87B-036-16 Grimes House 22609 Aquasco Road Aquasco
87B-036-17 James A. Cochrane Store 22609 Aquasco Road Aquasco
Built circa 1800 and circa 1850, the Grimes House is a one-and-one-half-story gable-roof frame house built in two sections, with roof lines of varying pitch. A bracketed Victorian porch ties the two sections together. The oldest (south) section was probably built circa 1800 for the Rawlings family, and was later (after 1850) enlarged by the construction of the adjoining north section. Since 1910 it has been the home of the Grimes family, who operated the nearby store and undertaker’s establishment. The house is an interesting example of expansion of a modest dwelling.
A rare example of a mid-nineteenth-century rural front-gable commercial building in Prince George’s County, the building was constructed c. 1850 and is notable for its front-gable construction and signage, which reads: ANDREW J. GRIMES & SONS/GEN. MERCHANDISE/UNDERTAKERS/FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMING AQUASCO MD. James A. Cochrane, born c. 1832, was married to Mary C. B. Cochrane and listed as a merchant at the time of the 1880 U.S. Federal Census. The Cochranes lived at the nearby Mary C. B. Cochrane House (87B-036-18). In 1910, J. Mitchell and Rebecca R. Cochrane conveyed the property to Andrew Grimes.
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