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HRABAgenda2022December201.Minutes 1.A.Minutes - October 17, 2022 2.Review of Retreat at Winding Creek Conditional Use Permit Application 2.A.The CUP application proposed the monument sign to be located on the property owned by the Frederick-Winchester Service Authority. The property is zoned RA (Rural Areas) and is located approximately 0.3 miles west of the Clarke County boundary at the intersection of Berryville Pike (Route 7) and future Haggerty Boulevard in the Red Bud Magisterial District. The proposed off-site freestanding monument sign will be located at the northeast corner of a 24.07 +/- acre property identified by Property Identification Number 56-A-19. The proposed sign identifies the entrance to a future residential subdivision, the Retreat at Winding Creek, for which Master Development Plan (MDP) #01-22 for Opequon Crossing was recently approved. 3.Historic Plaque Program Discussion 3.A.Historic Plaque Program Discussion AGENDA HISTORIC RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2022 6:00 PM FIRST-FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM FREDERICK COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA HRAB12-20-22MeetingMinutesOctober17.pdf HRAB12-20-22CUPRetreatatWindingCreek_Redacted.pdf HRAB12-20-22HistoricPlaqueProgram.pdf 1 Historic Resources Advisory Board Agenda Item Detail Meeting Date: December 20, 2022 Agenda Section: Minutes Title: Minutes - October 17, 2022 Attachments: HRAB12-20-22MeetingMinutesOctober17.pdf 2 Frederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB) October 17, 2022 First Floor Conference Room of the County, Administrative Building 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, VA Members Present: Gary Crawford, Nicholas Powers, and Lucas Cook Members Absent: Christopher Oldham, Steve Cantu, Dana Newcomb, Robert Meadows, Scott Straub, and Robbie Molden Staff Present: Wyatt Pearson, Kayla Peloquin, and Maral Kalbian Agenda Items: Call to order at 6:00 p.m. Item 1: Minutes Nicholas Powers made a motion to approve the minutes of the August 16, 2022 HRAB meeting. Lucas Cook seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Item 2: Review of Byess Conditional Use Permit Application The Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB) has been asked to provide a review agency comment pertaining to a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application for a 5.0 acre +/- property located at 1107 Cedar Creek Grade, as proposed by Richard and Margaret Byess (the Applicants). The proposed CUP would allow for the storage of furniture and a small humanitarian aid organization office in the existing barn on the property. The subject property is zoned RA (Rural Areas) and is identified as Property Identification Number (PIN) 63-A-2F in the Back Creek Magisterial District. The parcel is in core battlefield area of the Second Battle of Kernstown and is in the study area of the First Battle of Kernstown and the Second Battle of Winchester. The applicant, Richard Byess, provided additional details on the proposed use. It was determined that there would be no adverse impacts on local historic resources as a result of the proposed use. Nicholas Powers made a motion to recommend approval of the Byess CUP. Lucas Cook seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. There was a discussion on the standard practice of bringing all planning applications located on core battlefield to the HRAB for agency comment. There was consensus that if no structures are being demolished as part of the proposed application and it is not a particularly impactful use, then the HRAB does not need to provide agency comment. In lieu of a formal meeting, application information can be sent to Chairman Gary Crawford for review. The meeting was adjourned at 6:19 p.m. 3 Historic Resources Advisory Board Agenda Item Detail Meeting Date: December 20, 2022 Agenda Section: Review of Retreat at Winding Creek Conditional Use Permit Application Title: The CUP application proposed the monument sign to be located on the property owned by the Frederick-Winchester Service Authority. The property is zoned RA (Rural Areas) and is located approximately 0.3 miles west of the Clarke County boundary at the intersection of Berryville Pike (Route 7) and future Haggerty Boulevard in the Red Bud Magisterial District. The proposed off-site freestanding monument sign will be located at the northeast corner of a 24.07 +/- acre property identified by Property Identification Number 56-A-19. The proposed sign identifies the entrance to a future residential subdivision, the Retreat at Winding Creek, for which Master Development Plan (MDP) #01-22 for Opequon Crossing was recently approved. Attachments: HRAB12-20-22CUPRetreatatWindingCreek_Redacted.pdf 4 Item # 2 Retreat at Winding Creek Conditional Use Permit Application The Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB) has been asked to provide a review agency comment pertaining to a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application for an off-site freestanding monument sign located at the northeast corner of a 24.07 +/- acre property identified by Property Identification Number 56-A-19. The proposed sign identifies the entrance to a future residential subdivision, the Retreat at Winding Creek, for which Master Development Plan (MDP) #01-22 for Opequon Crossing was recently approved. The CUP application proposes the monument sign to be located on the property owned by the Frederick- Winchester Service Authority. The property is zoned RA (Rural Areas) and is located approximately 0.3 miles west of the Clarke County boundary at the intersection of Berryville Pike (Route 7) and future Haggerty Boulevard in the Red Bud Magisterial District. The Study of Civil War Sites in the Shenandoah Valley published by the National Park Service identifies the parcel as within the core area boundary of the Third Battle of Winchester, also known as Opequon. As of 1992 when the book was published, the site had “lost integrity.” Furthermore, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Association owns an adjacent parcel to the east on which Millbank is located. The mapped sites identified by The Virginia Department of Historic Resources are: • 034-0005 – Millbank • 034-0456 – Third Battle of Winchester Site • 034-0108 – Valley Mill Farm Please find the following attachments for your information: • Location Map • HRAB Application and Attachments • Virginia DHR Surveys, Maps, and Photographs The Applicant will be available at the HRAB meeting to provide additional information on the proposed Conditional Use Permit. Staff will be seeking comments from the HRAB on the historical elements possibly impacted by the proposed use. The comments will be included in the Conditional Use Permit application package. **If you have any questions prior to the meeting please forward them to me and I will relay them to the Applicant. 5 ## # # # ¬«7 ¬«7 CLARKECOUNTYVIRGINIA Third WinchesterBattlefield ValleyMill Farm Millbank Brumley House Clenenger-CornwellHouse Wood, C.W.Miller'sHouse JU LEEDR COBBLESTONE DRR E B E C C A D R CHESHIRECTASHLEYCIR DURHAMWAY KAPOKCIR TWINBROOKCIRNORFOLKCT ALPINEMEADOW RDKELLERCTDELLCT W I C K H A MTER ASHLEYDRWOODROWRD TILFORDDRRENEELNSEQUOI ADRCANYON RDPRIMROSEPL OAKMONTCIR ME N A S H A C T SOLARA DRC O MB E D R VANGOGHTER MASONST TAYLORCTA ULEEC TGINGERSTCORALYROSECTMONETTERROSSMANNBLVDNASSAU DR HE AT HCT BEDFORDDRRACEYRIDGE DRROSSUMLNHOPKINSW AYBRADLEYCT WHIPP DRTHOMPSONCT RIVERDALECIR PANGBORNECTOLDWAGON RD BIS C A N ECT BENTPATHCTMILL ST O N E C IR TICKHILL LNMEGANLN ASBURY RD GODWINCT T Y E C T KEMPERCT MERLOT DR W HETSTO NECTW A Y F A R I N GDR CAVALRY DR EDGEWOOD DR MORLYN DR W A L E SCT FEATHERSTONECT BROADAVEM O U N T A IN V IE W D R S E N S E N Y G L E N D R MILLRACE DR LEHIGH DR GL ENRI DGEDRMORNINGGLORY DRMACKENZIE LN STEEPWOODLNCHANNI NGDRTH O RNTO N W A Y J O R D A N SPRIN G S R D SENSENY RD BERRYVILLEPIKE BURNT FACTORY RDRE DBUD RDWOODS MILL RDP IN E R D V A L L E Y M I L L R D EDDYS LNRetreat at Winding Cre ek #Historic Rural Landmarks Civil War Battlefields 1 Mile B uffer Sewer and Water Service A rea Parcels Future Rt 37 Bypass Map Produced by Frederick C ounty Planning and D evelopment Dept.November 29, 2022 0 0.4 0.80.2 Miles R e t r e a t a t W i n d i n g C r e e k I 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0005 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 1 of 7 Property Information Property Names Name Explanation Name Historic Hillwood Historic Spout Spring NRHP Listing Millbank Property Addresses Current - 3100 Berryville Pike Route 7 County/Independent City(s):Frederick (County) Incorporated Town(s):No Data Zip Code(s):22602, 22603 Magisterial District(s):No Data Tax Parcel(s):56-A-18A USGS Quad(s):STEPHENSON Property Evaluation Status NRHP Listing VLR Listing Additional Property Information Architecture Setting:Rural Acreage:2.97 Site Description: Millbank stands on a broad terrace overlooking the Opequon Creek and the Berryville-Winchester highway. The original entry lane can still be discerned on the hill approaching the house and several large trees stand in the front yard. The Winchester-Frederick Service Authority has built a sewage treatment facility southeast of the house. 2012: Millbank sits atop a wooded hill overlooking the eastbound lane of the Berryville Pike in Frederick County, Virginia, about five miles east of the city of Winchester. This steep hill and others on either side of the Berryville Pike form the top of a narrow ravine known as the Berryville Canyon. The house is approached by a gravel road that leads to its south façade. Just to the east of the house, the Opequon Creek intersects with the Berryville Pike at Spout Spring Ford, the strategic point through which the Union Army advanced during the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19, 1864. Redbud Run lies to the north and Abram’s Creek to the north and west, each flowing toward the Opequon. Located to the southeast is a sewage treatment plant installed by the Winchester- Frederick Service Authority in 1984. Millbank is separated from the plant by a chain-link fence. The brick smokehouse stands immediately behind the main house. The tenant house is located just north of the house in the side yard and the other house is located some distance behind the house. All other outbuildings have been removed by the Service Authority. 