Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG:68-120 Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic Kiplinger Editors Park (preferred)

other Editors Press; Editors Park; KCMS

2. Location street and number 3401 East West Highway (MD 410) not for publication city, town Hyattsville, 20782 vicinity county Prince George’s 3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners) name The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. th street and number Suite 750, 1100 13 Street NW telephone 202-887-6419 city, town Washington state DC zip code 20005 4. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George’s County liber 3443 folio 498; liber 2297 folio 301 city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 0041 tax parcels D-1; E-1 tax ID number s 1904291; 1904283 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: Historic Preservation Section, Prince George’s County Planning Department, M-NCPPC 6. Classification

Category Ownership Current Function Resource Count district public agriculture landscape Contributing Noncontributing X building(s) X private commerce/trade recreation/culture 0 0___buildings structure both defense religion sites site domestic social structures object education transportation objects funerary work in progress 0 0___Total government unknown health care X vacant/not in use Number of Contributing industry other: Resources previously listed in the Inventory 0

7. Description Inventory No. PG:68-120

Condition

excellent deteriorated X demolished 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.

SUMMARY

Kiplinger Editors Park was located on approximately 12 acres consisting of 2 parcels south of East West Highway (MD 410) to the east of where it intersects Toledo Terrace. Editors Park Drive marked the eastern boundary. The steel and concrete building was executed in the International Style and finished with rustic rose-colored brick, glass, and aluminum. Intersecting planes, volumes and elements spaced regularly but not symmetrically provided architectural interest in the Midcentury Modern manner. A brick book-shaped bell tower with external signage and concealed loudspeakers was the focal point of the composition. When completed in 1960, the building consisted of a 25,000 square-foot “second floor” office space, entered from Editors Park Drive (originally 33rd Street), and a lower “first floor” 82,240 square-foot printing facility that, together with a basement, comprised 125,240 square feet. The building was surrounded by an L-shaped parking lot to the southeast accommodating approximately 250 cars. The main entrance was located on the second floor and the front of the building was landscaped and included a lighted circular two-stage fountain with a center jet. Four acres of landscaped grounds surrounded the building. 1960s-1990s additions to the west, south and east eventually more than doubled the building’s footprint. The building was later by landscaped surface parking. The land sloped from east to west, allowing access at the main entrance to the second floor and dropping sharply at the tower to allow access to the first floor. Originally located on 17 open acres for expansion purposes, approximately 5 acres to the south was appropriated by the Washington Metro Transit Authority in 1987 for construction of Green Line tracks to the Prince George’s Plaza Metro Station two blocks to the east. An additional 13 acres to the west of the Toledo Terrace/East West Highway intersection was acquired by Kiplinger in 1986 and sold to The Home Depot in 1999.

1960 BUILDING EXTERIOR

Designed by Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan1 of Washington, D.C. and built by John Tester & Son of Clinton, Maryland, as constructed in 1960, the Editors Park building consisted of a rectangular-shaped volume articulated at its elevations to convey its identity and functions as offices and a printing plant. Its north and south façades were approximately 345 feet long; its east and west façades were approximately 240 feet long. The building faced East West Highway but was entered from Editors Park Drive and consisted of a 25,000-square-foot second-floor office space and a lower first-floor 82,240-square-foot printing facility that, together with a basement (or “mechanical center”) comprised 125,240 square feet. The essential physical features of its Modernist (specifically, Midcentury Modern) design were its rectangular structure, flat roof, curtain walls, terrazzo floor, rustic brick veneer used in contrast to aluminum and glass, and abstract book-shaped bell tower element with perforated masonry inset. The brick veneer was laid in running bond with five rows of stretchers alternating with a row of headers. See Figure 7.

1 In collaboration with the firm Faulkner, Kingsbury and Stenhouse, Chatelain, Gauger and Nolan also designed the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, also known as Federal Office Building No. 6 (or FOB 6) during the same period (1959-1961) at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW in Washington, D.C. In 2011 the D.C. State Historic Preservation Office determined that FOB 6 was eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Although conceived and executed on a massive scale compared to Editors Park, FOB 6 shares Midcentury design elements such an identical terrazzo floor that continued from the plaza into the building and decorative perforated masonry (since removed). See parkplanning.gov 16139LBJ_DOE.3.22. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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The main entrance on the east elevation was accessed from the parking lot by a terrazzo terrace which rose by three steps to create a podium. (A separate entrance to Editors Press on the first floor was located below grade on the same wall plane about 35 feet to the south, accessed by a wide sidewalk and two sets of stairs.) See Figure 8. Two sets of double-leafed glass doors opened onto the glassed-in lobby which was recessed from the corner of the building. (To improve energy efficiency, a glass and aluminum vestibule was added later to the northernmost set of doors.) The roof of the lobby was part of the main volume of the structure and was supported on two aluminum-clad steel columns. A cantilevered flat roof extended approximately two feet from the main volume, protecting and accentuating the entrance. The terrazzo floor continued into the lobby. The glass lobby wall, separated into approximately eight-foot squares by aluminum muntins, overlooked a circular fountain located several feet from the terrace to the north. The lobby was buttressed at the west by a two-story, 30-foot-long by 8-foot-wide internally illuminated tower. In form resembling a stylized book placed upright, the chimney-like element was clad with rose- colored brick set in running bond with a header row every sixth row on its east, west and south elevations. To allow the egress of sound from loudspeakers in the tower, in the upper central walls of the east and west elevations was a vertically-oriented, rectangular pierced opening flush with the wall and consisting of 15 circular tiles set in a grid. The building had an extensive Muzak™ system also connected to the speakers in the tower. Above this opening on both sides back-illuminated aluminum serif letters read: “KIPLINGER EDITORS.” Later these were changed to internally lighted plastic letters. On the north elevation there was originally recessed translucent glazing that was illuminated at night. The translucent glazing was articulated with a central vertical aluminum muntin divided by six horizontal muntins at approximately eight-foot intervals. At a later date the translucent glazing was changed to reflective glass.2 See Figure 9. The second-floor roof could be accessed via a door in the south elevation. The cornerstone, which included a copper time capsule and bronze plaque located in the tower’s east elevation, was salvaged when the building was demolished in 2014. Figure 17 shows its location. To the west of the tower, the second floor was recessed approximately 20 feet and was articulated with a broad aluminum cornice below which ran a ribbon of windows and opaque panels in a grid. These windows provided light to offices, conference rooms and the cafeteria. The first floor was also recessed at this juncture, however, the windows were punched openings in brick and were protected by a brick overhang that continued nearly flush with the same plane as the north wall of the tower. Seven sets of ribbon windows separated by brick piers and broken again into three by aluminum muntins lighted the mailing area on the first floor. Beyond this a blank wall continued and served as a visual foil for the features to the east.

