100-104 W Main St

Middletown, MD 21769

THE STONEBRAKER AND HARBAUGH Building - ca. 1829 - This 12 room, 4248 sq. ft. Federal Style townhouse with attached storefronts is located at the center of the Historic Middletown, MD. downtown business district. RESIDENCE At 2824 sq. ft. The residence is accessed by a three-story open stair flanked by three living rooms - front parlor, drawing room, and dining room, as well as a large kitchen - all having fireplaces with original Federal/Greek Revival style mantels. A contemporary full bath/powder room has been located off the Drawing Room. The kitchen retains the original cooking hearth and dry sink with original built- in cabinet Off the spacious second floor landing there are three equally large rooms, originally upstairs drawing rooms and bedrooms, along with two full baths. One bedroom has been converted to a kitchen. At the rear there is also a small bedroom, a service room with access to a secondary sleeping attic space and service stairs to the first- floor kitchen. The fully floored attic is accessible from the second-floor landing as well. all of the major rooms have direct access to the upper terrace garden through the two-story rear covered porch. ADDITIONAL SECOND FLOOR - AMMENITIES There is an additional 1,424 sq. ft. located in an adjacent second great room currently being utilized as income producing offices and a meeting /gallery space. This area is flanked by three south facing rooms once used as bedrooms, a kitchen and a bath when the area was converted as an apartment in ca. 1890. An auxiliary open staircase is located at the end of the great room providing access to both the fully floored attic and the street level storefronts below. COMMERCIAL SPACE The two commercial storefronts include 1,032 sq.ft. In addition to the main storefront that retains its early store fixtures and shelving, ca.1840. This store was looted twice by Jubal Early during the Civil War, and the original strong box safe, patented in 1797 is embedded in wall. It is said that this safe contained the ransom money paid by Jubal Early to save Middletown from being burnt to the ground. There is also a secondary storefront with access to the rear garden, a half bath, and a wet bar. BONUS SPACES The2,324 sq. ft. main attic is accessible from both tne formal residence staircase and the auxiliary storefront stairs. ands spans the entire 66' with of the building. It features high ceilings, original hand hewn and pegged rafters and is fully floored with pit -sawn chestnut. The foundation level with walk out access to both the lower parking area the upper terrace garden is 2,836. The residence portion originally featured plaster walls and ceilings, and still retains the winter kitchen hearth. The remainder of the space was stock room for storefronts and is currently used as commercial workspace. The center portion features brick flooring. GROUNDS As one of the original lots plated on the town charter, the lot is approximately 1/2 acre with north fronting on West Main Street, flanked to the east by south Jefferson Street, and bordered to the south by Washington Street. Outbuildings include an early 19th C. post and beam accessory building, and a 20th C. 4bay garage with lean to additions. There is an upper terraced garden directly accessible to the Residence and storefronts. This leads to a lower garden with wheelbarrow path to the rear of the property. There 8 off-street parking spaces on the ground sand 4 public lots within two blocks, as well as on street parking on 3 adjacent streets. the Washington Street Curb easement allows for additional parking on the rear of the lot, not currently being utilized. HISTORY This mixed use property was built by prominent Frederick & Washington County entrepreneurs, George Stonebraker and Samuel Harbaugh to establish a residential and mercantile presence on the newly built National Road (now Rt.40A) to supply early settlers moving west.

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