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The Reward (Tilden's Farm)

Architectural Survey File

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Last Updated: 12-02-2019

K-90 The Reward, Tilden's Farm Chestertown Private

1740's

The Reward is a three bay long, two story brick dwelling which appears to have been constructed in the 1740's. Its facade is laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers above a basement of English bond. The other three walls are English bond. Above the two basement windows, the water table steps up to accommodate the segmental arches, like several other houses in the county. The gable roof has a rear catslide. The building was designed and built by Charles Tilden, an interesting man, who was called the "architect" of the first I.U. Church.

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'lbe Re.Yard is' a three bay long, two bay deep, two stocy, brick dwelling which appears to have been cnnstructed in the 1740's. Its facade is laid in Flemish borrl with glazerl headers above a basanent of English bond. 'lbe other three walls are English bond. Wcxx'l grills follc:JNing the contour of the segmental arches are replaccm:mts of original work. Above the two basement windCJNS, the water table steps up to acccr:iodate the segmental arches, like several houses in Chesterta.\1Il. '!he water table is a single brick deep with both ovolo and cavetto rroldings. Al though t.'1e house is three bays long with a central entrance, the entrance is off-center. There are Scgrtn1tal arches of lightly rubbed brick above the first story openings of the south half of the building; the remaining have jack arches. A belt course between stories is interrupterl by the back windCM of the second story and. is terminaterl where it joins the rear slope of the catslide roof. 'lbe lCMer elevation of the rear roans is suggested by the step .in the water table. Orig.inal door arrl windc:JN frames .in the front portion of the house are made of walnut. 'lbe sash are replacarents of the original with the exception of the transan above the original four foot wide entrance door. 'rtle wi.rrlCJNS have 12/12 sash on the first story front portion and 6/6 sash elsewhere. In scale, they resemble the size of the windCJNS in the "Custan.s House," ChestertONn, a building constructed in the late 1740's.

The chinmeys pierce the apex of the roof at the gables and have sloping shoulders and withes, indicating the interior flues. 'Ibey are similar to the chimneys on Ringgold's Fortune (1762) and Springfield Fann (1770), also in Kent County. The rear of the house has only two windCMS on the first story and two darners in the long Ca.tslide roof. Formerly a door was located in the center of the facade where one of the windCJNS is nCM located.

en the north gable of the house and. connected to it for only half its depth is a one and one-half story brick kitchen wing, constructed for the Jolmsons .in the 1930's. North of it is a one story, porch-like structure built for the Whites in the l~te 1960's.

Much of the basic boxwocd planting was done during the 1930's and 1940's. 'l11.e terrace and garden and rrost of the other landscaping is the product of the Havaneycrs arrl has been aco:mplished since their acquisition of the prop:rrty .in 1970.

The old portion of The Reward is cx:mposerl of fcur roans: the living roan arrl den in the front arrl the library and dining roan in the rear. The living rcx:rn walls are fully panelerl an1 painterl off white. That wall adjoining the den is vertical board panel.ing with feather edge and quarter round rrolding. The other walls have raised panels separated by:a bolection chair rail. All of the wocx:1work ap~ars original, even though the quarter round rrolding sur­rourrling the panels is bolder than that of the vertical boards. Architectur­ally the principal elements of the rcx:m are the diagonal fireplace and the stair. Around the secynental arched fireplace is a bold bolection rrolding and al:x:Jve are two glazed cabinets, each with double, four pane dcors hung on butterfly hinges.

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An unusual arrangement to find in a house of the second quarter of the eighteenth century is the stair ascending fran the principal roan without rreans of closing it frcrn drafts. It is located opfX)site the main dcor and has bold turnErl ne,.,.rel and balusters arrl a handrail profile similar to Cloverf ield, Queen Anne's County (circa 1730). An interesting and attractive feature of the roan is the cornice which cxmtinucs even aramd the stair well opening.

Alterations which have occurrErl in the living rocm consist of a new masonry fireplace (between 1966 and 1970) and the cutting and rroving of a portion of paneling adjac::ent the stair to accarodate air conditioning (during the Hurd awnership) • to/

Like the living roan, the den is fully panelErl, but the roan is finished in natural pine. Only the diagonal fireplace wall has raisErl panels while the other walls have vertical board walls. The fonner wall is ccmposErl of two central panels and two paneled cupboards with a narrav horizontal panel between them and the arched fireplace with two vertical flanking panels. 'llie fireplace surround consists of a plain beaded board with early nineteenth century back­hand. It appears to have originally had a bolection molding like the living roan and 1 ibrary. 'llie fireplace was made srmller when the dumper was in­stalled in th:? 1930's. Near the fireplace, on the wall adjoining the dining roan, is a drawer let into the brick wall above the chair rail.

In the corner opposite the fireplace is a glazed corner cabinet built over the p.::ineling. It bears the same molding profiles as the doors above the living roan fireplace. Walnut and pine were used for its construction.

A paneled corner cabinet in the southwest corner is said to have origin­ally stocxl in the same corner of the dining roan prior to the raroval of a partition. It nON conceals a former dcor which opened into the area beneath the stair.

In the dining roan, located one step lo.ver than the previous rcx:rns, the corner fireplace has a mantel of early nineteenth century date. en looking up the flue, a wcxxl lintel is visible, suggestjng a taller O[X'ning. The cheeks of the fireplace have also been filled. The walls in the rocm are plastered except for t11c vertical pc:mclErl wall scp.:_"TI"ating it fran the li­brary. A two-piece chair rail is situated on the plaster walls. In the northwest corner of the roan is a srmll enclosed stair to the chamber above.

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Plaster Lines in the paneling surrounding the stair indicate that the ceiling was originally plastered. It was raroved in the 1930's and plaster was in­stalled bel-ween t11e beams.

Originally, there was an additional partition creating a corridor between the two back roans. One partition new exists and on it is a pegl::>oard. At one end of the original corridor is a batten door leading to the cellar and at the other is a windew which was originally a door, nearly as wide as the front door. More alterations scan to have occurred in the present dining roan than in any of the other roans, though they appear to have occurred at an early date.

Adjacent to the dining roan and the living roan is a small roan new used as a library. In feeling, it is like the den, but it has a lcwer ceiling and, like the dining rcx:rn, has had its plaster ceiling raroved. It has vertical board walls except on the diagonal fireplace wall, which has two paneled cabinets flanking a large central raised panel above the fireplace. 'Ihe latter retains its original bolection molding. Like the den fireplace, this has been filled to accancrlate a smaller fireplace with damper. There is only one windo.v on the south wall to light this small roan.

On the second floor, feather edge partitions separate the rCXJns. The living rcx:rn chamber has a small diagonal fireplace and adjacent to it is a closet along the west wall. Paneling above the fireplace is of twentieth century date. The two exterior walls are plastered and tl1e windo.vs have plastered reveals without trim.

Between the living rcx:rn chamber and the den chamber is a bath separated fran the stair hall by an original board partition. N:x:Jve the door is a six pane transan which was probably an original exterior sash. Opposite the bath is t11e enclosed stair to the attic. It is directly above the main stair. Be­neath the edge of the diagonal carriage is a series of beaded slats, similar to a p:>rtion of balustrade at Gctllington Manor, Kent County.

Little of the den chamber is original. 'IWo closets were installed on the south wall, a fireplace was built in the northwest corner, and vertical paneling was installed on the north wall. Its floors, as are those of the rest of t11e house, are origjnal.

Be.him t11e den d1ambcr, and above the dining rcx:rn, is a bath and dressing roan, which has been installffi since 1970. It was built about one foot higher

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th::m Ilic ori.<Jinal f1cor. Tn its norlhvr':;t c01·111'L" is the SLllir to U1e dining rcon. rt i_s said U1at this rocrn origi11.--1lly h<Kl no dLTcss to !he principal p.-lrt of 1 he houc;c.

l\IJOvc tJ1c Ubrary is another chambor .1cc~t'~>sib1c fu1n the sta.ir hall. It is loc._1Lc<l ucwn four steps fr·c1n lhc h.:ill flCX>r and is a vcty spacious rcx-in with ceiling sloping to.vard t-hc west. It has a board w.1ll r.nclosing a closet ad­ju.ccnt lo the dining roc:rn d1,mh'r. At the c<iW'S .:ire ,, ~;(~I ic~s of L-w0J1ticth ct:nlu1y cabinets.