The west elevation was articulated with a door located slightly off the central axis to the right, with a row of five high windows arranged in a ribbon to the left, and to the right, a set of three high windows then a set of five high windows separated by brick. These windows provided light to the letter plate room, clerical, correspondence, file and tabulating areas. The south elevation of the first floor was articulated with a truck bay at center right and a staff entrance and boiler chimneys at center left. From the truck bay the grade sloped upwards again, leaving the Editors Press area below grade and windowless. Editors Press had its own entrance located below grade at center left on the

2 The “bell tower” was described by Gale Kiplinger as “plastic-fronted.” (Undated but presumably early 1960 supplement “The Prince George’s Building—What It’s Like” in the Grapevine, a newsletter published for members of the Kiplinger organization.) However, Douglas Colley, the Kiplinger Facility Manager from 1987-2012, related that the material was an opalescent glass and backlit with eight-foot-long fluorescent light bulbs. Difficulty in re-lamping these fixtures was part of the reason the opalescent glass was replaced with reflective glass when the 1989-1990 addition was built on the west elevation. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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east elevation and the brick wall was signed “EDITORS PRESS” in the manner of the bell tower signage. Except for the east elevation, the second floor walls were continuously fenestrated with ribbon windows and aluminum spandrels and muntins. The flat roof was tar and gravel.

1960 BUILDING INTERIOR

In addition to the lobby, the second floor housed an executive office and other offices, conference rooms, a cafeteria and kitchen, a doctor’s office and a cashiering center where incoming mail was sorted and money removed.3 The tower contained a cloakroom on the first floor and a stair leading down to Editors Press. The second-floor reception spaces, offices and cafeteria were finished in the Midcentury Modern mode with expanses of brick and glass and floating decorative screen walls. The interiors were designed by Don D. McAfee and Associates of Washington, D.C. and furnished stylishly with modern chairs and case pieces. See Figure 14. Before the building opened, Gale Kiplinger wrote in a company newsletter, “The whole will be a blend of colors—mostly yellows and blues to harmonize with the flooring, drapery and dishes.”4 The secretarial and processing areas there and on the first floor were unadorned and furnished in a workmanlike manner with durable steel and aluminum office furniture. The offices and reception area comprised approximately 4,000 square feet.

In addition to Editors Press, the first floor originally housed storage, mailing, clerical, tabulating, correspondence, and filing facilities. Presses and bindery equipment occupied 10,000 square feet, storage 7,500 square feet, and 3,500 square feet were allocated to camera and platemaking facilities. A major feature of the new Editors Press facility was a Hess & Barker two-unit web perfecting offset press equipped with a Dahlgren dampening system, the first of its kind on the East Coast5. To accommodate growth and advances in technology, the first floor was reconfigured and enlarged over time.6 See Figure 16.

The basement or mechanical center served as a maintenance headquarters and contained additional storage space. Editors Park was completely air-conditioned with constant humidity control (important for printing), direct-dial telephones to Kiplinger’s corporate and editorial headquarters in the Editors Building at 1729 H Street NW in Washington, D.C., sprinklers in the press and storage areas, an alarm system connected to the fire marshal and various conveniences and comforts for its employees.

3 The facility received 8,000 letters a day in 1960, according to the “Editors Park Open House Program” dated October 29, 1960. 4 Undated but presumably early 1960 supplement “The Prince George’s Building—What It’s Like” in the Grapevine, a newsletter published for members of the Kiplinger organization. 5 “New Offset Plant of Editors Press Serves Washington, D.C.,” Printer and Lithographer, October, 1960. 6 Knight Kiplinger notes that Editors Press, both in employment and revenue, was a minor part of Kiplinger’s enterprises compared with publishing of the magazine and newsletters. While the newsletters were printed at Editors Park, Editors Press never printed Kiplinger’s largest periodical Changing Times (later Kiplinger’s Personal Finance), which was always printed at much larger presses in Tennessee and Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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1960S-1990S ADDITIONS

Later additions eventually doubled the building footprint and obscured portions of the original facades. In 1965 an L-shaped press bay addition was added to the southeast corner; in 1969 and additional bay was added to the east and in 1980 it had been enlarged to meet the curve of Editors Park Drive. Between 1980 and 1984 the second floor was enlarged to the south. In 1989-1990 a very large addition was added to the west. The west, east, and south facades of these additions were plain in character and held truck bays where required. The north façade of the last addition was articulated with a square tower at the location of the original letter plate room and was signed KCMS (for Kiplinger Computer and Mailing Service); west of this were ribbon windows and more rose-colored brick, which was used on all elevations of the additions. See Figure 5.

