Maryland Historical Trust



Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG: 68-041-03

Maryland Inventory of

Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic Marché Florists Building (preferred)

other Marché and Co. Inc

2. Location

street and number 4800 Rhode Island Avenue    not for publication

city, town Hyattsville    vicinity

county Prince George's

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

name Gladys Egwuatu and Chukwuma Ewelike

street and number 2307 Manor Gate Terrace telephone      

city, town Upper Marlboro state MD zip code 20774-8516

4. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 29432 folio 295

city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 50 tax parcel 262 tax ID number 16 1811421

5. Primary Location of Additional Data

X 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

   Other:      

6. Classification

Category Ownership Current Function Resource Count

   district    public    agriculture    landscape Contributing Noncontributing

X building(s) X private    commerce/trade    recreation/culture 1      buildings

   structure    both    defense    religion           sites

   site    domestic    social           structures

   object    education    transportation           objects

   funerary    work in progress 1 0 Total

   government    unknown

   health care X vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources

   industry    other: previously listed in the Inventory

1

7. Description Inventory No. PG: 68-041-03

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 Marché Florists Building is located at 4800 Rhode Island Avenue in Hyattsville on a 0.8681-acre parcel of land. The façade (southeast elevation) of the building faces Rhode Island Avenue, a busy commuter and commercial corridor. The grassy lot slopes to the east and is scattered with shrubs. A stone retaining wall defines the western (rear) property line. An asphalt-paved parking lot extends across the western portion of the property, stretching from Crittenden Street on the south to 42nd Place on the north. A concrete sidewalk wraps around the building, connecting the shop to both sides of the parking lot. There are no secondary resources associated with this property.

Description

This one-story commercial building was constructed in 1951 to the designs of Washington, D.C., architect John Robie Kennedy. Reflective of the Modern Movement, the masonry building is constructed of concrete blocks. The building is one bay wide and is veneered with coursed stone. The flat roof is obscured by a parapet with metal coping and is faced with narrow stretcher-bond bricks. A metal cornice extends across the façade and wraps around to the easternmost bay of the southwest (side) elevation. The original “Marché Florists” sign that was located on the entablature of the façade has been removed.[i] The façade is fenestrated with bands of large one-light, metal-frame storefront windows. The center bay holds a double-leaf, metal-frame commercial glass door with a one-light transom. All openings on the façade are sheltered by green fabric awnings, which are not an original feature.

On the southwest (side) elevation, a large one-light metal-frame storefront window is located in the easternmost bay. The westernmost bay of the side elevation is pierced by a paired window opening with a concrete sill. The opening holds four-light metal windows that appear to be a combination of fixed and awning lights. It is sheltered by a metal awning. The center bay of the southwest elevation has two single-leaf openings. One holds a paneled wood door with three lights and the other holds a wood-frame French door. These openings provide access to a one-story greenhouse attached on the southwest elevation.

The greenhouse has a solid foundation of concrete blocks faced with narrow stretcher-bond bricks. The corners of the greenhouse are covered with coursed stone, simulating corner posts. The floor of the greenhouse is covered with gravel. The wood- and metal-framed greenhouse has an ogee-shaped roof. The top ridge of the roof consists of bands of awning windows. Similarly, bands of awning windows extend across the southeast and southwest elevations. The southeast elevation (façade) contains a single-leaf opening that holds a wood-frame French door. Set in an ogee-shaped arch, the door is sheltered by a wooden hood supported by brackets. A secondary opening is located on the southwest (side) elevation. The opening has been infilled with plywood but the original wooden hood and brackets are visible. A third opening is located on the northwest (rear) elevation in the northernmost bay and holds a single-leaf wood-frame French door. Like the other openings on the greenhouse, it has a wooden hood supported by brackets.