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_ARCHEULUliY-PREHISTORIC __ COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

_ARCHEOLOGY1HISTORIC _CONSERVATION - .LAW

_AGRICULTURE _ECONOMICS __ LITERATURE

-~RCHITECTURE EDUCATION - MILITARY

_ART __ ENGINEERING __ MUSIC

__ COMMERCE _.EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT -- PHILOSOPHY

_COMMUNICATIONS __ INDUSTRY _POLITICStGOVERNMENT

_INVENTION

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SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT Olarles Tilden

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Oliefly, The Reward is :imp:Jrtant because of its rmique architectural quali_ties. It is a vernacular structure, but it possesses a self-consciousness not usually associated with vernacular stn1ctures. These qualities are undoubtedly the result of the creativity of its o,.merjbuilder, Charles Tilden. Although little has been discovered Llbout him, he appears to have been an unusually gif tcd person, as can be seen by two references pertaining to his capability for design. In his will of 1785, he bequeaths a case of drawers to his granddaughter "designed by me for her rrother" (Kent County Wills 7/160). And, in Hanson's Old Kent (p. 374), there is mention of an agreanent between the vestry of I. U. Olurch and "Charles Tilden, Architect, for the building of a church 60 feet long and 40 feet wide." The term "architect" is rarely used in this period and this is the only time it has been found in Kent County to date.

He obviotiSly p.it a great deal of thought into the design of his house. Each roan, with the exception of the "Hall," wc.s priva.te. The floor plan, as mentioned in the description, is unusual, although it sh<MS a progression toward the Georgian plan (i.e., four rcxrns with CC'ntral st.air hall). Being a catsJjde roof structure all in a single building and not as the result of alterations and additions is unique.

In the early history of The Re.Yarn, Charles Tilden's grandfather, also nartro Charles Tilden, a builder who had acquired the property in 1681, was a rocrober of the original vestry of St. Paul's Church and apparently helped in the construction of the first church (St. Paul's vestry minutes) • He was also a justice for Kent County in 1694-1698. Charles had anigrated to Marylarrl in 1677 and does not appear in the vestry records after 1698.

Upon the death of Charles Tilden, the land came to the right of his son Marmaduke, who lived at Great Oak Manor. Mal-m:lduke died in 1726 .-1nd devised "my plantation on langfords Bay" to his son, Charles Tilden, stating that it shall be rented until Charles reaches the age of 21. In the Debt Books of 1736, Charles is listed as a minor living in Cecil County.

Around 1740, after Charles came of uge, he tCDk i-:cs~~c'ssion of his f.-u.JT1, "The Reward," and soon thereafter constructed the present house. Besides being

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a "designer" and architect, he was a planter. The value of the inventory taken in 1787 after his death c.xccc..><:krl one tJ10usand pounds, indicating that he was a man of considerable means.

'Ihe lands of Charles Tilden were resurveyed in 1774 under the name "Tilden's Farm," but the certificate was not patented until 1796, and then to his son, Mannaduke. In his will Charles mentioned having deeded his property to his sons and heirs, but the deed was not recorded in the courthouse. Perhaps the division of property explains the smaller acreage indicated in the patent of 1794, 288 acres as opposed to the 400 acres which his grandfather had CM111ed a hundred years before.

Mannaduke Tilden sold "Tilden's Farm" in 1796 to Jeremiah Nichols, who sold it to William Trew in 1805. Both of the latter apparently were married to Tilden wanen. It api.::x;ars to have been sold within the family until 1932, when it was purchased by Agnes Langhorne Johnson (Nicklin). It was trnder her o.·mership that the house was restored and the kitchen wing constructed.

Colonel and Mrs. Edward A Hurd CMned the property between 1940 and 1966, and they built the cottage near the roge of Iangford Crce.k.

to A small mudrocrn, adjacent/the kitchen, was built during the brief o.vnership

of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. White (1966-1970).

Since 1970, the house, barns, and grounds have had an overall face-lift. The house has had the whitewash removed fran its brick walls, necessary re­painting, and a new roof.

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,1BLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

.H. Oiandlce. ~?I"lY Manor and Plantation Houses of Maryland. F.aston, Mi. : 4Y the Author, 1934.

Asoo, ~rge A. . O!_~Cl!_t--h-'I_!le Eastern Shore of .Maryland. Reprint of 1876 ed. Baltmnre~Regional Publishing Co., 1967. . .

see cant 1 n11at 1 nn shE¥?t 3

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J Michael Bourne, Architectural Consultant ORGANl7A110N DATE

Maryland Historical Trust June 25, 1975 S l Af_U !!< NUMBER T£ LE PHONE

21 State Circle (301) 267-1438 CITY OR TOWN STATE

Arma.polis Maryland 21401

[fJSTATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS:

NATIONAL_ STATE __ LOCAL __

As the designated State Historic P1eservat1on Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-6651. I

hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Re~ister and certify that it has been evaluated according to the

criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

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4. NOTABLE FEATURES, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND DESCRIPTION OPEN TO PUBLIC NO -The i\ewdrJ, on :Juaker Neck, is .. 1 two-story br•ick house. It is three bilys long and two bays deep. A molded water-table extends around four sides of t. i1t:1 house and jO:.JS above the scqm-.mta I drch basement win<lows. There is a three-brick belt course on thrN~ !!aides of the bui ldi "!»• The south facade is laid in glazed f I etni ith bond dnd tt<JS ..i centra I pant.d I ed door with d four-pane trdasom. It has a seHmenta I arch Ii nte I Ii ke those over the first floor windows. Thtt w i n<lows have 12 over 12 sash on the first floor dnd b over 6 sush on the ::1ccond floor. Theru is a mo lde'1 bo>1. corn i c" on tht.~ fdcude. The !JUb I es are dsymetri ca I dn<l tl1e house vn the north ~ ide i & on I y one .. md u ho If stories hiqh. The "cats I ide" roof has two dormers with o over 6 sash in t:hc secllnd floor windows. The chimneys in the Jable-ends hCJve sloping setbuck::J sirui lar t'> 1;tany other houses on vuJker Neck. Jn the west ~Jable, south of the chimney, there is a sin,Jlt! wi n<low in the attic •

A 1-1/2 story brick ,1dJition for a ~-itchcm und uti I ity area1

in d recent innovation innovation at the caat <Jdb I e-en<l of this houHe1 has been added.

Good Condit i on 5. PHYSICAL CONDITION OF ~TRUCTURE Endangered

~ 6. LOCATION MAP (Pion Optio,,ol)

3. PUBLISHED SOURCES (Author, Title, Pages)

INTERVIEWS, RECORDS, PHOTOS, ETC.

f orrna1, Henrr Cham.Hes Early :-~nor ctrd Plantation Bouse& of :,\dr)'ldnd1 1934 - page 233

Interior Exterior

7. PHOTOGRAPH

9. NAME, ADDRESS AND TITLE OF RECORDER

Maryland Historical Trust,by \i chae I J. Bourne

Januolry 29, 1968 DA TE OF RECORD

Date

Dec. 20, 1668

Jan. 5, 1668

Ju_11e 10, 1671

Dec. 2, 1671

Oct. 9, 1674

June 10, 1681

c. 1698

CHAIN OF TITLE FOR THE REWARD

Walnut Point Road Chestertown, Maryland 21620

Descrintion & Grantee/Grantor

to Cornelius Comegys & Nathaniel Evet

from Richard Tilghman

Assignment of right to 500 acres.

for Cornelius Comegys & Nathaniel Evet

Survey for 500 acres called The Reward, adjacent land laid out for Jol~11 Tully

for Cornelius Comegys & rfathaniel Evet

Patent of 500 acres called Peward

to Hans Hanson from Cornelius Comegys &

Katha..TJ.iel Evet

200 acres of Tne Feward

for Cornelius Comegys & Nathaniel Evet

Correction of Patent for ~eward, 200 acres instead of 500 acres.

to Charles Tilden I'rom Hans Hanson

200 acres of tract called Reward

to P.Y.

Marmaduke Tilden Intestacy of his father, Charles Tilden

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Reference

Patents Liber 13, Folio 95 Hall of Records

Patents Liber 13, Folio 96 Hall of Records

Patents Liber 14, Folio 308 Hall of Records

Deed Liber 1, Folio 107 Kent Co. Courthouse

Patents Lioer 18, Folio 186 Hall of Records

Deed Liber 1, Folio 266 Kent Co. Courthouse

Rent Rolls Liber 5, Folio 46 Hall of Records

CHAIN OF TITLE FOR THE REWARD Page 2

May 24, 1726

Dec. 20, 1785 Probated: Jan. 15, 1787

Aug. 1 7 , 1 796

Feb. ·23, 1805

Feb. 2, 1808 Probated: NOV • 1 0 ' 181 5

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Charles Tilden Will of his father, Marmaduke

