Joseph C. Hays House

{{short description|Historic house in Maryland, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Joseph C. Hays House

| nrhp_type =

| image = Joseph C. Hays House, Sharpsburg.jpg

| caption = Joseph C. Hays House, January 2009

| location = 103–105 W. Main St., Sharpsburg, Maryland

| coordinates = {{coord|39|27|29.36|N|77|44|57.57|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Maryland#USA

| architect OR builder =

| architecture = Federal

| added = December 12, 2006

| area = {{convert|0.3|acre}}

| refnum = 06001125{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Joseph C. Hays House at 103–105 West Main Street in Sharpsburg, Maryland, United States, was originally built in 1823 as a three-bay side hall double-parlor house in the Federal style. It was soon expanded to the east with a two-bay parlor and one commercial bay. The east parlor entered commercial use during the mid-19th century as a dry goods store operated by Benjamin F. Cronise. Circa 1920 a storefront was added and a copper front was applied with BANK lettered under a central pediment, behind a marquee.

The property combines early 19th-century Federal architecture with a good example of early 20th-century commercial architectural ornament.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-1431.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Joseph C. Hays House|date=June 2005|accessdate=2016-01-01 |author=Paula S. Reed and Edie Wallace |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.