8. Significance Inventory No. PG:68-120 Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below

1600-1699 agriculture economics health/medicine performing arts 1700-1799 archeology education X industry philosophy 1800-1899 X architecture engineering invention __ politics/government X 1900-1999 art entertainment/ landscape architecture religion 2000- X commerce recreation law science X communications ethnic heritage literature social history X community planning exploration/ maritime history transportation conservation settlement military X publishing/printing

Specific dates 1960-1999 Architects & Engineer Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan, Washington, D.C. (1960) Donnally, Donnally, Soe Lin & Associates (1990)

Construction dates 1960; 1965; 1969; 1980; c. 1984, 1990 Builder John Tester & Son, Clinton, MD (1960) Robert Whalen Company, Inc. (1990)

Evaluation for: ___National Register Maryland Register X 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

Kiplinger Editors Park was significant as the suburban subscriber service, mailing and printing center of a nationally renowned and distinguished Washington, D.C.-based financial publishing company: The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. Designed by the Washington, D.C. firm Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan in the Modernist style, Editors Park was a physical manifestation of printing and publishing technology and its importance at midcentury, and was conceived and executed both as a state-of-the-art industrial facility and as an elegant suburban headquarters for Kiplinger’s wholly owned subsidiary, Editors Press. Further, the expansion, achievements and eventual obsolescence of Editors Park reflects print media’s history from the mid-twentieth century to today. Editors Park was also significant as an example of the post-World War II migration to and development of the suburbs, where land for commercial use was both relatively inexpensive and considered desirable for its unspoiled setting and proximity to emerging residential areas. Finally, Editors Park was locally significant as the sole industrial component of the midcentury “suburban downtown,” Prince George’s Plaza/Center. The facility offered both white- and blue-collar jobs. Although a cafeteria and doctor’s office were located in the building, its employees were customers for local retail establishments and many lived nearby. Together with the earlier Prince George’s Plaza7 by Lathrop Douglass and the later Prince George Center (PG:68-104) by Edward Durell Stone, it continued the Midcentury Modern aesthetic of the development, and its design likely provided inspiration for the area’s civic component, the 1964 Hyattsville Branch Library (PG:68-112) by Walton and Madden.

HISTORIC CONTEXT

The land on which Kiplinger Editors Park was located was originally called Lonehead and contained 782 acres when it was surveyed in 1714. However, the lines of the original survey were found to conflict with an earlier land patent and Lonehead was resurveyed on February 13, 1721. As patented to James Beall on May 20, 1724, Lonehead contained 714 acres.8 James Beall died in July 1725 and devised the Lonehead tract to his son, James Beall, Jr.9 It

7 Now altered. 8 Prince George’s County Patented Certificate No. 1329. 9 Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume 2, Compiled and edited by Jane Baldwin and Roberta Bolling Henry; Kohn & Pollock, Inc., Publishers, Baltimore, MD, 1917; 197. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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appears from deed records that James Beall, Jr. leased a majority of the Lonehead tract to surrounding planters.10 The land was eventually acquired between 1788-1794 from Beall’s daughters by Leonard Marbury Deakins, who owned much of the adjacent land.11

Deakins was a leader in the Revolutionary War and recruited a company of men from Georgetown. He served in several battles in New York and held the rank of colonel by the end of the war. In the eighteenth century, Deakins resided in Georgetown and was involved in the shipping industry. He also owned considerable tracts of land in Prince George’s County at that time. Deakins died in June 1824 and his son, Francis W. Deakins, was allotted the land he owned in the Lonehead tract. In April 1835 Francis Deakins sold 219 acres of Lonehead and 30 acres of a tract called Jackson’s Necessity to Samuel Fowler of Washington, D.C.12 Three years later, Fowler conveyed the same land to Wallace Kirkwood, also of Washington, D.C.13 Kirkwood farmed the land with his family14 and died on September 8, 1853.15 Kirkwood’s 136-acre farm was sold to Charles Vance on July 31, 1868.16 Vance also farmed the land,17 which was purchased by Christian Heurich in April 1887.18 Heurich would purchase an additional 240 acres in the area over the period 1890 to 1932.19 His land became known as Bellevue Farm.

Heurich,20 founder of Washington, D.C.’s largest brewery, died at age 102 in March 1945. He was buried in a mausoleum located at the crest of a small hill directly east of Editors Park. In early 1960 Gale Kiplinger wrote in a company newsletter about the natural beauty of the Kiplinger site: “The view from the cafeteria is really something to see at sunset. Our building is on top of a hill overlooking a valley to the west, wooded area to the south and the shopping plaza to the north. Shall we add that the view to the east looks up to the abandoned Heurich family burying ground?”21 See Figure 14.

BELLEVUE FARM

Aerial photographs from 1938 show Bellevue Farm improvements arranged at the points of a scalene triangle, with a group of substantial barns and other dairy structures at the southwest corner of the where the mall parking lot is today; the mausoleum south and to the east across MD 410 in today’s parking lot of the Giant grocery store, and a large dwelling further east and to the south in a grove of trees along the curve of what is now Belcrest Road. The

10 Land Records of Prince George’s County, Y:18, 20; BB:435, 442. 11 Land Records of Prince George’s County, HH2:291; 294. 12 Land Records of Prince George’s County, AB9:472. 13 Land Records of Prince George’s County AB12:79. 14 1850 Federal Census, Prince George’s County, Bladensburg District. 15 Washington Evening Star, September 9, 1853; 2. 16 Land Records of Prince George’s County, HB1:448. 17 1870 and 1880 Federal Census Records, Prince George’s County, Bladensburg District. 18 Land Records of Prince George’s County, JWB8:310. 19 Land Records of Prince George’s County, JWB14:363; JWB26:290; JB2:146; JB8:208; 243:389; 389:44. 20 Pronounced “HOY-rick.” 21 Kiplinger, Gale; “The Prince George’s Building—What it’s Like.” (Undated but presumably early 1960 supplement in the Grapevine, a newsletter published for members of the Kiplinger organization.) Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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future site of the Editors Park building appears to be pasture. See Figure 21. Writing of a cattle sale at Bellevue Farm in March 1950, The Washington Post observed that “the farm was being sold because the area has become too urbanized for dairy operations.”22 In 1951 Isadore M. Gudelsky et al, acting as the Contee Sand and Gravel Company, Inc. (which later became the Contee Company) purchased the Heurich estate from Christian Heurich, Jr., for more than $1 million (the equivalent of over $9 million in 2015 dollars).23 The Post wrote that the sale was described by the listing agent Francis Key as “one of the biggest cash land deals in the Washington area in recent years” and also that “[p]ersons connected with the sale said the heirs reserved 11 acres, including the 18-room summer home and a mausoleum in which the one-time immigrant who rose to wealth is buried.”24 County land records, however, do not support this statement; the Heurich land was sold in toto in 1951. According to the Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog,25 the enormous 1896 granite Heurich mausoleum, complete with caryatids and a Tiffany window, was relocated to Rock Creek Cemetery in 195126. The Heurich summer home, which was a large Stick-style frame dwelling27 and which had been abandoned for several years, suffered a fire in late October 1954.28 Presumably the house was damaged beyond repair. In January 1956 a three-story dairy barn in the farm complex was also destroyed by a spectacular fire with “100-foot-high flames.”29 See Figure 20. Thus the once- renowned Bellevue Farm was much diminished by the time rezoning of the property from agricultural to residential, commercial, and industrial use was completed in 1956.30

