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HA-398
Benjamin Silver House (Moxley House)
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Last Updated: 02-18-2004
HA-398
Benjamin Silver House 3646 Harmony Church Road DRrlin~ton vicinity Private
1856
The Benjamin Silver House is the main building in the Silver farm complex, ~n important example of agricultural life and economy in Harford Countydlring the second hRlf o~ the 19th century. This complex is virtually complete as it existed in the late 19th century. Benjamin Silver, Jr. was one of the original five trustees of the Deer Creek Harmony ?resbyterian Church and remained a prominent citizen of the Darlington area throughout his life.
NOT TO BE RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT OWNER'S CONSENT
MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST ·:A-398 ~Ll-~I ·" 13:J3;•'.:.c;~c4
INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
6NAME HISTORIC
Benjamin Silver ~ouse AND/OR COMMON
Moxley House
flLOCATION STREET & NUMBER
3646 Hannony Church Road CITY. rowN
Darlington X VICINITY OF
STATE
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CATEGORY
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_BEING CONSIDERED
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&DOWNER OF PROPERTY "'AME
Howard N. Mo::-:l~~t_ ah_ __ STREET & NUMBER
----~46 Harmony Church "Road Ci TY, TO\.'\'~
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~OCCUPIED _UNOCCUPIED
_WORK IN PROGRESS
ACCESSIBLE _YES· RESTRICTED
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p.c;rli ngton -X. VICINITY OF
llLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC Harford County Courthouse 57REET & NUMBER
40 So. Main St. CITY. TOWN
Bel Air
£I REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
1st COUNTY
Harford
PRESENT USE
_AGRICULTURE
_COMMERCIAL
_MUSEUM
_PARK
_EDUCATIONAL LPRIVATE RESIDENCE
_ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS
_GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC
_INDUSTR:A~
_MIU<l\RY
Telephone rr.
_ TRANSPORTATiOfl<
_OTHER
S"'."ATE' Zlp code Im 21034
Liber if: 805 Folio #: 398
STATE
MD
Maryland Historical ~rust Historic Sites Inventory DATE
c. 1970 _FEDERAL X...sTATE _COUNTY __ LOCAL
DEPOSITORY FOR
SURVEY RECORDS Maryland Historical Trust • . CITY. TOWN STATE
MD
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DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
The Benjamin Silver Rouse is a 2* story stone house dating from 1856 with late 19th and ~0th century additions, which is loc8ted on the north side of Harmony Church Road about bne-half mile west of Darlington Road (MD 161) in Harfor~ County, Maryland. The house is on a slight rise facing southwest.
~he main section has five bays on its southwest or principal elevation. ".'he center entry has a one story shed porch ,,,'ith four Tuscan columns. The gable ends of the house are two bays wide with brick arched semi~circular windows near the F,able peak. On the southeast gable above the fan window is a:r:. inset stone with carved initials and date: "B S 185611 • Interior end brick chimneys break the slate roof. Two slate-sided pedimented dormers face southwest.
At the northeast corner, a stone ell adjoins the main section. A one story shed addition, apparently frame covered in aluminum siding, has been built in the angle between the ell and main section. The south gable end has a small shed entry porch with square piers.
The fenestration is six over six-light sliding sash. I'he main doorway has recessed paneled jambs and a six-light rectangular transom.
· The major outbuildings of the Silver farm are described in indiv±dual inventory forms HA-399 - 4o6. An unnumbered snall log structure, possibly a s:::iringhouse, is located west of the house at the fence separating the ho~tse lawn from the adjacent field. The V-notched structure has a low gable roof and gable Ends covered with tongue~ruid-groove vertical siding. Modern roofing material covers the roof. A snall door is located in the south gable end and snall square windows open on both sides of the building.
A second unnumbered outbuilding is the Benjamin si:ver ~en9.llt House at 3700 Harmony Church ~oad, just southeast of the barn. This is a 1Y2-story house with five bays and a center entrance on its main or south elevation and an open porch on the east end of the house under the extended slate gable roof. The porch has two recessed paneled posts. A shed addition extends from the north elevation. A brick exterior chimney rises on the east gable end of the house. The six-over-six light windows h'°:ve plain surrounds. The exterior is covered in alurninQ~ siding, but was probably originally clapboard. The foundation is stone. The tenant house anpears on the 1878 Martenet map of Harford County and probably was built about 1856 along with the main )ilver house.
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II SIGNIFICANCE
PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW
'REHISTORIC _ARCHEuLUGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _RELIGION
400-1499 -ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _CONSERVATION _LAW _SCIENCE
__ 1500-1599 -AGRICULTURE _ECONOMICS _UT!:AATURE __ SCULPTURE
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_1900- _COMMur.:c ... T!ONS _INDUSTRY __ POLITICS1GOVERNMENT X--OTHER ISPEC>FY'
Local history
SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
"""he Benjamin Silver House is the main building in the Silver farm complex, an important exa.~ple of agricultural life and economy in Harford County during the second half of the 19th century. This complex is virtually complete as it existed in the late 19th century.
HISTORY AND SUPPORT
Benjamin 3ilver (1810-1894) was one of the nine children of Benjamin Silver, Sr., a prominent 18th century citizen of the Darlington area. Benjamin Jr. was well-known in his own right, being one of the original five trustees of the Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church, appointed in 1837.
The Benjamin Silver House was one of several Silver houses in the area. Benj::unin Jr. and three of his brothers married four sisters and all settled within a few miles of each other. Benjamin Jr. was ap:;Jarently a "gentleman farmer'' as were most of the Silvers and their neighbors. He was a graduate of Yale and was a Southern syT!lpathizer in the Civil '.Jar.
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IJMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Geneaolorry o::" !illiam H. Silver of John and F,dith Stokes 3ilver, vertical
file at Harford County Library, Bel Air .Martenet's Map of Harford County, 1878
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VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION
LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES
STATE COUNTY
STATE COUNTY
mFORM PREPARED BY NAl·.'E; TITLE
Janet L. D~vis, Historic Sites Surveyor ·JRGAN'ZATiON
Harford County Dent. of Planning and Zoning J-ATE
September 1982
45 So. Main St. (301) 838-6000, ext. 207 Ci TY OR TOWN
Bel 1~ir
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MD 21014
The ~~ary land Historic Sites Inventory was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature, to be found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA, 19 7 4 Suppler~ent.
The Survey and Inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only and do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights.
RETURN TO: Maryland Historical Trust The Shaw House, 21 State Circle Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (301) 267-1438
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HA-398
Benjamin Silver House
ADDITION:
Northwest of the house is a small terraced "allee" of alternating fruit trees and boxwood leading north to a grove of large boxwoods enclosing an overgrown flagstoned space. The date of this landscaping is unknown. The large boxwoods may be 19th century plantings, but the fruit trees appear to be early 20th century and the smaller boxwoods to be very recent.
HA-399
Benjamin Silver Barn
ADDITION: The slate roof has a section of smaller slabs at the center, indicating a possible cupola which no longer exists. The interior structure is mortise and tenon with hand-hewn timbers.
HA-401
Benjamin Silver Servants Quarters
ADDITION: The first floor interior has exposed joists and rafters with some retaining strips of bark. There is no evidence that this was ever a finished interior suitable for habitation. It has many nails and hooks on both the rafters and joists, most of which are now used to hold tools, horseshoes, etc. Part of the room is occupied by a modern, concrete block-enclosed furnace linked to a brick chimney in the east wall. An open stair on the south wall leads to the second floor, which was used by the present owner as a children's playroom. If this was originally the slave quarters and later servants' quarters, it has been greatly altered during the 20th century.
Janet Davis August 1983
Form 10-300 (Dec. 1968)
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NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY
ANNAPOLIS, MD. 21404 (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) ENTRY NUMBER DATE
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MARYLAND 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFfCATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION
As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I herebv certify that this property is included in the
89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register.
in the National Register and certify that it has been
evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set
forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
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BENJAMIN SILVER HOUSE
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CHAIN OF TITLE (PARTIAL)
24 February 1969
1 August 1961
25 May 1951
8 December 1945
14 August 1940
1 March 1930
1 October 1928
27 September 1900
24 June 1851
Grantor: Laura M. Wilson, Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., and First National Bank of Maryland, executors of the estate of Laurence B. Meacham
Grantee: Howard N. & Dolores W. Moxley Acreage: 171.01 Amount : $180,000
Grantor: Ella Marie Kelley, widow Grantee: Laurence B. Meacham Acreage: 169. 07
Grantor: J. Rush and Mary T. Baldwin Grantee: Augustine B. and Ella Marie Kelley Acreage: 167, parts of "Green Spring Forest",
"Green Spring Forest Resurveyed", "Mary's Lot", "Mary's Lot Resurveyed", "Peter's Resting Place".
Grantor: Michael L. and Anne W. Eggar Grantee: J. Rush and Mary T. Baldwin Acreage: 167
Grantor: John F. & Elizabeth H. Meigs Grantee: Michael L. and Anne W. Eggar
Grantor: Granville S. Mink, widower, and Paul Mink, unmarried
Grantee: John F. and Elizabeth H. Meigs Acreage: 167
Grantor: John Z. Bayless, trustee for Emily Silver Bayless, infant heir of Mary W. Silver
Grantee: Granville S. Mink, Paul Mink, Earl T. Adams
Grantor: Isabella P. and Griffin T. Milton, et al., heirs of Benjamin Silver
Grantee: Mary Warnock Silver Amount : $6,629.53
Grantor: Charity Silver et al. Grantee: Benjamin Silver Acreage: 129 Amount : $5,532.73
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Benjamin Silver House Glenville vicinity Harford County Photo: Janet Davis September 1982 South elevation 1/3
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Benjamin Silver House HA-398 Glenville vicinity Harford County Photo: Janet Davis September 1982 Log structure, east elevation 2/3
Benjamin Silver House HA-398 Glenville vicinity Harford County Photo: Janet Davis September 1982 Tenant house, south elevation 3/3