Snively Farm
Encyclopedia
Snively Farm is a historic home located at Eakles Mills
, Washington County
, Maryland
, United States
. It is a two-story, three-bay
18th century log structure with an exposed basement at the front elevation on fieldstone
foundations. The home features a two-story, three-bay rear addition built in the late 18th or early 19th century with a one-story, two-bay stone kitchen. The property includes a stone springhouse and a frame butchering or outkitchen with a massive stone exterior chimney.
The Snively Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1979.
Eakles Mills, Maryland
Eakles Mills is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
, Washington County
Washington County, Maryland
Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. As of the 2010 Census, its population is 147,430...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
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. It is a two-story, three-bay
Bay (architecture)
A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:...
18th century log structure with an exposed basement at the front elevation on fieldstone
Fieldstone
Fieldstone is a building construction material. Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally...
foundations. The home features a two-story, three-bay rear addition built in the late 18th or early 19th century with a one-story, two-bay stone kitchen. The property includes a stone springhouse and a frame butchering or outkitchen with a massive stone exterior chimney.
The Snively Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1979.
External links
- Snively Farm, Washington County, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust