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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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versions of forms and architectural reports, photographs, maps, and drawings. Researchers who need a

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project; look at the MHT web site (mht.maryland.gov) for details about how to make an appointment.

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Last Updated: 01-31-2013

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MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST WORKSHEET

NOMINATION FORM for the

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE

NAME' COMMON:

A N D / O R H I S T O R I C :

LOCATION" S T R E E T AND N U M B E R :

201 High S t r e e t CITY OR TOWN:

Cambr idge S T A T E C O U N T Y :

Mary land D o r c h e s t e r CLASSIF ICAT ION

C A T E G ° R Y OWNERSHIP STATUS * ' " " ! ? " (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC

• District TQ Building • Public Public Acquisition: (XJ Occupied Y , , :

• Sit. Q Structur. OCP' ivot . • In Proe.ss Q Unoccupi.d D R " , r l e , « d

D Obj.ct D Both D B.lno Con.id.r.d r-j p r . . . r v o t i o n w o r k D Unr.strict.d

in progress C2£ N o

PRESENT USE (Check One or More me Appropriate)

I I Agricultural • Govornmont • Pork Q Transportation O Commonts

• Commsrcial Q Industrial 0 Privata Rosidanc* • Othsr (Specify)

• Educational • Military • Religious - ^ _ _ ^ ^ _ _ ^ ^ ^ _

• Entortolnmont Q Musaum • Scientific ,

OWNER OF PROPERTY /OWNER'S NAME:

D e l i a D. P h i l l i p s S T R E E T AND NUMBER:

_ 201 High S t r e e t C I T Y OR TOWN: S T A T E :

Cambridge M a r y l a n d 21613 LOCATION 0F~LEGAL DESCRIPTION C O U R T H O U S E , REGISTRY O F D E E D S . E T C :

D o r c h e s t e r County C o u r t h o u s e S T R E E T AND NUMBER:

206 High S t r e e t C I T Y OR TOWN: S T A T E

Cambridge | Mary l and | 21G13 T i t l e R e f e r e n c e of C u r r e n t Deed (Book & P a . • ) ; L i b n r RSM 4 9 / F o l in 525 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS

TITLE OF SURVEY:

DATE OF SURVEY: • Fodorol • Stats • County • Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS:

STREET AND NUMBER:

CITY OR TOWN: ISTATE:

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(Check One)

• Excellent H Good Q Fair • Deteriorated Q Ruin* \~\ Unexpoied CONDITION

(Check One) (Check One) D Altered [JJ Uncltered • Moved 3 Q Original Site

D E S C R I B E T H E P R E S E N T f *0 ORIGINAL . (II known) PHYSICAL. A P P E A R A N C E

This hip roofed frame house is two and one half stories high and has a large hip roofed dormer on the front with a Palladian window. The projecting eaves of the roof are supported by brackets. There are only two bays on the front although the two second story windows are actually double windows. There is a flat roofed portico in front of the doorway supported by four Doric columns at the corners. On the north side of the house is a two story bay window.

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PERIOD (Check One or More ae Appropriate.)

• Pre-Columbian D 16th Century • 18th Century B 20th Century

• 15th Century • 17th Century • 19th Century

SPECIFIC DATElS) (If Applicable and Known)

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More me Appropriate)

Aboriginal • Education Q Political ® Urban Planning

• Prehistoric r-| Engineering Q Religion/Phi. • 0 , n « r (Specify)

D Historic f-J Industry losophy .

• Agriculture f-) Invention [-] Science

• Architecture Q Landscape Q Sculpture

D A " Architecture r-j Social/Human-

n Commerce D Literature itorian

• Communications r-| Military Q Theater

• Conservation r-j M u l i e r-j Transportation

S T A T E M E N T O F S I G N I F I C A N C E

This i s a vernacular s t y l e dwelling of ea r ly 20th century cons t ruc t ion .

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MAJOR BIBLlOGRAPHlCAl REFERENCES'

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA L A T I T U D E AND L O N G I T U D E C O O R D I N A T E S _ L A T I T U D E AND 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 H E P R O P E R T Y 0 D E F I N I N G T H E C E N T E R P O I N T O F A P R O P E R T Y _ _ _ ^ _ D OF LESS T H A N T E N ACRES

C O R N E R L A T I T U D E L O N G I T U D E L A T I T U D E L O N G I T U D E

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SW I * '. '. - ! " APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY:

Acreage J u s t i f i c a t i o n :

FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND Tl T L E :

C a t h e r i n e L. Moore, O R G A N I Z A T I O N D A T E

11/14/75 S T R E E T AND N U M S L n :

: Route 3 , Box 32 _ _ _ C I T Y OR TOWN: S T A T E

Cambridge Maryland

State Liaison Officer Review: (Office Use Only)

S igni f icance of t h i s property i s : National • State Q Local •

Signature

201 High Street Cambridge, Maryland RSM 49/525

This house was built in the first quarter of the twentieth century

by Donald Stewart, youngest son of Judge James A. Stewart. (See 203

High Street). The lot was the site of a cottage built in 1851 by Judge

Stewart. On his death in 1879, the lot passed to his widow Rebecca,

who devised it to her son Donald in 1899. Donald tore down the cottage

and built this vernacular style house. The strucutre is not particularly

significant from an architectural or historical point of view, but

blends in with the other historic houses on High Street.

Sources :

Dorchester County Courthouse, Cambridge, Maryland.

Land Records.

Will REcords.

Dorchester County Office Building, Cambridge, Maryland

Assessment Records.

Clement Sulivane, typescript of article in Cambridge Dally Banner,

May 7, 1925.

Research by:

Terrance P. Walbert

1976

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