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 Bloomfield (Deakins House), 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]
University Park Historic District | |
 A typical street in University Park November 2008 | |
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| 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°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) |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, with a boundary increase in 2012.[1][2]
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Riverdale Presbyterian Church in November 2008 -
Bloomfield (Deakins House) in November 2008
References edit
- ^ 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. December 21, 2012.
- ^ 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 August 1, 2015.
External links edit
- 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