Based on its materials, form, and Sanborn maps, a two-story, concrete-block addition was constructed on the northwest (rear) elevation c. 1955. The addition has a sloping roof with a parapet covered with metal coping. A large exterior brick chimney with a plain cap is located on the southwest (side) elevation. A single-leaf flush metal door is located in the easternmost bay of the southwest elevation. It is sheltered by a metal awning. The first story of the southwest elevation is fenestrated with a three-light metal casement window and bands of multi-light metal windows. The second story holds a four-light metal-frame pivot window set over a two-light fixed sash. All window openings on the addition have concrete sills. The first story of the rear (northwest) elevation is pierced by a door opening that is now covered with plywood and a multi-light metal-frame window. A four-light metal-frame pivot window set over a two-light fixed sash is located in the upper story of this rear elevation as well as on the second story of the northeast (side) elevation.

Circa 1957, a one-story, full-width addition was constructed on the northeast (side) elevation of the main block and rear addition. This date of construction is based on Sanborn maps, the character of the materials, and the construction techniques used for the addition. The masonry addition is one bay wide and constructed of concrete blocks. It has a flat roof with parapet and metal coping. Like the main block, the façade of the addition and the easternmost bay of its side elevation are faced with coursed stone. The parapet is faced with narrow stretcher-bond brick and a metal cornice extends across the façade, wrapping around to the easternmost bay of the northeast (side) elevation. A single-leaf, metal-frame commercial glass door pierces the easternmost bay of the northeast elevation. It has one-light metal-frame sidelights and a one-light transom. A fabric awning shelters the opening. Two large window openings with concrete sills are also located on the northeast elevation. They consist of two large metal-frame fixed lights topped by one-light fixed panes and flanked by four-light metal-frame windows (likely a combination of fixed and awning lights). A three-light metal casement window with a concrete sill is located on the rear elevation of the center bay. The rear elevation of the addition has a single window opening that holds a multi-light metal-frame window with a concrete sill. The northern corner of the addition has dogleg brick that extends from the foundation to the parapet.

Integrity

The Marché Florists Building has a high level of integrity of location, setting, workmanship, feeling, and materials. With the exception of the removal of the “Marché Florists” sign on the façade and the addition of fabric awnings, no other alterations or replacement materials appear to have been used on the building. Although the Marché Florists Building was enlarged by two additions in the 1950s, they were complimentary to the original design of the building, which is clearly discernible as it was constructed. Further, because of their age (c. 1955 and c. 1957), they have achieved historic significance in their own right, and have added to the architectural design of the original 1951 building. The additions are also reflective of the increased growth and success of the business and the need for additional workspace and storage for the florists. Thus, the property maintains a moderate level of design. The integrity of association has been compromised, but not lost as the building is no longer owned by the Marché family. However, members of the Hyattsville community still refer to the building as the Marché Florists despite the current vacancy of the building. Since the subdivision of the property in 1959, the commercial property is no longer associated with the Marché House (PG: 68-010-62), located just to the northwest of the building at 4200 Crittenden Street.

Overall, the Marché Florists Building and property has retained a moderate level of integrity.

8. Significance Inventory No. PG: 68-041-03

Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below

   1600-1699    agriculture    economics    health/medicine    performing arts

   1700-1799    archeology    education    industry    philosophy

   1800-1899 X architecture    engineering    invention    politics/government

X 1900-1999    art    entertainment/    landscape architecture    religion

   2000- X commerce recreation    law    science

   communications    ethnic heritage    literature    social history

   community planning    exploration/    maritime history    transportation

   conservation settlement    military X other: Local history

Specific dates 1951, 1959 Architect/Builder John Robie Kennedy

Construction dates 1951, c. 1957

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 Marché Florists Building, located at 4800 Rhode Island Avenue in Hyattsville, Prince George’s County, Maryland, was designed by architect John Robie Kennedy in 1951 for Augusta Marché, the matriarch of the Marché family. William F. Marché, Augusta’s husband, was a successful florist that started his own shop in Washington, D.C., in 1908. After her husband’s death in 1919, Augusta Marché moved the floral business to their house in Hyattsville. Two of her children, William and Louise, entered into business with their mother, becoming the fourth generation of florists in the Marché family. After many years of operating the floral shop from their house, the Marchés constructed a small shop c. 1939 in the southeast corner of their property, fronting Rhode Island Avenue. The success and growth of the business necessitated the construction of a larger building, which was designed by Kennedy with materials and architectural elements of the fashionable Modern Movement. The building was subsequently enlarged with two additions between 1955 and 1957 that reflect the immediate growth and success of the business. The property is historically associated with the Marché House (4200 Crittenden Street, PG: 68-010-62) and was subdivided from the larger parcel in 1959 as a gift from Augusta Marché to her children. The Marché siblings continued to operate the business until the death of Louise Marché in 1986. The property remained in the Marché family until 2001. Located on a prominent corner on an important commuter and commercial corridor in Hyattsville (Route 1), the Marché Florists property is reflective of the growth and development of the community in the first half of the twentieth century and its transition to an automobile suburb. The Marché Florists Building was one of more than fifty commercial and industrial buildings constructed along Rhode Island Avenue and Baltimore Avenue in Hyattsville between 1921 and 1954. The property is also significant for its association with the Marché family and the architect John Robie Kennedy.

