Upper Patuxent Area
Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation
Historic planners are evaluating resources in Etchison, Clagettsville and the surrounding northeast Montgomery County area for possible designation in the County's Master Plan for Historic Preservation. In 2009, planners began evaluating a list of potential resources from the Locational Atlas and Index of Historic Sites, the County's inventory of potentially historic properties, and held community meetings.
Etchison Historic District, c1935 (Steven Hawkins).Throughout fall 2010 and winter 2011, the Planning Board evaluated the list of resources to determine whether they should be recommended to the County Council for designation in the Montgomery County Master Plan for Historic Preservation. On February 10, the Planning Board approved its draft of the Upper Patuxent Amendment, recommending 10 historic resources and two historic districts, which it will transmit to the County Council for review and eventual adoption.
As part of that process, the Planning Board updated the Locational Atlas. Resources identified in the Atlas are afforded limited protections under the Historic Preservation Ordinance (Montgomery County Code, Chapter 24A: Historic Resources Preservation)
View the September 2010 public hearing draft | View a map of the proposed historic resources
| Resource # | Resource Name | Address |
| 10/1 | Friendship | 28110 Ridge Road |
|---|---|---|
| 15/1 | Parrs Spring | 4704 Old National Pike |
| 15/5 | Molesworth-Burdette Farm | 28600 Ridge Road |
| 15/8 | Clagettsville Historic District (34 tax parcels) | Vicinity Kemptown and Ridge Roads |
| 15/13 | Shipley-Mullinix Farm 27001 Long Corner Road | Long Corner Road (non-contributing modern dwelling in same parcel, address unknown) |
| 15/16 | Clagett-Brandenburg Farm and Tobacco House | 26360 Mullinix Mill Road |
| 15/17 | Sarah Brandenburg Farm | 26301 Mullinix Mill Road |
| 15/20 | Mt. Lebanon Methodist Protestant Church and Cemetery | 8115 Damascus Road |
| 15/29 | Etchison Historic District (5 parcels) | Vicinity Damascus and Laytonsville Roads |
| 15/71 | Chrobot House (Margaret Price House)* | 24724 Hipsley Mill Road |
| 15/73 | Basil Warfield Farm* | 8251, 8201, 8131 Damascus Road (01-0010395, 01-00010407) |
| 15/117 | Mt. Lebanon School/Site of Mt. Lebanon Methodist Episcopal Church* |
26310 Mullinix Mill Road Kemptown Road |
Resources not recommended for Historic Designation by the Planning Board.
Background
Lead planner Sandra Youla takes us on a tour of Upper Patuxent history in this Montgomery Plans excerpt.
Historic preservation planners evaluated resources in the Upper Patuxent area in northeastern Montgomery County, using the Locational Atlas as well as resources identified in recent surveys.
The resources considered are located in northeast Montgomery County in Upper Planning Area 15, known as the Upper Patuxent. Upper Planning Area 15 stretches from Parr’s Spring in the north; to Etchison and Hipsley Mill Road on the south; the Patuxent River on the east; and Kemptown Road, Ridge Road, part of the boundary of the Damascus planning area, Damascus Road, and Laytonsville Road on the west.
Several resources are located along the west side of Kemptown Road in Planning Area 10 near Clagettsville and others in Planning Area 14 along the south side of Damascus Road and west side of Laytonsville Road near Etchison. They were included because they adjoined Upper Planning Area 15 and were related to it both historically and visually. Two resources, one in Planning Area 10 and one in Planning Area 12, were included in this evaluation at the owners’ request.
The Locational Atlas and Index of Historic Sites is the county’s inventory of sites and districts that may merit designation on the County’s Master Plan of Historic Preservation. Resources are evaluated for architectural and historical significance as well as public interest. Resources in the Locational Atlas are subject to limited protections under the Historic Preservation Ordinance, while resources identified the Master Plan for Historic Preservation are subject to broader protections and incentives, including tax credits.
Project Schedule
Upper Patuxent area, Montgomery County.Upcoming
- Summer 2011: Planning Board transmits its draft of the Upper Patuxent Amendment Planning Board Draft
- Summer/Fall TBD: County Council public hearing
- Summer/Fall TBD: Planning, Housing, and Economic Development Committee worksessions
Past meetings
December 13, 2010: Planning Board Worksession #2
November 4, 2010: Planning Board Worksession #1
October 4, 2010: Planning Board Public Hearing
April 28, 2010: Historic Preservation Commission Meeting and Workession
April 14, 2010: Historic Preservation Commission Public Hearing
March 10, 2010: Historic Preservation Commission Worksession #3
February 24, 2010: Historic Preservation Commission Worksession #2
January 20, 2010: Historic Preservation Commission Public Hearing and Worksession #1
November 19, 2009: Public meeting
Planning Board Worksession #3: February 10, 2011
Download the staff report specifying properties and resources under consideration
Watch the worksession
The Board finalized its recommendations for the Planning Board draft of the Upper Patuxent amendment. At the worksession, the Board evaluated five individual sites for which the HPC and Planning Staff’s recommendations differed and recommended:
- designating Parr's Spring (15/1) and Mt. Lebanon School, site of Mt. Lebanon Methodist Protestant Church (15/117)
- not designating the Alfred Baker House (15/4)*, the Colonel Lyde Griffith/Merhle Warfield Farm (15/27)* and the Luther W. Moore Farm (15/28).
