Maryland Historical Trust



Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG: 82B-028

Maryland Inventory of

Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic William C. Duley House

other      

2. Location

street and number 14601 Mount Calvert Road    not for publication

city, town Upper Marlboro    vicinity

county Prince George's

3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners)

name Frances S. and Sandra L. Major

street and number 14601 Mount Calvert Road telephone      

city, town Upper Marlboro state MD zip code 20772

4. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 3586 folio 374

city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 119 tax parcel 71 tax ID number 04 0259135

5. Primary Location of Additional Data

   Contributing Resource in National Register District

   Contributing Resource in Local Historic District

   Determined Eligible for the National Register/Maryland Register

   Determined Ineligible for the National Register/Maryland Register

   Recorded by HABS/HAER

   Historic Structure Report or Research Report at MHT

X Other: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George's County Planning Department

6. Classification

Category Ownership Current Function Resource Count

   district    public    agriculture    landscape Contributing Noncontributing

X building(s) X private    commerce/trade    recreation/culture 5      buildings

   structure    both    defense    religion           sites

   site X domestic    social           structures

   object    education    transportation           objects

   funerary    work in progress 5 0 Total

   government    unknown

   health care    vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources

   industry    other: previously listed in the Inventory

2

7. Description Inventory No. PG: 82B-028

Condition

   excellent    deteriorated

X good    ruins

   fair    altered

Prepare both a one paragraph summary and a comprehensive description of the resource and its various elements as it

exists today.

The William C. Duley House at 14601 Mount Calvert Road is a two-and-a-half-story vernacular dwelling constructed c. 1870. The building has a T-shaped plan created by a c. 1895 Queen Anne-style addition on the façade of the existing building. The property is sited to the east of Brookridge Road, which is a short spur off of Mount Calvert Road, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Mature trees are located along the eastern and western property lines. A paved driveway is located on the southern edge of the property. Four secondary resources are located on the property.

Dwelling

Set on a stretcher-bond brick foundation, the two-and-a-half-story, five-bay Queen Anne-style dwelling was built c. 1895. This portion of the structure has a rectangular plan. It was built onto the façade of an existing two-story vernacular dwelling, creating a T-shaped plan. The wood-frame structure is clad in asbestos shingles; the dwelling was originally clad in German siding.[1] An interior brick chimney has a corbelled cap. A steep-sloped hip roof with overhanging eaves is covered in asphalt shingles. A projecting front-gabled bay is centrally located on the façade. The gable end is clad in diamond-shaped wood shingles and has an ornate vergeboard. Two-story pyramidal-roofed towers are located on the façade at the northwest and southwest corners of the dwelling. A one-story wrap-around porch is located on the façade and south (side) elevation. The porch has a half-hipped roof covered in asphalt shingles. A projecting front gable is centrally located on the façade of the porch and the gable end is clad in diamond-shaped wood shingles. The porch is supported by wood Tuscan posts with turned spindle work, turned balusters, and decorative brackets. A two-story, shed-roofed addition is located on the northeast corner of the main block. The addition features a stretcher-bond brick foundation and is clad in asbestos shingles. Based on its form and construction materials, the addition was built c. 1940. The dwelling retains its original 1/1 windows with ogee-molded surrounds.

The existing two-and-a-half-story front-gabled dwelling is located on the east (rear) elevation of the Queen Anne-style dwelling. The existing building was constructed c. 1870 and is set on a stretcher-bond brick foundation. The wood-frame structure is clad in asbestos shingles. The front-gabled roof is covered in asphalt shingles. The roof features an ogee-molded cornice with returns. The structure features two interior brick chimneys with corbelled caps and an exterior-end metal flue. A one-story, one-bay shed-roofed addition is located on the east (rear) elevation of the original structure. The addition is clad in asbestos shingles. Based on its form and construction materials, the addition was built c. 1940.

A one-story half-hipped roof porch extends along the north and south (side) elevations of the original structure. The screened-in porch on the south elevation is set upon a stretcher-bond brick foundation. The hip roof is covered in asphalt shingles. The porch on the north elevation is partially enclosed. The eastern end of the porch is enclosed in asbestos shingles. The central portion of the porch is open and has wood Tuscan posts, turned spindle work, turned balusters, and decorative brackets similar to those on the wrap-around porch on the façade of the main block. The hip roof is covered in standing-seam metal.

The first-story façade (west elevation) of the main block is fenestrated by a single-leaf paneled wood door, placed in the central projecting front-gabled bay. The door has a three-light transom and two-light sidelights. A 1/1 window is located on either side of the entry. The second story is fenestrated by paired 1/1 windows with leaded glass in the upper pane. The Queen Anne-style windows are located in the central projecting front-gabled bay. A 1/1 window is located on either side of the paired windows. An arched 2/2 window is located in the gable end of the projecting front-gabled bay. The pyramidal roof towers are fenestrated by three 1/1 windows on the first and second stories.