2012: Secondary resources at Millbank include a contributing ca. 1850 smokehouse, a non-contributing late-nineteenth-century frame tenant house, and two early-twentieth-century limestone gateposts (noncontributing objects). The smokehouse was constructed at about the same time as the primary dwelling, placing it within the period of significance. The tenant house and gateposts post-date the period of significance and are therefore non-contributing. Surveyor Assessment: Millbank was determined eligible for the NRHP in April 1981. The massive house is a good example of the Greek Revival style and is a visual landmark in this area. Isaac and Daniel Wood, owners and builders of the house, played a prominent role in the milling industry in Frederick Co. 2012: The main house and contributing smokehouse were built ca. 1850 by Isaac Wood and his son, Daniel. Daniel inherited the property in 1855. The period of significance begins with the construction of Millbank ca. 1850 and extends through 1864, the year in which the house served as a temporary medical aid station for Union troops during the Third Battle of Winchester. The significant date of September 19, 1864, is the date of the battle. Millbank stands as one of the few remaining antebellum buildings in the Third Battle of Winchester battlefield area and is closely tied to the victory of the Union Army. The house has great interpretive potential for its role as a witness to and participant in the battle. Millbank is locally significant under Criterion A for its function as a temporary medical aid station for the Union Army on the day of the battle (September 19, 1864) and for several days afterward. The house and surrounding fields provided essential medical care for the Union Army until the Sheridan Field Hospital could be assembled near Shawnee Springs on the 22nd and 23rd of September. Daniel T. Wood, the owner of Millbank during the Civil War, joined other Quakers in the area as a Union sympathizer, evidenced by a protection order issued for his property in 1863 by General Robert H. Milroy. Wood’s loyalties exemplify a trend among Quakers, who often broke vows of pacifism to support the Union and fight for the abolition of slavery. Millbank maintains integrity of location, materials, workmanship, and association. The house is strategically located near the Spout Spring Ford, the point at which the Berryville Pike crosses the Opequon Creek and through which Union forces advanced in the initial stages of the battle. Though the house has deteriorated through years of abandonment and is missing portions of its original fabric, integrity of materials is still conveyed in the absence of any modern alterations or additions. Integrity of workmanship is expressed through such elegant features as the carefully crafted Italianate bracketed cornice, the curving interior main stair, heart-pine floorboards, and flared reveals and bull’s-eye corner blocks on interior window and door surrounds. While housing developments and the highly-trafficked Berryville Pike have considerably altered the landscape of the Third Battle of Winchester, the large size of the house and what remains of the farmland evoke an association with the Civil War history of the property, as the many rooms of the 46 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0005 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 2 of 7 mansion and expansive fields around it would have provided ample space for the care of wounded soldiers. Millbank has a period of significance that begins with its circa-1850 construction date and ends in 1864, the year of its use as a Civil War temporary medical station during the Third Battle of Winchester. See nomination for much additional detail. Surveyor Recommendation:Recommended Eligible Ownership Ownership Category Ownership Entity Private No Data Associate Property Associate Name Property Associate Role Wood, Daniel Owner Wood, Isaac Owner Primary Resource Information Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Single Dwelling NR Resource Type:Building Historic District Status:No Data Date of Construction:Ca 1850 Date Source:Site Visit/Written Data Historic Time Period:Antebellum Period (1830 - 1860) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Health Care/Medicine, Military/Defense Other ID Number:No Data Architectural Style:Greek Revival Form:I-House Number of Stories:2.0 Condition:Fair Interior Plan:Central Passage, Single Pile Threats to Resource:Deterioration Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: Architecture Summary: Millbank is an imposing mid-nineteenth century red brick Greek Revival-style dwelling. The two-story, five-bay structures is laid entirely in five-course American bond and has a gable roof of standing-seam metal. There is one dormer on the rear ell. The house stands on a raised brick foundation with a full cellar below. Although all windows are boarded over, they are six-over-six light double- hung sash with wooden lintels with decorative corner blocks. The window shutters have been removed and stored inside. There are two small windows in each gable end. The house has a robust denticulated cornice with brackets with pendants with larger brackets on each cornice end. There are two interior-end chimneys in the main block. All the porches are missing. A one-story, one-bay front porch framed the entry and photographs indicate it was Greek Revival in style. The entry has a single door with an octagonal center panel flanked by a transom and sidelights. The north elevation, which presents a formal and almost symmetrical façade to the highway, had a one-story, one-bay, gable-roofed porch. The house also had an integral two-story, two level porch on the south side of the ell but it is also missing. the second floor porch had been enclosed and sheathed with weatherboards before it was removed. The house follows a single-pile, central-passage plan with an integral two room ell. The first ell room has an unusual interior side-wall chimney. Attached to the end of the rear ell is a 2story, three-bay kitchen wing which is pushed slightly forward to form the end of the two-story ell porches. This wing is shorter and has a lower pitched gable roof than the main house and like the rear has a side wall chimney. The kitchen wing also has a corbelled cornice and jack arches over the windows. One of the first floor windows has been bricked up. Interior Description: The interior of the house features heavy but plain Greek Revival-style detailing. The main rooms have plain architrave trim the bull's eye corner blocks. Other room just have plain architrave trim without corner blocks. The center passage features a graceful, curving stair with plain brackets. The railing and balusters are missing. 2012: The Greek Revival-style, five-bay, two-story main house is constructed of brick laid in a five-course American- bond pattern. It was built in about 1850 by Isaac Wood, a prominent local miller, and his son Daniel T. Wood. The original building consisted of the main I-house with an integral rear ell. The building has a standing-seam metal side-gable roof, three interior-end chimneys, and one additional interior chimney. The roof of the main house overhangs what was originally an open-air, wooden, two-story porch on the south elevation of the rear ell. At some point the second story of the porch was enclosed with white-painted weatherboarding. Three exterior doors on each story provided access to the porch from the house. All that remains of the porch are two vertical wooden beams. The ghost of the second-story floor is still visible on the 47 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0005 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 3 of 7 brick exterior of the house. The only addition to the house is a two-story, three-bay summer kitchen that was added to the west wall of the rear ell. It has a slightly lowered, shallower-pitched gable roof and exterior side chimney, and is slightly offset from the main house, which allowed its east wall to be incorporated into the two-story porch. These features distinguish the kitchen from the main house and provide evidence that it was an addition, as do other distinct features such as jack arches over each window, a corbelled brick cornice, and a seam in the brick where the kitchen attaches to the main house. The overall appearance of the brickwork and roofing material approximate that of the main house, however, indicating a roughly contemporaneous date for the addition, perhaps 1860. See nomination for additional details. Exterior Components Component Component Type Material Material Treatment Windows Boarded Up/Covered Wood 6/6 Chimneys Interior End Brick No Data Chimneys Exterior End Brick No Data Roof Gable, Side Metal Standing Seam Structural System and Exterior Treatment Masonry Brick Bond, American, 5-course Secondary Resource Information Secondary Resource #1 Resource Category:Agriculture/Subsistence Resource Type:Smoke/Meat House Date of Construction:1850Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:Antebellum Period (1830 - 1860) Historic Context(s):Social Architectural Style:No Discernable Style Form:No Data Condition:Deteriorated Threats to Resource:Demolition, Deterioration, Neglect, Vacant Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: Architecture Summary: The smokehouse is a one story, one-bay, brick structure with a gable roof of standing-seam metal. It features a corbelled brick cornice and decorative vent in one gable end. A concrete block flue has been added to one end. Interior Description: This is a one-story, two-bay, frame dwelling on a stone banked basement. It is sheathed with board and batten siding, has a gable-end entry, a gale roof, and an interior brick flue. Windows are six-over-six light sash. The two-bay, shed-roofed porch has partially collapsed. 2012: Just to the west of the summer kitchen and separated only by a few feet is the small, one-story brick smokehouse with a ridged metal gable roof and a corbelled brick cornice. The small space between the smokehouse and the summer kitchen may indicate that the smokehouse was built about the same time as the main house, with the summer kitchen added on between the two slightly later. On each gable end there are white-painted wooden vergeboards, and the gable end closest to the house has a small, diamond-shaped, open brickwork vent. Damage to the walls of the smokehouse reveals that the walls are constructed of three layers of brick. The smokehouse has a crude cement-block exterior chimney on the west elevation and a single door with a simple wooden lintel on the south elevation. Interior Plan:One-room Number of Stories:1 Secondary Resource #2 Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Secondary Dwelling Date of Construction:1880Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Health Care/Medicine, Military/Defense Architectural Style:No Discernable Style 48 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0005 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 4 of 7 Form:No Data Condition:Poor Threats to Resource:Deterioration Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: Architecture Summary: This is a one-story, two-bay,frame dwelling on a stone banked basement, currently in poor condition. It is sheathed with board and batten siding, has a gable-end entry, a gable roof, and an interior brick flue. Windows are six-over-six light double-hung sash. The two-bay shed-roofed porch has partially collapsed. 2012: The tenant house is a board-and-batten, one-and-a-half-story building located about 120 feet to the north of the main house at the crest of the hill overlooking the turnpike. Its stone foundation is set into the hillside. The house has a standing-seam metal gable roof, a single front door, and six-over-six, double-hung sash wood windows. A shallow overhang covered with asphalt shingles shields the front door and window. The single second-story window on the front façade is missing. A late-nineteenth-century construction date is indicated by the small size of the single brick chimney. This house likely served as a dwelling for household servants, due to its close proximity to the two kitchens. Taylor and Sneden’s artistic renderings both depict one-and-a-half-story, board-and-batten outbuildings with gable roofs that are similar in appearance to the tenant house but unlikely to be the same building. The tenant house has front and rear gables rather than the side gables in the drawings, and a chimney that is not present in either artist’s rendering. The outbuildings in the drawings are also further east along the Berryville Pike than the extant outbuilding. Number of Stories:1 Secondary Resource #3 Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Single Dwelling Date of Construction:1880Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s):Domestic Architectural Style:No Discernable Style Form:No Data Condition:Ruinous Threats to Resource:Demolition, Deterioration, Neglect, Vacant Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: Architecture Summary: Standing some distance from the house is the ruins of a two story, frame building on a banked stone basement. It has a gable roof. Its original use in unknown but it appears that is most recently served as a dwelling. 