M-17-58 Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [STATE· (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE I Marvl :rnci i COUNTY·
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ! Montgomery INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENT Ry DATE (Type all entries complete applicable sections) I 11 • ... AME COMMON:
Montevideo AND/OR HISTORIC:
f2, LOCATION I STREE-T AND NUMBER: of Seneca Creek m; j River Road 2 North side of River Road 4 . s w or n~ 1 /? m; '"'="t- CITY OR TOWN: CONGRESSIONAL DtSTRICTo
Poolesville Fi n-hrh STATE I CODE COUNTY:- I CODE Marv land ?LI I Mon - .v I 031 13- CLASSfFICATION CATEGORY I ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP STATUS (Check One) z I TO THE PUBLIC Yes: D District QI: Building D Public Public Acquisition: !Kl Occupied I 0 Restricted D Site LJ Structure Kl Private D In Process D Unoccupied D Unrestricted [] Object D Both LJ Being Considered 0 Preservation work D in progress ~ No-except hv [29 Agricultural D Government D Pork D Transportation D Comments 0 Commercial D Industrial OCJ Pri vote Residence 0 Other (Specify) 0 Educational D Military 0 Religious D Entertainment D Museum 0 Scientific z f 4, OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NA.ME: 3: -i"' p.i )> Mr. and Mrs. Austin Kinl incrP-r ~ -i H. rn w STREET AND NUMBER: I-' p.i w Montevideo. Route Box 1 n c;Ll =:; #1 0... CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODF Poolesville M,,...,rl ""...! ?11 Is. l.~AT!ON OF HGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETCo () 0 g c Montgomery Countv roqrt 1-lrn r~ z STREET ANO NUMBER: -i ( < Montrromerv "" CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Rockvi llP Marvland ?11 ~~. BJ:~:flES~~'fATlQ.N IN EXISTING SURVEYS rn TITLE OF SURVEY: z Am,,.,.;,..,,,.. -i Historic Rn;1...:i~n-- - ll "Tl - , Kl -< 0 DATE OF SURVEY: Federal D State D County D Local z ;o DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: c z ;:: "U Ill V> T ~h-r~rV o-f r~n~~~~c rn c ll V> STREET Af..&D NUMBER:- m 0z r CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE ~ - -< 0 Washington n r 1 1 )> -i rn M.l1-s~ 17. DESCRJPTION (Check One) [:Ja Exce I lent 0 Good 0 Fair 0 Deterioroted 0 Ruins D Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) IXJ Altered 0 Unaltered I [l Moved [XI Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Montevideo is a Federal house located a third of a mile north of River Road a fourth mile east of the intersection of River Road and Reddick Road and a fourth mile west of the intersection of Montevideo Road and River Road, Montgomery County, Maryland. The exterior (south) elevation of Montevideo (1828-1830) is reminiscent of, if less sophisticated than, the river facade (south) of Tudor Place (1815) in Georgetown. (See Architects' Emergency Committee, Great Georgian Houses in America, Vol. I, reprint, New York: 1970, 120-125.) The resemblance is not surprising since the builder of Montevideo, John Parke Custis Peter, was the son of the builder of Tudor Place, Thomas Peter. Both properties are three bays wide and two stories tall under a low pitched hipped roof. Both have a pair of chimneys protruding from the m east and west faces of the roof. (The northwest chimney does not exist at Montevideo.) Each house is stuccoed although the walls at Tudor Place m are scored to resemble stone as was fashion. Montevideo is painted ivory but the original color may have been buff or yellow as at Tudor Place. z The centrally located entrance at both properties is enclosed in an arched opening although the arch at Montevideo is more elliptical than at Tudor Place and contains a fan light and side lights. The arch motif is contin ued on the first floor windows at Tudor Place, but not at Montevideo. The windows on both buildings are comprised of three sashes separated by pilasters. At Montevideo the eight feet tall first floor windows have nine