The north and south (side) elevations of the main block are fenestrated by a single 1/1 window on the first and second stories.

The north (side) elevation of the one-story shed roof addition is fenestrated by a single 2/2 window on the first and second stories.

The north (side) elevation of the original structure is fenestrated by a double-leaf wood door and two 2/2 windows on the first story. Two 2/2 windows are located on the second story. The enclosed portion of the porch is fenestrated by a single-leaf wood door flanked by 2/2 windows on the east (rear) elevation.

The south (side) elevation of the original structure is fenestrated by a single-leaf wood door flanked by 2/2 windows. Three symmetrically placed 2/2 windows are located on the second story.

The east (rear) elevation of the original structure is fenestrated by a single 2/2 window on the first story. Two 2/2 windows are located in the gable end.

The interior of the dwelling was not accessible at the time of the 2007 on-site survey.

Shed (1)

A wood-frame shed is located northeast of the dwelling. Based on its form and materials, the shed appears to date from c. 1930. The one-story, one-bay shed rests on a concrete foundation and is clad in vertical wood siding. A shed roof covered in standing-seam metal caps the structure. The shed is fenestrated by a single-leaf paneled wood door on the façade (west elevation) and fixed one-light window on the south (side) elevation. The interior of the shed was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey.

Shed (2)

A wood-frame shed is located southeast of the dwelling. Based on its form and materials, the shed appears to date from c. 1930. The one-story, three-bay shed is banked into a hill. The concrete-block structure is covered by a side gable roof, covered in standing-seam metal. The gable ends are clad in vinyl siding. An interior-end chimney is constructed of concrete block. A double-leaf entry opening on the façade (south elevation) has a wood surround. Paired 1/1 vinyl-sash windows flank the entry. The interior of the shed was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey.

Barn

A wood-frame barn is located southeast of the dwelling. Based on its form and materials, the barn appears to date from c. 1930. The one-story, two-bay barn is clad in vertical wood siding. A side-gabled roof covered in standing-seam metal caps the structure. The barn is fenestrated by a single-leaf entry opening and 2/2 window on the façade (south elevation). The interior of the barn was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey.

Milk House

A milk house is located south of the dwelling. Based on its form and materials, the milk house appears to date from c. 1920. The one-story, two-bay milk house is constructed of poured concrete. A side-gabled roof covered in asphalt shingles caps the structure. The gable ends are clad in vertical wood siding and are ornamented with a vergeboard. The milk house is fenestrated by a single-leaf wood door with rounded wood surround on the façade (south elevation). “MILK HOUSE” is painted on the door lintel. A fixed one-light window is also located on the façade. A fixed one-light window is located in the gable end of the east and west (side) elevations. The interior of the milk house was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey.

Integrity

The William C. Duley House, constructed c. 1870 as a two-and-a-half-story vernacular structure with a two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne-style addition built on the façade c. 1895, retains a high level of integrity as a late-nineteenth-century Queen Anne-style dwelling. The building retains its wrap-around porch and double-hung wood-sash windows. Mid-twentieth-century additions on the north and south (side) elevations of the original structure has not visually altered the form of the building, as seen from Brookridge or Calvert Road. The cladding of the structure in asbestos shingles has not compromised the design or workmanship of the building, but has compromised the integrity of materials. Sited in rural Upper Marlboro, Maryland the dwelling retains its integrity of location, setting, feeling, and association.

The sheds, barn, and milk house associated with the William C. Duley House retain a high level of integrity. The outbuildings retain their integrity of design, materials, and workmanship. Sited in rural Upper Marlboro, Maryland the outbuildings retain their integrity of location, setting, feeling, and association.

The William C. Duley House and associated outbuildings retain an overall high level of integrity.

8. Significance Inventory No. PG: 82B-028

Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below

   1600-1699    agriculture    economics    health/medicine    performing arts

   1700-1799    archeology    education    industry    philosophy

X 1800-1899 X architecture    engineering    invention    politics/government

X 1900-1999    art    entertainment/    landscape architecture    religion

   2000-    commerce recreation    law    science

   communications    ethnic heritage    literature    social history

   community planning    exploration/    maritime history    transportation

   conservation settlement    military    other:      

Specific dates c. 1870, c. 1895 Architect/Builder Unknown

Construction dates c. 1870, c. 1895, c. 1920, c. 1930

Evaluation for:

   National Register    Maryland Register    not evaluated

Prepare a one-paragraph summary statement of significance addressing applicable criteria, followed by a narrative discussion of the history of the resource and its context. (For compliance projects, complete evaluation on a DOE Form – see manual.)