Historic Context

In 1915, a three-acre residential property in Hyattsville, known as “Melrose,” was purchased by Augusta E. Marché.[ii] Marché was born in 1885 in Washington, D.C. and was the only child of Christian H. and Henrietta Schellhorn.[iii] Augusta married William Frederick Marché (1880-1919) in 1909. William Marché immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1902.[iv] Marché began his own floral business in 1908 at 14th and H Streets, N.W. in the District of Columbia.[v] The 1910 U.S. Federal Census documents the couple residing on Good Hope Road in southeast Washington, D.C.; the newlyweds were boarders in the home of Margaret Noll.[vi] The couple purchased the three-acre parcel in Hyattsville in 1915 and soon moved into the house on the property.

This parcel was sited on the northwest side of Rhode Island Avenue in the growing community of Hyattsville. Established in mid-nineteenth century as a railroad suburb, the Hyattsville community is located six miles northeast of Washington, D.C. Anticipating the development of a residential suburb to serve the growing population of the District of Columbia, Christopher C. Hyatt purchased a tract of land in 1845 adjacent to the B&O Railroad and the Washington and Baltimore Turnpike (now Rhode Island Avenue and Baltimore Avenue) and began to develop town lots.[vii] As documented by historic maps of the area, the area grew slowly but steadily.[viii] Despite Hyattsville's advantageous location along the railroad and turnpike, suburban development was slow until the extension of the streetcar lines in 1899.[ix] At the time of Marché’s purchase, Hyattsville was in the midst of a more rapid development, with no less than twenty-five additions, subdivisions, and re-subdivisions by 1942.[x] The end of the streetcar service and the ever-increasing rise of the automobile transformed Hyattsville into a successful automobile suburb, with a commercial corridor stretching along Route 1.[xi] The influence of the automobile on the community resulted in the further commercialization of Baltimore Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue with more than fifty commercial and industrial buildings such as the Marché Florists Building constructed along these roads between 1921 and 1954.[xii]

William and Augusta Marché made their home in Hyattsville, which provided them the dual advantages of suburban living and ease of transportation to their florist shop in Washington, D.C. The couple had three children: Esther M. (1911-2004), Louise C. (1915-1986), and William T. (1917-1978).[xiii] After William Frederick’s death from typhoid fever in 1919, Augusta continued the family’s business, known as Marché and Co. In 1922, she moved the floral shop to their house in Hyattsville.[xiv] The 1922 Sanborn Insurance Map of Hyattsville shows the construction of a very large greenhouse that was twice the size of the house on the property.[xv]

Around 1933, Augusta Marché commissioned architect John Robie Kennedy (1881-1966) to design a house on her family’s property in Hyattsville. The existing house was demolished and replaced by a new dwelling, known as the Marché House (4200 Crittenden Street, PG: 68-010-62). When construction was complete, Marché opened the western wing of the house for use as her florist shop. Two of Augusta’s children, Louise and William, entered into the business with their mother and operated a small shop out of the house. The basement of the wing held a refrigerated unit for keeping the flowers fresh.[xvi] As the business grew and expanded, the Marchés constructed a freestanding commercial building in the southeast corner of their property, where the current Marché Florists shop stands. The 1939 Sanborn Insurance Map shows a one-story, wood-frame building with one-story angled wings projecting from the main block in the southeast corner of the property, fronting Rhode Island Avenue. The Marché House, the old greenhouse, and a garage are also shown on the map.[xvii]

