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University Park Historic District (University Park, Maryland)
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The University Park Historic District is a national historic district
located at the town of University Park
, Prince George's County
, Maryland
. The district, which developed over the period 1920 to 1945, 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. The 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1996.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
located at the town of University Park
University Park, Maryland
University Park is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,318 at the 2000 census.-Geography:University Park is located at ....
, Prince George's County
Prince George's County, Maryland
Prince George's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, DC. As of 2010, it has a population of 863,420 and is the wealthiest African-American majority county in the nation....
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. The district, which developed over the period 1920 to 1945, is almost exclusively residential and developed as a middle-class, automobile suburb of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
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. The houses are built in a range of popular early-20th century architectural styles including Tudor and Mediterranean Revival, and varied interpretations of the Craftsman
American Craftsman
The American Craftsman Style, or the American Arts and Crafts Movement, is an American domestic architectural, interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts style and lifestyle philosophy that began in the last years of the 19th century. As a comprehensive design and art...
Aesthetic and the Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
, including interpretations of Dutch, Georgian, and Federal period substyles.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1996.
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