over six sashes flanked by three over two while those on the second story have six over six sashes. Unlike Tudor Place, Montevideo sits on a high foundation of Seneca sandstone. The window sills throughout 0 Montevideo are of the same materials. z The north facades of Tudor Place and Montevideo continues the similarity. Both are three bays wide with nine over six sash on the first floor and six over six on the second. The centrally placed entrance on Montevideo has a more elliptically shaped arch than at Tudor Place. The five part composition of Tudor Place was not repeated at Montevideo although a twentieth century two story wing and garage were added to the west elevation. The wing (1959) was designed following the architectural characteristics of the main block. The addition is stuccoed stone on a Seneca sandstone foundation with Seneca sandstone lintels. It is lower than the main block and recessed from the principal (south) facade althoug it is flush with the north facade. It has a hip roof, a chimney identical with the original ones, similar six over six sash windows and a sympathe ically designed three car garage. The addition contains additional bed rooms and a kitchen. The floor plan of Montevideo consists of three rooms and a rear stair hall as well as a two part central hall that is similar to the first floor room ~------______--~e continuation sheet # 1 ),,.______. ll· SIGNIFfC.t.NCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) 0 Pre-Columbian: D 16th Century 0 18th Century 0 20th Century D 15th Century D 17th Century IKJ 19th Century SPECIFIC DATEISI (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Aboriginal D Education ex Politi ca I 0 Urban Planning O Prehistoric 0 Engineering D Religion/Phi- D Other (Specify) 0 Historic 0 Indus try losophy 0 Agriculture 0 Invention 0 Science [29 Architecture 0 Landscape 0 Seu lpture D Art Architecture 0 Socia I/Human- D Commerce D Literature itarian 0 Communications O Military 0 Theater 0 Conservation D Music 0 Trans portotion STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Montevideo is significant because of its architecture and its relation to the Peter family. Architecturally, the Federal style house is unusual for rural Maryland. Most extant Federal buildings are brick and indicate z much closer ties to the Georgian style. Montevideo's stuccoed surfaces and severe proportions with large expanses of wall recall the architecture 0 of Tudor Place, Georgetown, as well as the new-classical structures of Benjamin Latrobe and Maximilien Godefroy. Montevideo cannot be called innovative since it was constructed after the eclipse of the new-classical style. However, Maryland's buildings of that period, notably in Baltimore, have been so ravaged by the wrecking ball that a retarditaire, less sophisticated example of the style takes on greater importance. Some Marylanders believe that Montevideo, like Tudor Place, is the work of William Thornton. Both properties share the same form and similar z characteristics. Thudor Place shows a degree of refinement not equalled at Montevideo, its country cousin. w The comparison of Montevideo to its neighbors in Montgomery County LU indicates that it is one of the half dozen most outstanding houses extant. The Montevideo mansion was constructed between 1828 and 1830. This date is supported by an inscription discovered by the present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Austin H. Kiplinger, during repairs to a dining room window sill in November, 1961. The inscription, a pencilled 11 bill" on a piece of lumber incorporated into the construction underneath a moulding, was dated Nov ember 1, 1830. It was written to Washington Peter, a brother of John Parke Custis Peter, and was signed by H. Conner and Snipe. The board is now covered, but can be exposed for examination. Montevideo was built as the home of John Parke Custis Peter and his wife, the former