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National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

National Park Seminary, Aloha House, North of Linden Lane near corner of Beech Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Aloha House, North of Linden Lane near corner ...

Significance: Aloha was constructed in 1898 as part of the school's first building campaign. It served as the Cassedy family residence and then became a dormitory for juniors. The original shingle-sided bunga... More

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Smyth-Letherbury House, 107 Water Street, Chestertown, Kent County, MD

Significance: The affluence and influence of late eighteenth century Chestertown as a college town on a navigable river is exemplified by the architecture of "River House," a waterfront residence. Survey numbe... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Delaware County, PA

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Del...

Significance: Chichester Meeting House is a well-preserved and unusual example of eighteenth-century Quaker meeting-house architecture in the Delaware Valley. Erected between 1769 and 1771, the building follows... More

Sasscer's House, 5415 Old Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Sasscer's House, 5415 Old Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlbo...

Significance: Kingston, as the house is popularly known, is one of the oldest remaining structures in the town of Upper Marlboro. The original structure is believed to have been constructed before 1730. In ad... More

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Chester County, PA

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Chester County, PA

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More

Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Route 41 intersection, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Rout...

Significance: Among the earliest extant meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, Sadsbury is a rare example of an early meeting house form. Sadsbury's square shaped plan and three-by-three bay elevations with cen... More

Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Route 41 intersection, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Rout...

Significance: Among the earliest extant meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, Sadsbury is a rare example of an early meeting house form. Sadsbury's square shaped plan and three-by-three bay elevations with cen... More

Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, MD

Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince Georg...

Significance: Hyattsville Hardware is an intact turn-of-the-century hardware store with original interior features such as a pressed-tin ceiling, shelving, cases and bins. It is also of interest as one of few ... More

Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, MD

Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince Georg...

Significance: Hyattsville Hardware is an intact turn-of-the-century hardware store with original interior features such as a pressed-tin ceiling, shelving, cases and bins. It is also of interest as one of few ... More

St. Thomas' Church, 14300 St. Thomas' Church Road at Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

St. Thomas' Church, 14300 St. Thomas' Church Road at Croom Road, Croom...

Significance: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, and one of the most intact. It is also notable for its associations with important early citizens, par... More

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County,...

Significance: The Coffren Store is a rare example of a well-preserved, mid 19th-century general merchandise store. Small local stores of this type one-room utilitarian structures including a Post Office on... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Thomas Farm, House, 4632 Araby Church Road, Frederick, Frederick Count...

Significance: The property dates to a 1,400-acre land grant called Wett Work, which was patented in 1729, although apparently not occupied or improved until the 1740s. The 1748 completion of the Georgetown Road... More

Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince George's County, MD

Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geor...

Significance: The Greenbelt Community Building is a focal point of activity for this important, early planned community. It was first used as a combination community meeting hall and school building and later ... More

William VanHorn House, Taylorsville Road, Edgeboro, Bucks County, PA

William VanHorn House, Taylorsville Road, Edgeboro, Bucks County, PA

Significance: A good example of a Bucks County farmhouse constructed of stone, and with exceptional detailing inside and out. It consists of an early plastered stone section with a later, early 19th century sto... More

William VanHorn House, Taylorsville Road, Edgeboro, Bucks County, PA

William VanHorn House, Taylorsville Road, Edgeboro, Bucks County, PA

Significance: A good example of a Bucks County farmhouse constructed of stone, and with exceptional detailing inside and out. It consists of an early plastered stone section with a later, early 19th century sto... More

Craven Hall, Southeast corner of Street Road & Newtown Road (Warminster), Johnsville, Bucks County, PA

Craven Hall, Southeast corner of Street Road & Newtown Road (Warminste...

Significance: A good example of a rural attempt at high style (Philadelphia influenced) architecture, with Greek Revival detailing. This high style influence along with its sensitivity to proportion make it uni... More

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince...

