Photo credit:
Ellen Coxe, 04/1979
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Resurrection Manor (DELISTED)
Inventory No.:
SM-4
Date Listed:
5/10/1979
Location:
Daniels Road , Hollywood, Saint Marys County
Category:
Building
Period/Date of Construction:
2nd quarter 18th century; 4th quarter 18th century
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Description:
Resurrection Manor (also known as Scotch Neck) was a three bay, 1 1/2 story, brick dwelling with a gable roof covered with tar paper, cedar shingles, and clapboard. The house was constructed during two distinct building campaigns. The north section was constructed in the second quarter of the 18th century, while the south section was added in the last quarter of the 18th century. The walls were constructed using several different brick bonds including English bond, common bond, and Flemish bond with queen closers. While originally a one-room-plan house, the interior later contained two rooms or a hall-parlor plan. The gable roof, covered successively with clapboard, then cedar shingles, and later felt paper, exhibited a distinctive flared eave immediately above the box cornice. The roof was pierced by two flush brick chimneys with plaster necking. The east or primary elevation exhibited a watertable that jutted out two inches from the wall surface. The watertable, while not containing molded bricks at its juncture with the wall surface, was laid in two different brick bonds--the northern section in the English bond and the southern section in the Flemish bond. The wall was laid in the Flemish bond with glazed headers and queen closers at the corners--all displaying "grapevined" or scored mortar joints. Another set of queen closers, located 26' from the northeastern corner of the building and aligned with the line of the differently constructed watertables, indicated two different periods of construction. The original block consisting of the northern section and the addition being the southern part. The elevation's asymmetrical fenestration consisted of a central door flanked on either side by a 9/6 sash window opening. The north window exhibited a brick, segmental jack arch while the south window exhibited a flat jack arch with plaster applied to give the appearance of a segmental arch. A plaster scar roughly in the shape of a small porch still surrounded the door. A box cornice, decorated with a crown and bed molding, extended out at the juncture of the gable roof and wall. Three gable-roofed 4/2 sash dormer windows, symmetrically aligned with the door and window of the older section, projected from the east slope of the roof. The dwelling's interior contained two rooms. The original, northern room featured two entries on the east and west sides and received the most decorative trim and detailing, including an enclosed box stair, and two paneled closets. The house was demolished in January of 2003.
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Significance:
Resurrection Manor or "Scotch Neck" was 1 1/2 story, brick dwelling with a steep gable roof and kicked-eave constructed in the mid 18th century. Originally featuring a one room floor plan, the house was expanded in the late 18th century to two rooms with a series of bed chambers in the attic space above. While dilapidated, the building was still significant for its readily visible 18th century building techniques and decorative hierarchies. The east or river side of the dwelling, for instance, featured a three bay facade that was laid in the Flemish bond with glazed headers. The corners of the original block also exhibited queen closers. Two windows, as well as the centrally located door that displayed evidence of a portico, exhibited segmental brick arch lintels. This attention to architectural detail and conformity was left absent on the less important west or land-side elevation. Here, the walls were laid in the Flemish bond but with only the random use of glazed headers. While the openings on the original section featured segmental arches, the south window on the later addition exhibited a flat jack arch.
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