Elizabeth Jane Henderson, who had nine children while they lived in the house. John Peter's father, Thomas Peter, was a mayor of Georgetown, and his grandfather, Robert Peter, had been the first mayor and one of the founders of Georgetown, the settlement which preceded the nation's capital on the Maryland side of the Potomac River. John Peter's uncle, Major George Peter, lived across the Seneca Valley from Montevideo. Major Peter, a progenitor of Armistead Peter, the current resident of the family home, Tudor, in Georgetown, served in the U. S. Congress and was (see continuation sheet #1) f 9. MAJOR BIBLlOGRAPHtCAL REFERENCES His ton,: of Western Ma!}'.land, by J. Thomas Scharf, A.M., published in Philadelphia by Louis H. Everts, 1882. Vol. 1. Maryland Before and After the Revolution, by Philip A. Crawl (for land records and origins of original grant). Mar~::)and, A Guide to the Old Line State. American Guide Series. Oxford University Press, New York. Private diaries of Mrs. Agnes Lee, 1854. To~ath Guide to the c & 0 Canal. Section One. Thomas F. Hahn & Orville (see continuation sheet #2) r10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES I L~TITU(')E A.NC' LC"l"'JGl"T'"'JDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PRQDf"RTY 0 DEFINING THt.:,. Lt:.r... T::.R POIN I OF A ?rtOPERTY - R,___ OF LESS THAN TFN ACRES CORNER -- LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds 0 NW . 0 . 0 . 0 . NE 0 . 0 . SE 0 . 0 . sw Q . 0 . I APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 254 !LIST ALL STATES AND COUN Tl ES F-OR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE: CODE COUNTY CODE m m STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE z STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE -I ;o n1. FORM PREPARED BY c NAME AND TITLE: n Austin H. Kinlincrer f"'lloTnA..- mlh ORGANIZATION IDATE -I Seneca h~~~~;,,+;~~ An-ri 1 1 0711 Vallev Citizens -r ?d , STREET AND NUMBER: 0 Route 1 o; ""'..,. Dn~r1 o~,..,1--··~11 ::- z CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Poolesville Maryland ?4 p2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERT!FfCATION NA nONAL REGISTER VERIFtCATlON As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law National Register. 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been Pvaluated according to the c-iteria and proceru res set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: National D State D Local D I I r:,., •e Name Orlando Ridout, IV ATTEST: Title State Historic PreservatjQn Officer for Maryland Keeper of The National Register Date Date R U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1973 729 -1 47111442 3-1 Form 10-3000 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY Montgomery INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ON.::..LY___ ~ ENTRY NUMBER I DATE (Continuation Sheet) # 1 (Number all entries) "MONTEVIDEO" Number 7. DESCRIPTION continued. configuaration of Tudor Place (Great Georgian Houses, I, 121). The house contains most of its original woodwork except for mantels in the southeast and southwest rooms which are replacements in a nineteenth century style. The mantel in the northeast room follows the severe lines of the Empire period. Reflecting an awareness of contemporary styles (circa 1830's) while the house relates to the earlier Federal style. Additional interior details consist of simple plaster cornices and door frames. The southeast and southwest rooms have especially well executed Federal doors with molded pilasters and entablatures. In 1959 a closet and lavatory were added to the two bathrooms and a closet on the second floor consisted of the other alter ations to the house. The basement contained the original kitchen, root cellars and two rooms for servants .. A cemetery, a smoke house (at a new location fifty feet from the house) and a bank barn (circa 1900) are located on the property. Number 8 .. SIGNIFICANCE continued. a