Because of the increased success of their florist business, the Marché family needed more space for their growing business. In 1951, the family again hired architect John Robie Kennedy to design a new floral shop on the property, replacing the older commercial building. During his career, Kennedy was primarily employed by the U.S. Government and worked for many years in the Office of the Supervising Architect in the Treasury Department. He also briefly worked for the firm of Wilson, Berryman, and Kennedy in Raleigh, North Carolina, and for the firm of Murphy and Olmstead in Washington, D.C. While Kennedy worked on the Marché House, he was employed by the Office of the Supervising Architect, Public Building Administration, United States Treasury Department. During that period, he designed the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky (1936) for the Treasury Department. Kennedy also claimed to have designed the Mullen Library at Catholic University in the District of Columbia, the Duke University Chapel, St. Agnes Catholic Church in Long Island, and St. Teresa Catholic Church in Houston.[xviii] Kennedy is perhaps best known for his work with John J. Earley (1881-1945), a pioneer in the development of architectural concrete (precast concrete panels) and concrete mosaic, the use of colorful concrete aggregate in decorative treatments. Kennedy and Earley collaborated on the design of the Marché House, as well as the “Polychrome Houses” (M: 32-5) in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the single dwelling at 2911 W Street, S.E. in Washington, D.C. The Marché Florists Building appears to have been solely the work of Kennedy. The building was originally a one-story masonry building with a greenhouse attached on the side elevation. As noted by the 1959 Sanborn Insurance Map, the florist shop was enlarged with two additions between 1955 and 1957.[xix]

In 1959, Augusta Marché subdivided her three-acre parcel and conveyed the southeast corner of the lot, including the florist shop, to her children William and Louise.[xx] The deed stated that the conveyance and the full payment of the mortgage on the property was “in consideration of love and affection for the grantees [William and Louise]….being made in recognition of past services and the application of the grantees to the business of the grantor [Augusta] and for the purpose of relieving the grantor from the major responsibility and close attention to the business heretofore carried on by her on this property so that the business may be continued by the son and daughter…leaving the grantor free to travel or otherwise engage her time as desired.”[xxi] Despite her intention to travel and “engage her time,” Augusta Marché remained involved in the “day to day operation of Marché and Co. Inc.” until her death in 1972.[xxii]

Siblings William and Louise worked as co-owners of the Marché Florists until William’s death in 1978.[xxiii] After his death, Louise managed the business until her death in 1986.[xxiv] The property then reverted to Louise M. Conley, their niece, and the daughter of older sister Esther Marché McVey.[xxv] In 2001, the property lines between the Marché House and the Marché Florists Building were adjusted to contain all of the commercially zoned property in a single parcel. The adjustment resulted in the commercial parcel increasing from 0.6204 acres to 0.8681 acres.[xxvi] Conley then sold the property to Karlar, Inc. for $325,000.[xxvii] Karlar was owned by Larry L. Deffenbaugh and his wife Karen A. Mitchell Deffenbaugh, who served as president and vice president of the company, respectively. Larry Deffenbaugh was the owner and operator of Southern Memorial Gardens, a cemetery in Dunkirk, Maryland.[xxviii] In 2008, Karlar, Inc. sold the property for $1,000,000 to the current owners: Gladys E. Egwuatu, Chukwuma K. Ewelike, Nneoma I. Oguguo, and Theophilus I. Ndukwe, who were part of the Watchman Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement.[xxix] The group planned to rehabilitate the building for use as a church for their organization. However, a stop work order was issued in October 2008 by the Prince George’s County Department of Environmental Resources because the property was located in an overlay zone that prohibited the use of the building as a church.[xxx] The property is currently vacant and being marketed for lease or sale.

