National Register of Historic Places
Old Town College Park
College Park, Prince George's County, Maryland
The record
- Listed
- December 4, 2012
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- Roughly bounded by Yale, & Columbia Aves., Calvert Rd., & UM Campus, College Park
- County
- Prince George's
- State
- Maryland
- Contributing resources
- 213 buildings
- Coordinates
- 38.98257, -76.93228
- Reference number
- 12000993
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The story
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Old Town College Park is a historic district in College Park, Prince George's County, bounded roughly by Yale and Columbia Avenues, Calvert Road and the University of Maryland campus. It was listed in the National Register in 2012, with 213 contributing buildings on about 125 acres, in styles including Colonial Revival and Craftsman.
Why it's listed
The district was listed under criteria A, B, C and D, with local significance in architecture and community planning and development; architects included Howard Wright Cutler and R. Webster Ross. Its period of significance runs from 1889 to 1950, reflecting construction in 1889; a second, 1921 to 1950, includes construction around 1935. A third period, 1935 to 1965, reflects construction continuing through 1961.
Physical character
Walls are brick, stucco, weatherboard or stone on brick, stone or concrete foundations, under slate or asphalt shingle roofs. One house gained a two-story kitchen wing in 1925, and another was entirely reclad in asbestos shingles in the 1960s. A building was renovated in 1912 to serve as a church and enlarged in 1954 and 1968. Gothic Revival features in the district include a crenellated bell tower, pointed-arch gables and lancet arches.
Historical context
Some buildings changed use over time: one became the College Park Woman's Club in 1957, and the City of College Park bought another in 1998. In 1963, seven sorority houses were built on what had been an essentially unimproved block.