Maryland Historical Trust



Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG: 70-044

Maryland Inventory of

Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic Bagelmann House (preferred)

other Vermillion House

2. Location

street and number 6129 Princess Garden Parkway    not for publication

city, town Lanham    vicinity

county Prince George's

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

name James S. Schwarm, III

street and number 6129 Princess Garden Parkway telephone      

city, town Lanham state MD zip code 20706-2908

4. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 20078 folio 109

city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 44 tax parcel 124 tax ID number 20 2260586

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 2      buildings

   structure    both    defense    religion           sites

   site X domestic    social 1 1 structures

   object    education    transportation           objects

   funerary    work in progress 3 1 Total

   government    unknown

   health care    vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources

   industry    other: previously listed in the Inventory

3

7. Description Inventory No. PG: 70-044

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 Bagelmann House, also known as the Vermillion House, is located at 6129 Princess Garden Parkway in the unincorporated community of Lanham, Maryland. The one-and-a-half-story, three-bay Craftsman-style building with bungaloid form, was constructed c. 1920 on a sloping 1.267-acre lot. The lot is marked by mature trees, shrubs, and foundation plantings. A garage is located to the southeast of the dwelling, with an outdoor barbeque nearby. A prefabricated wood-frame shed is located in the northeast corner of the property.

Dwelling

The Bagelmann House was constructed c. 1920. The one-and-a-half-story Craftsman-style building has a bungaloid form. Projecting bays are located on the north (side), east (rear), and south (side) elevations. The foundation of the dwelling is constructed of rock-faced concrete blocks. The rock-faced concrete block structure features a corbeled interior chimney of stretcher-bond brick construction. The dwelling has a hipped roof covered with asphalt shingles and features overhanging eaves. Although the dwelling is fenestrated with multiple window types, all of the window openings feature ogee-molded surrounds and heavy, smooth concrete sills and lintels. A one-story, three-bay porch is located along the façade (east elevation). Front-facing hipped-roof dormers have been added to all of the elevations. Based on photographs from the 1986 on-site survey, some of the dwelling’s materials have been altered. The roof featured exposed rafter tails, which are now covered with vinyl, and all of the dormers were clad in asbestos shingles with wood corner boards.

The façade (west elevation) is symmetrical. One bay wide concrete stairs lead to an elevated concrete porch. The porch is set on rock-faced concrete blocks and is supported by Corinthian columns set on rock-faced concrete-block piers. Connecting the piers is a lattice balustrade of concrete. The hipped roof porch is covered in asphalt shingles. An original, single-leaf paneled wood door with multiple lights and five-light sidelights is centrally placed. The door features a square-edged wood surround. Flanking the door are paired 6/1 windows.

The northern wing is fenestrated by a 4/1 window on the west (façade) and east (side) elevations, and paired 6/1 windows on the north (side) elevation.

The north (side) elevation is fenestrated by paired sliding two-light metal-sash basement windows and three 1/1 windows with 6/1 snap-in muntins.

The east (rear) elevation is fenestrated by paired sliding two-light metal-sash basement windows and two 1/1 windows with 6/1 snap-in muntins. A single-leaf paneled wood door with multiple lights and a single-light transom is located in the southernmost bay of the elevation. A single-leaf door is located below grade and provides access to the basement level. This door is located at the bottom of concrete steps that lead down from the north to south.

The south wing is fenestrated by paired sliding two-light metal-sash basement windows located on the south (side) elevation and paired 6/1 windows located on the façade (west elevation) and the south (side) and east (rear) elevations.

The south (side) elevation is fenestrated by paired sliding two-light metal-sash basement windows and two 1/1 windows with 6/1 snap-in muntins.

The upper-story addition has a T-shaped form and is capped several hipped roofs covered with asphalt shingles. Based on its form and construction, the addition appears to have been constructed c. 1980. The addition is clad in vinyl siding and consists of dormers on all four elevations of the dwelling. The dormer on the façade (west elevation) is fenestrated by two 1/1 vinyl-sash windows with 6/1 snap-in muntins and vinyl-clad surrounds. The north (side) and south (side) elevation dormers are fenestrated by paired 1/1 vinyl-sash windows with 6/1 snap-in muntins and vinyl-clad surrounds. The east (rear) elevation dormer is fenestrated by two 1/1 vinyl-sash windows with 6/1 snap-in muntins and vinyl-clad surrounds set in the northern bays. Located in the southern bay is a single-leaf paneled wood door with multiple lights and a square-edged vinyl-clad surround.

Located on the east (rear) elevation are two wooden decks. Based on their materials, it appears the decks were constructed c. 1990. A deck on the first story is accessed through the single-leaf door in the southern-most bay. The second-story deck is accessed via the single-leaf door in the southern-most bay of the second story. The decks are not linked.

