Maryland Historical Trust



Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG: 85B-007

Maryland Inventory of

Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottages at Cedarville

other      

2. Location

street and number Cedarville State Forest Road, Cedarville State Forest    not for publication

city, town Cedarville    vicinity

county Prince George's County

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

name State of Maryland, Department of Natural Resources

street and number 580 Taylor Avenue telephone      

city, town Annapolis state MD zip code 21401

4. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 3981 folio 336

city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 165 tax parcel 11 tax ID number 11 1184886

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 X public    agriculture    landscape Contributing Noncontributing

X building(s)    private    commerce/trade X recreation/culture 2 1 buildings

   structure    both    defense    religion           sites

   site    domestic    social           structures

   object    education    transportation           objects

   funerary    work in progress 2 1 Total

   government    unknown

   health care    vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources

   industry    other: previously listed in the Inventory

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7. Description Inventory No. PG: 85B-007

Condition

   excellent    deteriorated

X good X 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 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottages at Cedarville are located within the Cedarville State Forest. The two cottages, constructed in the early 1940s, are located in an area restricted to park personnel. One cottage, utilized as a storage shed by park maintenance personnel, was in good condition at the time of the 2007 on-site survey. The cottage is located to the east of Cedarville State Forest Road, surrounded by prefabricated maintenance buildings. The other cottage, located to the north and surrounded by mature vegetation, was in ruinous condition at the time of the 2007 survey. A shed with a similar design to the CCC cottages is located to the east of the functioning cottage. The shed is in poor condition. The asbestos siding is deteriorated, exposing sections of the wood frame.

Cottage (1)

The functioning one-and-one-half-story, two-bay cottage was constructed in the early 1940s. The rectangular-plan building is roughly 25-feet long by 15-feet wide.[1] The wood-frame structure is clad in asbestos shingles. The cottage features an exterior-end chimney of brick construction. The building has a side gable roof covered in asphalt shingles. The roof has exposed rafter tails. Currently, the cottage is used as a storage shed by forest maintenance personnel.

Double-leaf and single-leaf replacement doors are located on the first story of the façade (north elevation). Two 6/6 windows are sited on the first story of the east and west side elevations. Two 6/6 windows are located on the first story of the south rear elevation. A 6-light casement window with a square wood surround is sited in the north and south gable end. The interior of the cottage was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey.

Shed

A wood-frame shed clad in asbestos shingle is located northeast of the functioning cottage (1). The building is covered by a front gable roof of asphalt shingles and features a single-leaf wood door on the façade (west elevation). The cottages and shed were built at the same time. The interior of the shed was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey.

Cottage (2)

A second cottage is located down a gravel road off Cedarville State Forest Road, north of the other structures. The one-a-one-half-story, four-bay cottage was constructed in the early 1940s. The building has a rectangular-form. The wood-frame structure is clad in asbestos shingles. The cottage features an exterior-rear chimney of brick construction. The building has a side gable roof covered in asphalt shingles. The roof has exposed rafter tails. The cottage has lost its integrity because of the collapse of the roof due to a fallen tree and the overgrowth of vegetation.

A single-leaf wood door and three 6/6 windows are located on the first story of the façade (south elevation). The entry door is accessed by a one-story, one-bay shed roof porch. The porch is supported by square wood posts. A one-story shed-roofed wing on the east (side) elevation is clad in asbestos shingles. Fenestration on the secondary elevations was not visible due to mature vegetation. The interior of the cottage was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey.

Integrity

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottage (1) and shed retain a moderate level of integrity based on their design, materials and workmanship. The building’s functional use as a cottage has changed, today it is used as a maintenance shed and is surrounded by prefabricated buildings. This change in use and surroundings compromises its integrity of feeling. The structure retains its integrity of setting, location, and association within the Cedarville State Forest.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottage (2) retains no integrity due to a complete loss of architectural integrity due to the collapsed roof. The building remains vacant.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottages and property retain a moderate level of integrity.

8. Significance Inventory No. PG: 85B-007

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 X politics/government

X 1900-1999    art    entertainment/    landscape architecture    religion

   2000-    commerce recreation    law    science

   communications    ethnic heritage    literature X social history

   community planning    exploration/    maritime history    transportation

X conservation settlement    military    other:      

Specific dates Early 1940s Architect/Builder Civilian Conservation Corps

Construction dates Early 1940s

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 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottages at Cedarville, constructed in the early 1940s, are an example of CCC construction. The modest vernacular utilitarian buildings are significant for their CCC association within the Cedarville State Forest. The functioning cottage and shed retain sufficient integrity to convey the characteristics for which they are significant. The second cottage has lost its significance due to a lack of architectural integrity.

Historic Context

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottages at Cedarville are located within the Cedarville State Forest. The Civilian Conservation Corps was established in 1933 by the United States Congress as part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal program. The CCC created work for single unemployed men in the fields of land conservation and wildlife protection. Forests of white pines were planted in Cedarville in the mid-1930s.

In 1930, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Forest, Park and Wildlife Service purchased 2,631 acres of land and created Cedarville State Forest.[2] The Forest now contains 3,510 acres of land. The Cedarville Natural Resources Management Area is one of two Civilian Conservation Corps camps founded in the 1930s in Prince George’s and neighboring Charles County.

The CCC cottages at Cedarville were constructed in the early 1940s as lodging for park personnel. This form and style of structure was built by the CCC in parks and forests throughout the western United States. The modest wood frame structures were generally used as lodging for park personnel and storage facilities.

Currently, one cottage (1) is used as a maintenance shed and the other cottage (2) is vacant.

9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: 85B-007

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|Deale, Bridget. “Cedarville Natural Resources Management Area” (PG: 85-B-6, PG: 85-B-7, PG: 85-B-8) Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form for State Historic|

|Sites Survey, 1979. |

|Maryland DNR. “Cedarville State Forest.” . |

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of surveyed property 3,510

Acreage of historical setting 2,631

Quadrangle name Brandywine Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000

Verbal boundary description and justification

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|The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottages at Cedarville are sited within the 3,510-acres of the Cedarville State Forest. The structures have been |

|historically associated with Parcel 11 as noted on Tax Map 165 since their construction. |

11. Form Prepared by

name/title Saleh Van Erem and Paul Weishar, Architectural Historians

organization EHT Traceries, Incorporated date October 2007

street & number 1121 5th 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

DHCD/DHCP

100 Community Place

Crownsville, MD 21032-2023

410-514-7600

Chain of Title

Deed 41:593 Barney McCann to the Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company.

March 20, 1908

Deed 430:71 The Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company to State of Maryland. (Part of Cedarville

July 11, 1935 State Forest)

Deed WWW 3981:336 State of Maryland, Department of Forests and Parks to Kenneth M. Foley and

May 19, 1971 Roy A. Setzer. (0.7217 acres)

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Photo: CCC Cottage (1), view of the east elevation, looking southwest.

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Photo: CCC Cottage (1), view of the southeast corner, looking northwest.

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Photo: Shed, view of the west elevation, looking east.

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Photo: CCC Cottage (2), view of the south elevation, looking north.

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Photo: CCC Cottage (2), view of the south elevation, looking north.

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[1] Bridget Deale, “Cedarville Natural Resources Management Area,”(PG: 85-B-6, PG: 85-B-7, PG: 85-B-8) Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form for State Historic Sites Survey (1979), 7:1.

[2] Maryland DNR, “Cedarville State Forest,” (accessed July 10, 2007).

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