Significance: This is the only pre-Revolutionary War Roman Catholic Church in the county, and the site of important events in the development of the Catholic Church in Maryland. Survey number: HABS MD-1014 Bu... More

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince...

Significance: This is the only pre-Revolutionary War Roman Catholic Church in the county, and the site of important events in the development of the Catholic Church in Maryland. Survey number: HABS MD-1014 Bu... More

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince...

Significance: This is the only pre-Revolutionary War Roman Catholic Church in the county, and the site of important events in the development of the Catholic Church in Maryland. Survey number: HABS MD-1014 Bu... More

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

Abraham Hall, 7612 Old Muirkirk Road, Beltsville, Prince George's County, MD

Abraham Hall, 7612 Old Muirkirk Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Coun...

Significance: Built for the Benevolent Sons and Daughters of Abraham, this is a rare example of a late nineteenth-century benevolent society hall, the most outstanding example in the county. It was the focal p... More

Ratcliffe Manor, Easton Parkway (State Route 322) Vicinity, Easton, Talbot County, MD

Ratcliffe Manor, Easton Parkway (State Route 322) Vicinity, Easton, Ta...

Significance: Built between 1757 and 1762, Ratcliffe Manor is perhaps the finest, most sophisticated and intact mid-eighteenth-century Georgian style plantation house on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It was built f... More

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with Horsehead Road, Baden, Prince George's County, MD

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with...

Significance: St. Paul's at Baden is the oldest church in Prince George's County, and one of only six churches extant from the colonial period. In May of 1692, the Governor's Council and the Maryland Assembly ... More

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with Horsehead Road, Baden, Prince George's County, MD

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with...

Significance: St. Paul's at Baden is the oldest church in Prince George's County, and one of only six churches extant from the colonial period. In May of 1692, the Governor's Council and the Maryland Assembly ... More

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with Horsehead Road, Baden, Prince George's County, MD

St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with...

Significance: St. Paul's at Baden is the oldest church in Prince George's County, and one of only six churches extant from the colonial period. In May of 1692, the Governor's Council and the Maryland Assembly ... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laure...

Significance: The Laurel B&O Station is significant as the only surviving railroad station in Prince George's County, and an example of decorative Victorian-era railroad architecture. It was designed by Baltim... More

Woodstock, 8706 South East Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Woodstock, 8706 South East Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlb...

Significance: Woodstock is an excellent example of a mid 19th-century plantation dwelling executed in the side-hall-and-double-parlor plan, popular in the county during the 1820s to 1850s. Although less ornate... More

Weston, Old Crain Highway Vicinity, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Weston, Old Crain Highway Vicinity, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co...

Significance: Weston is an excellent example of a large, early 19th-century Prince Geroge's County brick plantation house with refined decorative details in the late-Federal and Greek Revival styles. The house... More

Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's County, MD

Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's ...

Significance: Bostwick is one of the first, and one of the few extant, structures built in Bladensburg upon its founding in 1742. Only four pre-Revolutionary War buildings now stand. Although altered over the... More

Naylor House, Swift & Silver Lake Roads (Middletown Township), Langhorne, Bucks County, PA

Naylor House, Swift & Silver Lake Roads (Middletown Township), Langhor...

Significance: A good example of a Bucks County house type identified by the 2-1/2 story, side-hall-and-double-parlor plan main block and the 3 story wing with truncated gable roof. This truncated or cropped roo... More

Naylor House, Swift & Silver Lake Roads (Middletown Township), Langhorne, Bucks County, PA

Naylor House, Swift & Silver Lake Roads (Middletown Township), Langhor...

Significance: A good example of a Bucks County house type identified by the 2-1/2 story, side-hall-and-double-parlor plan main block and the 3 story wing with truncated gable roof. This truncated or cropped roo... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Main, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery C...