friend of Abraham Lincoln during Lincoln's service in that body. John Parke Custis Peter, during his life at Montevideo between 1830 and 1848, served as President of the Board of Education of the Darnestown District (in 1839), was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1828), and was first President of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society, elected June 1, 1846. John Peter was a first cousin of Mrs. Agnes Lee, of Arlington, and references to the John Peter family appear in her private diary. The cemetery, located in the field northwest of the house, was established before Montevideo itself was built. The first grave is that of John Peter's sister, Columbia Washington Peter, who died in 1820. The cemetery also con tains the graves of John Parke Custis Peter himself, who died in 1848, his father, Thomas Peter, and his mother, Martha Parke Custis Peter, a grand daughter of the nation's first First Lady, Martha Parke Custis Washington. Mrs. Peter's grave, dated 1854, is the last marked grave in the cemetery. NOTE: The cemetery originally was known as Oakland, taking its name from the elder Peters' summer home, Oakland, which stood to the i-;est of the present site of Montevideo. Mrs. Lee notes in her diary in 1854: ''When Aunt Martha died, she was taken to Oakland to be buried." (Part of the Oakland property is now included in the Montevideo farm, and forms the western portion of the tract included in this filing.) (see continuation sheet #21 GPO 921·724 Form I0-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY INVENTORY. NOMINATION FORM MontPomerv FOR NPS USE ONLY -.-----i ENTRY NUMBER I DATE (Continuation Sheet) I (Number all entries) "MONTEVIDEO" Number 8. SIGNIFICANCE continued. The principal portion of the land surrounding the house, Montevideo, is part of an original royal grant to Daniel Dulany, the Elder, in 1731, called "Conclusion." During the Revolutionary War, the land was confiscated by the State of Maryland because its then owner, Daniel Dulany, Jr., was a British sympathizer. In October, 1781, the land was sold by Alexander Hanson, Chancellor of the State of Maryland, to Robert Peter. Later, his son Thomas Peter bought part of the property, including Lot #1, called the Dower Lot on which Montevideo is located. This lot subsequently was transferred to John Parke Custis Peter. Number 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES continued. Crowder, 1971. The Potomac, Rivers of America Series. Frederick Gutheim. Rinehart & Co., 1949- Great Georgian Houses of America. The Architects' Emergency Committee. 2 vols. reprint. New York: Dover, 1970. GPO 921-724 _,;:,···· lltlilllb•·------.:iiYMri-"iiii--?ioi. ___ ....;. __,, ____ _...... --.-~--•*------.------~----.-....---~1 ... -~ ...... --- ~li uon•list name Montevideo HI<~ story of this ponderous manor house }.foutevidt.•o i,;; important hPeau,.;e it \\·;is the is of more than ordinary i11teJ<•iit among 1i01L<' for mm1y yen rs oft lie Pl'll'l' family. pl'omi- T1lw 111a11y historie hom0s of \fo11tg·o111ery 11t.•11t fol' gl'lll'rnt ions in Geor;.!.'l'to\\·n nnd \lo11t County. \\Te use the adjective, pondernus, ~·0111ery Cou11ty. It is i(lc11titiecl \\·itl1 :\fartlia _alh·isPdly. l\lonte,·idco ha.-.; an a~t 0t' "()rnher \\'a,.;hi11gt011, wife of our first prc:-:ide11t. :\Iartlia Lig1:ity that is impressive. It is weighty for \\'ashi11gton ',; g;rn11clda11ghter, ~fartlia l'arkc tlw n•;is011 that the rnugl1 stone walls are t\\'o <'ustis, lll • 'l--iri_11llLl[ lnl fflt~ [l[ _____ .._,..,...,___.,_ ~------' r NO. GS F-t JOH=-: PAHJ..:g CUSTI:-> PETER CA. 1820·'25 STOXF.... ~TGC'CO Rig Seneca Crl'ek. Tl1c l1om.;e is hclieved by To refresh 011r memories about the Pch•r• memlwrs of the Pt•tcr fomily to 11avc heen huilt Custis genealogy, we recall that Martha Dnn ahout 1823 hy ,John Parke Custil' Peter, al dridgc married Oolonr.l Dnniel Parke Custis. though the nut11or hns found no rN·orcl of this. A{tcr his death "the wiclow Cu1'tis" mnrri<•tl in At tlmt time PctC'r was twcnty-~ix years olcl, 1759 the promising young nrmy officer nnd sur having hc<.