AL-V-A-026
Byrnes Grocery Store
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Last Updated: 12-11-2003
AI - V - A - 026 B:;Tnes Grocer;~ Store Eckhart
1883
The Byrnes Grocery Store was built in 1883 by the Byrnes
family in order to supply the Eckhart colTlllUnity with a general
store and has been in continuous operation ever since. The
original building is a frame structure consisting of one story
and a three bay wide rectangular shaped facade. The onlv
windows in the structure are the cormnercial displa;' lights lo-
cated on the northern facade. The main entrance is located
between the displa;· windows.
MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST Al-V-A-026
INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
HISTORIC
Byrnes Grocery .;tore
AND/OR COMMON
Byrnes Grocery Store
llLOCATION STREET & NUMBER
Old ii.t. 40, 3axlf- 55 CITY. TOWN
~ck.hart _;.c.. VICINITY OF
STATE haryland
DcLASSIFICATION
CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS _DISTRICT _PUBLIC ll_occu PIED
.XBUILDING(S! !_PRIVATE _UNOCCUPIED
_STRUCTURE _BOTH _WORK IN PROGRESS
_SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE _OBJECT _IN PROCESS .it_YES RESTRICTED
_BEING CONSIDERED _YES UNRESTRICTED
_NO
DOWNER OF PROPERTY NAME
Byrnes Brothers Greg B;yrnes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STREET & NUMBER
Ht. tf 2 Bax 55 CITY. TOWN
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Sjxtb COUNTY
Allegany
PRESENT USE
_AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM
XcoMMERCIAL ~.PARK _EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE RESIDENCi
_ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS
__ GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC
_INDUSTRIAL _TRANSPORTATION
_MILITARY _OTHER
Telephone #: 68~9~-5~1=5~1~~~
STATE' Zl.p code '"!!!!!',........ __________ F_,r_o __ st_b_u_r_g ______________ .....X..._· __ v_1c_1N_1TY __ o_F __________ ~ __ -M_a_r~J~rl_an~d. ~2~1~5~3-2:..----------
llLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION Liber #: 158 COURTHOUSE Folio #: 2B7 REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC
Allegany County Courthouse
STREET & NUMBER
30 ,-,'ashington Street
CITY. TOWN STATE
Cunberland
.g REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE
DATE
DEPOSITORY FOR
SURVEY RECORDS
CITY. TOWN
_FEDERAL ---5TATE _COUNTY _LOCAL
STATE
II DESCRIPTION
_ EXCELLENT
.-..GOOD
_ FAIR
CONDITION
_ DETERIORATED
_ RUINS
_ UNEXPOSED
CHECK ONE
_ UNALTERED
.......AL TEAED
CHECK ONE
_ ORIGINAL SIT£
_ MOVEO DAT~---
DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN I PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Byrnes Grocery ..,i;ore is locateu 'ung olU. -~vu"i.t: 4~ .i.u L:JC,, .. ...,.rt, :...lc6 cny County on the ~outh side of the ro d ot the intersection of ioshington Hill Rond .
l'hc at ore consi~ts of a one story , three bay wide rcct ngule:r shaped facnde . . .. :he -
building ia a frt Mc structure that is now cover ed with insul bl·iclr iding, and ia . • supported by cement surf ced stone foundation . '£he z.hed roof of the £tore is covered with replnced asphalt literiol& an fe tures a stepped parapet . The t>11ly window& i n the • E"tructure include the commercial diLpla.y lit)lts , loc ted on the front northern f co. Tne main en r nee is :ocr-ted on the northern fecc bet~een the display windows and exhibits the original , vertic le light , recessed door rutd i .... covered by a replaced entrance hood. A cement and stepped porch Jeads to the entr&.nce of the store and is hanistered 'l'y iron rod rciiling. One metal chimney , which appears to be original, is located on the flush southern end of the building.
The store i~ structurally sound , but the originel ppe rane e has been so~ewhat altered by t.he uddition of the siding .
CONTINUE ON SEPARATE SHEET IF NECESSARY
II SIGNIFICANCE
AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE·· CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW iRIOD
_PREHISTORIC
_1400·1499
-1500-1599
-ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING
_CONSERVATION
-ECONOMICS
_LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
_LAW
-1800·1899
- 1 700-1 799
• .;...1800· 1899
_1900.
-ARCHEOLOGY -HISTORIC
-AGRICULTURE
-ARCHITECTURE
_ART
...,):OMMERCE
_COMMUNICATIONS
SPECIFIC OATES 1883
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
_EDUCATION
_ENGINEERING
_EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
_INDUSTRY
_ tNVENl'ION
-LITERATURE
_ MILITARY
_ MUSIC
_ PHILOSOPHY
_ POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
BUILDER/ ARCHITECT
-RELIGION
_SCIENCE
-SCULPTURE
_SOCIAVHUMANIT ARIAN
_THEATER
_TRANSPORTATION
_OTHER !SPECIFY!
The Byrnes Grocery tore wes built in 1F83 by 'l;ho yrnes .family for the purpose of c:.upplying the J:.ckht:rt comr.rnnity with a general store . The ro, tore liae been in oper~tion sinco 1883 and hos ctayed in the o\mcrship of the Ryrncc fe~ily for the durction. 'l'he Byrnes brothers boast of the ::tore bcinc the olcest in the county, and certainly one of the most prosperous ceneral stores in th~ area. The store not oul.y service the .;:;ck.hart col'":iunity tut its delivery ervice alf'o enters cu tomers in the 1'rostbure; areu .
The Byrnes 1 store is :i.n coed condition and ic a present cultur 1 reminder of the type of 11genoral r;tore" found before tbc ruper rnarkete in Allegany County.
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CONTINUE ON SEPARATE SHEET IF NECESSARY
IJMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
Allegany County Land ~ecords, CumberJand, i-:aryJand
CONTINUE ON SE~AR.ATE SHEET IF NECESSARY
ll!JGEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY ___ r.e_s_s_t_h_a_n_, _o_ne acre
VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION
Corner of Old Rt. 4'J & ·;Jashington Hill Eckhart
LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES
STATE COUNTY
STATE COUNTY
mFORM PREPARED BY NAME 1 TITLE
John E. Nelson, Prograo. Coordinator of All. Co. Historic ;"lites ORGANIZATION
Allegany County Eistoric .:lites Survey STREET & NUMBER
10 Park Lane CITY OR TOWN
Frostburg
DATE
5/25/76 TELEPHONE
6f9-f4P6 STATE
l;ar la11d
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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1. Floor plan · No through hall--How many rooms long and deep?
Where is stairway? Straight qr winqing?
With through hall--Rooms on both sides? How many? Rooms on one side only? How many? Is stair in throuzh hall?
Open or enclosed? Straight~-one run. Straight--landing How many? Curved.
If not in hall, where is stair?
2. Wall finish: plaster, paneled, board partit~on • Note presence of chair rail, cornice, etc.
'.3· Fireplaces: ·-How many? Parallel to walls or diagonal in corner? Jf.antels i wood--rnouldings, pilasters, columns
· masonry--marble (what color? ) , brick
3. Doorss on the inside of exterior doors, note the presence of applied flush boards and their direction (diagonal, vertical, horizontal). In general are doors paneled or ledge or other?
4. Door and window trim: plain, architrave; fluted, reeded; pilasters
5. Kitchens Where is original if extant or known (marked by very large fireplace)~ Separate building; wing to principal dwelling; within principal dwelling? On which floor of any
·of the above?
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