2012: Outside the boundaries of the nominated parcel and about 200 feet to the west of the tenant house are the ruins of another wooden frame tenant house. This outbuilding appears to date to the late nineteenth century. Essentially all that remains of the dwelling is the stone foundation, a skeleton frame with some surviving lath, and a standing-seam metal gable roof. The greater distance of the dwelling from the main house suggests its occupation by farm hands, who would not typically have required access to the main house. Numerous other outbuildings were present when Millbank was surveyed in 1991 but have since been demolished, including a dairy, stable, chicken coop, milking parlor, and two modern sheds. The remnants of the Wood family mill, located across the turnpike from the house, were destroyed when the Berryville Pike was widened in the 1960s. Number of Stories:2 Secondary Resource #4 Resource Category:Landscape Resource Type:Gateposts/Entry Date of Construction:1910Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Health Care/Medicine, Military/Defense Architectural Style:No Discernable Style Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known 49 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0005 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 5 of 7 Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: 2012: Two limestone gateposts are located to the east of the tenant house, directly fronting the Berryville Pike, and date to the early twentieth century. The squared posts are about two feet tall and two feet apart, and were once capped with what appear in photographs to have been rounded cast concrete tops. Remnants of metal hardware are all that is left of the gate between the posts. A set of steps leads down from this entryway to the edge of the busy road, a reminder that the Berryville Pike was once a quiet country road. Historic District Information Historic District Name:No Data Local Historic District Name:No Data Historic District Significance:No Data CRM Events Event Type: DHR Staff Site Visit Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Megan Melinat Organization/Company:DHR Photographic Media:Digital Survey Date:5/1/2017 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: NRHP Listing DHR ID:034-0005 Staff Name:NPS Event Date:5/21/2014 Staff Comment VIRGINIA, FREDERICK COUNTY, Millbank, 3100 Berryville Rd., Winchester, 14000233, LISTED, 5/21/14 Event Type: VLR Listing DHR ID:034-0005 Staff Name:DHR Event Date:3/20/2014 Staff Comment No Data Event Type: NRHP Nomination DHR ID:034-0005 Staff Name:Jennifer Hugman Event Date:4/18/2012 Staff Comment Virginia Department of Historic Resources Register staff intern Event Type: DHR Staff: Eligible 50 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0005 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 6 of 7 DHR ID:034-0005 Staff Name:DHR Evaluation Committee Event Date:10/15/2009 Staff Comment Millbank Farm, Frederick County, DHR File Number 034-0005 Millbank Farm was recommended eligible by DHR in 1981 and 1997, and the committee was asked to re-evaluate it based on current (2009) photos taken by NRPO director Edwards. The resource is a 2-story, 5 bay, Greek Revival style house built in 1855 of 5-course American bond brick. It has a side gable roof of standing seam metal, interior end brick chimneys, a dentiled cornice with brackets, bulls-eye corner blocks on the window lintels, and intact but boarded over 6/6 windows. A 2-story rear ell is integral to the house, but there is another rear addition that is later. The interior retains its door and window trim and flooring, but the mantels and balustrade for the elegant curved stair are gone. The property contains a brick smokehouse, frame tenants’ house, and the ruins of another building. The house, the home of Isaac and Daniel Wood, prominent local millers, was associated with the battle of 3rd Winchester as a field hospital and commanders’ home. It was evaluated at the local level of significance under Criteria A (Military) and C (Architecture) with a period of significance of 1855-1864. The committee recommended eligible with 31 points. Event Type: DHR Staff: Eligible DHR ID:034-0005 Staff Name:DHR Evaluation Committee Event Date:6/5/1997 Staff Comment 34-5, Millbank, recommended eligible: concur. (Determined eligible in 1981.) Event Type: Survey:Phase II/Intensive Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Gray & Pape, Inc. Organization/Company:Gray & Pape, Inc. Photographic Media:Film Survey Date:1/1/1997 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Project Bibliographic Information: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: DHR Staff: Potentially Eligible DHR ID:034-0005 Staff Name:Mitchell, Bryan Event Date:10/1/1992 Staff Comment No Data Event Type: Survey:Phase II/Intensive Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Kalbian, Maral Organization/Company:Maral S. Kalbian, LLC Photographic Media:Film Survey Date:3/1/1991 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Project Bibliographic Information: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History 51 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0005 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 7 of 7 Event Type: Survey:HABS Inventory Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Johnson, H.C. Jr. Organization/Company:National Park Service Photographic Media:Other Survey Date:8/26/1958 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Project Bibliographic Information: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Bibliographic Information Bibliography: No Data Property Notes: No Data 52 Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources Legend Architecture Resources Architecture Labels Individual Historic District Properties DHR Easements County Boundaries Title: Architecture Labels Date: 11/29/2022 DISCLAIMER:Records of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) have been gathered over many years from a variety of sources and the representation depicted is a cumulative view of field observations over time and may not reflect current ground conditions.The map is for general information purposes and is not intended for engineering, legal or other site-specific uses. Map may contain errors and is provided "as-is". More information is available in the DHR Archives located at DHR’s Richmond office. Notice if AE sites:Locations of archaeological sites may be sensitive the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) and Code of Virginia §2.2-3705.7 (10). Release of precise locations may threaten archaeological sites and historic resources.53 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0456 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 1 of 6 Property Information Property Names Name Explanation Name Historic Opequon Battlefield Current Third Battle of Winchester Site Property Addresses Current - Frederick Pike North U.S. Route 522 Alternate - Berryville Pike Route 7 Alternate - Martinsburg Pike Route 11 Alternate - Millwood Pike Route 17 Alternate - Interstate 81 County/Independent City(s):Clarke (County), Frederick (County), Winchester (Ind. City) Incorporated Town(s):No Data Zip Code(s):22601, 22602, 22603, 22611, 22624, 22656 Magisterial District(s):No Data Tax Parcel(s):No Data USGS Quad(s):STEPHENSON, WINCHESTER Property Evaluation Status DHR Staff: Eligible Additional Property Information Architecture Setting:Suburban Acreage:11,670 Site Description: 1991 CWSAC survey: Located in an area east of Winchester from I-81 along Berryville Pike (VA 7) to Opequon Creek. Also combat north of Red Bud Run W to US11. Stephenson's Depot. Star Fort. Collier Redoubt. Size of Study/Core Areas: 11,670/4,914 acres May 2014: This resource spans several counties and a wide variety of settings, including rural, suburban, and urban environments. March 2018: Only the northern portion of the Battlefield Study Area was surveyed at this time. The site and setting of this battlefield have not been greatly altered since it was originally surveyed. May 2019: The portion of the battlefield within the vicinity of the project area has been impacted by the construction of modern residential developments on the south side of Berryville Pike and modern commercial buildings as well as the Millbrook High School, and associated athletic fields, and Redbud Run Elementary School, as well as modern residential development on the north side of Berryville Pike. September 2020: The Opequon Battlefield/ Third Battle of Winchester Site spans across an area in eastern Frederick County, western area of Clarke County, and a portion of the City of Winchester. The battlefield includes approximately 11,670 acres in the CSWAC Study Area and 4,914 acres in the Core Area. The portion of the battlefield within the vicinity of the project area is located within the PotNR boundaries of the battlefield along Valley Mill Road (Route 659). This area features several agricultural properties including Eddy’s Mill (034-0108) and some modern residential developments on the north side of Valley Mill Road. May 2021: The Opequon Battlefield (the Third Battle of Winchester) Historic District stretches north to south along the eastern side of the city of Winchester and extends east along the Berryville Pike. Situated on the southern boundary of the APE, properties along the Berryville Pike, Steepwood Lane, the south end of Woods Mill Road, and Redbud Road are located within the district boundaries. According to the ABPP, the larger district incorporates approximately 13,688 acres focusing on the action along the Berryville Pike and the Federal attack on the Confederate Army (Lowe 1992:93-97; ABPP 2009:211-213; VDHR, VCRIS 034-0456). The district was determined eligible for listing in the NRHP in 1990. Surveyor Assessment: 1991 CWSAC survey: Opequon or Third Winchester (fought 19 September 1864) was the largest and most desperately contested battle of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley, resulting in more than 9,000 casualties. The battle was a turning point of the war in the Valley, marking the rise of Sheridan and the decline of Confederate power. Sheridan defeated the Confederate army again three days later at Fisher's Hill (22 September), forcing it to retreat up the Valley to near Waynesboro. The CS army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early suffered about 23 percent casualties. Casualties for the larger Union army under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan exceeded 5,000, nearly 20 percent. The Union XIX Corps sustained 40 percent casualties (2,074 men) and lost every regimental commander during its assaults on the Middle Field and Second Woods. The most severe fighting and casualties occurred in the large parcel east of I-81, north of rte. 7, west of rte. 656, and south of rte. 661. The Middle Field ranks with some of the most sanguinary fields of the Civil War, witnessing more than 3,000 casualties. CS general Robert E. Rodes and US general D. A. Russell were both killed within a few hundred yards of the Dinkle Barn site at the entrance to Winchester Mall. See report for detailed descriptions of the phases of the battle. Current Condition of Battlefield: The Opequon