HO-295

Woodcamp Farm (Hough House)

Architectural Survey File

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Last Updated: 05-03-2004

H0-295 Woodcamp Farm Mt. Airy Private 1918

Woodcamp Farm faces north on the south side of Hardy Road, with the entrance doors on the two northeast corners of the building. It is a Victorian, gabled, frame house with elements of the Queen Anne style. A sister house, of similar design, stands east of Woodcamp Farm.

The frame (covered with German siding) building is large in scale and perfect in proportion, featuring large, intercepting gables with hipped roof, one story high, curved porches on both its northeast and southeast corners. The front porch or north porch is held by six doric columns and is approached by four very wide, poured in place, concrete, steps on its east and north perimeters, which lead to rectangular north entrances.

Fish scaled shingles decorate the upper gable line of the central building block on the south elevation, which holds the large kitchen and its east and south rectangular entrance doors.

The building features simple box cornices with returns, while the roof appears to be of copper, decorated in diagonal squares. Two tall, square brick chimneys rise from the center and north end of the main building block, whose gabled roof runs north-south, intercepted on the

-- east elevation by a wide second floor gable, which holds a rectangular, central, second floor window, beneath which is found a three windowed, first floor, bay window, beneath whose central window is placed the

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date, "1918". This section also covers a portion of the open front porch.

This house was constructed by William Hardy and is a sister house to another Hardy House, lying east, both of which are located on part of a tract of land called "Additional Defense" and part of another tract called "Range Declined".

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.. MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST

H0-295 Woodbine Quad

District 4

MAGI# 1402955704

INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURVEY

6NAME HISTORIC

ANO/OR COMMON

Woodcamp Farm

flLOCATION STREET & NUMBER

17591 Hardy Road

CITY. rowN

Mt. Airy VICINITY OF

STATE Maryland

DcLAss1F1CATION

CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS _DISTRICT _PUBLIC x_occuP1rn

~BUILOING(S) KPRIVATE _UNOCCUPIED

_STRUCTURE _BOTH _WORK IN PROGRESS

_SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE _OBJECT _IN PROCESS KYES· RESTRICTED

_BEING CONSIDERED _YES: UNRESTRICTED

_NO

DOWNER OF PROPERTY NAME

Mr. William D. Hough STREET & NUMBER

17591 Hardy Road

CITY. TOWN

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

6th COUNTY

Howard

PRESENT USE

_AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM

_COMMERCIAL __ PACIK

_EDUCATIONAL X.PRIVATE RESIDENCE

_ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS

__ GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC

_INDUSTRIAL _TRANSPORTATION

_MILITARY _OTHER

Telephone #: 301-795-5596

STATE 1 zip code Mt. Airy - VICINITY OF Mary land 21771

llLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. Tax Map 7, p. 4 8 5, lot 3 REGISTRY oF oErns,ETc Ha 11 of Records STREET & NUMBER

Howard County Court House CITY. TOWN

Ellicott City Iii REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS

TITLE

Howard County Historic Sites Inventory DATE

Liber #: 876 Folio #: 255

STATE

Maryland

1978-1979 -FEDERAL 1..sTATE _COUNTY _1.0CAL

DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS

CITY, TOWN

Maryland Historical Trust

21 State Circle, Annapolis STATE

Maryland

B DESCRIPTION

~EXCELLENT

-GOOD

-FAIR

CONDITION

-DETERIORATED

-RUINS

_UNEXPOSED

CHECK ONE

X...UNALTERED

-ALTERED

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CHECK ONE

X.ORIGINAL SITE

-MOVED DATE J 9] 8

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Woodcamp Farm faces north on the south side of Hardy Road, with the entrance doors on the two northeast corners of the building. It is a Victorian, gabled, frame house with elements of the Queen Anne style. A sister house, of similar design, stands east of Woodcamp Farm.

The frame (covered with German siding) building is large in scale and perfect in proportion, featuring large, intercepting gables with hipped roof, one story high, curved porches on both its northeast and southeast corners. The front porch or north porch is held by six doric columns and is approached by four very wide, poured in place, concrete, steps on its east and north perimeters, which lead to rectangular north entrances.

Fish scaled shingles decorate the upper gable line of the central building block on the south elevation, which holds the large kitchen and its east and south rectangular entrance doors.

