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Medusa, Maryland's Cultural Resource Information System
National Register of Historic Places
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Alternate Name: other name(s) associated with this property. 		Print
NR Name: Hinchingham
NR Alternate Name: Hinchingham on the Bay, Wilmer Farm, Gale Farm
Address: 20874 Hinchingham Lane
Town: Rock Hall Zip Code:  
Counties: Kent USGS Quad(s): Swan Point
Listing Information
NPS Ref Number: 75000907 ? National Register reference number, provided by the National Park Service. Confidential Location: (not to be released) ? Is the location of this resource confidential?
Category: Building ? Category (Building, Structure, Object, Site, or District) National Historic Landmark: Date:   ? Is this listed as a National Historic Landmark? For more details, see www.nps.gov/nhl/
Date Listed: 9/5/1975 Delisted: Date:  
Date Revised:   Multiple Property Submission:   ? Is this a "multiple property submission? If so, what is the name of the multiple property submission?
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Construction Information
Architect/Builder:
 
Period/Date of Construction:
1774
About This Resource
Capsule Summary Text: ? Brief description of the resource and its significance, produced by MHT staff for its National Register website (apps.mht.maryland.gov/nr/). This is not necessarily the same as the text description in the actual National Register form, which can be viewed (if scanned) using the Open National Register Form link (below).
Boundary Description:
Comments:
 
 
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Anthony O. James, 08/1974

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Related Records ? Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties (MIHP), Archaeology (if authorized), Determination of Eligilibity (DOE), and/or MHT Preservation Easement records associated with this record. Click on hyperlink to go to related record
 
MIHP
Hinchingham (Hinchingham on the Bay, Bay Shore Farm, Wilmer Farm, Gale Farm)
 
Easement
No Easement Records
 
DOE
No DOE Records
Resource Information ? Resource list associated with this form, if any. Entry of this information into the database is an ongoing project.
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A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or B. That are associated with the lives of significant persons in or past; or C. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. That have yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. a. A religious property deriving primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance; or b. A building or structure removed from its original location but which is primarily significant for architectural value, or which is the surviving structure most importantly associated with a historic person or event; or c. A birthplace or grave of a historical figure of outstanding importance if there is no appropriate site or building associated with his or her productive life; or d. A cemetery that derives its primary importance from graves of persons of transcendent importance, from age, from distinctive design features, or from association with historic events; or e. A reconstructed building when accurately executed in a suitable environment and presented in a dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan, and when no other building or structure with the same association has survived; or f. A property primarily commemorative in intent if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has invested it with its own exceptional significance; or g. A property achieving significance within the past 50 years if it is of exceptional importance.