Significance: Main exemplifies the site's evolving history. It is a conglomeration of eight buildings with adjoining extensions and adaptations that were completed between 1887 and the 1940s. It is the core o... More

Southampton Friends Meeting House, 710 Gravel Hill Road, Southampton, Bucks County, PA

Southampton Friends Meeting House, 710 Gravel Hill Road, Southampton, ...

Significance: Built between 1969 and 1970, Southampton is among the most recently constructed Friends' meeting houses in the Delaware Valley. Its ultra-modern design reflects a break in tradition with regard to... More

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile north of Pennell Road (Route 452), Lima, Delaware County, PA

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...

Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile north of Pennell Road (Route 452), Lima, Delaware County, PA

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...

Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile north of Pennell Road (Route 452), Lima, Delaware County, PA

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...

Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile north of Pennell Road (Route 452), Lima, Delaware County, PA

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...

Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile north of Pennell Road (Route 452), Lima, Delaware County, PA

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...

Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More

Christ Church at Accokeek, 600 West Farmington Road, Accokeek, Prince George's County, MD

Christ Church at Accokeek, 600 West Farmington Road, Accokeek, Prince ...

Significance: Christ Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, built in 1747. The building displays characteristics of both Colonial-era ecclesiastic architecture, and of Victorian... More

Rickwood Field, 1137 Second Avenue West, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Rickwood Field, 1137 Second Avenue West, Birmingham, Jefferson County,...

Significance: Erected in 1910, the original concrete and steel grandstand at Rickwood Field is the oldest baseball grandstand on the same site in the United States. The grandstand forms the core of an historic... More

Rickwood Field, 1137 Second Avenue West, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Rickwood Field, 1137 Second Avenue West, Birmingham, Jefferson County,...

Significance: Erected in 1910, the original concrete and steel grandstand at Rickwood Field is the oldest baseball grandstand on the same site in the United States. The grandstand forms the core of an historic... More

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Principal Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatteras, Access Road from Route 12, Buxton, Dare County, NC

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Principal Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape H...

Significance: Following the completion of the new Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in 1870, the construction of a dwelling for the lighthouse's third keeper was approved, making use of the surplus of 50,000 bricks at t... More

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Principal Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatteras, Access Road from Route 12, Buxton, Dare County, NC

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Principal Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape H...

Significance: Following the completion of the new Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in 1870, the construction of a dwelling for the lighthouse's third keeper was approved, making use of the surplus of 50,000 bricks at t... More

Belleview, 3201 Steed Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, MD

Belleview, 3201 Steed Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, M...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Belleview an excellent example of a small, early plantation house, represents what must have been a common early-settlement house type, which rarely survives ... More

Belleview, 3201 Steed Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, MD

Belleview, 3201 Steed Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, M...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Belleview an excellent example of a small, early plantation house, represents what must have been a common early-settlement house type, which rarely survives ... More

Foxheath, Swamp Road, 2 miles above Rushland, Rushland, Bucks County, PA

Foxheath, Swamp Road, 2 miles above Rushland, Rushland, Bucks County, ...

Significance: Good example of Bucks County stone farm residence, built in two sections, the first by Anthony Kimble in 1746, and the second section (main block) by Seruch Titus in 1828. The house is plastered f... More

Foxheath, Swamp Road, 2 miles above Rushland, Rushland, Bucks County, PA

Foxheath, Swamp Road, 2 miles above Rushland, Rushland, Bucks County, ...

Significance: Good example of Bucks County stone farm residence, built in two sections, the first by Anthony Kimble in 1746, and the second section (main block) by Seruch Titus in 1828. The house is plastered f... More

McEwen House, 4106 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, MD

McEwen House, 4106 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, Prince George's Count...

Significance: The McEwan House is both a fine example of a Queen Anne-style suburban residence, and an identified example of pattern-book architecture. The plans were produced by R.W. Shoppell's nationally-kno... More

O'Dea House, 5804 Ruatan Street, Berwyn Heights, Prince George's County, MD

O'Dea House, 5804 Ruatan Street, Berwyn Heights, Prince George's Count...