The building features simple box cornices with returns, while the roof appears to be of copper, decorated in diagonal squares. Two tall, square brick chimneys rise from the center and north end of the main building block, whose gabled roof runs north-south, intercepted on the east elevation by a wide second floor gable, which holds a rectangular, central, second floor window, beneath which is found a three windowed, first floor, bay window, beneath whose central window is placed the date, "1918". This section also covers a portion of the open front porch.

The placement of apertures on the south elevation is very regular. A central, first floor, rectangular, kitchen entrance is flanked by single, rectangular windows. Above rest two evenly spaced, though not vertically aligned, second floor windows. The curvelinear, hipped roof, open, kitchen porch, which runs along the east and south walls of the large kitchen is held by nine turned posts. Three wide central steps, on the south, lead to the south kitchen entrance, while four wide, poured in place, concrete steps, similar to those for the front porch, lead to the east door of the kitchen.

One further, two story high gabled roof, building block is placed on the west side of the main building block's north wall, off center, but not intercepting.

Barns and outbuildings lie south of the house.

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II SIGNIFICANCE

PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -PREHISTORIC .....ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING

-1400-1499 Jf-ARCHEOLOGY·HISTORIC _CONSERVATION

-1500-1599 ~GRICULTUR~ _ECONOMICS

-1800-1899 x,..ARCHITECTURE _EDUCATION

-1700-1799 .....ART _ENGINEERING

-1800-1899 _COMMERCE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT

X.1900. _COMMUNICATIONS _INDUSTRY

_INVENTION

-LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

-LAW

-LITERATURE

_MILITARY

_MUSIC

_PHILOSOPHY

_POLITICS/GOVERNMENT

SPECIFIC DATES 1918 BUILDER/ARCHITECT

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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-RELIGION

-SCIENCE

-SCULPTURE

-SOCIAVHUMANITARIAN

_THEATER

_TRANSPORTATION

_OTHER ISPECIFYI

Woodcamp Farm is associated with the Hardy family of Howard County1

and is a good example of early twentieth century, Victorian architecture, with elements of both the Queen Anne and Shingle styles. 2 Its continuance as a working farm also makes it important to agriculture.3

1. The land on which Woodcamp Farm was constructed was acquired by James Hardy on February 15, 1909. It comprised parts of "Additional Defense" and "Range Declined" or some 62 1/4 acres. On September 21, 1912 William Hardy acquired a part of this farm, and, in 1918, constructed the present house. His brother, Edward Hardy, constructed a similar house, east of this one, on the same side of the Old Baltimore - Fredericktown Road, now called Hardy Road.

2. The house is a fine example of the best in early twentieth century design. We see a departure from the basic "I 11

, 11 L 11 and "T" plans, of the

nineteenth century, with its accompanying syrnetry and the initiation of cruciform plans, with intersecting gable roofs and dormer windows. American architecture was breaking away from the rigidity of the past. The icono­clastic period, which flourished in the 1920's was also being experienced in the architectural designs of this period. No longer a simple, direct plan, but an attempt to surprise, to innovate and create new patterns. Staircases are set into corners, allowing the remainder of the floor area to be fully used. Entry halls are often eliminated entirely or only formed by entrance door and corner staircase. Bay windows are added to flood in more light and air, as well as to enlarge.

Woodcamp Farm is an example of this period. Its gable insets are shingled, reflecting an element of the shingled style. Its intersecting gables and dormers are reminiscent of the Queen Anne style, while its asymetrical plan exemplifies the experimental going on in the architecture of that period.

3. This house was constructed on a working farm, which remains so to this day. The large farm has been divided into three large lots, which remain under cultivation, although the pressure of development is felt. It is hoped that this farm will remain operational, despite these pressures.

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H0-295 Woodbine Quad

District 4

IJMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Maryland Historical Trust worksheet. Interview with Mrs. William D. Hough at their home, the Earl Hough Farmhouse, June 18, 1980. Interview with Mr. Tracy Stackhouse, whose family was a previous owner. Howard County Land RecQrds.

