t 1111 t umu;ual home until hl'r dN1 th in Rrptl•m­lwr. 1905. From her obituary we qnotc, ''She earri0d on for many yen rs a model school, where 1wr pupils not only lcn mNl the le"sons found in tPxthooks, hut den•lopP(l tlH' well-romHlP<l ehar­actPr that is the object of all education. She wao-; Pn<lo\\'l'(l with an intellPd that wns nn,..nrpnsse<1,

if enr equalled in this community. lfrr attai11-rnenb wen• as varied as they were brilliant. ~h<· had wonderful dramatic power; her public a<l­dresses deli,·ered in her own inimitable mamwr were marvels of eloquence.'' 1 For y0a rs slH· was associnted with Frances E. \\Tillard a11d Susan B. Anthony in the Xational \Yoman 's Suffrage Association.

In those early days Caroline .:\liller was a powerful aid to the pioneer women leadNs. :--lhP appeared on national platforms forwarding tlw program for women's rights, helping to orgn11-izP th0 Association in "\Tarvland. In 187--1: lll'r }m:-;hand was one of the fir:-;t. men of prominenc·p in the State to op(•nly ackocate equal rights fo1· women.

After the tleath of Henry H. ~1iller, StamnorP was sold to Thomas Hyde nr, of ·w ashi11gt011. Young Hyde wa:-; an heir of the well-known Hyde family, of Georgetown, associated in t lw banking firm of Corcoran and Riggs, forerun­ners of the Riggs Kational Bank. After st>1Tice in \Vorld \Var I, he• returned to Stanmorp a11d in the fall of 1919 mnrried \1iss "\fory I'. Dawson of Rockville. Tlwy have four sons. Thomas Hyde IV diecl S0ptemht•r ~. 10+0, hut his wid<m continues to live 11t tlic Sta1m10rc' ho!lll' in !!Iii~. Olle married ;;;on, Ifonry Hylle, arnl his wifr, thl' former ~1iss Elizaheth Ann Bonifant, Jin• in a hom~e on tl1e farm 'vhieh he m1111nges and whi(·li lrns been increase<l to a bout ~.)() aen•:-;.

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Stoney Castle

I x the PoolesvillP area of northwestern "'.\[ont­gomery Connty there arc munerons planta­tio11s of rarly days with rnduring houses

npon tl1em whid1 havP stoo1l for n m1mbcr of gen('rntions. Ilnc' nn• to he· :-;e1·11 fine• examples of <'arly architertnn•. fiome of these places arc Ol'cupied today hy representatin•s of families "·hich have contributed much to e\'ents of his­toric importance in the County.

Among prominent names in 1961 may he men­tio11ed Brewers, \Vhite;.;, C'hiswells, Pooles, Dy­sons, Byrds, Remshnrgs, Youngs and others who lin' on lands acquiretl hy their ancestors, gen­erations ago. By snch citizenry is the stability of nnr democnwy maintained.

Stoney Cast le i:-; 011e of the out st :i wli 11g l 1onl!'s huilt, at least in part, possihly two et•JLturiL•s ago. Locnted a mile w0st of th0 ancie11t villng1• of Poolesville on the roa<l to E<lwards F1•rry, t}w eharm of thP e:-;tate is impressiv1• with its 330 acres of rolling farm land. an acre of hox garden, tasteful landscaping and a pretty lake, around which the driveway wirnls among larg<' trees toward the manr,:ion.

The general de;,;irability and beauty of the neighhorhood, with Yiews of distant hills and woodlands along the Potomac riyer, had a strong appeal to the present owners who ca.me from Europe in 19-l!I to make it their honw. They are Madam Kneppelhout van Sterkenlmrg-,

HISTORIC illoNTGOl\1ERY CouNTY, MAnYLASU 291

\"11 10.'> E-3 POSSJBJ.Y .l \'.\IEr-; DUXLOP OR IWBEHT PETEH BEFOHE 1800 STO~E

tl11· former Counte:oi:-- <lu Chaste! de la How­a rc I rit•s of Holhm<l, :111d lier Jmshaucl, Keel:!, mid 11 cl:111ghlt>r, ~fnrie-Hc>H<'<'. 'l'l1cy have hccn i11-,..\nll1•d i11 the cheerful, commodiom1 roomi,i ot' the <.'11:--t I<· silicc that ti rue. Tlte rooms are beautifully furnishNl with Europcnn antiques, some of them

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( lovernor Lnm' Wl'Oi<', wclcomiug tho uistin­g1til'l1ecl new residents, to l\[arylun<l. Kees vnu 81t·rkt•11hurg is from liollaucl and bas hecn in t lw diplomatic sen ice for many years. During \\"orltl \Var II be was connected with the Hol­larnl-Hpanisll-American Helic>f Agency.