Garage

The one-story, one-bay garage, constructed of rock-faced concrete blocks with decorative quoins is located to the southeast of the dwelling. Based on its form and construction, the garage appears to have been constructed c. 1920. The structure is capped by a hip roof covered in asphalt shingles. Fenestration consists of a 6/1 window on the south (side) elevation and paired 1-light fixed windows on the east (rear) elevation. A single-leaf paneled wood door with lights and a square-edge wood surround is located on the north (side) elevation, while a one-bay paneled wooden roll-up door is located on the façade (west elevation).

Barbeque

Located to the southeast of the dwelling, the outdoor barbeque, based on its form and materials, appears to have been constructed c. 1970. The all-stretcher-bond-brick structure features a single-flue chimney stack that rises approximately five feet from the center of the barbeque. Located to the north and south of the chimney are wings rising approximately three feet, capped by concrete slabs. Protruding from the west elevation of the chimney are two small brick walls.

Shed

The one-story, three-bay wood-frame structure is set on a wood pier foundation. Based on its form and materials, the shed appears to have been constructed c. 2000. The shed is clad in T-111 siding and capped by a side-gabled roof covered with asphalt shingles. A double-leaf paneled wood door is accessed by a one-bay wood ramp. Flanking the door are three-light fixed metal-sash windows.

Integrity

The Bagelmann House maintains a moderate level of integrity of design, workmanship, and materials as a result of the addition of several dormers, the loss of the original roofing material, and the replacement of a majority of the original windows. The building maintains a high level of integrity of feeling, location, setting, and association due to its association with an early-twentieth-century residential neighborhood.

The associated garage retains a high level of integrity. The building retains its integrity of location, setting, feeling, and association as it still functions as the Bagelmann House garage. The garage’s integrity of materials, workmanship, and design have been affected, but not compromised by the installation of asphalt shingles, due to the retention of a majority of the original doors and windows.

The modern outdoor barbeque and shed are non-contributing resources due to their recent construction date.

Based on photographic evidence from the 1986 on-site survey, a wooden gazebo, constructed contemporaneously with the Bagelmann House, was located to the north of the garage. This gazebo is no longer extant.

Overall, the Bagelmann House and associated resources maintain a moderate level of integrity.

8. Significance Inventory No. PG: 70-044

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-    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 c. 1920 Architect/Builder Unknown

Construction dates c. 1920, c. 1980

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 Bagelmann House was constructed c. 1920 at 1629 Princess Garden Parkway in the unincorporated community of Lanham, Maryland. The Craftsman-style building is representative of many of the original structures built during the early-twentieth-century development of the Princess Gardens Subdivision. Princess Gardens was a neighborhood of skilled tradesworkers employed in Washington, D.C. that resided in the railroad-accessible suburbs.[1] The Bagelmann House is an example of a domestic building type constructed in Prince George’s County in the early 1900s and maintains a strong association with the Princess Gardens Subdivision. The building retains sufficient integrity to illustrate its original construction techniques and its significance as a rock-faced concrete structure constructed in the first half of the twentieth century.

Historic Context

The Bagelmann House is located in the unincorporated community of Lanham, Maryland. Located in western Prince George’s County, Lanham was established as a result of the construction of the Washington Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1872. This branch provided service from Washington, D.C. to Huntington City, Maryland, later known as Bowie. Eventually the branch became the main line into Washington, and as such, Lanham was established as a railroad community.[2] Amtrak passenger trains now utilize the Washington Branch. As Washington, D.C. grew from a small town to a major city, it began to spill over into the adjoining counties. The train station at Lanham provided impetus for the growth of suburban Washington, D.C. communities and small neighborhoods established during the first-half of the twentieth century.

The Bagelmann House was built in the Princess Gardens Subdivision c. 1920. This new subdivision was owned and platted in 1903 by Enoch Baker Evans.[3] Evans is listed as a farmer at the time of the 1910 U.S. Federal Census.[4] The Princess Gardens Subdivision illustrates the growth that occurred in western Prince George’s County in the early twentieth century. Gustav and Anna L. Bagelmann purchased lots 123 and 124, a total of 2.6 acres, in the subdivision from Evans in 1914.[5] Although the builder of the dwelling can not be identified, older houses in the immediate vicinity of the same building material were constructed by Charles Serrin, a carpenter employed at the U.S. Navy Yard and a resident of Princess Gardens.[6] It was Serrin who utilized an iron form to mold the cement block into its rough, rock-faced appearance.[7] The affordability of the machines and the ease of making the block led to the “backyard,” or “woodshed,” phase of the concrete-block industry. Hundreds of people bought the machines and made block for their own use.[8] The popularity of rock-faced concrete block is attributable to many factors, primarily though it was the inexpensive, quick, and easy alternative to more traditional building materials. Rock-faced concrete block enjoyed another advantage, its ornamental possibilities.[9] This practicality and ornamental quality is well illustrated by the Bagelmann House.