•n horn in 1799. He mnrriecl Elizalletl1 veyor, Georg(• ·wa~hington, when lie wa" twcnty .Jarn~ Hemlcrson, nncl they li\·ed at Tudor Pln<'c, scycn years old. .John Parke Custis, a son of Geor~l'fown, with his pnrent~. His father, Colonel Daniel and Mnrthn Custis, married Thoma:-:, rC'rci\'<' (_ 'ustis Peter are revealed by a search of the Elizabeth .Jane Peter, than at their summer land records at Rockville. It was on part of an home, Oakland.. But only fourteen years after original land grant call<'d Conclusion made in the death of Thomas Peter, January 19, 1848, 17:11 to Daniel Dulany. In 1790 James Dunlop John Custis Peter at the age of forty-nine met a loa!l<:'d 125 pounds sterling to Zachariah Ellis sad fate. In some way a rusty nail lodged in spcured by a mortgage on 33211:.! acres of the one of his fingers, and in a few days be died of µropPrty. In April, 179+, this mortgage was lock jaw. :- 1 twelve fept liig·h inscrilwtl: "Tn :\[emory of .Tohn 1.ih•·r P. Folio lilt t•t ~"'•l· '.\£011t.!.!'n111~ry f'o1111t.v Lnnd Hf'cord~. I u' ! T WU f EE ! 1$11 !!iii I I ; ~ _., ' ...... J ,;f...,. i ... , ' sn G !· 1 ...--() v\ I / - L., )( I • I _J 0 220 HISTORIC ":\[oxTc:o:'lrnRY Col:NTY, ":\LrnYLANii Parke Custis I'dt-r, Great Grandson of ":\Iarthu liir . .Austi11 Kipli11ger is the prPsent ownPr Relict of \Yashington, Born K ovemher, 1799, of this wonderful place and puhli:-;lwr of ·•Kip• Di(•d 19, January, 18-±8." A large marble slab linger \-r ashing-ton Letter" and "Changin,!!: is chiselled with. "In ":\Iemory of Thomas Peter, Times" magazine. ::\fr:-;. Kiplinger 's mai1ll'n Born .T anuary 6, 177G, Died April lG, 183-±." On name "·as .\Iary Louise Cobh. They han• t\YO another marble slah appears, ''Sacred to the sons, Todd, age 16 and Knight, agl' 1-t- p_•;ns. 2\[(•mory of ":\fartha Custis Peter, Relict of The Kiplinger's purchased this place in 1!1.)!l Thomas Peter, Born Decemher 31, 1777, Died from ::\Ir. and ":\Ir:-;. Jamt>s Barnes. Jnl:· J:i, 1834." Columbia Peter "·a:-; also hnried Inside the main front hall it was observed that t hPre. the a rn"mgement of the main rooms was un After ":\[rs. Thomas Peter's death in 185± the changed from year:-; ago except for tlw color of place was be ld in trust for John P. Custis t ht> walls and trim. Tlw walls are a pleasing· Peter's heirs, et al., the trustee heing Dr. \Ym. gold color with a slightly darker trim, giving a B. Yinson who sold the property to Joseph feeling of restfnlnP"s and contentment. This Dyson in December, 1878. Dyson, known as color scheme ha:-; h1•p11 npplierl to the three rooms "Old Joe,'' li,·ed on a farm nearby, and nm·cr flanking the wi(le front hall-parlor, dining occnpi0(l the l\fonk,·idco house. In time he sold room m1cl library. The lihrary in tlw no rt lwa:-;t it to n number of the Dysons of the next genera corner has hook shdn•s to the cPiling. .All thn•e tion including Dr. V. IL Dyson of Laytonsville of these roomR have fireplaces with catTl'd \\·ootl and Joe Dyson II. The last-named li\·cd in the mantt>ls, freshly painted white. The Cl•ilin~" arc hom;p for sonw vears. About 19±-! the Dvson hn' h·e ( 12) feet high. owMrs sold the 1;lace with 171 acrPs to J\Ir: and The fluted pilast(•r:-; of nll the door" awl trim ~Irs .•James Barnes of \Yashington. 1\[r. and leadi11g into the front hall, with petll':-;tab. are ":\I rs .