William House Farm, House, East side of West Wilson Road, Flintstone, Allegany County, MD
Summary
Significance: The dwelling on the William House Farm is significant as a typical example of a hall-parlor plan house of log construction, representative of the type of dwelling associated with farmsteads in eastern Allegany County during the late eighteenth century and much of the nineteenth century. The log house was expanded and remodeled in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, reflecting a period of increased agricultural prosperity in the region.
Survey number: HABS MD-1081-A
Building/structure dates: ca. 1837 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after. 1940- before. 1950 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80001777
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Tags
farmhouses
log buildings
agriculture
fires
building deterioration
flintstone
house
farm
william house farm
wilson
west wilson road
allegany
allegany county
maryland
george e fellows
historic american buildings survey
enoch house
peter e kurtze
j brough schamp
michael seibert
farmers home administration us department of agriculture
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
united states history
parlor
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1940
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Fellows, George E
House, Enoch
Seibert, Michael, field team
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers Home Administration, sponsor
Schamp, J Brough, photographer
Kurtze, Peter E, historian
Location
Flintstone
,
39.70711, -78.59831
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html