- Whittaker Chambers Farm
Infobox_nrhp | name =Whitakker Chambers Farm
nrhp_type = nhld
caption =
location= East Saw Mill Rd.,Westminster, Maryland
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 39
lat_seconds = 35
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 58
long_seconds = 35
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maryland
area =390 acres
built =1941
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated=May 17 ,1988 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2038&ResourceType=District
title=Whitakker Chambers Farm |accessdate=2008-06-09|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =May 17 ,1988 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=88001824Whitakker Chambers Farm, also known as Pipe Creek Farm, was the home "of
Whittaker Chambers , an ex-Communist whose revelations about his past espionage activities withAlger 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."It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1988.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/88001824.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Whitakker Chambers Farm] |32 KB|date=January 26, 1988 |author=Barry Mackintosh |publisher=National Park Service]The landmarking of the site is unusual, because it does not pass a usual requirement of 50 years' age for a historic event, and an advisory panel recommended against its designation. In 1988, Interior Secretary
Donald P. Hodel granted national landmark status to the Pipe Creek Farm. [cite web
title = Site in Hiss-Chambers Case Now a Landmark
date =May 18 ,1988
publisher = The New York Times
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=940DEEDA1339F93BA25756C0A96E948260
accessdate =June 9 ,2008 ]References
External links
* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1010&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx Whittaker Chambers Farm, Carroll County] , including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust
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