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S-385 1909 Anna L. Haines House Princess Anne private
The Anna L. Haines house is an important early twentieth-century
brick house in Princess Anne. Not only is it one of the few brick houses
in to%/n, but it is a prominent dwelling that marks the northwest corner
of Beechwood and East Washington streets. It is obvious attention was
paid to construct this house in the best traditions of early twentieth
century craftsmanship. Anna Haines patterned this tee-plan brick house
after dwellings she knew in Philadelphia. Two-story bay windows distin
guish both street elevations, and the roof is covered with slate shingles.
Construction of the house dates to the months after Anna L. Haines
sold the majority of the old Crisfield property which she and her husband
has purchased in 1876. On the first day of March, 1909, Anna Haines sold,
"all that house and lot on Main Street, in said town, whereon she now
resides, except so much of said lot as lies or is situated east of a
straight line..." The reserved lot of ground Anna L. Haines did not con
vey was the site of her new brick house. Upon her death in 1925, the
Washington Street house and its furnishings were devised to her daughter,
Emily H. Fitzgerald (LR 32/374).
Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form
Survey No. S-385
Magi No. 2003855704
DOE ye s no
1 . Name (indicate preferred name)
historic Anna L . H a i n e s House
and/or common
2. Location
street & number 32 E a s t W a s h i n g t o n S t r e e t not for publication
city, town P r i n c e s s Anne vicinity of congressional district F i r s t
state Maryland county Somerset
3. Classiffication Category
district ^ bulldlng(s)
structure site object
Ownership public
^ private both
Public Acquisition in process being considered
X n o t a p p l i c a b l e
Status 2̂ occupied
unoccupied work In progress
Accessib le — yes: restricted
yes: unrestricted no
Present Use agriculture commercial educational entertainment government Industrial military
museum park
^ private residence religious scientific transportation other:
4. Owner off Property (give names and mailing addresses of a l l owners)
name Vernon Tompkins and Mark Mase l l i
street & number 32 E a s t W a s h i n g t o n S t , telephone n o . : 65 1-3639
city, town Pr inca s s Anne
s t a t e and z ip code Md. 21853
5. Location off Legal Description
courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Somerset C l e r k o f C o u r t l i b e r
street & number Somerse t Couf t ty Cou r t house f o l i o
city, town P r i n c e s s Anne state Md. 21853
6. Representation in Existing Historical surveys title
date . federal state county local
aepository for survey records
city, town state
7. Description Survey No. S-385
Condition excellent
^ good fair
deteriorated ruins unexposed
Check one unaltered
- J L altered
Checit one ^ original site
moved date of move
P repa re both a summary paragraph and a gene ra l de sc r ip t i on of the resource and i t s v a r i o u s elements as i t e x i s t s today .
Anna L. Haines House D e s c r i p t i o n
The Anna L. Haines house s tands on the northwest corner of East Washington S t r e e t and Beechwood S t r e e t in the cen t e r of P r incess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland. The two-s tory « a r l y twen t i e th -cen tu ry b r i c k house faces south with i t s p r i n c i p a l gable o r i en t ed on an e a s t / w e s t a x i s .
B u i l t c . 1909-1910, the two-s to ry common bond b r i c k house follows a modified c e n t e r h a l l , t e e - p l a n . Supported by a ra i sed b r i ck founda t ion , the Queen Anne s t y l e dwel l ing i s covered by a s l a t e sheathed hip roof with two-s tory bays e x tend ing from the e a s t and south s i d e s . I n t e r i o r b r i c k chimneys r i s e from the c e n t e r of the house .
The south (main) e l e v a t i o n i s an asymmetrical four-bay facade with a cen t e red en t rance and ad jacent s i x - o v e r - s i x sash windows. The p a r t i a l l y glazed f ron t door i s topped by a transom and she l t e r ed by a Tuscan columned front porch . Aside from the en t rance bay , the f ron t porch has been framed in and covered w i y ^ weatherboard s i d i n g . The ad jacent two-s tory bay i s l i gh ted by three s i x - o v e r - ^ ^ s i x sash windows on both f l o o r s . Each window i s topped by a segmental arch and f lanked by louvered s h u t t e r s . The second floor of the main house i s l igh ted by t h r e e s i x - o v e r - s i x sash windows wi th the same d e t a i l . The south s lope of the h i p roof i s marked by two h ip roof dormers with s i x - o v e r - s i x sash windows.