* The Board removed these resources from the Locational Atlas
Planning Board Worksession #2: December 13, 2010
Download the staff report specifying the properties and resources under consideration
Watch the worksession
In Clagettsville, the Planning Board recommended designating a 34-parcel historic district, which excludes all parcels north of Moxley Road (28500, 28505, 28510, 28514, 28515, 28520 Kemptown Road and 9915 Moxley Road), plus the three parcels south of Moxley Road (28130, 28218, and 28320 Kemptown Road).The Planning Board also removed the excluded parcels from the Locational Atlas.
In Etchison, the Planning Board recommended a five-parcel district that mirrors the district recommended by the Historic Preservation Commission, including 6920, 7000, 7004, and 7010 Damascus Road, and 24220 and 24221 Laytonsville Road.The Planning Board removed from the Locational Atlas 13 parcels it did not recommend for inclusion in the Etchison Historic District.
| Resource # | Resource Name | Address |
| 10/3 | John Moxley Farm* | 28800 Kemptown Road |
|---|---|---|
| 10/5 | John D. Purdum House* | 28814 Kemptown Road |
| 10/18 | Burdette-Riddle Farm* | 27100 Purdum Road |
| 12/10 | James Lauman Farm* | 22000 Peach Tree Road |
| 15/2 | Matthew Molesworth House* | 13501 Penns Shop Road |
| 15/3 | Rezin Moxley House* | 3597 Medd Road |
| 15/4 | Alfred Baker House* | 28901 Kemptown Road |
| 15/6 | Becraft Farm* | 28500 Ridge Road |
| 15/7 | Brown's Tobacco House* | 28601 Ridge Road |
| 15/9 | Capt. Clagett-Hilton Farm* | 28055 Ridge Road |
| 15/12 | Thompson-Woodfield Farm* | 27211, 27217 Long Corner Road |
| 15/14 | Mullinix Store Site* | Mullinix Mill Road (12-00935976) |
| 15/19 | Warthan-Day Farm* | 8711 Damascus Road |
| 15/21 | John O. Etchison House* | 25611 Long Corner Road |
| 15/24 | Wilson Warfield Farm* | 26725 Annapolis Rock Road |
| 15/26 | Fred Watkins House* | 7373 Damascus Road |
| 15/27 | Colonel Lyde Griffith/Merhle Warfield Farm* | 7305, 7307 Damascus Road |
| 15/28 | Luther W. Moore Farm** | 7201 Damascus Road |
| 15/30 | Log Barn Site* | 24899 Halterman Road |
| *Removed by the Planning Board from the Locational Atlas. **Retained by the Planning Board on the Atlas. The Boards policy is to keep resources on the Atlas pending Council evaluation when the Planning Board and Historic Preservation Commission differ. |
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Resources recommended for Historic Designation by the Planning Board
Planning Board Worksession #1: November 4, 2010
Download the staff report specifying the properties and resources under consideration
Watch the worksession
The Board considered sites that HPC and staff jointly recommended to designate.The Planning Board:
- Removed 16 sites from the Locational Atlas and recommended that the sites not be designated on the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: John Moxley House (10/3), John D. Purdum House (10/5), Burdette-Riddle Farm (10/18), James Lauman House (12/10), Matthew Molesworth House (15/2), Rezin Moxley House (15/3), Becraft Farm (15/6), Brown's Tobacco House (15/7), Captain Clagett-Hilton Farm (15/9), Thompson-Woodfield Farm (15/12), Mullinix Store site (15/14), Warthan-Day Farm (15/19), John O. Etchison House (15/21), Wilson Warfield Farm (15/24), Fred Watkins House (15/26), and log barn site (15/30).
- Added two sites to the Locational Atlas: Chrobot House (Margaret Price House) (15/71), and Basil Warfield Farm (15/73).
Recommended that those two sites and six others be designated on the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Friendship (10/1), Molesworth-Burdette Farm (15/5), Shipley-Mullinix Farm (15/13), Clagett-Brandenburg Farm and Tobacco House (15/16), Sarah Brandenburg Farm (15/17), Mt. Lebanon Methodist Protestant Church and Cemetery (15/20).
Planning Board Public Hearing: October 14, 2010
The public hearing draft contains the Historic Preservation Commission’s recommendations on whether certain historic resources should be designated on the Master Plan for Historic Preservation and added to, removed from, or retained on the Locational Atlas. Four people testified.