Significance: The Shoppell Design #216 house, currently referred to as the O'Dea House, is representative of the early suburban development of Prince George's County, an important aspect of its late 19th-centur... More

Temora Farm, House, 372 Swamp Road, Newtown, Bucks County, PA

Temora Farm, House, 372 Swamp Road, Newtown, Bucks County, PA

Significance: Significant for its associations with prominent Newtown families of the 18th and 19th century and for its long history as an elegant manor house. Good example of the Bucks County stone farmhouse. ... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

Trinity Episcopal Church, 14519 Church Street, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Trinity Episcopal Church, 14519 Church Street, Upper Marlboro, Prince ...

Significance: Trinity Church is an important landmark in the town of Upper Marlboro due to its associations with prominent families of the county, and as an excellent example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastic arch... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

Coffren House, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Coffren House, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Significance: The Coffren House, and adjacent Coffren Store, are significant as a surviving, rural general merchandise store and storekeepers dwelling complex. Once a familiar part of the rural landscape, the ... More

Coffren House, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Coffren House, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Significance: The Coffren House, and adjacent Coffren Store, are significant as a surviving, rural general merchandise store and storekeepers dwelling complex. Once a familiar part of the rural landscape, the ... More

Melwood Park, 11008 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Melwood Park, 11008 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's...

Survey number: HABS MD-142 Building/structure dates: 1729 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1750 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1825 Su... More

Melwood Park, 11008 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Melwood Park, 11008 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's...

Survey number: HABS MD-142 Building/structure dates: 1729 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1750 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1825 Su... More

Lyles House, Livingston Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, MD

Lyles House, Livingston Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County,...

Significance: These are the remains of an important example of early 18th-century Maryland architecture. Although in ruinous condition, much can be learned of the construction and architecture of this period f... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, M...

Significance: Built in 1912, the Bear Dens were among the first structures to be erected in Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, and were used continuously until 1971. The design for the dens was the work of landscape a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Burgess Foulke House, 26 North Main Street, Quakertown, Bucks County, PA

Burgess Foulke House, 26 North Main Street, Quakertown, Bucks County, ...

Significance: Erected by Edward Foulke, it was the home of the first burgess of the Borough of Quakertown and the family homestead for the prominent Foulke family. It is an excellent example of early English Qu... More

Burgess Foulke House, 26 North Main Street, Quakertown, Bucks County, PA

Burgess Foulke House, 26 North Main Street, Quakertown, Bucks County, ...

Significance: Erected by Edward Foulke, it was the home of the first burgess of the Borough of Quakertown and the family homestead for the prominent Foulke family. It is an excellent example of early English Qu... More

Belair, Stables, Belair Drive at East end of Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD

Belair, Stables, Belair Drive at East end of Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie,...

Significance: This U-shaped, sandstone stable was built in 1907 for James T. Woodward, then owner of Belair Mansion (ca. 1745). The elaborate stable building reflects Belair's long and distinguished associatio... More

Standing Stone Farm, House, 1950 Branch Road, Perkasie, Bucks County, PA

Standing Stone Farm, House, 1950 Branch Road, Perkasie, Bucks County, ...

Significance: Example of a Bucks County stone farmhouse built in two sections and retaining numerous original features including the pent roof over the first story. Survey number: HABS PA-5590 Building/struc... More

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Narberth, Montgomery County, PA

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Mont...

Significance: The construction of Merion began as early as 1695 and was completed by 1715, making it the oldest Friends Meeting House in the Delaware Valley. Its near cruciform plan is unprecedented in a Friend... More

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Narberth, Montgomery County, PA

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Mont...

Significance: The construction of Merion began as early as 1695 and was completed by 1715, making it the oldest Friends Meeting House in the Delaware Valley. Its near cruciform plan is unprecedented in a Friend... More

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Narberth, Montgomery County, PA

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Mont...

