Scaleby
- Also Known As: DHR file 21-86
- Address: Millwood rd
- Vicinity: Scaleby Ln off Co Rd 723 S of jct with US 340
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1907/11/12 | Hattie Gilpin, heir to half of the estate of her father, who had founded a railroad company and the Merchant's Bank of Baltimore, buys 'Pleasant Hill', a 286-acre tract of farmland, for $38,686.68 from R P Whiting and his wife Mary P Whiting. | |||||
| 1909/02/26 | Howard Sill | Architect | Designed by Howard Sill, construction begins on Scaleby for Hattie Newcomer Gilpin and her husband Henry Brooke Gilpin, residents of Baltimore, Maryland. Mr Gilpin is a dealer in pharmaceuticals. | |||
| 1911/12/10 | Sill, Buckler, Fenhagen | Architect | Gilpinsa house is completed. Renamed "Scaleby" in honor of the ancestral seat of the Gilpin family in Westmoreland, England. | |||
| 1912/00/00 | The county tax assessor increases the value of the building on Scaleby from $30,000 in 1911 to $105,165 in 1912. The rest of the property remains in use as farmland. | |||||
| 1924/04/01 | Isabella Tyson Gilpin | Home | Mrs Gilpin conveys Scaleby to her son Kenneth N Gilpin by deed of gift. | |||
| 1928/00/00 | The value of buildings on the property decline from their value of $105,165 to $40,000 in 1928. The explanation for drop seems to be neglect. Kenneth N Gilpin Jr will later say that his father moved to the estate in the 1920s to "go broke in style". | |||||
| 1930/00/00 | Scaleby, in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, is a thoroughbred horse breeding center between the World War I and World War II. | |||||
| 1947/07/00 | McGhee Tyson Gilpin | Home | After the death of Kenneth N Gilpin Sr Scaleby is inherited by his children. Under their care, and while his widow resides on the property, the value of the buildings hovered around $46,000. | |||
| 1986/03/14 | Kenneth N Gilpin Jr sells the Scaleby estate to Walt Robbins for use as a single family residence. |
| Particulars for Scaleby: | |
|---|---|
| Historic Use | Agricultural outbuildings |
| Architectural Style | American Colonial Revival |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Secondary structure |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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