battlefield is large and sprawling, covering thousands of acres east and north of 54 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0456 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 2 of 6 Winchester. In general, much of the battlefield has been greatly degraded or destroyed by the expanding urban environs of Winchester, but several significant parcels currently remain, perhaps 800-900 acres: these include the Cavalry Field north of Collier Redoubt, the Hackwood Estate, northern half of Middle Field and First Woods adjacent to Redbud Run, and the heights (including DuPont's Hill) north of Redbud Run. Together, these parcels form a block of battlefield core that retains a high degree of integrity. Many historic structures remain in the vicinity, including Hackwood; Spout Spring (Wood House) on rte. 7 adjacent to a sewage treatment plant; an old house, mill site, and a dye house where rte. 656 crosses Redbud Run; an old log house where rte. 659 crosses Redbud Run; Brumley House; Valley Mill Farm; Jordan Springs; Tanquary House; and others. The Hackwood Estate dates from 1777 and is a historic treasure in its own right. Preservation of this house and parcel alone would allow substantial interpretation of the battle of Opequon. Other parcels, such as the Opequon Crossing and Spout Spring, Seiver's and Locke's fords, and the Second Winchester parcel at Stephenson's Depot (which was scene of cavalry actions during this battle) would expand interpretation. Star Fort and Collier Redoubt appear protected, although without sufficient buffers. Although hemmed in by development and severely degraded, the Dinkle Barn site adjacent to the I-81 entrance ramp off rte. 7 is key to understanding the attack of the VI Corps and Rodes' counterattack. A portion of the ravine down which Rodes attacked is intact northeast of I-81 interchange in front of the Dinkle Barn site at the entrance of Winchester Mall. The battery heights west of I-81 are being developed for business, industrial, and residential uses. The last surviving parcel of West Woods (adjacent to I-81) is currently being bulldozed for townhouses. The Hastings marker is the only monument erected on the battlefield that remains. It is enclosed by an iron fence and sits next to the road in the midst of Fort Collier Business/Industrial Park east of Collier Redoubt. Nearby are the remains of old stone fences and an old farm lane defended by CS troops in the battle's later phases. May 2014: This battlefield has not been significantly altered since it was it was determined eligible for the NRHP. Dovetail recommends that the Third Battle of Winchester Site continue to be eligible for the NRHP. March 2018: There have been no changes to this battlefield that would alter the previous determination of eligible for listing on the NRHP. May 2019: Overall the integrity of the Opequon Battlefield in the survey area has been severely compromised by the modern construction and the widening of Berryville Pike during the mid-twentieth century. Limited undisturbed areas of the battlefield resource are present in this area. The remaining areas of the battlefield were not evaluated for the current project. September 2020: In 1990, Opequon Battlefield/ Third Battle of Winchester Site was determined eligible for the NRHP under Criterion A. Overall the integrity of the portion of the Opequon Battlefield/ Third Battle of Winchester Site that intersects with the survey area has been partially compromised by some modern construction but some undisturbed areas of the battlefield are present, retaining its historic integrity. It is recommended that this resource should remain eligible for the NRHP. May 2021: The Opequon Battle, also known as the Third Winchester Battle, was fought outside of the City of Winchester on September 19th, 1864. The Third Battle of Winchester is the largest of all of the battles in Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley. In 1864, the Confederate-occupied City of Winchester was commanded by Lieutenant General Jubal Early. In September of 1864, a large Confederate infantry left Winchester to head north. Word of this movement reached Union Army Major General Philip Sheridan who decided it was time to take back the City of Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley. General Sheridan attacked the remaining Confederate forces along the Opequon Creek, just north of the City of Winchester. General Sheridan surrounded the Confederate Forces on all sides except for the south, forcing the Confederate troops to flee to the streets of Winchester (NPS 2020b; VDHR, VCRIS 034-0456). On September 19th, General Sheridan attacked the Confederate forces within the City of Winchester. Confederate General Early and his troops fled to Fisher’s Hill, south of Strasburg. The Confederate Army lost 4,000 soldiers and two generals during the Third Battle of Winchester while the Union Army lost 5,000 soldiers and one general. The Opequon Battlefield of the Third Battle of Winchester was the bloodiest battle in Winchester throughout the Civil War and marked the turning point of the war in the Shenandoah Valley and the decline of Confederate control (VDHR, VCRIS 034-0456). Identified as one of the battlefields at the highest risk in 1992, much of the landscape within the Opequon Battlefield has now been altered by modern development. While an evaluation of the historic district in its entirety is beyond the scope of the current survey, 16 properties within the APE are within the district boundaries. Of these, only one (the Redbud Farm/Wood House at 145 Woods Mill Road-034-1157) was present at the time of the battle, which is the period of significance for the district. As a result, the remaining 15 resources are not considered contributing to the district. The portion of the district within the southern section of the APE along the Berryville Pike has been impacted by more recently constructed housing complexes, but the areas immediately north along Redbud Run remain largely rural where some landscape features may remain. Areas of the district beyond the APE were not evaluated. Surveyor Recommendation:Recommended Eligible Ownership Ownership Category Ownership Entity Private No Data Primary Resource Information Resource Category:Defense Resource Type:Battle Site NR Resource Type:Site Historic District Status:No Data 55 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0456 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 3 of 6 Date of Construction:1864 Date Source:Written Data Historic Time Period:Civil War (1861 - 1865) Historic Context(s):Military/Defense Other ID Number:No Data Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Number of Stories:No Data Condition:Fair Threats to Resource:Development Cultural Affiliations:Euro-American Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: January 2007 Architecture Summary: The third Battle of Winchester took place on this site. An encampment was also housed on this property. May 2014: The physical attributes of this battle site have not been greatly altered since it was originally surveyed and determined to be eligible for the NRHP. March 2018: Only the northern portion of the Battlefield Study Area was surveyed at this time. There have been no changes to this battlefield that would alter the previous determination of eligible for listing on the NRHP. May 2019: Overall the integrity of the Opequon Battlefield within the current survey area has been severely compromised by the modern construction and the widening of Berryville Pike during the mid-twentieth century. Limited undisturbed areas of the battlefield resource are present in this area. Areas outside of the study area for the project were not surveyed. September 2020: Overall the integrity of the Opequon Battlefield/ Third Battle of Winchester Site, which occurred on September 19, 1864, within the current survey area has been partially compromised by the modern construction but some undisturbed areas of the battlefield are present. ---------------------- September 2020 May 2021: 16 properties within the APE are within the district boundaries (Table 10). Of these, only one (the Redbud Farm/Wood House at 145 Woods Mill Road-034-1157) was present at the time of the battle, which is the period of significance for the district. As a result, the remaining 15 resources are not considered contributing to the district. The portion of the district within the southern section of the APE along the Berryville Pike has been impacted by more recently constructed housing complexes, but the areas immediately north along Redbud Run remain largely rural where some landscape features may remain. Areas of the district beyond the APE were not evaluated. Secondary Resource Information Historic District Information Historic District Name:No Data Local Historic District Name:No Data Historic District Significance:No Data CRM Events Event Type: DHR Staff: Eligible DHR ID:034-0456 Staff Name:Adrienne Birge-Wilson Event Date:1/31/2022 Staff Comment Review File No.: 2021-0163 56 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0456 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 4 of 6 Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number:2021-0163 Investigator:Lily Hutzell Organization/Company:Cardno Photographic Media:Digital Survey Date:5/17/2021 Dhr Library Report Number:FK-170 Project Staff/Notes: Kimberly Hinder and Lillian Hutzell, Architectural Historians, Phase I Cultural Resource Survey: Redbud Run Solar Project, Fredrick County, Virginia, August 2021, James Ambrosino, Valerie Nobles. Project Bibliographic Information: Valerie Nobles, Lillian Hutzell, Kimberly Hinder, James N. Ambrosino Phase I Cultural Resource Identification Survey Redbud Run Solar Project, Frederick County, Virginia (Dec 2021) Prepared for Origen, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prepared by Cardno, Inc., Wake Forest, North Carolina. Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Adriana Moss Organization/Company:Dovetail CRG Photographic Media:Digital Survey Date:9/8/2020 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Project Bibliographic Information: Valerie Nobles, Lillian Hutzell, Kimberly Hinder, James N. Ambrosino Phase I Cultural Resource Identification Survey Redbud Run Solar Project, Frederick County, Virginia (Dec 2021) Prepared for Origen, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prepared by Cardno, Inc., Wake Forest, North Carolina. Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number:2020-0122 Investigator:Sandra DeChard Organization/Company:Stantec 2034 Photographic Media:Digital Survey Date:5/29/2019 Dhr Library Report Number:FK-160 Project Staff/Notes: No Data Project Bibliographic Information: Valerie Nobles, Lillian Hutzell, Kimberly Hinder, James N. Ambrosino Phase I Cultural Resource Identification Survey Redbud Run Solar Project, Frederick County, Virginia (Dec 2021) Prepared for Origen, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prepared by Cardno, Inc., Wake Forest, North Carolina. Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number:2017-4024 Investigator:Sarah Traum Organization/Company:Commonwealth Heritage Group, Alexandria Photographic Media:Digital Survey Date:3/12/2018 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data 57 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0456 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 5 of 6 Project Staff/Notes: Reconnaissance level architectural resources survey prior to proposed Opequon Water Supply Plan, in Frederick County for ARCADIS US. Sarah Traum conducted the field survey in March 2018. Sarah Traum completed the VCRIS documentation. Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number:2014-0348 Investigator:Heather Dollins Organization/Company:Dovetail CRG Photographic Media:Digital Survey Date:5/5/2014 Dhr Library Report Number:FK-120 Project Staff/Notes: No Data Project Bibliographic Information: Valerie Nobles, Lillian Hutzell, Kimberly Hinder, James N. Ambrosino Phase I Cultural Resource Identification Survey Redbud Run Solar Project, Frederick County, Virginia (Dec 2021) Prepared for Origen, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prepared by Cardno, Inc., Wake Forest, North Carolina. Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: Other Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:ABPP Organization/Company:National Park Service Photographic Media:No Data Survey Date:1/24/2007 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: Preliminary survey data from American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) indicates that this historic Civil War battlefield is likely eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and likely deserving of future preservation efforts. This survey information should be reassessed during future Section 106/NEPA compliance reviews. Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: Other Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:CWSAC Organization/Company:National Park Service Photographic Media:No Data Survey Date:9/13/2005 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: The American Battlefield Protection Program and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources agree that where a joint undertaking is to be located within or near a Civil War battlefield surveyed by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission (1991-1993), the ABPP and the VDHR will recommend that the Federal agency (or its designee or the designee's consultant) take into account lands within the Study Areas of those battlefields when identifying the historic property and assessing effects to the historic property in Section 106 reviews. Both the ABPP and the VDHR will recommend systematic metal detector surveys and other field methods appropriate to battlefields for Phase I work where a proposed undertaking may have a direct effect on the historic property/battlefield. Please see also the CWSAC data within the file for the battlefield. The VDHR GIS includes the full boundaries of the CWSAC study areas for battlefields recorded within the VDHR architectural inventory, unless VDHR has refined the boundary by evaluation of integrity and eligibility, or unless the battlefield is listed in the National Register. The ABPP asks that the full study area be evaluated, even in cases where a National Register boundary exists. Many National Register boundaries were drawn to exclude eligible areas for political reasons or owner objections, and therefore do not represent the entire eligible battlefield. In cases where VDHR has refined the boundaries of a battlefield to lands eligible for the National Register, the study area is presumed by both the VDHR and the ABPP to be obsolete. Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: DHR Staff: Eligible 58 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0456 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 6 of 6 DHR ID:034-0456 Staff Name:DHR Event Date:2/2/1990 Staff Comment No score listed. Event Type: PIF Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Brandon H. Beck Organization/Company:Individual Photographic Media:Film Survey Date:1/30/1990 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Maral S. Kalbian Organization/Company:Maral S. Kalbian, LLC Photographic Media:Film Survey Date:1/1/1990 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History Bibliographic Information Bibliography: Jeremy Smith, Edward McMullen Frederick Water Quarry Intake, Frederick County, Virginia: Phase I Cultural Resources Investigation Thunderbird Archeology (TAA) -- December 2020 DHR Project No. 2021-3518 DHR Report No. FK-166 May 2021: American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) 2009Update to the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission’s Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields: Commonwealth of Virginia. National Park Service, Washington, D.C. Electronic document, https://www.nps.gov/abpp/cwsii/CWSACReportVirginiaUpdate.pdf.Accessed March 2018:211-213. Lowe, David W. 1992“Study of Civil War Sites in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.” Washington, DC. Accessed August 2021, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Study_of_Civil_War_Sites_in_the_Shenando/UiF3AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover#spf=1 628821940309:93-97. Property Notes: May 2021: Survey of properties within the district occurred only within the project APE, largely from the public right-of-way. A few properties granted access. 59 Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources Legend County Boundaries Title: Architecture Labels Date: 11/29/2022 DISCLAIMER:Records of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) have been gathered over many years from a variety of sources and the representation depicted is a cumulative view of field observations over time and may not reflect current ground conditions.The map is for general information purposes and is not intended for engineering, legal or other site-specific uses. Map may contain errors and is provided "as-is". More information is available in the DHR Archives located at DHR’s Richmond office. Notice if AE sites:Locations of archaeological sites may be sensitive the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) and Code of Virginia §2.2-3705.7 (10). Release of precise locations may threaten archaeological sites and historic resources.60 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 1 of 12 Property Information Property Names Name Explanation Name Historic Eddy's Mill Historic Helm-Eddy House Historic William Helm House Historic/Current Valley Mill Farm Property Addresses Alternate - Route 659 Current - 1494 Valley Mill Road County/Independent City(s):Frederick (County) Incorporated Town(s):No Data Zip Code(s):22602 Magisterial District(s):No Data Tax Parcel(s):55-165D, 54-4B, 55A-165 USGS Quad(s):STEPHENSON Property Evaluation Status NRHP Listing VLR Listing Additional Property Information Architecture Setting:Rural Acreage:85.2 Site Description: The house and farm are on the western bank of Abrams Creek, a short distance from its juncture with Opequon Creek. The farm buildings are on both sides of Valley Mill Road, which crosses Abrams Creek at the eastern edge of the property on a low-level one- lane concrete bridge. Valley Mill Road (VA Rt. 659) is a narrow, winding asphalt-paved road that ends .16 mile east of the property at Berryville Pike (US Rt. 7). The farm contains 83 acres. The setting is rural farmland, gently rolling, with Abrams Creek on the eastern side of both the barn and the house. This area of eastern Frederick County is being developed with housing, bringing substantial change to the formerly rural landscape. There is a gravel driveway to the house on the east side, and a small gravel pull-off in front of the house. On the barn side of the road is a gravel drive to the lower level and a dirt lane to the barn’s upper-level ramp. There are many large, mature trees and handsome boxwood shrubs along the front and two sides of the house. ----------------------------- A large brick barn, originally a grist mill, is located across Route 659 from the main house of Valley Mill Farm. The mill was burned during the Civil War (1864, Battle of Opequon, or Third Winchester), repaired ca. 1867, then later converted to use as a barn. The structure was adapted as a veterinary office ca. 1958. Although the mill wheel and races are no longer extant, the mill is well- documented as a historic feature. A frame, 2-story, gable-roofed tenant house, which may be older than the brick residence, is also on the property. It has been extensively remodeled. September 2020: Eddy’s Mill (also known as Valley Mill Farm, William Helm House, and Helm-Eddy House) at 1494 Valley Mill Road (Route 659) is located in a rural agricultural and residential area in Winchester in the eastern part of Frederick County. The property, containing approximately 83 acres, is located on both sides of Valley Mill Road just west of the intersection of Valley Mill Road and Eddys Lane (Route 820) and Bridge 6029 over Abrams Creek. The dwelling, the primary resource, is concentrated on the north side of Valley Mill Road in the eastern half of the property. The area immediately around the dwelling and mill is landscaped with matured trees, shrubbery, and plantings by large agricultural fields with small wooded sections covers the remainder of the property. Abrams Creek, which runs west-east-northeast, crosses through the southern portion of the property. The dwelling is access via a gravel driveway while the mill is accessed by a gravel and paved-asphalt driveway. Surveyor Assessment: Valley Mill Farm (also called the William Helm House, the Helm-Eddy House, and Eddy’s Mill),with its circa 1820 Federal-style brick dwelling and brick mill building, now a barn, is architecturally significant under Criterion C as a rural expression of the Federal style and as an unusual Frederick County example of a brick mill later converted to a barn. The property is historically significant under Criterion A because of its role in the early milling economy of Frederick County. Additionally, the mill is believed to have been damaged during or immediately after the 1864 Battle of Opequon (Third Winchester), as it stood in the line of battle. The property contains nine resources. There are four (4) contributing buildings, including the main house, the barn, a frame storage shed, and a tenant house; three (3) noncontributing outbuildings, which include a mid-twentieth-century equipment shed, a small mid-twentieth- century frame shed, and a ruinous frame shed; and two (2) contributing sites, each containing remnants of unidentified stone foundations. Historical Information The brick main house and the brick mill at Valley Mill Farm were built by William Helm, a grandson of Meredith Helm, one of the first judges of Frederick County (1744) and county sheriff (1753). In 1770 William Helm acquired a tract of land situated on Abram’s Creek, a branch of Opequon Creek, from the Frederick County Parish Vestry. The land had been granted to the Vestry by Lord Fairfax to serve as a glebe and residence for the Rector but was found “unsuitable” for that purpose. In 1809 Helm purchased an additional 400 acres “on the low lands of Abram’s Creek and on the north side of the Opequon.” Although Winchester historian Garland Quarles suggests a construction date of circa 1775, it seems more likely that Helm’s brick dwelling dates 61 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 2 of 12 from the early nineteenth century. Certainly the small but handsome brick house with end chimneys and a symmetrical façade is representative of the Federal style in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The Valley Mill Farm house was one of 23 extant examples of Federal-style houses noted in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources survey of historic resources in rural Frederick County conducted by Maral Kalbian in 1988-1992. The house is also pictured and described in Kalbian’s Frederick County, Virginia: History through Architecture, in which the date is assumed to be early nineteenth century. Milling was a major industry in wheat-rich Frederick County in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and