The Princess Garden subdivision provided easy access to the District of Columbia via train from the nearby Lanham Station.[10] Convenient access to the District of Columbia was an important factor in why the Bagelmanns moved there. Gustav Bagelmann, born in England and of German decent, was the chef for the Hotel Harrington in downtown Washington, D.C.[11] Hotel Harrington opened for business in 1914, the same year the Bagelmanns purchased property in Princess Gardens. Anna L. Bagelmann was a supervisor of candy making at the Fanny Mae Company. By the time of the 1930 U.S. Federal Census, both of the Bagelmann’s are listed as candy makers.[12]

In 1956, Anna Bagelmann, widowed, conveyed the property to Attilio and Ethel Sperty.[13] The Spertys sold the property to William and Wilma Vermillion in 1984.[14] The current owners, James S. and Deborah D. Schwarm, purchased the property from the Vermillions in 2004.[15]

9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: 70-044

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|Hotel Harrington. “History and Photo Album.” . |

|King, Marina. “Bagelmann House” (PG: 70-44), Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, 1986. |

|Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Planning Department, Historic Contexts in Prince George’s County, 1991. |

|Prince George’s County Land Records. |

|Simpson, Pamela H. Cheap, Quick, & Easy. (Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1999). |

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of surveyed property 1.26

Acreage of historical setting 1.26

Quadrangle name Lanham Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000

Verbal boundary description and justification

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|The Bagelmann House is located on a 1.26-acre parcel. Princess Garden Parkway borders the property to the west. The southern boundary is formed by an allee of |

|cedar trees while the eastern boundary is marked by a grouping of mature trees. The northern boundary is marked by a small ditch, running west-east, just north|

|of the prefabricated shed. The Bagelmann House is associated with Parcel 44 as noted on Tax Map 124. |

11. Form Prepared by

name/title Paul Weishar, Architectural Historian

organization EHT Traceries, Inc. date January 2008

street & number 1121 Fifth Street 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 Records

Deed 91:141 E. Baker and Jennie K. Evans to Gustav A. and Annie L. Bagelmann.

June 1, 1914

Deed 1725:240 Anna L. Bagelmann to Henry A. Bagelmann. South portion of Lot 124 and north

May 4, 1954 portion of Lot 123 (0.172 acres).

Deed 2013:433 Anna L. Bagelmann to Attilio and Ethel Sperty.

July 19, 1956

Deed 6022:856 Ethel Sperty for Attilio Sperty to William and Wilma Vermillion.

December 7, 1984

Deed 20078:109 William F. and Wilma R. Vermillion to James S. and Deborah D. Schwarm.

August 8, 2004

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Photo: Bagelmann House, view of the façade (west elevation), looking southeast. (November 2007)

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Photo: Bagelmann House, view of the north (side) elevation, looking southwest. (November 2007)

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Photo: Bagelmann House, view of the east (rear) elevation, looking west. (November 2007)

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Photo: Bagelmann House, view of the south (side) elevation, looking northwest. (November 2007)

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Photo: Bagelmann House, view of the south (side) elevation, looking northwest. (November 2007)

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Photo: Garage, view of the façade (west elevation), looking southeast. (November 2007)

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Photo: Stove, view of the façade (west elevation), looking east. (November 2007)

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Photo: Shed, view of the façade (south elevation), looking northeast. (November 2007)

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[1] Marina King, “Bagelmann House,” (PG: 70-44) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1985), 8:1.

[2] Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Planning Department, Historic Contexts in Prince George’s County (1991), 43.

[3] Marina King, “Bagelmann House,” (PG: 70-44) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1985), 8:1.

[4] 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland, Series T624, Roll 567, Page 21B, Enumeration District 61, Image 107, Enoch Baker Evans.

[5] E. Baker and Jennie K. Evans to Gustav A. and Annie L. Bagelmann, Prince George’s County Land Records, 91:141.

[6] Marina King, “Bagelmann House,” (PG: 70-44) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1985), 8:1.

[7] Marina King, “Bagelmann House,” (PG: 70-44) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1985), 8:1.

[8] Pamela H. Simpson, Cheap, Quick, & Easy (Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 14.

[9] Pamela H. Simpson, Cheap, Quick, & Easy (Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 14.

[10] Marina King, “Bagelmann House,” (PG: 70-44) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1985), 8:1.

[11] Marina King, “Bagelmann House,” (PG: 70-44) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1985), 8:1.

[12] 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Lanham, Prince George's, Maryland, Roll 878, Page 6A, Enumeration District 54, Image 767.0, Gustav Bagelmann.

[13] Anna Bagelmann to Attilio and Ethel Sperty, Prince George’s County Land Records, 2013:433.

[14] Attilio and Ethel Sperty to William and Wilma Vermillion, Prince George’s County Land Records, 6022:856.

[15] William F. and Wilma R. Vermillion to James S. and Deborah D. Schwarm, Prince George’s County Land Records, 20078:109.

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