PRINCE GEORGE’S PLAZA/CENTER MIDCENTURY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

In the late 1950s the Gudelskys/Contee Company began subdividing their acreage and selling parcels to various developers, including H. Max Ammerman and the Byrd Development Corporation (Hershel and Marvin Blumberg). In 1959, the county’s first regional shopping mall, Prince George’s Plaza (designed by Lathrop Douglass) opened to great fanfare.31 Prince George’s Plaza was developed by Eastern Shopping Centers, Inc. who purchased 52 acres from the Gudelskys in 1956. The Plaza (now The Mall at Prince George’s) was built with shops located around a central open-air landscaped court and was designed in a midcentury manner with Modernist forms contrasting

22 “Frightened Cow Injures 3 at Sale,” The Washington Post, March 21, 1950. 23 Land Records of Prince George’s County, Book 1431:333. 24 “Heurich Tract Brings Million in Cash Deal,” The Washington Post, December 27, 1951. 25 See siris-artinventories.si.edu. 26 The mausoleum was erected in 1895 upon the death of Heurich’s second wife, Mathilde. The artist was Louis Amateris. It had room for 16 urns and 16 coffins and was 38 long, 27 feet wide and 19 feet high. “A Magnificent Mausoleum,” The Baltimore Sun, June 3, 1895. 27 Possibly the house was an enlargement of an earlier house on the site, which was owned by the McLeod family. A McCloud [sic] dwelling is shown on the Hopkins Atlas of 1878 on the site, accessed by the same road. 28 “3 Fireman Injured in $10,000 fire on Old Christian Heurich Estate,” The Washington Post, October 27, 1954. 29 “Building Destroyed on Heurich Estate,” The Washington Post, January 5, 1956. 30 Harrison P. Hagemeyer, “Rezoning Petitioned For Heurich Estate,” The Washington Post and Times Herald, November 20, 1955. 31 Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson, Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009), 221. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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against rusticated stone walls and planters. It has since been altered into an enclosed mall.32 Prince George Center across Belcrest Road (now University Town Center) was developed by the Byrd Development Corporation (Hershel and Marvin Blumberg) who had also purchased the land from the Gudelskys. The three Midcentury Modern towers33 (PG:68-104) on the site were designed by internationally renowned architect Edward Durell Stone (who would later design the Kennedy Center). Lauded by planners, Prince George’s Center is significant as an early attempt to create a pedestrian-oriented suburban downtown, and as a component of the overall Modernist aesthetic of the area, which also included multifamily housing north of the mall and churches at the juncture of East West Highway and Adelphi Road.34 Editors Park was the sole industrial component of the redevelopment of Bellevue Farm. The facility offered both white- and blue-collar jobs, and, although a cafeteria and doctor’s office were located in the building, its employees were customers for the retail establishments and many lived nearby. The design of Editors Park possibly inspired the design of the 1964 Hyattsville Branch Library (PG:68-112) by local architects Walton and Madden. Although the library is slightly smaller in size, both Editors Park and the library were built with rose-colored brick and were one-story International Style boxes built into a sloping land contour so that a basement could be accessed at grade. Both were articulated with an abstracted representational element at the entrance that provided a unique identity for the building and a sense of delight for visitors and passersby. Editors Park employed the abstracted motif of a book to signify the publishing industry, and in a nod to the era’s fixation with Space exploration and technology, the library’s architects employed a flying saucer to signify the search for knowledge. Both the book and the saucer can be considered Populuxe creations. In Populuxe architecture, concepts of post-World War II opulence and optimism were explored using pre-modern, organic, jet-age and industrial design motifs, often in collage and combined with conventional International Style vocabularies. In many respects both Editors Park and the Hyattsville Library are the product of “Situated Modernists.” In their “Context Essay: Modern Movement in Maryland,” Dr. Isabelle Gournay and Dr. Mary Corbin Sies expound on the work of Sarah Williams Goldhagen, writing, “Many of the architects of significant modernist structures or cultural landscapes in Maryland can be considered “Situated Modernists.” Situated Modernists adapted the principles of modernism to specific contextual and programmatic requirements; in Maryland’s case, they responded to the exigencies of the modernization campaigns…among other stimuli. They emphasized local materials, vernacular traditions, and sense of place, seeking to shape buildings and neighborhoods to the needs of their users.”35

“Parcels D and E, Addition to Prince George’s Plaza” eventually came to comprise the 17.66-acre site of Editors Park. Parcel E, containing 14.2286 acres, was conveyed to The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. on February 18, 1959 by the Byrd Development Corporation. Parcel D, comprising 3.4321 acres was conveyed to Kiplinger on February 13, 1967 by H. Max Ammerman. Prior to that date the land had been leased by Ammerman and the Contee Company to Kiplinger beginning on July 24, 1958. The lease contained a clause stipulating that the land not be used for any purposes that would compete with the shopping center to be erected across East West highway.