the Charles Varle map of 1809 shows more than fifty gristmills. As a 1992 cultural resource study of the general area suggests, while “high- farming activities concentrated on prime limestone lands [in western Frederick County],. . . the steep stream gradients these lands produced proved ideal for the development of the milling industries.” Thus, while the “unsuitability” of the land for a glebe, or farm, capable of supporting a minister’s family may have been due to its location on shaley land along the creek, this early disadvantage was clearly overshadowed by the site’s eminent suitability for the erection of a water-powered mill, a necessary adjunct to Frederick County’s grain-driven economy in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Judging from its similar brickwork, the mill appears to have been built at the same time as the house. It is likely that Helm may have used at least some slave labor in the operation of his mill, as Frederick County property tax records indicate that he owned 21 slaves over the age of 12 years in 1828. Helm apparently had abolitionist leanings, however, and he seems to have been a relatively benevolent master. His will stipulated that all of his slaves over the age of 28 were to be emancipated within nine months of his death. He also ordered that younger slaves were to be emancipated as soon as they achieved the age of 28, and that prior to that time they should be hired out and the income from their hire used, along with other money from Helm’s estate, to support those of his slaves who were unable to support themselves. An “appraisement” of his personal property made after his death makes no mention of slaves, and there is no indication that any of his slaves were sold; nor does the will or the accounting made after his death indicate that any slaves were distributed to his heirs (two surviving sisters, a niece, a nephew, and the children of four other siblings) or to settle debts. The estate settlement records of 1834 show that some slaves were indeed hired out, and that some slave children were cared for with funds from Helm’s estate. The 1831 appraisal of Helm’s landed estate included the “new house lot”, containing just over 531 acres, and exclusive of the interests of the heirs of his deceased sister, Anne Berry; the “old house lot”, containing slightly over 412 acres, also exclusive of Anne Berry’s heirs’ interests; and the “mill lot” containing approximately 75 acres. Following William Helm’s death, the farm was sold to a succession of owners. An 1831-32 map identifies it as “Harrison’s Mill”, an apparent reference to George Harrison, who bought the property in 1830. In 1862, it was purchased by William N. Eddy. Eddy operated the mill until about 1875. The roof and upper portions of the building had been severely damaged by fire in 1864, apparently during the Battle of Opequon (Third Winchester) on September 19 of that year. The National Park Service’s Study of Civil War Sites in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia refers to the Opequon battle as “the largest and most desperately contested battle of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley” and “a turning point of the war in the Valley, marking the rise of Sheridan and the decline of Confederate power.” The report lists Valley Mill Farm among the sites and features associated with the battlefield. Whether the fire in Eddy’s barn resulted from torching by Union troops under General Philip Sheridan, from shelling during the battle, or from other causes is not clear. It is known, however, that Eddy borrowed money in late 1865 to repair the mill, declaring in a deed of trust against his house, mill, and 140 acres of land on Abram’s Creek that he wanted the money to rebuild the mill, which had “recently burned”. Around 1875 Eddy gave up active management of the mill and moved to Winchester. His sons-in-law, Cunningham and McKinster, took over the mill operations. The mill continued to be called Valley Mill and is so designated on an 1885 map of the area. Following the death of William N. Eddy in 1888 and that of his wife some years later, the property including the mill and house descended to Eddy’s daughter and her husband, George J. Cunningham. It was sold in 1909 by Cunningham heirs and made its way through a long string of later owners. At some point, apparently in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, the mill was converted to use as a barn. Little physical evidence of the mill’s wheel, internal machinery, or supply and tail races remains today. However, the 1880 Manufacturing Census of Frederick County indicates that Eddy’s mill had a 400-bushel grain elevator built into it, being the only gristmill functioning with such sophisticated equipment in Winchester at that time. Following the purchase of Valley Mill Farm by Dr. Mark Andrew McHale in 1958, the barn was adapted to serve as a veterinary office. Also during the McHale ownership, a rear-facing garage was added to the house in the mid-twentieth century; the garage was recently remodeled as living space. The property, now consisting of approximately 83 acres, is owned today by Valley Mill Farm, LC, managed by Mary McHale Stafford. September 2020: Eddy’s Mill (also known as Valley Mill Farm, William Helm House, and Helm-Eddy House) at 1494 Valley Mill Road features a crica-1820 Federal-style, single-family dwelling, brick mill (now used as a barn), secondary dwellings, and other outbuildings. It was listed in the NRHP under Criteria A and C in 2006. The resource was found to remain in good condition since its listing and is recommended to retain its eligibility determination of listed in the NRHP. Surveyor Recommendation:Recommended Eligible Ownership Ownership Category Ownership Entity Private No Data Primary Resource Information Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Single Dwelling NR Resource Type:Building 62 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 3 of 12 Historic District Status:No Data Date of Construction:Ca 1820 Date Source:Site Visit/Written Data Historic Time Period:Early National Period (1790 - 1829) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Subsistence/Agriculture Other ID Number:No Data Architectural Style:Federal/Adamesque Form:No Data Number of Stories:2.0 Condition:Good Threats to Resource:Development Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: The T-shaped brick house faces south and consists of four sections. The principal section is the center front, a two-story four-bay block 18’6” X 33’6”. To its right is a one-story three-bay wing, which appears to be part of the original construction, 18’6 X 21’6”. To the left, recessed, is a modern two-bay addition 21-0 X 22’6”. To the rear is a one-and-a-half-story old addition, three bays deep, 18’-0” X 20’-0”. On both sides of the rear wing are modern one-story porches, open to the north on the east and enclosed on the west. The original right side one-and-a-half-story wing was raised 16 brick courses, approximately three feet. The raised portion also appears old. The main or center section, two stories high, is constructed of reddish brick in six-course common bond. Some portions, except the front, show remains of former white paint that shows in the 1979 photographs in VDHR files. The front is clean of paint, without apparent damage to the brickwork and has been carefully repointed in an appropriate light-tan sand-colored mortar. The windows have their original flat arches and operating louvered wood shutters, which appear to be old replacements. The front door is an old raised-panel door with six panels and an original four-light transom. The pedimented frontispiece has reeded pilasters and a dentil cornice in the pediment. It appears to be old, perhaps 1930s, and shows in the 1979 photos. Modern coach lamps flank the door. There is a large brick stoop. To the right of the door is a large cast- iron star of a reinforcing rod that extends through the house. A second reinforcing rod terminates in a simple steel channel. The door is in the second bay of the four-bay front. The cornice is a three-course molded brick construction that appears to be original. There are end interior chimneys to the block. The first floor has three 9/6 light wood sash double-hung windows, and the second floor has four 6/6 light double-hung wood sash. The right, one-and-a-half-story wing appears to be original with the central portion of the house. Perhaps it was the original kitchen. It is brick, identical to the central section, with no evidence of later joining except that the upper 16 courses show where the wing was subsequently raised at a date unknown, but not recent, and before the 1979 photos. There is a joint line between the main block and the raised wing, and the cornice of the raised portion is four bricks in height with a modillion course. Further, the bricks along the raised portion differ slightly in appearance from the lower ones. The upper section is in eight-course common bond. On the east end wall of this wing, the upper brickwork appears similar to the lower brick but varies from between six, seven, and eight-course common bond rather than six courses as below, marking the newer construction. The windows in this wing on the front are 9/6 light double-hung wood sash; those on the end are 6/6-light double-hung wood sash. There is evidence that the center front window was once a door, as the brick below it appears to have been inserted and toothed in. Some sash appear to be 1930s replicas of the original sash, judging by the muntins and sash cords. The rear, or north, wing is one-and-a-half-story, brick, with an interior chimney on the rear wall. The height of the wing matches that of the raised side wing, suggesting that this section may have been built at the time the end was raised, in order to permit through passage of the interior of the second floor. The east side of the rear wing has a six-panel door with four-light sidelights in the left-hand bay and two 6/6-light double-hung wood sash to the right on the balance of the wall. A modern but compatible two-bay frame porch, 6’6” X 26’6” fills the space created between the side and rear wings. The gable roof of the wing extends down in a straight line over the porch. It is covered in standing- seam sheet metal. On the second floor there is a modern gabled dormer with two six-light sashes which are topped by an elliptical fanlight. On the rear, north, side of the brick rear wing, there is an interior chimney but no windows. The wall is laid in six-course common bond. On the west side of the rear wing, there is a modern, enclosed, glazed porch with a shed roof extending from the gable. The roof is standing-seam sheet metal. Over the enclosed porch are three flush skylights. In the main gable on this side there are three dormer windows. These are old and show in the 1979 photo, but they have new eight-light sash. The rear of the main center block is similar to the front, with an old exterior six-panel door and one 9/6-light double-hung wood sash window on the first floor. There is a four-light sash window over the rear door, lighting the interior stair landing. On the second floor, there are two 6/6- light double-hung wood sash windows. There are no dormers. On the ends of the block, in the low attic are pairs of four-light sash flanking the chimney mass at each end. On the south front the left or west portion wing is recessed a foot and was built in the 1950s as a garage, with a rear entrance. It is shown in the 1979 photos. Since then the interior has been turned into living space and a clapboard frame wall has replaced the rear-facing garage doors. The front and left side of this wing are laid in stretcher bond with clapboards in the west gable. There are two 9/6-light double-hung wood sash in the front, with operating shutters, one 6/6-light on the west side, and one eight-light sash, and one 15-light sash door on the rear. The gable roof is standing-seam sheet metal as on the remainder of the house. ---------------------- August 2004 September 2020: Eddy’s Mill (also known as Valley Mill Farm, William Helm House, and Helm-Eddy House) at 1494 Valley Mill Road features a circa-1820, two-story, four-bay, Federal-style, single-family dwelling. The core and historic additions of the dwelling remain fairly unchanged since its NRHP listing in 2006. A circa-2007, one-story, gable-roofed addition with a small one-story projection on its west elevation was added to the north elevation of the west wing of the dwelling. Aerials indicate that the addition features an interior-end brick chimney on the east elevation. Current online aerials also show that a possible shed-roofed, circa-2007 addition featuring a sky-light extends from the north elevation of the core of the building. 