9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: 68-041-03

|E.H.T. Traceries, Inc. “Hyattsville Historic District (Amended and Expanded), PG: 68-010.” National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. June 2004 |

|Hooper, Carol E. “Marche Florists, PG 68-041-03.” Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form. April 1987. |

|King, Marina. “Marche House, PG: 68-62.” Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form. April 1990. |

|Sanborn Map Company. Sanborn Insurance Maps. New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1911, 1922, 1933, 1939, 1959. |

|United States of America, Bureau of the Census. U.S. Federal Census. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, |

|1930. |

|The Washington Post |

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of surveyed property 0.8681

Acreage of historical setting 3.10

Quadrangle name Washington East Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000

Verbal boundary description and justification

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|The Marché Florists Building is located in Hyattsville, Prince George’s County, Maryland, on a 0.8681-acre parcel. The property is bound by Rhode Island Avenue|

|on the southeast, 42nd Place on the northeast, and Crittenden Street on the southwest. The Marché Florists property has been associated with Tax Parcel 262 on |

|Tax Map 50 since the subdivision of the lot in 1959. |

| |

11. Form Prepared by

name/title Jeanne Barnes, Architectural Historian

organization EHT Traceries, Inc. for M-NCPPC date October 2009

street & number 1121 5th Street, N.W. telephone (202) 393-1199

city or town Washington state D.C.

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 Record

|Deed |Clara V. Jenkins to Augusta E. Marché |

|102:417 | |

|April 19, 1915 | |

|Deed |Augusta E. Marché to William T. Marché and Louise C. Marché (joint tenants with the rights of survivorship) |

|WWW 2409:379 |Being a part of Parcel No. 2, .6204 acres |

|December 28, 1959 | |

|Deed |Louise M. Conley, Personal Representative of the Estate of Louise C. Marché, deceased, to Louise M. Conley |

|6850:178 |.6204 acres |

|December 2, 1987 | |

|Deed |Louise M. Conley and Esther M. McVey, Trustee of the Esther M. McVey Revocable Trust to Louise M. Conley |

|VJ 14486:173 |Deed to adjust the lot lines to transfer all commercially zoned land to a single parcel (adjust from .6204 acres to |

|March 28, 2001 |.8681 acres) |

|Deed |Louise M. Conley to Karlar, Inc. |

|VJ 14524:749 |.8681 acres for $325,000 |

|March 30, 2001 | |

|Deed |Karlar, Inc. to Gladys E. Egwuatu, Chukwuma K. Ewelike, Nneoma I. Oguguo, and Theophilus I. Ndukwe |

|PM 29432:295 |.8681 acres for $1,000,000 |

|February 12, 2008 | |

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Photo: Marché Florists, Hyattsville, façade (southeast) elevation, view looking northwest. (September 2009)

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Photo: Marché Florists, Hyattsville, east corner, view looking west. (September 2009)

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Photo: Marché Florists, Hyattsville, side (southwest) elevation, view looking northeast. (September 2009)

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Photo: Marché Florists, Hyattsville, side (northeast) elevation, view looking southeast. (September 2009)

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Map: Sanborn Map Company, “Hyattsville, Prince George County, Maryland, August 1922” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1922), Sheet 1.

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Map: Sanborn Map Company, “Hyattsville, Prince George County, Maryland, May 1933” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1933), Sheet 4.

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Map: Sanborn Map Company, “Insurance Maps of Washington Suburban, Volume Two, Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1939” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1939), Sheet 216.

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Map: Sanborn Map Company, “Insurance Maps of Washington Suburban, Volume Two, Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1939, Revised 1959” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1959), Sheet 216.

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[i] The signs are visible in photographs of the building taken in 1987 as part of the original documentation for MHT. See, Carol E. Hooper, “Marche Florists (PG: 68-041-03),” Maryland Historic Sites Inventory Form (April 1987).

[ii] Clara V. Jenkins to Augusta E. Marché, Prince George’s County Land Records, 19 April 1915, 102:417.

[iii] , Social Security Death Index [database on-line], (Provo, UT: Operations, Inc., 2009); original data: Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, S)*+567DEF[\uvwŠ‹¥¦îãÕãËƶ˫Ëãîš–~n]ãM5/jh*

TB*[pic]CJOJ[iv]QJ[v]U[pic]mHnHphu[pic]-hö.pB*[pic]CJOJ[vi]QJ[vii]hph!hö.p5?B*[pic]CJ-OJ[viii]QJ[ix]hph-hö.pB*[pic]CJ OJ[x]QJ[xi]hph/jhQYTB*[pic]CJOJ[xii]QJ[xiii]U[pic]mHnHphu[pic]hö.p!hö.p5?B*[pic]CJ*OJ[xiv]QJ[xv]hphhüÿhmHnHu[pic]-[xvi]?j[pic]hüÿha^—U[pic]h hüÿhjhüÿU[pic]hhö.pB*[pic]OJ[xvii]QJocial Security Administration, Number 220-3205570; Issue State: Maryland; Issue Date: 1952-1953; “Christian H. Schellhorn,” Obituary, The Washington Post, 17 February 1940, 23.