The e a s t s ide of the house i s an asymmetrical e l e v a t i o n wi th a two-s tory bay d e f i n i n g the n o r t h e a s t corner and two s i x - o v e r - s i x sash windows on each f l oo r t o the s o u t h . A segmenta l ly arched c e l l a r window p i e r c e s the foundation beneath the c e n t e r bay . Louvered s h u t t e r s and segmental arches remain cons i s t e n t w i th the f ron t of the house .
The nor th and west s i d e s of the house follow along the same f i n i s h e s as the desc r ibed two s i d e s .
The i n t e r i o r has not been s e e n .
8. Significance Survey No. S-385
Period prehistoric
^ ^ 1 4 0 0 - 1 4 9 9 ^ B 1 5 0 0 - 1 5 9 9 ^ ^ 1 6 0 0 - 1 6 9 9
1700-1799 1800-1899
J^_1900 -
Areas of Signif icance—Checic and just i fy below archeology-prehistoric community planning archeology-historic agriculture
J L architecture art commerce communications
conservation economics education engineering exploration/settlement industry invention
landscape architecture _ law literature
. military music philosophy
. politics/government
religion science sculpture social/ humanitarian
. theater transportation other (specify)
Specific dates Builder/Architect
check: Applicable Criteria: and/or
Applicable Exception:
Level of Significance: national state local
Prepare both a summary paragraph of significance and a general statement of history and support.
Significance
The Anna L. Haines house is an important early twentieth-century brick house in Princess Anne. Not only is it one of only a few brick houses in town, but it is a prominent dwelling that defines the northwest corner of Beechwood and East Washington streets. Aside from the infilled porch, few changes have been made to the exterior.
History and Support
The Anna L. Haines house was erected around 1909 after Anna Haines sold the majority of the old Crisfield property which she and her husband had purchased in 1876. On the first day of March, 1909, Anna L. Haines sold, "all that house and lot on Main Street, in said town, whereon she now resides, except so much of said lot as lies or is situated east of a straight line..." The reserved lot of ground Anna L. Haines did not convey was the site of her new brick house. Upon the death of Anna L. Haines in 1925, the Washington Street house and its furnishings were devised to her daughter, Emily H. Fitzgerald (LR 32/374).
9. Major Bibliographical References Survey No. S-385
10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property
Quadrangle name Quadrangle scale
UTM References do NOT c o m p l e t e UTM r e f e r e n c e s
Verbal boundary description and justification
List ail states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries
state code county code
state code county code
11. Form Prepared By
name/title Paul Touart - A r c h i t e c t u r a l H i s t o r i a n
organization Somerset County H i s t o r i c a l Trus t date 4-23-86
street & number ^ ^ 4 N . Somerse t A v e . telephone 651 -0077
city or town P r i n c e s s Anne state Md. 21853
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 Shaw House 21 State Circle Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (301) 269-2438
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Survey Number S-385
CHRONOLOGY
Lot 30 - S.E. Corner
Haines House
1978 - Tompkins and Maselli from Nelson
1971 - Nelson from Street
1946 - Street from Pierce
1937 - Pierce from Som. Mtg. and Certificates Corp.
1927 - Bank of Somerset from Fitzgerald (m-Anna L. Haines daw. Emily)
1925 - Will of Anna L. Haines
1876 - Haines from Coulbourn (This deed refers back to deeds on #2 on Lot 30)
S-385 Anna L. Haines House 30560 Washington Street, Princess Anne (Formerly 32 E. Washington Street) Sanborn Maps
S-385 Anna L. Haines House 30560 Washington Street, Princess Anne (Formerly 32 E. Washington Street) Princess Anne quad 1972
Tax Map 202, P. 201A National Web Map Service 6" Orthophoto Map, c. 2010
S-385 Anna L. Haines House Princess A»ne, MD Quadrangle 1972
Anna L. Haines House S-385 Princess Anne, Somerset Co., MD South elevation 2/86, Paul Touart, Photographer Neg./MD Hist. Trust