63 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 4 of 12 Exterior Components Component Component Type Material Material Treatment Roof Gable Metal Standing Seam Chimneys Interior End Brick No Data Windows Sash, Double-Hung Wood 6/6 Windows Sash, Double-Hung Wood 9/6 Structural System and Exterior Treatment Masonry Brick Other Porch Stoop/Deck Brick Not Visible Secondary Resource Information Secondary Resource #1 Resource Category:DSS Legacy Resource Type:Shed NR Resource Type:Building Historic District Status:No Data Not Observed:This resource was not observed during the last survey. Date of Construction:1979Ca Date Source:No Data Historic Time Period:The New Dominion (1946 - 1991) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Subsistence/Agriculture Architectural Style:No Data Form:No Data Condition:No Data Threats to Resource:No Data Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: Behind the barn is a large partially open new equipment shed, frame with a gabled metal roof, constructed since 1979. Near the front of the barn is a small, gable-roofed two-part storage shed, which appears to be more than fifty years old. In the field south of the barn is a modern, three-bay, plain shed-roofed equipment shed. ---------------------- August 2004 September 2020: This resource was not observed during the current survey. Number of Stories:No Data Secondary Resource #2 Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Secondary Dwelling Date of Construction:1890Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:Early National Period (1790 - 1829) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Subsistence/Agriculture Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: West of the house is a frame two-story house with a gable roof. It has been extensively remodeled and is noncontributing. ---------------------- 64 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 5 of 12 August 2004 September 2020: A circa-1890, two-story, five-story, frame secondary dwelling is located west of the primary resource on the north side of Valley Mill Road. According to the previous survey, the building has been heavily modified and does not contribute to the eligibility of the resource. The building sits on a continuous five-to-one, common-bonded brick raised foundation and is clad in weatherboard siding. It is covered by a side-gabled roof sheathed in asphalt shingles and is pierced by an interior-slope, brick chimney. A single-leaf door and storm door is located on the southeast elevation. Other fenestration includes one-over-over, vinyl-framed, double-hung-sash windows with faux muntins. A one-story, two-bay, framed entry porch is situated in front of the primary resource. It is covered by a front-gabled roof supported by wood posts. The post foundation is covered in lattice. Number of Stories:2 Secondary Resource #3 Resource Category:Industry/Processing/Extraction Resource Type:Mill Date of Construction:1867Ca Date Source:Owner Historic Time Period:Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Subsistence/Agriculture Architectural Style:Other Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: The principal other contributing resource is an old brick barn that was originally a mill, located across Valley Mill Road from the house. The ground floor is in limestone rubble, traditional to the area, and the two stories above are in reddish brick laid in six-course common bond similar to the house. Mixed in the brickwork are occasional glazed headers. The building has been much changed over the years, with damage from the Civil War Battle of Opequon repaired and sometime after 1885 converted to a barn. After 1958 the ground floor was converted to a veterinary office. Most of the walls survive intact, although there are several windows that have been closed in, while other openings have been created, particularly the large, double main barn doors at the upper level at the top of a ramp. There is a gabled sheet-metal roof. Only a few remnants of its use as a mill have survived, and no remains of the head or tail race were noted, although they show clearly on the 1864 and 1885 maps. ---------------------- August 2004 September 2020: A circa-1867, two-story, brick mill (now used as a barn) is located south of the primary resource, on the south side of Valley Mill Road. Some features not previously noted about the building include a single-leaf, vertical wood board door on the north elevation; wood vents; and sliding board-and-batten doors with six-light windows. A date stone is visible in the north elevation and reads “Valley Mill Built By W.N. Eddy 1865.” A one-story, shed-roofed, framed addition clad in board-and-batten siding extends from the north half of the east elevation. A one-story, gabled-roof addition extends from the west half of the north elevation of the building’s core and the shed-roof addition. Number of Stories:1 Secondary Resource #4 Resource Category:DSS Legacy Resource Type:Shed Date of Construction:1950Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:The New Dominion (1946 - 1991) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Subsistence/Agriculture Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: August 2004 65 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 6 of 12 September 2020: A circa-1950, one-story, three-bay, frame storage shed is located northeast of the mill (now barn) and west of Abrams Creek. The continuous poured-concrete foundation supports a structural system clad in weatherboard siding with cornerboards. The core of the building is covered by an asphalt-shingled gabled roof and a shed-roofed portion extends from the north elevation. Fenestration includes six-light, wood- framed, hopped/awning windows and a single-leaf, vertical wood board door. Number of Stories:1 Secondary Resource #5 Resource Category:DSS Legacy Resource Type:Shed Date of Construction:1980Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:Early National Period (1790 - 1829) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Subsistence/Agriculture Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: August 2004 September 2020: A circa-1980, one-story, three-bay, frame machine shed is located southwest of the primary resource and west of the mill. It is clad in T1-11 siding and is covered by a shed roof. Three open bays are located on the west elevation. Number of Stories:1 Secondary Resource #6 Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Single Dwelling NR Resource Type:Building Historic District Status:No Data Not Observed:This resource was not observed during the last survey. Date of Construction:Ca Date Source:No Data Historic Time Period:Early National Period (1790 - 1829) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Subsistence/Agriculture Architectural Style:No Data Form:No Data Condition:No Data Threats to Resource:No Data Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: August 2004 September 2020: This resource was not observed during the current survey. Number of Stories:No Data Secondary Resource #7 Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Single Dwelling NR Resource Type:Building Historic District Status:No Data 66 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 7 of 12 Not Observed:This resource was not observed during the last survey. Date of Construction:Ca Date Source:No Data Historic Time Period:Early National Period (1790 - 1829) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Subsistence/Agriculture Architectural Style:No Data Form:No Data Condition:No Data Threats to Resource:No Data Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: August 2004 September 2020: This resource was not observed during the current survey. Number of Stories:No Data Secondary Resource #8 Resource Category:Agriculture/Subsistence Resource Type:Barn NR Resource Type:Building Historic District Status:No Data Not Observed:This resource was not observed during the last survey. Date of Construction:Ca Date Source:No Data Historic Time Period:Early National Period (1790 - 1829) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Subsistence/Agriculture Architectural Style:No Data Form:No Data Condition:No Data Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: August 2004 September 2020: This resource was not observed during the current survey. Number of Stories:No Data Secondary Resource #9 Resource Category:Social/Recreational Resource Type:Pool/Swimming Pool Date of Construction:2007Ca Date Source:Map Historic Time Period:Post Cold War (1992 - Present) Historic Context(s):Domestic, Recreation/Arts Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: 67 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 8 of 12 No Data Architectural Description: September 2020: A circa-2007, poured-concrete, in-ground pool is located north of the primary resource. Secondary Resource #10 Resource Category:Social/Recreational Resource Type:Pool House Date of Construction:2008Ca Date Source:Map Historic Time Period:Post Cold War (1992 - Present) Historic Context(s):Domestic, Recreation/Arts Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: September 2020: A circa-2008, one-story pool house is located north of the primary resource. The building is covered with a side-gabled roof sheathed in asphalt shingles and is pierced by a chimney flue in the northwest corner of the building. The cladding was indiscernible from the public right-of-way; however, Tuscan-style columns line the façade at the corners and the center bay is open. Fenestration includes one-over-one, vinyl-framed, double-hung-sash windows and single-leaf doors. Number of Stories:1 Secondary Resource #11 Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Single Dwelling Date of Construction:2017Ca Date Source:Map Historic Time Period:Post Cold War (1992 - Present) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Community Planning, Domestic Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: September 2020: A circa-2017, two-story, single-family dwelling is located west of the primary resource and on the south side of Valley Mill Road. Number of Stories:1 Secondary Resource #12 Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Well Date of Construction:1950Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:The New Dominion (1946 - 1991) Historic Context(s):Domestic Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Condition:Good 68 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 9 of 12 Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: September 