•TamPs Barnes sold tlie historic old Peter <'specially attractive and harmonize with the 1ll· plact> in 1939-60 to Mr. and 2\f rs ...:\nstin Kip sign of the mantek r:I_,lwy are all.priginal. ling-er. 1''ollowing past the main stairway to t!t1· hnck The walls of tilt• housP wPrc built of the fa hall is a large archC'(l door which has hel'n cut miliar red sandstone qua rriPll nea rhy. This through the ·west :-;tm1<• wall to givr accP:-;s to tlw :-;amc quarry furnished the stone with which the room:-; in the new hnH;tory wing. On thl' fi r:-;t Smithsonian Institution was built. The same floor of this \Ving is a roomy, tile-floored kitchen stonl' m1s used also for many of the locks on the and in hack of that is the "utility room" for Clwsapeake & Ohio Canal which is \Yithin 500 the lacl~· of the house and "tack room" for thC' yards of the house. fox-hunting m0mbcrs in the family. As th1• author approacheLl the front door of Baek of the kite-hen, attacltL•cl to tlw Hl'W two the storied old house, \Yith its newly painted story wing is a three-car garage. On the secoml white walls shining in the afternoon sun, the floor of this addition ar0 a guest room, a maid's sight was a striking contrast to its sombre, al room and hrn modc·rn Laths. The thr0e famih· mo:-;t forbidding appearance on my pre,·ions he!lroorns on the s0c-ond floor each hav1• a tin: vii" its. plact', making six in nil, although a modPrn lH•nt• Tlw lmge pile of stone, thirty feet to the Paves ing plant, "·ith heat tlucts throughout. !tn,., IH•1·1L of roof, standing stark \Yithont architectural in:-;talled. t•mhelli.o:hment, on fornwr visits had an nnoccu It a1Jpears that all the ftoors, Georgia long- pie>d and apparently unlo,'ecl look. Yiewecl from leaf pine, are original aml as shiny as new, and tlw front lawn, the new brick wing to the left of higlily polished. TlH>y ar0 in exav:· K1•n11;111 lTl Y<'Hl'S. and Saronk Ori<>ntal rugs, just fitting the roorn:-; By appointment, the m1thor approached the lPaving a wide space between rug and wall. front door, in 19Gl. The lady of the house, a Tlw strikillgly notict>ahlP feature of thi:-; g-lnmorons blonde, md him on the new, red stone house, like so mm1y okl rnansion:-;, from th1' out -- platform outsidt> thr front door with a "'t•lcome :-;ide arc the four larg-L' chinuwys of red hrick. :-;milt• aml a cordial hand shake. .A deliglitful Three of these draw from the six fi re:µlacp:-; a rn l t>xperience for me. thP fourth in tlw IW\\' \\'ing. ,-ent:-; thP fnrnat«'. ------·------H1sTORIC ::\lo~TGO:\IERY CocxTY, ::\lARYLAXlJ :2:n lu strolling around the house in 1961, the of hushes and weeds, and t11e stone flat marh·r,.; -'l.ut hor was especially impressed with the exten- covered with debris and weetls, making it dif .:n vi<'ws in every direetion without any ob ficult to read the inscriptions. :X ow this has all structions; the mountainH in Yirginia, and been cleaned up and a neat grass lawn surround,.; Strong Hold nearby, from the site :·360 feet above the grave markers. The iron fence is now in the tidewater. Grand views, all!!!! place and the little gate fundions, as of yore!!!!! Revisiting the family hurial plot of the Peter family (associated with the Father of Our Coun "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, try), it was gratifying to sel' that the present And all that beauty, all that wealth 'er gave, owner Las re\·erence for the resting place of the Await alike the irn•\·itahle hour--- illustrious dead. \\'hen it was visited in 1945-50 The paths of glory lead hut to the grnn.•." tlw iron fence wa,.; falling away, the plot a jungle THOMAS Gn.n· Mon trilorency lll<.} Breatly family has heell in uuinter Levi \\·ho inherited ::\lo11tmorc11cy lind at the ru1>tecl possession of this farm for one old borne for some Years and married later in Tlmrnhed yL>ars sinc·e it was sold in 18-±9 to life. To Lis brother 2'Iuuriee he left a life estate (•loH· tlw Pstate of Hiehard Holmes, and was in ::\Iontmoreney which upon his death went to pu rdtasL>d, togc.