Statement of Significance

The William C. Duley House is located at 14601 Mount Calvert Road in rural Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Originally constructed c. 1870 with an I-house plan, the building was substantially altered c. 1895 by the addition of the Queen Anne-style structure that now reads as the main block. The building documents the stylistic influences and construction techniques of two distinct periods of architectural history in Prince George’s County in the Reconstruction Period (1866-1914). Originally set on over 200 acres of land, the house and its associated outbuildings documents late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s agricultural practices. The William C. Duley House is an important example of high-style Queen Anne architecture in southern Prince George’s County.

Historic Context

The William C. Duley House is sited near the intersection of Croom Road (MD 382), Mount Calvert Road, and Brookridge Drive just north of the village of Croom, Maryland. The village of Croom is located in rural southeastern Prince George’s County. Centered around the intersections of Croom Road, Duley Station Road, and St. Thomas Church Road, the small village of approximately 50 buildings represents rural development in the county from the 1740s through the 1960s. Croom was named for a tract of land called “Croome,” located northwest of the village patented by the Clagett family in 1671. Thomas John Clagett, born on his family’s Croom homestead, was the first Episcopalian Bishop consecrated in America.[2] The village of Croom began to develop in the mid-nineteenth century as a rural village centered around St. Thomas Church (c. 1745), several residences, and John Coffren’s general store (c. 1853). By 1857, a post office was established in Croom and was operated out of Coffren’s store.[3] Because of its location between the port of Nottingham and the county seat of Upper Marlboro, Croom Road became an important thoroughfare in Prince George’s County.[4] By 1745, the road was officially recognized, and in 1794, appeared on Dennis Griffith’s map of Maryland.[5] By the 1860s, Croom had expanded to include the residences and shops of a miller, a carpenter, a mechanic, and a blacksmith. The majority of buildings in Croom date from the late nineteenth century through the 1930s, with limited infill from the mid- to late twentieth century. Most of the buildings are single-family dwellings, although agricultural buildings, a church and rectory, and several commercial buildings exist.

The William C. Duley House stands on a tract of land known as “Brookridge,” which is located between the villages of Croom and Mount Calvert. Brookridge was owned in the early nineteenth century by the Beanes family of Upper Marlboro. Colmore Beanes left the property to his daughter Eliza Beanes Cross. In 1876, the Court of Equity ordered a division of the 900-acre farm among the heirs, with a 220-acre portion (lot 3) going to the daughter of Eliza Beanes Cross, Mary Cross Reno. According to tax assessments a two-and-a-half-story farmhouse constructed c. 1870 stood on the property.[6]

Prior to inheriting the property, Mary Cross Reno and her brother William Cross were living in Baltimore City. In 1870, Mary Reno was keeping house with her two young children Conrad and Jesse. William Cross was an attorney with a young daughter Isabella away at school.[7] The 1878 Hopkins Map notates the William B. Cross residence near Mount Calvert Road but not that of his sisters.[8]

In 1891, Mary Cross Reno’s children Conrad and Jesse Reno sold the property to William C. Duley.[9] In c. 1895 Duley added the Queen Anne portion of the structure on the façade of the original c. 1870 structure, more than doubling the size of the dwelling.[10] In 1910, William C. Duley, who was born in 1859, resided along Mount Calvert Road with his wife Alice R. Duley, their six young children, Mary E., William C., James H., Joseph A., Guy B., Thomas and his daughter Myra V. from a previous marriage. Duley farmed the property.[11]

After William C. Duley’s death in 1948, his widow, Alice R. Duley, deeded a one-eleventh share interest in the property to their eleven children. In 1957, William C. Duley, Jr. and his wife Stella Duley owned the 150 acre parcel of the property on which the dwelling was located.[12] The property, including the dwelling, was sold out of the Duley family in 1968 when Francis S. and Sandra L. Major purchased the property.[13] The Majors currently reside in the dwelling.

