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Medicine Hill
Inventory No.:
D-27
Date Listed:
7/25/2022
Location:
1130 Hooper Island Road (MD 355) (also known as 1130 Hip Roof Road), Golden Hill, Dorchester County
Category:
Building
Period/Date of Construction:
c. 1790 to c. 1930
Boundary Description:
The boundary is shown on the attached map labeled National Register Boundary, and more specifically described as follows: Beginning at a point marked A on the northwest corner of a
bridge crossing a tributary of the Honga River as indicated on Dorchester County Tax Map 77, and coincidental with the west side of the farm lane of the nominated property known as
Medicine Hill, thence in a northwesterly direction by and with the western edge of the farm lane for a distance of approximately 342’ to a point on the west side of the farm lane on the north side
of the Medicine Hill farm complex to a point marked B, thence in an easterly direction for a distance of approximately 225’ to a point marked C on the eastern edge of the farm complex,
thence in a southeasterly direction by and with a line drawn along the eastern border of the property for a distance of approximately 475’ to a point marked D on the north side of Spicer
Creek, a tributary of the Honga River, thence in a northwesterly direction by and with the course of the creek to the place of beginning, containing 2.5 acres more or less.
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Description:
Medicine Hill is significant under Criterion C on as an exceptionally complete and unaltered assemblage of vernacular domestic and agricultural buildings on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland dating from c. 1790 to c. 1930. The two-story Federal period frame
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Significance:
plantation house was built c. 1815 and c. 1830, and retains a high percentage of original, expertly crafted Federal style interior and exterior finishes. The property comprises a large and
uncommonly intact complement of domestic and agricultural outbuildings, including a smokehouse and a milk house with a unique double pyramidal roof, both contemporaneous with
the main house. The other outbuildings reflect the evolution of the farmstead throughout the 19th century and into the 20th. Finally, the property features a ca. 1880 general store building with its
interior fixtures and finishes largely intact, and this building incorporates a late 18th century house with a decorative articulated frame.
The Period of Significance, c. 1790--c. 1930, begins with the construction date of the earliest structure on the property, the hall/parlor plan house later incorporated into the store
building, and ends when the property fully achieved its historic and current form and appearance.
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