•tlwr wit It the Llewellyn Field:,; two ueµhews. ::\[auriee Bready died ::\fay :2, 1936. Fann by David Bn·ad,v. :\[ontmorency, it i::i be One of hi,.; nephews moved into the old home and liL'Yl'd was tlw Harne o·in'n to the estate lrv the has lived there since. In 19t.il the farm was B n·;ul':vs when t lie t w~ fa rm:,; were one pl;1nta- sold to the ::\faryland ~ational Capital Park - 'io11 of :l-10 acrl's. Siuee 1870 the 11orthern part arn.1 Planning Commission, upon \vhich it is pro 1ri th the brick house has g·oue hy va riou:,; names, posed to 1<1y out a golf course. Tllis acreage adds · · LlL>wellyn Fields'' ha vi Hg been the one most to a considL•rahlc amount already untler the l"Pl'l'Htly given it. The name 1\lontmorency, given :'IINCPPC, for park development along the to the southern part, hns a half-mile frontage ~ orthwPst Branch of the Anaeostia River. 011 the east side of the Xorwood pike. Present plan:,; of the Park Commission do not The Breadys eame to America from Switzer contemplate removal of the interesting farm land about 177;), the fin.;t one of that name hav house. in~ l1ee11 George, tlie father of David Bready. During t hP last half of the last century there David wa,.; born in 179G in Frederick County, were no hetter managed or more productive rna rried Ann Elizabeth Kellar and moved to farms anywhere in ::\Iontg-omery County than 1!1is pro1wrty iu 1849. His i-iOBs, John and Sarn these Brcndy autl Cashell farms. D FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION See co r resp on den c e date d ___:.:M:.:a:.;y~.:...9....:':__=1~9....;8:....8~------ ACTION TAKEN T~e pu=;:csa of t..~is Amendment is tc designata t~e following s~~=s on t..~e Mastar Plan fer Histcr~c Pr:sa.=-1a~icn t!lereby e~and ing tc t..~em t!le protaction of t..~e Ccunt7's Historic Presa.=-1aticn Or~inance, C~aptar 24A of t..~e Montgome.=-1 County Cede. M: 17-01 Beallsville H.D. M: 17-02 Charline Manor/Hanover M: 17-24 East Oaks M: 1 7-J,.9 Stoney Castle c~l1-;-' 17-58 ) Montevideo M: 17-61 Upton Darby House M: 17-62 Po oles ~eneral Store -· M: 18-13 White/Turner Farm M: 18-14 Joseph White House M: 18-15 Friends Advice M: 18-17 Greenwood/Day House M: 18-19 Hilary Pyles Farm -- . . ' . f • r- NAME MoC'\£.l)\~ LOCATION ~\0'-12- (l..t)., ~~,M~. FACADE 6 PHOTO TAKEN ~/>t>f7._\ fY\ . t)~ I ______. ,.. I bf 1- 1 ,. ~ '"'" " " 0 ctio11s oi t1 e L1 u L J..Y 01 Congress If used for put !;cation ; ~)!lease credit } ~-'1Z.1 C. '1: ~ i 1 photograrhN { HABS, Librar.v1a'r Con~ress I" .. • l • r: Jl ( il • . I It 17- S ~? t . ,1 ~ ~ " . l "' 0 l / / \._ I , I . ( ' ' f /11: I)- .S~ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATI:'. NATION•L PARK SERVICE r iand ) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with phototraph) CNTRY NUMB~R CATE 1. NAME COMMON: 2. LOCATION &TnC CT ANO NUMOCn . 1/2 mile west of Seneca Creek CITY OR TOWN: Ro\t. e 1 Poolesvil.JJ!I Md Ma land PHOTO RE FERENCE PHOTO CREOIT: OATE OF PHOTO: CGATIVC FILEO AT: SBJJB as above 4. I DENTIFICATIOl'-4 ------1 OF.SCRIBE VIEV.. OIHECTION, ETC . Interior view of Montevideo, lookjffan the i'n:>nt center hall eastward into the living room. The mantel was designed at the time of restoration in 1959, to rep]Ace an ear lier one that md been removed 'I'Bny ~ars before. The center f e s t ' · by sl'l'Javes Of wheat (a crop which is still grown at Montevideo). BROOKS PHOTOGRAPHERS 7349 WISCONSIN AVE. BETHESDA 14. MO. ' ' • ..,~-:' •• •• <' •' _. ' .. . . . 111: 17-!:,y /11.' I 7- .n:- . , ____ UNITED STATl:S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ST--A TE - -- ~.ATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland NATIONAL REGISTE R OF HI STO RIC PLACES COUNTY Mont gome:ry PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FOR M FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) EN TRY NUMBER I OATE iZ I p. NAME Montevi r't """ 0 COMMON' same ... N01 0R HISTORIC: }, mi1AQ ~ loJ ,.,.{" n--- _ ... -- --- 12. LOCA T ION River Rni:in M"r+.h ~i~A ,...