'rltt• l-lCqueuce of owncrsbi}J of the plnntntion, likt• so muuy others in the county, involves the Pt•h-r family. On .May 17, 1784, Rohl'rt Peter Juul n Resurvey on Pnrt of .F'orest coutuin.i.ng J. 79fl HCl'C1'1 loented around Poolesville. In l~'Pllt'uary, ]818, G('org-c Peh•r, t11<' Major of ~I 11utm1venle, co11Ycycd to Thomus lt'lctchall 705

. <1ert•:-- ltt•11r Killumin antl Resurvey on Part of J1'un•>:t for 11 co11~itlcrntion of $4,780.49. Then

• i11 ~I a n·li. 1831, Rohcrt P. Dunlop, t ms tee, to sc11 .tlw lan<l~ of Jauws F1ctc1m11, c.lcfendant,·Robert L.li<·k, plaintiff, co1n:eyed the lm1<l to Stephen N. White. Thil-l indenture refers to U1e deed datNl 1"1.•hnun-y, 1818, hy wllich 1\f a.ior George Peter t·<Hfft•yNl the land, parts of Hesun·cy on Forest Io 'l'lionrns !J'letchall. \Vl1c11 ncquil·ed by Stc­phc>11 >:. \\~liite the l1111cl \\'Hs ll<'ady all in tirnber.

i\ oting tlw 1lates given ahovc, we can only ,-"u1·111i~~ ll~ to the date the house was built and r : hn hmlt it, for there appears to be no authentic

iufonnntion on this poinl. Tra<litions in the

ucighborhood mid some of the tfotails of c·o11-struction indicHte that the oldc:st piut may ha•e been built before 1he year 1800.

That ,James Du11Jop of Hayes :J[auor, great grandfather of George Thomas Dunlop, tlte late owner of that beauliful manor hou::;e, owncll several plantation::; in :Montgomery Couuty is \\'t'll known. :J[1·. Dunlop recC'ully do­nateu to 1he l\Iarvlantl Hii:;tol'irnl Socictv se\•­eral large ac<•ount ·hook:-. of l1is ancestor in .w hicb eutrie::; u re rt'corded of supplies, clothe~ for slaves anu many sundry itt'ms being transferred from one plantation to another hcfore moo. It is hcliov""d that Dunlop may hnve built the oldest part of tlie castle during those years for an overseer of the farm.

lfarvey J. White, wJ10 li•ctl all his life on the farm, either in the castle or in his home across the road, was n successful farmer and promi­nent in county political life. Ile served as a county commis!:lioncr mid wn::i n member of the House of DeJcgntes. Ile first rnnrricd Ida Dy­son, nnd sceoncll y .A ll't hen H rewer who was n

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daughter of \)illiam 0. Brewer and a grand-daughter of tbe emiucut physician Dr. \Yilliam Brewer of Aix Ln Chapelle, wllC're slJe spent much of 11c>r gfrU1ood. Hnrv<'y White <lied· in l<'C'brnary, 1950, u1 the ugc of eighty yenrs. Soon after hhi death Uto 170 acre farm where they luul lived since J9:~2 \HIS sold and ~fr~. \Vllitc moved into a home iu Poolesville.

Dr. Bryon Dysou Wllitc, who lived in the cnstlc iu tl1c smrmH'l' time for uinuy years is u . , ison of !In 1·vey .J. and Iun Dyson White. After the sale of the cmitle iu 19--19, Dr. and Mrs. \Vhite moved to Ii'n•<lcrick, :Jlarylnn<l, where be lia::; been practicing for several years. He obtainetl his medical degree from t11t~ Jefferson l\Jedical Colleg·e of P11ilmlclphia and punmed udvauced study nt the C'nivcrsily of Dublin, Ireland. !for many yeurl-l he was hig11ly regar<lc<l as a prac­titioner in Pittsburg-Ji, Pcnn:-:yh'ania. Under his ow1ierslt..ip th<' castle wa;-; cxtensivclv rc­moucletl, lllO(lcrnizc>d and llC'a111ificd, with ·cure­fn} npprccintion of it:-< antique chnrm. Dr. 'Vl1ite 's wife wns the fornwr :'.\r atil<ln Tbomp­so1L Tlicy were llllllTic•d in mu.

