Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No.

12-10

Maryland Inventory of
Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic James Lauman Farm

other

2. Location
street and number 22000 Peach Tree Rd not for publication

city, town Gaithersburg vicinity

county Montgomery

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

name

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 18017 folio 487
city, town Rockville tax map tax parcel tax ID number 11-00916302

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. 12-10

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 resource includes a dwelling house and three outbuildings.  The property is bounded in part by West Old 
Baltimore Road on the north, Peach Tree Road on the southeast, and Barnesville Road on the southwest.  The 
current access road approaches from the south off Peach Tree Road, leading past the outbuildings and ending near 
the dwelling house.  Historic aerial photographs indicate that another access road from West Old Baltimore Road 
ran southeast toward the dwelling house.  A pond is located northeast of the house, south of West Old Baltimore 
Road. 
 
The three bay, side gable house appears to have been built by 1865.  The house has a center passage plan.  The 
south façade has two entries, located in outer bays.  A concrete pad extends across the width of this façade. The 
north façade has three windows on both levels and no entrances.  Artificial siding obscures any evidence of former 
entrances.  The structure is braced frame construction on a stone foundation and is covered by a standing seam 
metal roof and artificial siding. Internal chimneys stand at both gable ends.  In 1974 the house had been covered 
with asbestos siding.  The house was extensively damaged by fire from a lightning strike in June 2007.   The 
windows were 6/6 sash but have mostly been removed or damaged.    
 
A one‐level timberframe barrack barn is three bents wide. The center bent has a dirt floor while the outer two 
bents have raised wood floors.  A grain room with walls of beaded tongue and groove vertical boards is tucked in 
the corner of one of the outer bents. The roof is standing seam metal.  An open shed with board and batten walls is 
attached to one gable end of the barrack barn.  The barn was used for hay storage until about 2003.  One of the 
main beams has shifted and is in danger of collapse.   
 
A single crib log barn has a dirt floor and partial loft.  The east eaves façade has wide board siding, and a door with 
a log sill.  A shed roof overhang on this façade is held up by posts.    
 
A small frame front‐gable outbuilding stands north of the barrack barn. 
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James Lauman House, 22000 Peach Tree Road 
South façade, 7‐2007 
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James Lauman House, 22000 Peach Tree Road 
North façade (left), 7‐2007 
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James Lauman Farm, 22000 Peach Tree Road 
Barrack Barn, 7‐2007 
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James Lauman Farm, 22000 Peach Tree Road 
Log Crib Barn, 7‐2007 
 
 
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SKETCH MAP, CLARE LISE KELLY, 7‐2007 
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James Lauman Farm, 109.2 acre
8. Significance Inventory No. 12-10

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 resource is known as the James Lauman Farm.  The family’s name is variously shown as Lauman or Lawman in 
historical records.  J Lawman is shown in this vicinity on the 1865 map.  On the 1878 Hopkins map he is identified 
as James Lauman.1   
 
J Frederick and A F Hazen acquired the property by the 1960s.  In 1999, the Hazens conveyed the property to their 
descendants and family.  The current owners include Alice Cerino, Anne Laney and Jim Laney.
 
The house was heavily damaged by a fire caused by a lightning strike in 2007.2 

1
Hopkins 1878 map, published 1879. Martenet and Bond map 1865. Boyds History of Montgomery County, 1879. Dona Cuttler,
History of Barnesville and Sellman.
2
“Lightning Sparks House Fire,” 6-19-2007, ABC 7 News, http://dynamic.wjla.com.
9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. 12-10

Boyds History of Montgomery County, 1879.

Cuttler, Dona. History of Barnesville and Sellman.
Hopkins, G M. 1878 Atlas of Montgomery County Maryland. Published 1879.
“Lightning Sparks House Fire,” 6-19-2007, ABC 7 News, http://dynamic.wjla.com.
Martenet and Bond map 1865.
Owens, Christopher. James Lauman House, Resource 12-10. MHT Inventory Form, 5-1974.

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of surveyed property 109.21 acres
Acreage of historical setting
Quadrangle name Quadrangle scale:

Verbal boundary description and justification

11. Form Prepared by

name/title Clare Lise Kelly
organization M-NCPPC date 12-2009
street & number 8787 Georgia Avenue telephone 301-563-3400
city or town Silver Spring state MD

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.

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