HRAB 04-18-95 Meeting AgendaCOUNTY of FREDERICK
Department of Planning and Development
703/665-5651
FAX 703/678-0682
MEMORANDUM
TO: Historic Resources Advisory Board Members
FROM: Eric R. Lawrence, Planner IZL t--'
SUBJECT: April Meeting and Agenda
DATE: April 11, 1995
There will be a meeting of the Historic Resources Advisory Board at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
April 18, 1995, in the Conference Room of the Old Frederick County Courthouse, 9 Court
Square, Winchester, Virginia. The HRAB will discuss the following items:
AGENDA
1. Update on the Historic Plaque Program.
2. Review of applications received for Historic Plaques.
3. Viewing of the Rural Landmark Survey video.
4. Other.
Review materials are attached.
Please contact me if you are unable to attend the meeting. Thank you.
Enclosure
107 North Kent Street P.O. Box 601
Winchester, VA 22601 Winchester, VA 22604
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Maml S. KKalbian
Architectural Historian
Route 1, Box 86 ■ Boyce, Virginia 22620
Phone 703-837-2081+ Fax 703-837-1941
FREDERICK COUNTY HISTORIC PROPERTY DESIGNATION
RECONINIENDATION
BY: MARAL S. KALBLkN, ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
FOR: FREDERICK COUNTY HISTORIC RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD
PROPERTY NAME: Adelphi Mills; Noland House; Bruce House
DATE OR PERIOD:3rd quarter of 18th century; mid- and late -19th -century
additions.
ORIGINAL USE: Residential
VICINITY: Brucetown
SLTAIl ARY DESCRIPTION: Adelphi Mills is a two-story, frame and log, gable -
roofed, weatherboard -clad, vernacular I -house, It features an exterior stone chimney
on the west end and one on the east end, which has been enclosed by a later addition.
The original portion of the house is believed to have been constructed during the 3rd
quarter of the 18thcentury by George Bruce, son of John Bruce, founder of
Brucetown. It was enlarged during the mid -19th -century and again during the late
19th -century, thus giving it features distinctive of several different styles. Exterior
architectural details include: a 5 -bay front porch, a door surround with a 4 -light
transom and 5-li*ht sidelights; a protruding i -story polygonal bay on the front; a
limestone foundation, and 9/6 and 616 windows. The interior features a stone cooking
fireplace with a large wooden lintel, some Federal -style mantels, 5 fireplaces, original
pineflooring, and some original hardware. The house was once associated with a brick
mill along Mill Run known as Cooper's Mill.
REC01 CM[ENDATION: Adelphi Mills is one of the oldest houses in the area and is
associated with the earliest settlers of Brucetown. Although the house has undergone
several additions and alterations, it still retains architectural integrity. This property
appears to meet the criteria for Frederick County Historic Property designation.
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04!11!1995 11:11 70283'1'_ MARAL S KALBIAi PAGE 02
Mara! S. Kalbian
Architectural Historian
Route 1, Box 86 ■ Boyce, Virginia 22620
Phone 703-837-2081 ■ Fax 703-837-1941
FREDERICK COUNTY HISTORIC PROPERTY DESIGNATION
RECOMENDATION
BY: MARAL S. KALBIAN, ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
FOR: FREDERICK COUNTY HISTORIC RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD
PROPERTY NAME: Valley View; Barrett House
DATE OR PERIOD:ca. 1794
ORIGINAL USE: Residential
VICMITY: West of Apple Pio Ridge
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: Valley View is a 2 -story, 3 -bay, gable -roofed, brick
dwelling that was constructed in 1794. The bricks are laid in a Flemish -bond pattern
on the front of the house, and in a 5 -course -American -bond pattern on the back and
sides. Exterior architectural details include: brick jack arches; a gable roof clad in
standing -seam metal; 2/2 windows; 2 interior -end brick chimneys; a delicately -carved
wooden cornice; a 1 -story, 1 -bay pedimented portico; and a side, 1 1/2 -story, ca. 1850
brick kitchen wing. The interior of the main part of the house is remarkably intact and
features original Federal -style mantels, chair rail, pine floors, and original hardware.
Other interior details include five fireplaces, some old lighting, built-in bookcases in
the den, grain painting on some doors, picture mold, an 8 -panel front door with
transom, and some wainscot. The house is historically associated with the Barrett
family and was once part of a much larger tract of land that the Barretts purchased
from Benjamin Borden in 1744. The current owner, James. V. Hutton, has extensively
researched the history of the house and established its significance throughout several
periods.
RECONIlv ENDATION: Valley View is associated with the Barrett family, who were
some of the earliest settlers to this area of Frederick County. The house is in relatively
unaltered condition and features fine interior woodwork. Union prisoners of war were
housed here during the Civil War. In addition the house was the center for many
community meetings during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Valley View has
great architectural and historical significance and appears to meet the criteria for
Frederick County Historic Property designation.
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