32 Photographs of its original configuration can be seen at the Library of Congress website, loc.gov. 33 Today known as Metro 1, 2 and 3. 34 First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville (PG: 68-116) and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (PG: 68- 114). 35 Page7. Gournay and Sies’ essay is available at http://mahdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Historic-Context-Modern- Movement-in-Maryland.pdf. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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THE KIPLINGER WASHINGTON EDITORS, INC.

The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. was founded in 1920 by W. M. Kiplinger, a former Associated Press reporter who pioneered the newsletter format and personal finance coverage. Kiplinger reports and analyzes events and content related to business, financial management and politics. The Kiplinger Washington Letter was started in 1923. The Letter (today offered both in print and digitally) “interprets and analyzes facts and information with emphasis on the real meaning, the effect on individuals in their business and personal lives. It projects and forecasts so its readers can make better plans for their own business and personal future.”36 Other publications and media followed, including The Kiplinger Tax Letter, the Kiplinger Agricultural Letter, The Kiplinger Foreign Trade Letter, Kiplinger Magazine (founded 1947, renamed Changing Times in 1949 and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance in 1991), The Kiplinger Florida Letter, the Kiplinger Book Club, The Kiplinger California Letter, The Kiplinger Texas Letter, The Kiplinger European Letter, numerous newsstand specials on cars, investing and retirement, Kiplinger’s Retirement Report, kiplinger.com, Kiplinger TaxCut (tax preparation software), Kiplinger’s Biofuels Market Report, Kiplinger’s Investing for Income, and Kiplinger’s Social Security Solutions.37 Kiplinger is run by its editorial leadership—senior executives whose careers are rooted in journalism, rather than the business side of publishing. Editors Park was conceived and built under the leadership of W. M. Kiplinger (1891-1967) and his son Austin H. Kiplinger (b. 1918). See Figure 7. W. M. Kiplinger’s brother C. Gale Kiplinger (1896-1981) served as the owner’s engineer for the project. The Kiplinger Washington Editors remains a family-owned and -managed company, with Austin Kiplinger’s son Knight A. Kiplinger (b. 1948) serving as editor-in-chief and president. Kiplinger today continues to be a venerable resource in business forecasting and personal finance advice.

DEVELOPMENT AND REALIZATION OF EDITORS PARK

In 1950, The Kiplinger Washington Editors designed and built an eleven-story structure (the “Editors Building”) at 1729 H Street in Washington, D.C. to house their offices and operations.38 Editors Press, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, was founded in 1951 to provide printing and production services for Kiplinger’s publications. After three years, Editors Press began offering printing services to outside clients.39 In 1957, Kiplinger began looking for additional space to consolidate its subscriber recordkeeping, mailing and printing operations which were located at the Editors Building and a warehouse on L Street and 703 Edgewood Street, NE. The company desired a site with enough land for expansion (but not in an industrial location) where a one-story building could be built for ease in handling materials and which was located near a residential community and close to shopping, restaurants and transportation. Kiplinger searched in Washington, D.C., Fairfax and Arlington, Virginia, and Montgomery and

36 From “What we do at Kiplinger,” in the brochure Editors Park, c. 1960, published for the launch of the Prince George’s County facility. 37 Kiplinger discontinued some of these publications and services as markets shifted. 38 The Editors Building was thoroughly photo-documented by Theodor Horydczak at midcentury and the collection is at the Library of Congress. See www.loc.gov/pictures. 39 Alan Virta; “KCMS and Editors Press,” Prince George’s County: A Pictorial History; 1984, 1991 the Donning Company, page 284. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Prince Georges’ counties in Maryland.40 When it was discovered that more than half the 300 employees who would work in the proposed building lived within a five-mile radius of Prince George’s Plaza, Kiplinger settled on that location.41 The company combined two parcels to create a 17-acre site: Kiplinger leased and subsequently purchased the 3.4-acre Parcel “D” fronting East West Highway (MD 410) from H. Max Ammerman in July 1958 and purchased the 14.2-acre Parcel “E” from the Byrd Development Corporation in February 1959. Zoning approval for the project was granted in December 1958. In October 1958 The Washington Post and Times Herald announced “Kiplinger Plans New Md. Building,” and that, “Plans call for a garden-type, one-story office structure.”42 Groundbreaking began on July 18, 1959.43 The building opened one year later on July 11, 1960 and was celebrated in the press. The Washington Post announced “Kiplinger Occupies Big New Home.”44

Designed by Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan of Washington, D.C. and built by John Tester & Son of Clinton, Maryland at a cost of $2,250,000,45 the building was carefully planned inside and out to be a state-of-the art mailing, data processing, printing facility and offices for Kiplinger and Editors Press.

“The architecture and engineering firm of Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan was formed in 1956 by Leon Chatelain, Jr. (1902-1979) with partners Earl V. Gauger (1900-1986) and James A. Nolan, Jr. (1938-1976). Both Chatelain and Gauger were prominent local architects, who had practiced in the Washington, D.C. area for many years prior to creating the partnership. Nolan, who had worked with Chatelain since 1950, was a mechanical engineer, specializing in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. The firm was known for its institutional buildings, especially those for Georgetown University, and commercial office buildings. They also worked on several churches and facilities for the armed services. Major projects…included the Equitable Life Insurance Company (subsequently FNMA Headquarters, 1957), the national headquarters of the Associated General Contractors of America (1958), the International Monetary Fund Bank Buildings (1960-61), the Retail Clerks International Association (Suffridge Building, 1969), and the Group Hospital Insurance Headquarters (1969). In 1970, after Gauger retired from the firm, Chatelain merged the firm with another Washington architectural firm under a new name. The new partnership, called Chatelain, Samperton and Nolan, specialized in institutional designs, such as banks, churches, hospitals, and office buildings.”46

40 From “Editors Park,” undated (early 1960s) folio brochure bound in deckle-edged card stock, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 41 “A Letter from Austin Kiplinger,” in an undated but presumably early 1960 supplement in the Grapevine, a newsletter published for members of the Kiplinger organization, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 42 S. Oliver Goodman, “Kiplinger Plans New Md. Building,” October 16, 1958. 43 From a one-page typewritten program “The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. Ground Breaking ceremonies for the New Office and Publishing Building July 18, 1959, 2 P.M.,” The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 44 July 12, 1960. 45 Kiplinger Press Release to The Washington Star, July 9, 1960. The facility’s total cost, including land and equipment, was over $3 million (see From “What we do at Kiplinger,” in the brochure Editors Park, c. 1960, published for the launch of the Prince George’s County facility) The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 46 Emily Eig and Laura Trieschmann, “DC State Historic Preservation Office Determination of Eligibility Form, Federal Office Building (FOB) 6; Department of Education Building; Lyndon Baines Johnson Building,” February 16, 2011, page 15. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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In early 1960 Gale Kiplinger wrote, “We expect our new building to be the finest one in Prince George’s County.”47 Kiplinger and Editors Press believed the brick plant had “promotional value in its own right as a handsome showpiece.”48 A dedication ceremony49 and open house was held on September 16, 1960 with a luncheon attended by Maryland Governor J. Millard Tawes. Governor Tawes remarked about the building, “It is a handsome and pleasing structure and in itself is a fine addition to the beauty of our Prince George’s County.”50 Tawes also presented Kiplinger with a Maryland State Flag that had been flown over the State House in Annapolis.51 See Figure 12. The Evening Star covered the dedication and carried a photograph of Tawes presenting the flag to Austin Kiplinger, accompanied by Harry A. Boswell, Jr., Chairman of the Maryland Economic Development Commission.52 The Washington Daily News carried a photograph of Editors Park on September 23, 1960 and described the building as “modernistic” and “smart-looking.” A second open house was held on October 29, 1960 with tours, refreshments and remarks from those involved with construction of the building. The flag was raised as all joined in singing the National Anthem, accompanied by music piped from the tower.53 In an article about the new facility that same month, Printer and Lithographer magazine wrote that, “Young personnel characterize the Editors Press staff, and it is this circumstance that has set the theme for the company’s new advertising and promotion program: ‘young, modern and progressive.’”54

The opportunities offered by postwar suburban development played a large role in the creation and evolution of Editors Park. In the 1960s, Prince George’s County was the fastest-growing county in the United States.55 Growth had begun in the 1930s due to the county’s proximity to the nation’s capital and its burgeoning federal government. New roads (the Beltway opened in 1964) and buildings were constructed to meet the demand for housing, shopping, offices, and worship space.56 Of Editors Press, Printer and Lithographer magazine wrote that, “The suburban location of the new plant provides ample parking space for both visitors and employees and relieves the plant of

47 Gale Kiplinger; “The Prince George’s Building—What it’s Like.” (Undated but presumably early 1960 supplement in the Grapevine, a newsletter published for members of the Kiplinger organization.) C. Gale Kiplinger in fact consulted on the project as an engineer. 48 “Publicizing a New Plant,” undated, uncredited article c. 1960 from The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 49 Editors Park was dedicated “To this and future generations, as well as to those whose labor over the years have made this building possible.” Editors Park Open House and Dedication Program, Friday, September 16, 1960, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 50 Remarks of Hon. J. Millard Tawes, September 15, 1960, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 51 This was the first state flag to be presented in a new program of the Maryland Department of Economic Development. Each new plant and research development organization that moved to the state was given a banner. (“Kiplinger to Dedicate New Building,” The Washington Post, Times Herald, September 15, 1960. 52 “State Flag for Kiplinger Building,” The Evening Star, September 16, 1960, B-2. 53 Editors Park Open House Program, Saturday, October 29, 1960, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 54 “New Offset Plant of Editors Press Serves Washington, D.C.,” Printer and Lithographer, October, 1960. 55 The Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies released a report on April 28, 1975 that stated, “In that decade [the 1960s], Prince George’s was the most rapidly growing major suburb of the most rapidly growing major metropolitan area in the nation. Its population increased by over 300,000 or 85 percent.” The 300,000 number/85% growth rate is substantiated by census data. See also Prince George’s County: A Pictorial History by Alan Virta, page 212. 56 Daniel Sams, “Prince George’s Modern: Midcentury Architecture 1947-1971,” www.pgplanning.org/pgmodern.htm, May 2015, The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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noise and other disturbing influences often found in industrial districts. The plant’s management considers it a pleasant place to work, in attractive natural surroundings, and points out that it is still extremely accessible to every part of the Washington area over wide new roads and streets.”57 W. M. Kiplinger was quoted in The Washington Post and Times Herald as saying, “With improvements in roads and more of our people driving their own cars to work…we decided that a suburban location would have definite advantages.”58

EXPANSION AND EVOLUTION OF EDITORS PARK

The construction of Editors Park began a period of growth for Kiplinger publications and Editors Press that lasted decades. In 1963, the subsidiary acquired the 91-year-old Darby Printing Company’s contracts and much of its equipment, which doubled their capacity. In 1965, Chatelaine, Gauger & Nolan designed a $250,000 14,000-square- foot press bay addition at the southeast corner that was built by the Corning Construction Company.59 The building was enlarged four more times, the last being 1989-1990, when a large addition by Donnally, Donnally, Soe Lin & Associates was added to the west. Robert Whalen Company, Inc. was the builder.60 Editors Park came to house more than 400 employees of Kiplinger subsidiaries KCMS (Kiplinger Computer and Mailing Service) and 125 of Editors Press.61 (Floor plans of the 1960s and 1990s can be compared to see the details of how functions and their locations changed over time.) At its peak, employees managed more than two million active Kiplinger subscribers. Kiplinger’s total mailings were so great that, from its opening, the building had its own post office and zip code (20782). In the early 1980s, Editors Park sent or received approximately 150 million pieces of mail, accounting for approximately 1% of the U.S. Postal Service’s total annual volume.62 A thirtieth-anniversary open house was held in 1981, and in 1982 33rd Street was renamed Editors Park Drive. In 1986, Kiplinger acquired 13 acres of open land immediately to the west of Editors Park for future expansion/investment.63