"I give unto my son Charles Tilden my plantation on Langfords Bay. It is to be rented until he reaches age Of 21 •II

to Marmaduke Tilden from Charles Tilden,(father)

11 Item: Whereas I have already given and conveyed by deed all my real estate ••.•• to my sons Marmaduke, Charles, John, and Edward respectively ...••• "

Kent Co. Wills #1252 Hall of Records

Rent Rolls Liber 5, Folio 46 Hall of Records

Kent Co. Wills Liber 7, Folio 160 Kent Co. Courthouse

The deed is not recorded in the r:ent Co. land records. However, in Patented Certificate #583 (Hall of Records, Annapolis), 287 7/8 acres are patented to Earmaduke Tilden on June 8, 1796 by the name of nTilden.5 Farm". It was originally surveyed for his father Charles on Feb. 1, 1774.

to Jeremiah Hichols from Marmaduke Tilden

800 pounds for all that parcel of grou..~d contained in the patent above.

to William Trew from Jeremiah Nichols

1200 pounds for 290 3/4 acres, except 2 acres of Patricks Point.

to Thomas W. Trew From William Trew

The will reads to son Bartus, otherwise to Thomas W. - Also, he leaves two rooms in back of house for use of three daughters while single.

:Ueed Liber BC 4, Folio 445 Ken;t Co. Courthouse

Deed Liber TW 3, Folio 211 Kent Co. Co~rthouse

Vrill Liber 9, Folio 316 Kent Co. Cou!'thouse

CHAIN OF TITLE FOR THE REWARD

April 22, 1865

Aug. 26 , 1887

July 25, 1904

Oct. 31, 1910

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Sepr:~ 26, 1932

June 1 3, 1940

to William G. Trew from The heirs of

Thomas W. Trew

Tract #1, containing 142 acres and the old dwelling (see map, p. 132)

to Mary T. Baker, wife of James H. Baker

from William G. Trew, & wife

Tract #1 in division of real estate of thomas W. Trew, containing 142 acres.

to Cornelius Brown, Jr. from James H. Baker & wife

1:6500 for both tracts of land which had been owned by Thomas \·{. Trew, before it was divided in 1865, equaling 285 acres.

to Marie Louise Aults from Cornelius C. Brown Jr.

$5000 for the s2me 285 acres

to Ag~es Langhorne Joh..~son from Marie Aults Brm·m & -~husband, C.C. Brown Jr.

282 acres more or les~ called i-Tilden Farin" or "ivalnut Point Farm"

to Edward A. Hurd & Elsie P., his wife

from Agnes L. Nicklin & -- husband, and Wallace

C. Johnson, her former husband

"The Tilden Farm" or "Walnut Point Farm"

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Land Records Liber JFG 5, Folio 210ff Kent Co. Courthouse

Deed Liber SB 9, Folio 477 Kent Co. Courthouse

Deed Liber JTD 9, Folio 459 Kent Co. Courthouse

Deed Liber JTD 22, Folio 174 Kent Co. Courthouse

Deed · "~"' Liber RAS 9, Folio 137 Keht Co. Courthouse

Deed Liber RAS 24, Folio 257 Kent Co. Courthouse

CHAIN OF TITLE FOR THE REWARD

May 20, 1966

May 6, 1970

to Robert S. White & Beatrice, his wife

from Edward A. Hurd Sr.

$215,000 for "The Tilden Farm" or "Walnut Poi_nt Farm" equaling 175 acres.

to Horace Havemeyer Rosalind Have~eyer, & children Ho~aceIII, William E., & Christian

from Ro"oert S. White & -- Beatrice, his wife

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Deed Liber EHP 17, Folio 528 Kent Co. Courthouse

Deed Liber EHP 35, Folio ·3 Kent Co. Courthouse ,.

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The solidity and balance of the plan, the chimneys of mullions and sloping set­backs, the steepness of the roofs, the spacing of the windows at the ends, the glazed headers, the base of double curva­ture, rival in interest the panelling within with its butterfly hinges and glassed cup­boards.

"Walnut Point" belonged to the Trew family for generations. This family lived at .. Trew House" on Quaker Neck. The panelling of both houses appears to be of the same date, 1780-90.

"Walnut Point" looks out across the waters of Langford Bay. The property has a five mile coast line.

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