Significance: The construction of Merion began as early as 1695 and was completed by 1715, making it the oldest Friends Meeting House in the Delaware Valley. Its near cruciform plan is unprecedented in a Friend... More

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Narberth, Montgomery County, PA

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Mont...

Significance: The construction of Merion began as early as 1695 and was completed by 1715, making it the oldest Friends Meeting House in the Delaware Valley. Its near cruciform plan is unprecedented in a Friend... More

Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 5684 York Road, Lahaska, Bucks County, PA

Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 5684 York Road, Lahaska, Bucks Count...

Significance: Completed in 1768, Buckingham Friends Meeting House is the earliest known example of the doubled type that became a conventional form for American Friends meeting hoses for nearly a century. While... More

Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 5684 York Road, Lahaska, Bucks County, PA

Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 5684 York Road, Lahaska, Bucks Count...

Significance: Completed in 1768, Buckingham Friends Meeting House is the earliest known example of the doubled type that became a conventional form for American Friends meeting hoses for nearly a century. While... More

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Driv...

Significance: Darnall's Chance was built between 1741 and 1742 by James Wardrop, a Scottish immigrant, who amassed a fortune as a merchant and entrepreneur in the bustling port-town of Upper Marlborough, Maryla... More

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Driv...

Significance: Darnall's Chance was built between 1741 and 1742 by James Wardrop, a Scottish immigrant, who amassed a fortune as a merchant and entrepreneur in the bustling port-town of Upper Marlborough, Maryla... More

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Driv...

Significance: Darnall's Chance was built between 1741 and 1742 by James Wardrop, a Scottish immigrant, who amassed a fortune as a merchant and entrepreneur in the bustling port-town of Upper Marlborough, Maryla... More

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD

Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Driv...

Significance: Darnall's Chance was built between 1741 and 1742 by James Wardrop, a Scottish immigrant, who amassed a fortune as a merchant and entrepreneur in the bustling port-town of Upper Marlborough, Maryla... More

Magruder House, 4703 Annapolis Road (Bladensburg Road), Bladensburg, Prince George's County, MD

Magruder House, 4703 Annapolis Road (Bladensburg Road), Bladensburg, P...

Significance: The Hilleary-Magruder House is the only extant stone house executed in the Tidewater style in Prince George's County. A mid-18th century, one-and-a-half story, stone gambrel-roof structure, it re... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosaryville vicinity), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosary...

Significance: Poplar Hill, or His Lordship's Kindness as it is currently referred to, is an excellent example of an 18th-century, five-part Georgian plantation house. This elegantly detailed residence is among... More

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosaryville vicinity), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosary...

Significance: Poplar Hill, or His Lordship's Kindness as it is currently referred to, is an excellent example of an 18th-century, five-part Georgian plantation house. This elegantly detailed residence is among... More

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosaryville vicinity), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosary...

Significance: Poplar Hill, or His Lordship's Kindness as it is currently referred to, is an excellent example of an 18th-century, five-part Georgian plantation house. This elegantly detailed residence is among... More

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosaryville vicinity), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosary...

Significance: Poplar Hill, or His Lordship's Kindness as it is currently referred to, is an excellent example of an 18th-century, five-part Georgian plantation house. This elegantly detailed residence is among... More

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosaryville vicinity), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD

Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosary...

Significance: Poplar Hill, or His Lordship's Kindness as it is currently referred to, is an excellent example of an 18th-century, five-part Georgian plantation house. This elegantly detailed residence is among... More

St. Ignatius Church, 2315 Brinkley Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, MD

St. Ignatius Church, 2315 Brinkley Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's Co...

Significance: St. Ignatius Church is an excellent example of a rural/suburban Queen Anne Shingle-style church, the only one of its kind in Prince George's County. The church, founded in 1849, is the second old... More

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