The rise and fall of print media’s importance in the twentieth century is too large and complex a subject to be analyzed within this form. To the extent that the story of Editors Park serves as a microcosm of that history, however, it can be recapitulated thusly: as a result of population and literacy increases following World War II, the creation and consumption of print media (newspapers, books, periodicals, journals, and newsletters) saw explosive growth, omnipresence and near-dominance in the dissemination of information. Although television (with its ability to instantly broadcast news and provide an endless source of sponsor-driven entertainment) began to erode print’s hegemony as early as the 1960s, free content available via the Internet would severely impact paid subscription periodicals by the first decade of the twenty-first century. Newspapers suffered the most, but the decline was also acute for magazines and newsletters. Rapid growth in online operations, (i.e., kiplinger.com) would partially offset

57 Printer and Lithographer, October, 1960. 58 S. Oliver Goodman, “Kiplinger Plans New Md. Building,” October 16, 1958. 59 “Third Major Expansion at EP,” Editors Press Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1 November 30, 1965. The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 60 Via Douglas Colley, Kiplinger Facility Manager. 61 “Editors Park Farewell,” The Grapevine, Volume LVIII, No. 3, July-October 2014, page 2. The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. 62 Ibid. 63 Land Records of Prince George’s County, 14672:00605; 13507:1; 6507:962. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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the decline. After decades of operating its own subscriber service, mailing and data processing, in the late 1990s Kiplinger decided to outsource those functions to other firms and focus on producing and marketing their editorial content. Decline in the demand for printed periodicals, changes in printing technology and the consolidation of operations contributed to this shift. The 13-acre parcel acquired in 1986 was never developed by the company and was sold to The Home Depot in 1999. Editors Press and KCMS were sold to Kelly Press of Cheverly, Maryland and to Mailbag, Inc., respectively, which retained most of the Editors Park staff and leased the same space from Kiplinger. Subscription services were contracted to a company in Iowa. Surplus office and warehouse space at Editors Park was rented to a succession of tenants. After Mailbag, Inc. moved out and Kelly Press decided not to renew their lease in 2012, most of the building became vacant. In the meantime, the 11.67-acre site two blocks from a Metro station had become valuable for its potential to be redeveloped more densely.64 In partnership FORE Property Company and NVR, Inc., Kiplinger developed a plan to construct townhouses and multifamily residential units on the site, and Editors Park was demolished in 2014.65 In acknowledgement of Kiplinger’s more than 50-year presence on the site, it is proposed that the townhouse development will retain the name Editors Park and the multifamily building will be known as “The Edition.”

64 The Editors Park parcels were zoned C-S-C (Commercial Shopping Center) until 1992, when they were re-zoned M-X-T (Mixed Use Transportation Oriented) which permitted residential and retail uses. See The Approved and Adopted Transit District Development Plan for the Prince George’s Plaza Transit District Overlay Zone, July 1992, The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 89. 65 “Editors Park Farewell,” The Grapevine, Volume LVIII, No. 3, July-October 2014, page 3. The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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CHAIN OF TITLE

Parcel “E”

2297: 301 Byrd Development Corp. to The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. February 18, 1959 All of Parcel “E”, “ADDITION TO PRINCE GEORGE’S PLAZA”

2093:118 Contee Company to Dewey Development Corp., Byrd Development Corp., April 16, 1957 Spruell Development Corp. and Landy Development Corp. Tracts 1-6 comprising 161.58 acres of Heurich farm

Parcel “D”

3443:498 H. Max Ammerman, Trustee to The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. February 13, 1967 All of Parcel “D,” [3.43 acres] “ADDITION TO PRINCE GEORGE’S PLAZA”

2109:124 Contee Company to H. Max Ammerman May 29, 1957 3.57 acres of land south of East-West Highway

1431:347 Contee Sand and Gravel Co., Inc. to Contee Company October 25, 1951 376.0087 acres of land

1431:333 Christian Heurich, Jr. to the Contee Sand and Gravel Co., Inc. September 7, 1951 376.0087 acres of land

JWB8:310 Charles Vance and Mary J. Vance to Christian Heurich April 14, 1887 136 1/5 acres

HB1:448 Mary Jane Kirkwood and William R. Woodward to Charles Vance July 31, 1868 136 1/5 acres

AB12:79 Samuel Fowler to Wallace Kirkwood November 1, 1838 219 acres of Lonehead and 30 acres of Jackson’s Necessity

AB9:472 Francis W. Deakins to Samuel Fowler April 15, 1835 219 acres of Lonehead and 30 acres of Jackson’s Necessity

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JMR3:400 Charity Beall Magruder to Leonard Marbury Deakins September 26, 1794 Interest in the Lonehead tract

HH2:291, 294 Cassandra Beall White to Leonard Marbury Deakins February 27, 1788 Interest in the Lonehead tract

Prince George’s County “Lonehead” patented to James Beall Patented Certificate 1329 714 acres May 20, 1724

9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG:68-120

“3 Fireman Injured in $10,000 fire on Old Christian Heurich Estate,” The Washington Post, October 27, 1954. “Building Destroyed on Heurich Estate,” The Washington Post, January 5, 1956.

Damron, Andrea on behalf of the Hyattsville Preservation Association, Images of America: Hyattsville, Arcadia Publishing, 2008.

“Editors Park,” undated (early 1960s) folio brochure bound in deckle-edged card stock, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives.

