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Renick Farm
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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1787/00/00 Christopher Foglesong Architect, Stonemason Local stonemason, Christopher Foglesong, begins building a fine house of native limestone taken from the land for William Renick.
1791/00/00 William Renick Designer As William Renick's house nears eave height. Renick has his stonemason install wooden blocks with holes drilled in them, set flush with the stone walls as nesting places for Purple Martins, a bird species which feeds on flys and mosquitoes, and returns to
1792/00/00 William Renick Home William Renick's limestone farm house is completed.
1825/00/00 Conrad Burgess Carpenter Designed in the Federal style, Rebecca and William Hamilton start a brick addition dominated by a temple entrance portico with plaster-covered brick Doric columns and Chinese Chippendale decorative railings. Conrad Burgess fits the woodwork.

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Particulars for Renick Farm:
Historic Use Agricultural outbuildings
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Architectural Style Federal Style
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 96000525
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Foglesong,Christopher; Burgess,Conrad
Architectural Style: Georgian, Federal
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Exploration-settlement, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1792, 1825
Associated People: Renick,William
Historic Function: Agriculture, subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Agricultural outbuildings
Current Function: Domestic, Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Multiple dwelling Agricultural outbuildings

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