Snively Farm is a historic home and farm located near Eakles Mills, Washington County,

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. It is a two-story, three-

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18th century log structure with an exposed basement at the front elevation on

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foundations. The home features a two-story, three-bay rear addition built in the late 18th or early 19th century with a one-story, two-bay stone kitchen. The property includes a stone

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and a frame butchering or outkitchen with a massive stone exterior chimney. The Snively Farm was listed on the

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in 1979.

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*, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Washington County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland {{WashingtonCountyMD-NRHP-stub