- View a summary of the testimony and public written testimony
- View the staff report
- View the Public Notice: Planning Board Public Hearing, October 14, 2010 and the Notice to Property Owners and Interested Parties: Planning Board Public Hearing
- View the list of resources recommended by the HPC and the HPC testimony
- View the Designation Criteria
- Historic Preservation Commission Meeting
The HPC completed its evaluation of 38 historic resources, including 36 individual resources and two historic districts. The HPC recommended that:- 15 resources (one historic district and 14 individual sites) be designated on the Master Plan for Historic Preservation and that two of these not already on the Locational Atlas be added to it
- 22 resources (one historic district and 21 individual sites) not be designated and that 21 of these be removed from the Locational Atlas (one was a non-Atlas property)
- one resource be retained on the Locational Atlas
The HPC recommended the Etchison Historic District consist of five parcels: 7010 Damascus Road, 7004 Damascus Road, 7000 Damascus Road, 24230 Damascus Road, 24220 Laytonsville Road, 24221 Laytonsville Road, and 6920 Damascus Road. - Historic Commission worksession/Clagettsville and Etchison resources
The resources and the HPC's recommendations are noted below. (The HPC also reconfirmed its vote, taken on 1/20/2010, to recommend removal of 16 historic resources from the Locational Atlas in recognition of changes to the membership of the HPC.)
View the Final List of Resources Evaluated by HPC (Link to table of resources)
View the meeting agenda (pdf, 18KB)
View the staff report (pdf, 1MB)
Learn more
April 14, 2010: Historic Preservation Commission Public Hearing /Clagettsville and Etchison resources
View the staff report
The public hearing was held as part of the Commission's consideration of the Staff Draft Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Upper Patuxent Area Resources. Five people testified.
March 10, 2010: Historic Preservation Commission Worksession 3
View the Staff Report
The HPC took the following actions:
- Sarah Brandenburg Farm (15/17), 26301 Mullinix Mill Road: Recommended designation
- Mt. Lebanon Methodist Protestant Church and Cemetery (15/20), 8115 Damascus Road: Recommended designation
- Col. Lyde Griffith/Merhle Warfield Farm (15/27), 7305 Damascus Road: Recommended removal from the Locational Atlas
- Luther Moore Farm (15/28), 7201 Damascus Road: Recommended designation
- Chrobot House (Margaret Price House) (15/71), 24724 Hipsley Mill Road: Recommended listing in the Locational Atlas and designation
- Basil Warfield Farm (15/73), 8201 and 8251 Damascus Road: Recommended listing in the Locational Atlas and designation
- Mt. Lebanon School and Site of Mt. Lebanon ME Church (15/117), 26130 Mullinix Mill Road: Recommended removal from the Locational Atlas
February 24, 2010: Historic Preservation Commission Worksession 2
View the Staff Report
The HPC took the following actions:
- Friendship Farm (10/1), 28110 Ridge Road: Recommended designation
- Parr's Spring (15/1), 4704 Baltimore National Pike: Recommended retention in the Locational Atlas pending further study
- Alfred Baker House (15/4), 28901 Kemptown Road: Recommend removal from the Locational Atlas
- Molesworth-Burdette Farm (15/5), 28600 Ridge Road: Recommended designation
- Shipley-Mullinix Farm (15/13), 27001 Long Corner Road: Recommended designation
- Clagett-Brandenburg Farm and Tobacco House (15/16), 26360 Mullinix Mill Road: Recommended designation
- Clagettsville Historic District (15/8): Recommended removal from the Locational Atlas and identified six resources for evaluation as individual sites:
- Montgomery Methodist Church, 28201 Kempton Road
- Ira Dorsey Moxley House, 28318 Kempton Road
- Robert B. & Susan Moxley House, 28322 Kempton Road
- Lewis and George Easton House, 28408 Kempton Road
- Ollie & Tressie Moxley House, 28411 Kempton Road
- Ollie & Lelia Moxley Farm, 28515 Kempton Road
- Etchison Historic District (15/29): Recommend designation with revised boundaries (see 2.24.10 staff report, option 3) and identified two resources for evaluation as individual sites:
- Mt. Tabor Methodist Church, 24101A Laytonsville Road
- Walter and Ida Allnutt House, 6920 Damascus Road
The Brandenburg Farm tobacco house is one of the last intact log tobacco barns in Maryland.January 20, 2010: Historic Preservation Commission Public Hearing and Worksession 1
The HPC unanimously approved the staff recommendation, finding 16 resources failed to meet the criteria for architectural or historical significance and recommending that the Planning Board remove these 16 resources from the Locational Atlas.
- Public Notice: HPC Public Hearing and Work Session, January 20, 2010
- Memo to property owners and interested parties
- Staff Draft Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Upper Patuxent Area Resources
- Staff recommendations: 15 resources recommended for designation, 16 resources recommended for removal from Locational Atlas
- Staff Report for the HPC
- Staff presentation to the HPC
- Items received for the public record (as of January 20, 2010)
- Items received for the public record (as of February 16, 2010)
November 19, 2009: Public meeting
Preservation planners held a public meeting at the Damascus Recreation Center to discuss Montgomery County's historic preservation program and provide an overview of the ongoing evaluation of Etchison, Clagettsville and area properties for possible designation in the County's Master Plan for Historic Preservation.
M-NCPPC Staff Contact
Clare Kelly, Research & Designation Coordinator
Clare.Kelly@mncppc-mc.org
Sandra Youla, Historic Preservation Planner
301-563-3400
Sandra.Youla@mncppc-mc.org
Montgomery County Planning Department