The house is built of' rough stone from a local qm1ny. It is seveuly fret long and forty feet wide with nu nttic ~rnd an "L" nddition which is forty-fh·e by twC'nty-four feet. It is said to have been forty feet long<'r :it 011e time. Bt1t Beuja­mi11 ·Whitt>, after he acquired the property in

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1t't\:2, n•moYecl nbont forty feet from the rear ('Jl<l.

From the lnrg(' tik• floor poreh shown in th(' photoe:raph OlH' t'lll<'r,; a roo111;· front hall. A Jihr:1ry with firpplaet• i,; Oil tht· right. 'I'o tlte n•ar of the Jihrar;.· is tlit• dining morn aml he­J1iwl the dining mom a ,;pn·i11g pnntr;·. Behind t l1at i-. the kitehen. TIH' pantry has a largl' Colo-11ial tn)(' firepl:H·f• with nnnt· :-;till in place. T11i,; awl t lit• two room,; a lwn• it \H'n' tilt' oldest part of tlw hou~e. To tlw ld't of tlit• entrnnee linll is ;1 n·ry large liYing room \rit h h\·o fireplaces. Tliis room has glass <loors \d1ich open onto ex­lt•11sin• hox g-ardt'll" \\"hl'n' tht•n• :irt• formal flo\\"t'l' IH•d,;, bordn,; of slirnhht•r;· :irnl ht•X \ralks.

Tli0 Sterkt•11h11rgs Jinn• Olll' dauglitl'r, .\larie­Rt·nee, who lin•s nt Nto11ey Cnstle, and has taken gn•n t interest in oiwra ting the hig ;3;m nere plnn­t a ti on. Hund red,; of dairy replac<'ment Holstein lwifrns 11an• heen rni,;t•d antl sold to safr.:fiecl

farmers from far and rn•ar. ::-;!H· is ;111 anl1·11t ,._tu­dcnt and atkocak of or~·irnic forming· \\ l1i(·lt aim,; at im1Jrn,·ing· tlif' soil to maintain ih opti­m11111 COllditioll of" frrti)if~·. t]1<• lllfilll:lft• jllil'f'O'I'

of greatt•r prodnr·t ion of food,.., and sil(·:u . .:·(·. :\liss de St('rkc11!Jurg is flu(•11t i11 "('\'l'l':t!

la11guage,;, alld is actin• in tliL· sah• of n•:tl t•stnll' \\"ith au outstanding· real estatl' firm opc•r:iting· :rnd de\·eloping in the Potom:ic nn•a.

.:\Jany stiniug t•\·0nts OC<'llnt·d in tilt· l'rnil1•:-;­,·ille ncighhorl1o()(l <1uring th(' \\'ar Bl't\\'t't'll tl11• States. Jn the inwgi11atio11 of old tirn(•rs t lie ghost of the impressire figure of ( 'ol. Elijah Yeirs \fhit0, "Lige" as 11<' was (•alll'd, se1•nJS to hnv<' elmrge<l tlir011gliont th<· t•nunt ry,..id(' on his candry rno1111t. Elijah \\·J1ite \ms pn•par­ing for war before it started. He or,g-1mizt•d in 1862 the Company "B" \Yhite 's :l.Jtli \'irginia Battalion, known as Partisan Rnngt•rs ( ( 'S . .:\) compo:-:ed mostly of l'oo]c:;Tillc rne11.

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OX a stet>p wootkd hillside m•11 r tlw west edge of the S0Yen LoL'ks Roml, nnd look­ing clmn1 on Ri\·er Road, a lrnmlrctl

yards mm:·, stands the rough stone house shmn1 lwlm\·. It is lwlit•n•d tlrnt thi,; hon:-;<' \\·as built ht•fore the Rc\·olntio11, <letnil:::: irnlieating con­s! rndion at about that time. It \\·as built hy Snmuel Brewer .:\fagrmler.

