Whitakker Chambers Farm
E. Saw Mill Rd., Westminster, Maryland
Map
Coordinates:
+39.65983, -76.9761339°39'35" N, 76°58'34" W
Quadrangle map:Manchester
Description
Home of Whittaker Chambers, an ex-Communist whose revelations about his past espionage activities with Alger Hiss, a former State Department official, had major political repercussions after World War II. Here Chambers turned over the "pumpkin papers" implicating Hiss and later wrote "Witness," his best-selling autobiography. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, May 17, 1988
National Register information
Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1988
- Reference number
- 88001824
- NR name
- Chambers, Whitakker, Farm
- Area of significance
- Politics/Government
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- B - Person
- Property type
- District
- Historic functions
- Single dwelling; Agricultural outbuildings; Secondary structure
- Current functions
- Single dwelling; Secondary structure
- Periods of significance
- 1950-1974; 1925-1949
- Significant year
- 1941
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 10
Non-contributing buildings: 2