{"· Doi -- T'>--..i !STREET ANO NUMBER 1/2 mile west of Seneca Creek River Roa d. . CITY OR TOWN : Route 1 , Poolesville STATE: I cooE jc:ouN TY: l CODE Maryland l20AA7 I Montgomery- I z 13. PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREOI T: Owner DATE OF" PHOTO: lQ?O UJ t-iEGATIVC FILED ATi Same as above w ,. j4. IDENTIFICATIOJ\i Vl - DESCRIBE VIEW , DIRECTION, ETC . I (" V" . I -..) ()\J'.. \ Close up front view of the house shadng original dent er portion, right, and left -vti.ng added in 1959. • (.rll! dog at the foot of the steps is an f\merican foxhound ramed TexJ UNITED STATES DEPARTME NT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NAT IONAL PARK SERVICE COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER OA TE: iZ 1. NAME eo Q ~C~O~M~M=O~N~! ~~-=.:::=:::__~~~~~~~~~~~--,.~....,..,,,~~- -~~~-:---:--~~~~~~~~~-j ANOI OR HISTORIC: 2. LOCA T ION STREET ANO NUMBIO:R: River Road CITY OR TOWN: Route 1 Poolesville STATE: COUNTY: COOE Vl Maryland z 0 Bethesda w CGATIVE FIL.EC AT: Br ooks w 4. IDENTIFICAT!Of\i Vl OESC.RIBE VIEW OI RECTIO N . ETC . Rear view o! Montevideo, looking fran east to west, • after restoration. (Wind and garage in Ci.stance were added during restoration in 1959.) LJ PHOTO RS 0349 Wlc; VE. BET H ESDA '", ,.J, /?/ .1 17- ~-g ~ - - - ·- . . --=....=...... ::--.______UNITED ST ATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR S T ATE NAllON AL PARK SERVICE HATIOHAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY• PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONL Y E N TRY NUMDER OATE V"I (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photogra ph) I I z I'- NAME Montevideo 0 COMMON: sa.ma ANO/ OR HISTORIC : J, ...~1aa ---.a.i.. ~_. -n.--_.. t 12. LOCATION River Road »n'l!t.h si ... _ - 40 ..... ___ ""-.a iSTREC:T ANO NUM BER: u River Road 1/2 mile west of Seneca Creek ::> CITY OR TOWN: a:: Rout e 1, Poolesville I- S T ATE: I cooc: lcouN TY: I COOE V"I Maryland. l:iD837 I Mnn+.. -• I z p. PHOTO REFERENCE .,._ ...... __~ PHOTO CREOI T: .. u .. ~i ....._. Brookla Stlliio - O A TE OF PHOTO: About 1962 w ~ EGATIVE FILEO AT: Brooks w IDENT IFICATION V"I 14. OESC RISE VIEW DIRECTION ETC . ..._cu-- ~r"- ~ "'~"" Rear View ot Montevideo, looking from the west toward southeaat. The wing and garage to the right we.re _added during restoration in 1959 • •, 4 t=IE::. 1 /h. 17-~ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STA T£ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE J~aryland COUNTY ) NATIONAL REG ISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Montganery PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograpli) ENTRY NUMBER DATE l. NAME Montevideo C-OMMON : ANO 'OR HISTORIC• 4 miles s. T.,. or Dame stc:wn 2. LOCATION River Road North side. cf River Road STREET AN O N U.,.DF.R 2 mile west of Senecn ~reek River Road CITY OR TOWN: Route l Poolesville STATE· COUNTY: COOE aryland ~--1 Montgomery PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF Plo!OTO: £CATIVE FILED A T: Same as above Interior view of Montevideo bade hall and stair.1a7, shoi'li~ opening into kitchen pantry on t~ first floor (rnrt of mw wing added in 1959) and arcl'wa7 into secon:l floor guest room (also i:art of new wing) . The floors are original a single log. The w:i.niow at right (m vered by drapery} iB 8 feet tall. . . -- ~ -- BROOKS PHOTOGRAPHERS 7349 WISCONSIN AVE. 8-c:TL.fl'.Ct;'IA 14, MD. l.J UNITED STATCS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE tUTIOHAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type oil entries • attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NU"'BCR DAlE z l. NAME 0 COMMON: AN O OR MtSTOqlC: 2. LOCATION STREET ANO NUM;)ERI l/2 mile west ot Seneca Creek River Road CITY OR TOWN: Route l Poolea STATE: COUNTY: CODE Mont z w C<;AT1V£ FILCrJ A 1: Brooks w 4. IOENTIFICAT101'c OESC.RIBE VIEV.. · ------~DIRECTION , ltTC , Interior view of libl'lll"7, look1ng toward the ~ wall 1 ; at east end of house. 'Ila• ma.'1til is origlnal. Book shelTee at left _.. added during restoration in 1959. ( 1r lace seen thro h door to t is in li romn. BROOKS PHOTOGRAPHERS 7349 WISCONSIN AVE.. BETHESDA 14, MD.