Johann Michael HIMMELHEBER

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The building at 172 Green Street was constructed circa 1830 by Brice B. Brewer, Sr., who had obtained title to the property circa 1830. The Greek Revival-style dwelling is located on property owned and subdivided in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by Dr Charles Carroll and his heirs. The three-story dwelling was constructed adjacent to an imposing three-story gambrel-roofed structure erected between 1805 and 1815 that stood at what is now 170 Green Street (AA-512). Initially used as rental property, the single-family was dwelling occupied in the 1840s by John Quynn. It was owner-occupied for the first time when German-born John Himmelheber, an engineer at the State House, purchased the property in 1867. The brick structure was enlarged by the construction of several brick and wood-frame wing additions on the southeast rear elevation in the mid- to late nineteenth century. One of the additions is composed of an earthfast-frame shed constructed of reused early-nineteenth-century materials, and provides one of the last examples of earthfast construction in the City of Annapolis. The southwest side wall of the now-freestanding building was reconstructed following the demolition of the adjacent early-nineteenth-century gambrel-roofed structure circa 1870. The first owner-occupant, Himmelheber was a German-born immigrant who worked as an engineer at the State House for twenty years. Himmelheber had eight children. During Himmelheber's tenure, a three-story wood-frame wing and a two-story brick-and-frame kitchen addition were constructed on the southeast rear elevation. The most significant alteration was the reconstruction of the southwest side wall, which originally was the northeast exterior wall for the three-story gambrel-roofed building that was constructed at 170 Green Street between 1805 and 1815. This imposing brick structure was razed by Frank H. Stockett to allow for the construction of the present twin dwellings at 168-170 Green Street in 1870. The thickness of the new wall extended the facade by a single soldier brick to create a clean arris. Following the death of John Himmelheber in 1895, his wife Mary Eva Himmelheber inherited the large dwelling. The 1880 United States Census documents that although she owned the house, the Himmelheber family did not reside there and the house was leased. Born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, about 1819, Mary Eva Himmelheber died in September 1897, devising the building to her daughters, Mary Theresa and Agnes Mary Himmelheber. The census records that the dwelling was occupied by the Himmelheber children, Charles Thomas A., Mary Theresa, and Mary Alphonsa in 1900. It was under the ownership of the daughters that the present double-story woodframe porch was erected on the northeast side elevation of the building by 1913. Mary Theresa Himmelheber died intestate in 1918 bequeathing her one-half undivided interest to her brothers and sisters. With the death of her siblings, Agnes Himmelheber, who was living in Baltimore City, had obtained full interest in the property at 172 Green Street. In 1929, Charles T. Williams was made executor of the property, with all rights and privileges originally held by the then deceased Agnes Himmelheber. It was the wish of Agnes Himmelheber that the Catholic Daughters of America be given the opportunity to purchase 172 Green Street for $8,000.

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Titel	HIMMELHEBER HEAVEN
Beschreibung	Alle Nachfahren von Ludwig Himmelheber *ca. 1560 in Heubach im Odenwald. Für zusätzliche Information bin ich dankbar.
Hochgeladen	2023-10-30 15:32:52.0
Einsender	Erika Elisabeth Metzieder
E-Mail	info@metzieder.de
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