Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No.

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Maryland Inventory of
Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic John O Etchison House
other

2. Location
street and number 25611 Long Corner Road not for publication

city, town Gaithersburg vicinity

county Montgomery

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

name Opal S & J A Blair, Trustees

street and number 25611 Long Corner Road telephone
city, town Gaithersburg state MD zip code 20882

4. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Montgomery County liber 9364 folio 189
city, town Rockville tax map tax parcel P707 tax ID number 01-01467342

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 1 buildings
structure both defense religion sites
site domestic social structures
object education transportation objects
funerary work in progress 1 Total
government unknown
health care vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources
industry other: previously listed in the Inventory
7. Description Inventory No. 15-721

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 John O. Etchison House is located on Long Corner Road near Damascus Road in an area once known as 
Bootjack.  The structure is a five‐bay side gable form with a Gothic Revival style center gabled wall dormer.  A 
hipped roof porch extends across the width of the front (south) façade.  Interior end chimneys mark each gable on 
the standing seam metal roof.  Cornice returns embellish both gable ends.  
 
The house has been altered with artificial siding and replacement windows.   A one story shed roof extension was 
appended to the rear façade.   Another one story section on the east side may be an enclosure of a wraparound 
porch.    
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John O. Etchison House, c1882 
General view from south 
12‐11‐2007 
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John O. Etchison House, c1882 
Southwest corner 
12‐11‐2007 
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John O. Etchison House, c1882 
Rear (north) facade 
12‐11‐2007 
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John O. Etchison House, c1882 
Northeast corner 
12‐11‐2007
8. Significance Inventory No. 15-21

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 1882 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 Etchison family has deep roots in upper Montgomery County.    John Osborne Etchison (1853‐1935) is believed 
to be the grandson of Ephraim Etchison, born 1774, in upper Montgomery County when it was still part of 
Frederick County.   John O. Etchison was the son of James Madison Etchison and Caroline Etchison.  He married 
Mary Virginia Penn in 1878.1 
 
In 1880, John, his wife Mary, and one child were living with his father Madison Etchison.  Madison’s property is 
shown on the 1878 Hopkins Atlas as being east on Long Corner Road from the subject property. 2   
 
 Between 1881 and 1882, John O. Etchison assembled 73.5 acres of land.3  He likely built the house about that time.   
By 1900, John and Mary had 11 children, six of whom were still living at home.  John O. Etchison died in 1935.  His 
heirs sold the property the following year.   

1
Genealogical information in this section from William Hurley, Etchison Families of Montgomery County, Md, esp pp13-16.
2
The property was previously identified as the Madison Etchison House.  Michael Dwyer, MHT form, Resource #15‐21, Spring 
1975. 
3
See chain of title, continuation sheet.
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Chain of Title 
 
DATE  TO/FROM  DESCRIPTION DEED
2‐3‐1881  James Madison Etchison et al  Pt 50 acres of Meek Delight, see below  EBP 24:278
To John O Etchison 
 
DATE  TO/FROM  DESCRIPTION DEED
2‐10‐1881  EP Etchison et al  Pt 50 acres of Meek Delight, see above  EBP 24:277
To John O Etchison 
 
DATE  TO/FROM  DESCRIPTION DEED
4‐15‐1882  John J. and Emily J. Mullinix4 $152.75 for EBP 27:117
To John O. Etchison  Part Silence Resurvey 12½ acres,] 
Also 11 acres. Total 23½ acres 
 
 
DATE  TO/FROM  DESCRIPTION DEED
10‐12‐1936  Robert L Etchison et al to  Pt Meek Delight, 50 ac (EBP 24:277 to  644:91
Wrights  John O. Etchison) 
Pt Silence Resurvey 12½ ac & 11 ac 
(EBP 27:117) 
11‐15‐1940  Percy C and Mildred M Wright $5 consideration and promise to pay  807:120
To H Kemp Griffin and  balance of mortgage $4500 
Margaret A Griffin  Pt Meek Delight, 50 ac (EBP 24:277 to 
John O. Etchison) 
Pt Silence Resurvey 12½ ac & 11 ac 
(EBP 27:117) 
 
8‐16‐1946  Elizabeth E Griffin, H Kemp  $10 consideration plus promise to pay  1031:202
Griffin and Margaret A Griffin  $3215.16 mortage of 1939 (originally 
Hawkins  $4500) 
To Mary Ruth Runyan and  Pt Meek Delight, 50 ac (EBP 24:277 to 
Gertrude Scott Runyan  John O. Etchison) 
Pt Silence Resurvey 12½ ac & 11 ac 
(EBP 27:117) 
 
7‐1969  Gertrude S. Runyan   Pt Meek Delight, 50 ac (EBP 24:277 to  3887:234
To Raymond S Harding Sr and  John O. Etchison) 

4
John J. Mullinix acquired several tracts of land between 1886 and 1882, from Asbury and Elizabeth Mullinix and others. DeedsEBP
3:360; EBP 23:233-4; EBP 25:314; EBP 27:48.
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Dorothea Runyan Harding  Pt Silence Resurvey 12½ ac & 11 ac 
(EBP 27:117) 
Except 2 acres conveyed to Hardings 
And 2.88 ac conveyed to Linthicums 
Land next to Lot 1, Harding Acres 
9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. 15-73

See continuation sheet.

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 M-NCPPC date 11-2009
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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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dwyer, Michael F. Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form, Madison Etchison House, Resource #15‐21, Spring 1975. 

Hopkins map, 1879.

Hurley, William. Etchison Families of Montgomery County, Md,. Our Maryland Heritage: Book 23. Heritage Books, 2000.

Martenet and Bond map, 1865.