“Editors Park Farewell,” The Grapevine, Volume LVIII, No. 3, July-October 2014; The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives.

“Editors Park Open House Program,” Saturday, October 29, 1960; The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives.

“Frightened Cow Injures 3 at Sale,” The Washington Post, March 21, 1950.

Gournay, Isabelle and Sies, Mary Corbin, “Context Essay: Modern Movement in Maryland, Year One.” Maryland Historical Trust and Center for Architectural Design and Research, Inc., (undated, c. 2000). MHT: FRR Mary 19A.

Hagemeyer, Harrison P., “Rezoning Petitioned For Heurich Estate,” The Washington Post and Times Herald, November 20, 1955.

“Heurich Tract Brings Million in Cash Deal,” The Washington Post, December 27, 1951.

Kiplinger, Gale; “The Prince George’s Building—What it’s Like.” Undated but presumably early 1960 supplement in the Grapevine, a newsletter published for members of the Kiplinger Organization, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives.

Kiplinger Washington Editors Press Release to The Washington Star, July 9, 1960, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives.

“New Offset Plant of Editors Press Serves Washington, D.C.,” Printer and Lithographer, October, 1960.

“Publicizing a New Plant,” undated, uncredited article c. 1960 from The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives.

“Prince George’s Modern: Midcentury Architecture 1947-1971,” www.pgplanning.org/pgmodern.htm, May 2015, The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

Tawes, The Hon. J. Millard, “Remarks,” September 15, 1960, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives.

Virta, Alan; “KCMS and Editors Press,” Prince George’s County: A Pictorial History; 1984, 1991 the Donning Company.

“Visitors Guide to….Kiplinger Editors Park,” undated, c. 1979, The Kiplinger Washington Editors archives.

“What we do at Kiplinger,” in the brochure Editors Park, c. 1960, published for the launch Editors Park, The Kiplinger Washington Editors.

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Acreage of surveyed property 11.67 Acreage of historical setting 17 Quadrangle name Washington East Quadrangle scale:

Verbal boundary description and justification

“Parcels D and E, Addition to Prince George’s Plaza” originally comprised the 17.66-acre site of the Editors Park building. Acreage of Parcel E having been sold over time, the property now consists of 11.67 acres. Starting in the northwest corner of the site, the boundary line runs a distance of 789 feet to Editors Park Drive, then runs a distance of about 604 feet southerly along the curve of Editors Park Drive, then 463 feet westward to a point, then forty feet northeasterly to a point, then westerly along the curve of the WMATA property, then northwesterly along a distance of forty feet, then northeasterly along the curve of Toledo Terrace to the point of beginning. This boundary contained the entire Editors Park building and its parking lot.

11. Form Prepared by

name/title Daniel Sams, Preservation Specialist Kiplinger archival research: Dr. Robert E. Krause, Ph.D, Planner Coordinator Bellevue Farm research: Dr. Jennifer Stabler, Ph.D, Archaeology Planner Coordinator

organization The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commision Historic Preservation Section, Countywide Planning Division Prince George’s County Planning Department date June 11, 2015

street & number 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive telephone 301-952-3680

city or town Upper Marlboro, MD state MD

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

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Figure 1. Washington East, MD-DC Quad map showing location of Editors Park. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 2. Early 1965 aerial shows original building. Entrance is at upper right. Source: PGAtlas.com. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 3. 1977 aerial shows 1965 and 1969 press bay additions lower right. Source: PGAtlas.com. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 4. 2014 aerial shows 1990 addition at the left and the final press bay addition to the right along Editors Park Drive. Source: PGAtlas.com. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 5. Building evolution. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 6. Editors Park as expanded, c. 1990. Courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 7. Above: Main entrance of Editors Park in 1960 after completion. Note internally lighted tower and back-lighted signage , circular pool and lighted fountain. Taken from NE, looking SW. Below: W.M. and Austin Kiplinger, 1960. (Photographs courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.)

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Figure 8. Main entrance, 1960. Note translucent glass in tower and below-grade Editors Press entrance at left. (Photograph courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.)

Figure 9. Left: Detail of main entrance, 1960, looking due west. Note perforated masonry panel in tower. (Photograph courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.) Right: c. 1990. Note subtle change of sign lettering and glass in tower. (Photograph courtesy Prince George’s County: A Pictorial History by Alan Virta.) Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 10. Editors Park under construction 1959-1960, looking west from site of Heurich mausoleum. Note Second Floor windows of cashiering and various clerical departments. (Photograph courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.)

Figure 11. Editors Park under construction 1959-1960, looking east. In the foreground is the west elevation of the letter plate room, later obscured by additions. (Photograph courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.)

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Figure 12. Open house and dedication, September 16, 1960. (Photograph courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.) Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 13. Open house and dedication, September 16, 1960 with Kiplinger founder W. M. Kiplinger making remarks. In the upper left can be seen the site of the Heurich mausoleum. (Photograph courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.) Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 14. Lobby interior, looking east, 1960. Note terrazzo

floor and view to Heurich mausoleum site. (Photograph courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.)

Figure 15. Cafeteria, 1960, looking NW. (Photograph courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.)

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Figure 16.

Above: Clockwise from upper left: interior of Editors Press; south entrance; master file room, looking west, (before computerization of subscriber files) all c. 1960.

Right: April 1960 and January 2015 magazines.

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Figure 17. Editors Park second floor plan as built 1960. (Image courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.) Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 18. Editors Park first floor plan as built 1960. (Image courtesy The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.)

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Figure 19. Above: Heurich Mausoleum, c. 1935. Bottom right: Heurich summer home. Bottom left: Bellevue Farm, c 1935. (Photographs courtesy the City of Hyattsville and Historical Society of Washington, D.C.) Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG:68-120 Historic Properties Form

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Figure 20. 1938 aerial showing future location of Editors Park with Bellevue Farm and Heurich improvements.