Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No.

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Maryland Inventory of
Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic
other

2. Location
street and number not for publication

city, town Gaithersburg vicinity

county Montgomery

3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners)

name Margaret S Suddath

street and number telephone

city, town Gaithersburg state MD zip code 20882

4. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Montgomery County liber folio
city, town Rockville tax map tax parcel tax ID number

5. Primary Location of Additional Data

Contributing Resource in National Register District
Contributing Resource in Local Historic District
Determined Eligible for the National Register/Maryland Register
Determined Ineligible for the National Register/Maryland Register
Recorded by HABS/HAER
Historic Structure Report or Research Report at MHT
Other:

6. Classification
Category Ownership Current Function Resource Count
district public agriculture landscape Contributing Noncontributing
building(s) private commerce/trade recreation/culture buildings
structure both defense religion sites
site domestic social structures
object education transportation objects
funerary work in progress Total
government unknown
health care vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources
industry other: previously listed in the Inventory
7. Description Inventory No. 15-73

Condition
excellent deteriorated
good ruins
fair altered

Prepare both a one paragraph summary and a comprehensive description of the resource and its various elements as it
exists today.

 The five‐bay dwelling house has center cross gable roof and full width porch and likely dates from about 1900.   
The house has a box cornice with gable returns. The windows were 2/2 with narrow shutters.  Windows are 
graduated with those on the first level being taller than those on the second level.  The house was covered with 
clapboard siding rather than the more commonly found German or lap siding.  The property belonged to Fred 
Watkins in the early 1970s.  The house, which had been covered in vinyl siding by 1989, has been restored in 
recent years.  The bank barn is no longer standing. 
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12‐2007 
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8. Significance Inventory No. 15-73

Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below

1600-1699 agriculture economics health/medicine performing arts
1700-1799 archeology education industry philosophy
1800-1899 architecture engineering invention politics/government
1900-1999 art entertainment/ landscape architecture religion
2000- commerce recreation law science
communications ethnic heritage literature social history
community planning exploration/ maritime history transportation
conservation settlement military other:

Specific dates Architect/Builder

Construction dates

Evaluation for:

National Register Maryland Register not evaluated

Prepare a one-paragraph summary statement of significance addressing applicable criteria, followed by a narrative discussion of the
history of the resource and its context. (For compliance projects, complete evaluation on a DOE Form – see manual.)

The house is said to have been built by Bill Griffith.   This farm was owned by Fred Watkins when it was surveyed 
in 1973.   According to Howard Suddath, Watkins, his grandfather, acquired the property so Howard, who was 18 
at the time, could farm.1   
 
The property was restored in recent years.  It has been owned by Suddaths since 2001. 

1
Howard Suddath phone interview, Susan Brubacher, note in files, no date, c1996.
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Michael Dwyer, 1973
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10. Geographical Data

Acreage of surveyed property
Acreage of historical setting
Quadrangle name Quadrangle scale:

Verbal boundary description and justification

11. Form Prepared by

name/title Clare Lise Kelly
organization date
street & number telephone
city or town state

The Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature
to be found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA,
1974 supplement.

The survey and inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only
and do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights.

return to: Maryland Historical Trust

Maryland Department of Planning
100 Community Place
Crownsville, MD 21032-2023
410-514-7600
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