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lr!JGEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 64.308 acres

Please see Attachment 1, Tax Map 7

VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION

Please see Howard County Land Records, Liber 876 Folio 255

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

STATE Maryland COUNTY Howard

STATE COUNTY

mFORM PREPARED BY NAME I TITLE

Cleora Barnes Thompson,Archivist ORGANIZATION DATE

Office of Planning & Zoning- Di vi.:;ion_ of C':..omprehensi ve .. & T~ans...2.Q_!"tation STREET & NUMBER planning TELEPHONE

3430 C0u-rt House Drive 992-2357 CITY OR TOWN STATE

Ellicott City 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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Woodcamp Farm

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Prepared by Cleora Thompson, A.I.C.P.

DATE LIBER-FOLIO

April 1,1978 876-255

March 15, 1948 203-70

Nov. 24, 1944 183-534

Nov. 14, 1941 172-335

Sept. 21,1912 93-443

Feb. 15, 1909 86-621

March 10,1864 23-95

GRAN TOR

Mary K. Hough, now Mary Warfield

GRANTEE

Richard M. & Barbara A. Hough, Wayne C. Hough William Dale & Linda Hough

called "Range Declined", "Additional Defense"

James E. & Nellie Earl R. & Mary K. Hough Mathias

TRANSACTION

Lot #3 of p. 485, previously p/op. 2 now 64.308 Acres

Deed to 194.396 Acres and improve­ments. T.M7, p.2

Roger F. & Suzie Que Poole

James E. & Mazie Mathias Deed to 194.396 (Mazie died Feb. 12, 1946) Acres

William & Luby Hardy Roger F. & Suzie Que Poole Deed to 194.396 Acres

Arthur Hardy, etal. William H. Hardy

"Whereas a certain James Hardy, late of Carroll County, died •.. he devised real estate to Arthur Hardy, George Hardy, John H. Hardy and Charles T. Hardy as tenants in common. All have sold land to William Hardy of Howard County for $15,551.63."

John Kuhn, etal.

Joshua Mellor and Elizabeth A. of Balt. County

James Hardy

Lilbourn P. Kuln and Hannah Bunn

"On the south side of the old Road leading fJ:Jom Baltimore City to Frederick Town, composed of part of a tract of land called "Range Declined", and part of a tract of land called "Additional Defense."

Late Henry Wayman part of said land called "Range Declined"

Deed to 194.396 Acres

362 1/4 Acres

Deed to 362 1/4 Acres for $7,602

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DATE LIBER-FOLIO

Feb. 8, 1853 14-70

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GRAN TOR

Benjamin Hood, Jr. Executor for Henry Wayman

"Will 5 Feb, 1851"

GRANTEE

Joshua Mellor

"Exclusive of an half acre heretofore conveyed for a primary school house and lot and now occupied for said purpose."

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TRANSACTION

Deed to 362 1/4 Acres for $4,713.75

L- I Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE:

(Dec. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE N. 1l. f\£\.0

st-tEEl COU NTY:

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14. OWNER OF PROPERTY

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DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AMO ORIGINAL (II a.-n} PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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SPECI Fl C DAT EISI (It Appllcable and Known)

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Agriculture D Invention D Science D Art D Londscope Sculpture D Commerce D Archi1ecture D Sociol/Humon·

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (Include Pereone11u, Delee, Eve.nte, Etc.)

N. R. FIELD SHEET Ho-aqs-9. MAJOR 81BLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

10. GEOGRAPHICAL DAT A . LATITUDE ANO 1..0NGITUOE COOROINATES 0

LATITUOE ANO l..ONGITUOE COORDINATES

DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OE FINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY

R OF LESS THAN ONE ACRE

CORNER LATITUOE l..ONGITUOE 1..ATITUOE LONGITUDE

Degrees Minutes Seconds Degr••• Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes S.conds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW 0 ' . 0 ' . 0 ' . 0 ' . NE 0 ' . 0 ' . SE 0 ' . 0 ' . SW (> ' . 0 ' .

LIST Al..1.. STATES ANO COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY SOUNOARIES

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ORGANIZATION IOATE

STREET ANO NUMBER :

CITY OR TOWN· STATE COOE

12. STATE LIAISON OF FICER CERTIFICA110N NATIONAL REGISTER VER'IFJCATION

As the designated State Lla1son Officer for the Na-

tional Historic Preservahon Act of 1966 (Public Law I herebv certify that thia property is included in the

89-665). I hereby nom1JU1le this property for inclusion Natlona I Register.

in the National Register and certiry that It has been

evaluated according to the criteria and proce~res set

forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeotoay and Historic Preaervation

level or slgnilicance or this nonunahon is:

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