9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: 82B-028

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|Hopkins, G.M. Prince George’s County, from Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, C.E., 1878. |

|King, Marina. “The Tobacco Industry in Prince George’s County, 1680-1940.” in Historic Contexts in Prince George’s County: Short Papers on Settlement Patterns,|

|Transportation and Cultural History, Upper Marlboro, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1991. |

|King, Marina. “Croom Historic Survey.” Maryland Historical Trust, State Historic Sites Inventory Form, April 1986. |

|Martenet, Simon J. Martenet's Map of Prince George’s County, Maryland. Baltimore: Simon J. Martenet, 1861. |

|Pearl, Susan G. “William C. Duley House.” (PG: 82B-028) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites and Inventory Form, 1986. |

|Pearl, Susan G. Prince George’s County African-American Heritage Survey, 1996. Upper Marlboro, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, |

|1996. |

|Prince George’s County Land Records. |

|1870, 1910 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Subscription database. Digital scan of |

|original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC. . |

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of surveyed property 4.05

Acreage of historical setting 220.75

Quadrangle name Upper Marlboro Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000

Verbal boundary description and justification

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|The William C. Duley House is sited on an 4.05-acre lot, which was originally part of a 220.75-acre tract. The lot is bounded on the west by Brookridge Drive |

|and Mount Calvert Road and mature trees to the north, east and south. The house has been historically associated with Parcel 71 as noted on Tax Map 119 since |

|its construction in c. 1870. |

11. Form Prepared by

name/title Saleh Van Erem, Architectural Historian

organization EHT Traceries, Incorporated date January 2008

street & number 1121 Fifth Street, NW telephone 202.393.1199

city or town Washington state DC

The Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature to be found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA,

1974 supplement.

The survey and inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only

and do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights.

return to: Maryland Historical Trust

Maryland Department of Planning

100 Community Place

Crownsville, MD 21032-2023

410-514-7600

Chain of Title

Prince George’s County Land Records

Equity JWB 10:33 Eliza S. Cross, wife of Col. Tremson Cross, d. 1840, leaving land called

1875 “Brookridge” containing approximately 900 acres, Land partitioned among heirs, Mary C. Reno, William B. Cross and Eliza B. Cross, with lot 3 conveyed to Mary C. Reno (220.75 acres).

Deed JWB 17:529 Conrad and Susan E. Reno and Jesse W. Reno to William C. Duley (220.75

March 21, 1891 acres).

Deed 834:292 Alice R. Duley, widow, to George W. Duley, et all (William C. and Alice R.

May 24, 1946 Duley’s eleven children receive a one-eleventh interest in property in the Nottingham District, East of Mount Calvert Road).

Deed WWW 2116:241 George W. and Margaret C. Duley, et all to Matilda Wood Duvall.

June 22, 1957

Deed WWW 2116:248 Matilda Wood Duvall to William C. Duley, Jr. and Stella Duley (150 acres).

June 22, 1957

Deed WWW 3586:374 William C. and Stella Duley to Francis Sidney and Sandra L. Major (4.053 acres).

March 16, 1968

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Photo: William C. Duley House, façade (west elevation), looking east. (August 2007)

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Photo: William C. Duley House, north (side) elevation, looking southeast. (August 2007)

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Photo: William C. Duley House, south (side) elevation, looking northeast. (August 2007)

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Photo: William C. Duley House, east (rear) elevation, looking west. (August 2007)

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Photo: Milk House, façade (south elevation), looking north. (August 2007)

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Photo: Shed (2), façade (south elevation), looking northeast. (August 2007)

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Photo: Shed (1), façade (west elevation), looking northeast. (August 2007)

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Photo: Barn, northwest corner, looking southeast. (August 2007)

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Photo: Barn, southwest corner, looking northeast. (August 2007)

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[1] Susan G. Pearl, “William C. Duley House” (PG: 82B-028) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites and Inventory Form (1986), 8:1.

[2] Marina King, “Croom Historic Survey,” Maryland Historical Trust, State Historic Sites Inventory Form (April 1986), 8:1.

[3] Susan G. Pearl, Prince George’s County African-American Heritage Survey, 1996 (Upper Marlboro, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1996), 100.

[4] Marina King, “John W. Coffren House and Store,” National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form (January 1986), 8:5.

[5] King, “Croom,” 8:1.

[6] Susan G. Pearl, “William C. Duley House” (PG: 82B-028) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites and Inventory Form (1986), 8:1.

[7] 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Baltimore Ward 11, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, Series M593, Roll 576, Page 20, William Cross.

[8] G.M. Hopkins, “Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington, Including the County of Prince George Maryland” (Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, C.E., 1878).

[9] Conrad and Susan E. Reno, and Jesse W. Reno to William C. Duley, Prince George’s County Land Records, JWB 17:529.

[10] Susan G. Pearl, “William C. Duley House” (PG: 82B-028) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites and Inventory Form (1986), 8:1.

[11] 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Nottingham, Prince George’s County, Series T624, Roll 567, Page 5A, Enumeration District 63, William C. Duley.

[12] Matilda Wood Duvall to William C. Duley, Jr. and Stella Duley, Prince George’s County Land Records, WWW 2116:248.

[13] William C. and Stella Duley to Francis Sidney and Sandra L. Major, Prince Geogre’s County Land Records, WWW 3586:374.

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