[xviii] , 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT: Operations Inc, 2006), Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910); Census Place: Precinct 11, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll T624_149; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 230; Image: 191.

[xix] “Rites for W.F. Marche,” The Washington Post, 7 August 1919, 14; “Augusta Marche: 60 Years in Florist Business Here,” The Washington Post, Times Herald, 11 January 1972, C4.

[xx] , 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT: Operations Inc, 2006), Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910); Census Place: Precinct 11, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll T624_149; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 230; Image: 191.

[xxi] E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville Historic District (Amended and Expanded),” National Register of Historic Places nomination form (June 2004), 8:18.

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

[xxiii] E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville,” 8:18-20.

[xxiv] E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville,” 8:18-20.

[xxv] E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville,” 8:16.

[xxvi] E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville,” 8:16.

[xxvii] “Rites for W.F. Marche,” The Washington Post, 7 August 1919, 14.

[xxviii] “Rites for W.F. Marche,” The Washington Post, 7 August 1919, 14; “Augusta Marche: 60 Years in Florist Business Here,” The Washington Post, Times Herald, 11 January 1972, C4.

[xxix] Sanborn Map Company, “Hyattsville, Prince George County, Maryland, August 1922” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1922), Sheet 1.

[xxx] The refrigerated unit was recently removed from the basement by the current homeowners.

[xxxi] Sanborn Map Company, “Insurance Maps of Washington Suburban, Volume Two, Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1939” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1939), Sheet 216.

[xxxii] “John R. Kennedy, 85: U.S. Architect 30 Years,” The Washington Post, 4 August 1966.

[xxxiii] Sanborn Map Company, “Insurance Maps of Washington Suburban, Volume Two, Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1939, Revised 1959” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1959), Sheet 216.

[xxxiv] Augusta E. Marché to William T. Marché and Louise C. Marché, Prince George’s County Land Records, 28 December 1959, WWW 2409:379.

[xxxv] Augusta E. Marché to William T. Marché and Louise C. Marché, Prince George’s County Land Records, 28 December 1959, WWW 2409:380.

[xxxvi] “Augusta Marche: 60 Years in Florist Business Here,” The Washington Post, Times Herald, 11 January 1972, C4.

[xxxvii] “William Marche, Coowner of Hyattsville Florist Shop,” The Washington Post, 1 November 1978, B6.

[xxxviii] , Social Security Death Index [database on-line] (Provo, UT: Operations Inc, 2009); Original data: Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Administration; Number: 213-42-5357 [Louise Marche]; Issue State: Maryland; Issue Date: 1959-1960.

[xxxix] Louise M. Conley, Personal Representative of the Estate of Louise C. Marché, deceased, to Louise M. Conley, Prince George’s County Land Records, 2 December 1987, 6850:178.

[xl] Louise M. Conley and Esther M. McVey, Trustee of the Esther M. McVey Revocable Trust to Louise M. Conley, Prince George’s County Land Records, 28 March 2001, VJ 14486:173.

[xli] Louise M. Conley to Karlar, Inc., Prince George’s County Land Records, 30 March 2001, VJ 14524:749.

[xlii] Marty Madden, “Deffenbaugh enters Alford Plea,” Calvert News (19 June 2008), .

[xliii] Karlar, Inc. to Gladys E. Egwuatu, Chukwuma K. Ewelike, Nneoma I. Oguguo, and Theophilus I. Ndukwe, Prince George’s County Land Records, 12 February 2008, PM 29432:295.

[xliv] Andreus Narain, “Overlay Regulations Headache for Local Church Group,” Hyattsville Life & Times, vol. 5, No. 10, October 2008.

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