Tl1t• .Magruders first nppeare<l in Jf aryland in tl1t• pl'rson of ~\lt•xa11tler :\lngru<ll'I', tlie ''I111-mi.u;rant." just tlin•P rPnturi(•,; ago. :1wl enme to :\10111 !.!'O!IH'ry Count.'· a l"l'lltury l:ttl•r. ( Sl't' Tlie Hid!.!'<' a 11d Locust Gron• I). Ko 1110 re Yi go rou,.; ( '];111 (•\·l'r came fron1 Neotlnnd 1n tlie Pro,·inec of :\laryl:rnd. nll<l tlil·;· li:n-<' rn:1dt> and are still nrnki11g. history.

_\hout a ec·11t11r.'· af'tPr tht> :1rriY:il of "T1H• J1111ni.'..!T:lllt,'' i11 l ().-10. i11 C'li:1 r!l•s ( '01111ty, later Jl:tllll'd l'rinct• (h•orgt• 's, the :\lagrudl·rs first npp1•ar<•d on tl1t> Ston<•ylmr,;t I r:wt. \\"l1P11, by t11c will ot Xinian :\[agrnder, 8r., prnhatt•d in 1/::il, !'-;;un11d ".\f ngrudcr of Ki11ia11, n•ePiYNl a hequcst of ::oil at·r0,; of land, inl'l11di11g p:irts of "lion­pst:·. ·' <111tl "Sanm<'l 's J)p]ig·ht.''

]11 1110 will of S:1111nl'l of Xi11i:rn. prohafc.d in .Tuly. 178(), his wife ~largarl't was left with a fr,y s la n•s, itle11 ti fl<:ll hy 11:1 nw, mid "my dwell-

ing plantation with 200 aen•s of land," to which wer<.· acMed three other tracts, part,; of :\[ agn1-<lcr 's Pnn·hast•, originally called·' FriP11dsl1ip. · · and ''H<'all's and :\f;1grnd<'r's Hom•,._t,·.·· llis son Samuel Bn•\\'<•r .\I,:igrudl'r was l<·ft. ;1 t r:it"l. "HPstirn•y Oil :\l:igrud<'r's Pureli:i:-t•, ·· l:1!t•r identified as '' Snnrncl 's Delight,'' rnaki11g ::ou ancs in all, w}1iel1 fina]Jy hec:mH· k110\\·11 :1,; 8toneyhnrst. Samuel Bn·"·~·r .\f:igr!l<lt·r, i11 t11n1. l1y his will, probated in Xo,·emhn. l :-11 :-:. ll'ft Stom·yhurst and one-third of lii,.; lands to liis "·id11w, Ell':111or \\'aring- ?\l:1grndl·1·, nnd l1i-.: son. \\'nlt('r, inherite<l tli<· re111airnk•r of his l:111d. Cpon tlie d,•atl1 of J<:],·:111or in 1:-l~l. \\':tlt1·r l1l'­eame tllC' owner of Stoncyl1nrst.

Samnd ,\fagrndf'r of Xi11i:111, <·allt•d S<1n111<'l :lnl, wns a Jllt•111IH·r of tlrp first U('Jl('J';1l ( '011\·1·11-ti1111 \\'liieh vot<•d lo npl1old till' no11-i111port:1tio11 rPsolution,; of tl1" <'01Jtinl'ntnl <'011gT<'""· Jli-, so11, Smnm•l Br<•\\'(•r, c•1ili.-ct1•d i11 th<• ;1r111\· ;1nd saw :1eti\·e s<'TTieC'. 'I'll<' <'an•t•r of S:1mud H

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n•\\.('J' J\fagrnd(lr is mernori:lliz<'d lff a liro11z1· t:ilil1·t pl:H·t>d on tl1e Sto1wYl1nrst 110~1,.:(• i11 1!1-l-() II\· 111<· .Tmwt Jlo11tg-0111er;: ('ou1dy, ( 'lwplt•r l>.~\.H .. stating as fol!O\\·s: ''Ston<'Ylinrst built 1/li/, J1y

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T~e ou:::-:::cse of t..'1.is Amendment is tc designata t~e following si ":as en t..'1.e- Mastar Plan fer Historic Prase.:-:a~icn t..'1.ereby extand­ing to t..'1.e~ ~e protacticn of t~e County's Historic Preservation Or~inance, C~aptar 24A of t..'1.e Mcn~qome.:-1 County Code.

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