2020: A circa-1950 poured-concrete well superstructure is located east of the circa-1890 secondary dwelling and west of the primary resource. It is covered by a circular concrete cap. Secondary Resource #13 Resource Category:Domestic Resource Type:Well Date of Construction:1950Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:The New Dominion (1946 - 1991) Historic Context(s):Domestic Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: September 2020: A circa-1950 poured-concrete well superstructure is located east of the secondary dwelling and west of the primary resource. It is covered by a circular concrete cap. Secondary Resource #14 Resource Category:Agriculture/Subsistence Resource Type:Outbuilding Date of Construction:1950Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:The New Dominion (1946 - 1991) Historic Context(s):Subsistence/Agriculture Architectural Style:No discernible style Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: September 2020: A circa-1950, one-story, multi-bay, frame agricultural outbuilding is located west of the primary resource on the south side of Valley Mill Road. It is clad in board-and-batten siding and is covered by a shed roof sheathed in v-crimp metal separated into two portions sloping in different directions. The building features unfilled window openings. Number of Stories:1 Secondary Resource #15 Resource Category:Social/Recreational Resource Type:Sculpture/Statue Date of Construction:2007Ca Date Source:Site Visit Historic Time Period:Post Cold War (1992 - Present) Historic Context(s):Architecture/Landscape, Recreation/Arts Architectural Style:No discernible style 69 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 10 of 12 Form:No Data Condition:Good Threats to Resource:None Known Cultural Affiliations:No Data Cultural Affiliation Details: No Data Architectural Description: September 2020: A circa-2007 tree sculpture is located southwest of the primary resource. It features a mill grist stone. Historic District Information Historic District Name:No Data Local Historic District Name:No Data Historic District Significance:No Data CRM Events Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Adriana Moss Organization/Company:Dovetail CRG Photographic Media:Digital Survey Date:9/8/2020 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Project Bibliographic Information: Frederick County, Virginia 2020 Interactive Maps. Electronic document, https://www.fcva.us/departments/geographic-information-systems/interactive-maps, accessed September 2020. Moss, Adriana T. 2020 Phase I Architectural Survey of the Opequon Crossing Project, Frederick County, Virginia. Prepared for D.R. Horton Capital Division, Annapolis, Maryland. Nationwide Environmental Title Research, LLC (NETR) n.d. Historic Aerial Mosaic Frederick County, Virginia. Electronic document, historicaerials.com/viewer, accessed September 2020. Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History, C - Distinctive Characteristics of Architecture/Construction Phase II Intensive Survey Integrity Recommendations: Association, Design, Feeling, Location, Materials, Setting, Workmanship Event Type: NRHP Listing DHR ID:034-0108 Staff Name:NPS Event Date:2/9/2006 Staff Comment No Data Event Type: VLR Listing DHR ID:034-0108 Staff Name:State Review Board Event Date:12/7/2005 70 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 11 of 12 Staff Comment No Data Event Type: NRHP Nomination DHR ID:034-0108 Staff Name:Shirley Maxwell, James C. Massey Event Date:8/31/2005 Staff Comment No Data Event Type: DHR Staff: Eligible DHR ID:034-0108 Staff Name:DHR Event Date:9/9/2004 Staff Comment Valley Mill Farm, Frederick County, DHR File Number 034-0108 The resource, a Federal dwelling with brick outbuildings, was evaluated as locally significant under Criterion C (Architecture) with a POS of 1800-1830. The resource was recommended individually eligible with 31 points. Note - this property was originally recommended not eligible for listing on January 18 1990. Event Type: PIF Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:James C. Massey and Shirley Maxwell Organization/Company:Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media:No Data Survey Date:8/31/2004 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History, C - Distinctive Characteristics of Architecture/Construction Phase II Intensive Survey Integrity Recommendations: Association, Design, Feeling, Location, Materials, Setting, Workmanship Event Type: DHR Staff: Potentially Eligible DHR ID:034-0108 Staff Name:Mitchell, Bryan Event Date:10/1/1992 Staff Comment No Data Event Type: PIF Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Stafford, Mary McHale Organization/Company:Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media:No Data Survey Date:7/27/1989 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History, C - Distinctive Characteristics of Architecture/Construction Phase II Intensive Survey Integrity Recommendations: Association, Design, Feeling, Location, Materials, Setting, Workmanship 71 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 034-0108 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data November 29, 2022 Page: 12 of 12 Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Giles, Leslie Organization/Company:Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media:No Data Survey Date:6/1/1989 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History, C - Distinctive Characteristics of Architecture/Construction Phase II Intensive Survey Integrity Recommendations: Association, Design, Feeling, Location, Materials, Setting, Workmanship Event Type: Survey:Phase II/Intensive Project Review File Number:No Data Investigator:Quinn, Michael C. Organization/Company:Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media:No Data Survey Date:8/11/1973 Dhr Library Report Number:No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria Recommendations: A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History, C - Distinctive Characteristics of Architecture/Construction Phase II Intensive Survey Integrity Recommendations: Association, Design, Feeling, Location, Materials, Setting, Workmanship Bibliographic Information Bibliography: No Data Property Notes: Name: Mary McHale Stafford Title: Contact Company 1: Valley Mill Farm L.C. Address 1: 8705 C Street City: Chesapeake Beach State: Virginia ZIP: 20732 Phone 1: 410-286-7333 Ext: 0000 Phone 2: 554-665-1755 Ext: 0000 Surveyor Notes: Owner of property in 2004 and 2005. Owner Relationship: Owner of property 72 Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources Legend County Boundaries Title: Architecture Labels Date: 11/29/2022 DISCLAIMER:Records of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) have been gathered over many years from a variety of sources and the representation depicted is a cumulative view of field observations over time and may not reflect current ground conditions.The map is for general information purposes and is not intended for engineering, legal or other site-specific uses. Map may contain errors and is provided "as-is". More information is available in the DHR Archives located at DHR’s Richmond office. Notice if AE sites:Locations of archaeological sites may be sensitive the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) and Code of Virginia §2.2-3705.7 (10). Release of precise locations may threaten archaeological sites and historic resources.73 Photograph source: VCRIS Details for 034-0108 Valley Mill Farm (photos taken in 2004) 74 75 Historic Resources Advisory Board Agenda Item Detail Meeting Date: December 20, 2022 Agenda Section: Historic Plaque Program Discussion Title: Historic Plaque Program Discussion Attachments: HRAB12-20-22HistoricPlaqueProgram.pdf 76 Item # 3 Historic Plaque Program Discussion From 1995 to 2014, the Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB) administered the Historic Property Designation Program, more commonly referred to as the Historic Plaque Program. The program allowed Frederick County to formally acknowledge the architectural and historic integrity of structures and promote historic preservation. Through this program, a landowner could apply for their property to gain the Historic Property Designation for structures at least 50 years old. The HRAB would make a recommendation on the application to forward to the Frederick County Board of Supervisors (BOS), which, if approved, would present the plaque to the applicant at the Board meeting. As of 2014, 33 historic plaques have been issued, and a list of the properties with the Historic Property Designation is attached. Planning staff is seeking input from HRAB members to gauge interest on bringing this program back. Records indicate that in the past, letters were sent out to owners of unique structures that would likely be historically significant. The planning department currently has 7 more plaques available and there is a small amount of funding in the budget for this program as well. Planning staff asks the HRAB to consider how the program was run in the past and if there is a desire to re-start the program. Questions to consider: • Is the HRAB interested in resuming the program? • How would HRAB/Planning staff garner interest in the program and encourage applications? • What would be an appropriate use of dedicated funds in the budget? Please find the following attachments for your information: • List of Historic Property Designations with Plaques • Example Application for Historic Property Designation • Example Photo of Historic Plaque 77 FREDERICK COUNTY HISTORIC PLAQUES ISSUED Plaque Property Name Owner Location 1 Frederick County Courthouse 2 Springdale Robert & Susan Claytor 4273 Valley Pike 3 St. Thomas Episcopal Church Town of Middletown 4 Monte Vista Farm William & Barbara Houdershell 8183 Valley Pike 5 Sunrise Margaret Chapin 975 Hollow Road 6 Springdale Flour Mill Louis Brim 124 Springdale Road 7 Hopewell Friends Meeting House Hopewell Meeting Lot 616 Hopewell Road 8 Poor House Fruit Hill Orchard 956 Poorhouse Road 9 Belle Grove Plantation National Trust 336 Bell Grove Road 10 Willow Shade Charles & Nancy Poole 6273 Northwestern Pike 11 Valley View James Hutton 303 Old Baltimore Road 12 Adelphi Mills Harry & Susan Harbaugh 202 Sir Johns Road 13 Springdale Flour Mill Louis Brim Springdale Road 14 Kenilworth Charles Orndoff 2897 Martinsburg Pike 15 Cleridge Martha Clevenger 1649 Old Charlestown Road 16 Lynn-Lodge House Robert Grogg 3641 Apple Pie Ridge Road 17 Rose Hill Farm Glass-Burnie Museum 1985 Jones Road 18 Springdale Thomas Keech 1663 Apple Pie Ridge Rd. 19 Cherry Row David & Jenny Powers 1389 Apple Pie Ridge Rd. 20 Old Stone Church Old Stone Church Off of Green Spring Rd 21 Carter Hall Homer & Doris Alexander 310 Carters Lane 22 Buffalo Marsh David & Elizabeth Moseley 697 Clark Road 23 Sulphur Springs Spa Greig Aitken & Toni Wallace 1160 Jordan Springs Road 24 Homespun R.J. & Mary Turner 949 Cedar Creek Grade 25 Ridings-McClung House Theodore & Bonnie Garrett 1271 Ridings Mill Road 26 Glass-Rinker House Marjorie Copenhaver 2463 Cedar Creek Grade 27 Winter Hill Jacques & Nancy Billmyer 5439 Cedar Creek Grade 28 Hedgebrook Farm Kitty Hockman 690 Shady Elm Road 29 Barrett-Fries House Gregory & Pembroke Hutchinson 2187 Apple Pie Ridge Road 78 30 Glass Rinker Cooper Mill I. William Zartman & Marie Zartman 2431 Cedar Creek Grade 31 White Hall United Methodist Church same 3265 Apple Pie Ridge Road 32 Hites Chapel United Methodist Church same 150 Chapel Road 33 Ireson Springs Farm David & Kathy Holliday 4750 Cedar Creek Grade 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 Historic Plaque Example 98