University Park Historic District (University Park, Maryland)
University Park Historic District | |
Location | Bounded by Baltimore Ave., MD 410, and Adelphi Rd., University Park, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 38°58′12″N 76°56′38″W / 38.97000°N 76.94389°WCoordinates: 38°58′12″N 76°56′38″W / 38.97000°N 76.94389°W |
Area | 306 acres (124 ha) |
Architect | Groff, Forrest U.; Moffatt, H.J., et al. |
Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival |
MPS | Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960 |
NRHP reference No. | 96001084, 12001025 (Boundary Increase)[1][2] |
Added to NRHP | October 10, 1996, December 12, 2012 (Boundary Increase) |
The University Park Historic District is a national historic district located in the town of University Park, Prince George's County, Maryland. The district encompasses 1,149 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites and is almost exclusively residential and developed as a middle-class, automobile suburb of Washington, D.C.. The primary building type is the detached single-family dwelling, with the only non-residential buildings within the district and the town being two churches and the Town Hall, which is located in a former residence. Notable features within the district include the property's original plantation house, known as , and the nearby family cemetery. It was developed over the period 1920 to 1945, and houses are built in a range of popular early-20th-century architectural styles including Tudor and Mediterranean Revival, and varied interpretations of the Craftsman Aesthetic and the Colonial Revival, including interpretations of Dutch, Georgian, and Federal period substyles.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, with a boundary increase in 2012.[1][2]
Gallery[]
Riverdale Presbyterian Church in November 2008
Bloomfield (Deakins House) in November 2008
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/10/12 through 12/14/12. National Park Service. 2012-12-21.
- ^ Laura V. Trieschmann and Anna Stillner Chiriboga (November 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: University Park Historic District (original and boundary increase)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
External links[]
- University Park Historic District, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:66-29, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
- Boundary Map of the University Park Historic District, Prince George's County, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic districts in Prince George's County, Maryland
- Colonial Revival architecture in Maryland
- Tudor Revival architecture in Maryland
- Spanish Revival architecture in Maryland
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Houses in Prince George's County, Maryland
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland
- Prince George's County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs