CAPSULE SUMMARY PG:68-10-83 Burgess House 5201 42nd Place, Hyattsville, MD 20781 c. 1925 Private A c.1925 one-and-one-half story bungalow-style dwelling of 1,260 square feet, the Burgess House is constructed of buff-colored vertically-scored brick on a rusticated concrete block foundation. The overhanging roofs are supported by decorative brackets. Large dormers at front and rear with three ganged six-over-six wood windows characterize the dwelling. The house, driveway and rear yard occupy the rear 44 feet by the full width of lots 30 and 31; approximately 4,000 square feet. A concrete driveway is located to the right of the structure, and is separated from the rear yard by a stockade fence with a gate. The fence encloses the rear yard and runs along the left side of the house to the front. The front yard consists of lawn bordered by dry-laid pavers. ® The Burgess House is significant as an excellent example of an early twentieth-century brick bungalow in the streetcar suburb of Hyattsville, Maryland. The dwelling is a contributing structure within the Hyattsville National Register Historic District. In the early twentieth century, Hyattsville expanded rapidly through a series of subdivisions. The Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, Oriole Lodge No. 47, purchased two lots (30 and 31) on Spencer Street in 1911. First improving lot 31 in 1921 with their fraternal temple on the northwest corner of Spencer Street and Avon Avenue, they realized an opportunity to sell the rear 44 feet of both lots in 1922 to Herman Burgess, and finally lot 30 in 1925 to Israel Diamond, both of whom soon improved their property with buildings. The Burgess House, built on the rear 44 feet of the Odd Fellows' subdivided lots, therefore also exemplifies the rapid growth of the city during this period. The property remained in the Burgess family for 52 years (1922-1974). It is also significant for its association with the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows Oriole Lodge No. 47, an important fraternal organization in tun-of-the-twentieth century Hyattsville, and for its association with Herman Burgess, a prominent Hyattsville citizen and treasurer of Prince George's County. ® Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG:68-10-83 ® #s%]r::dp[r:Vpeenrtt.:e¥F°:rm 1. Name of Pro historic Burgess House ( referred) 2. Location street and number 520142nd place not for publication city, town Hyattsville vicinity county Prince George' s 3. Owner of property (give namesand mailing addresses ofall owners) name Christopher Mullen street and number 520142nd place telephone city, town Hyattsville state MD zipcode 20781 4. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc, Prince George's County liber 31489 folio 576 ® city, town Hyattsvi]le tax map 050Bl tax parcel tax lD number 1793397 5. Primary Location of Additional Data 2L 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: M-NCPPC Historic preservation section` Countywide planning Division. Prince George's Count 6. Classification Category Ownersh i p Current Function Resource Count _agriculture landscape Contributing Noncontributi ng -:ls,:::ntg(s) i:::,e commerce/trade recreation/culture I buildings structu re both defense _religion sites site X domestic social structures _Object education _transportation Objects funerary _work in progress 0 Total _government unknown health care vacanvnot in use Number of Contributing Resources _industry other: previously listed in the Inventory 0 ® ® 7. Description Inventory No. pG:68-lo-83 Condition excellent deteriorated LX_ 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 A c. 1925 brick bungalow-style dwelling of 1,260 square feet, the Burgess House is located at 520142nd Place in Hyattsville, Maryland. The house, driveway and rear yard occupy the rear 44 feet by the full width of lots 30 and 3 I , approximately 4,000 square feet. A concrete driveway is located to the right of the structure, and is separated from the rear yard by a stockade fence with a gate. The fence encloses the rear yard and runs along the left side of the house to the front. The front yard consists of lawn bordered by dry-laid pavers. DWELLING The Burgess House was constructed c.1925 at 2 Avon Avenue (after August 1941 it was known as 520142nd Place) in Hyattsville, Maryland for Herman E. and Catherine S. Burgess. In overall form and articulation of decorative elements the house is typical of many one-and-one-half story bungalows of the period. Constructed of buff-colored vertically- scored brick laid in running bond on a rusticated cement block foundation, the central section consists of a side-facing gable roof to which front and rear shed-roof wings attach. The roof overhangs the walls and at the side elevations decorative wood brackets are spaced where the roof planes change direction or terminate at a wall plane; i.e., at the central apex, at the juncture of the main mass and the wings, and where the front and rear wall meet the roof. A large dormer with three ganged wood six-over-one sash windows pierces the front and rear roof elevations; the decorative brackets are found here too where the overhanging roof meets the frame walls of the dormer. The brackets consist of a right-angle triangle halved by a center member which protrudes past the hypotenuse of the triangle. The hypotenuse of the triangle is inset slightly within the right angles. The right angle of the triangle meets the roof/wall juncture. Wood rafters extend beneath the front and rear roof overhangs, and on the side overhangs of the dormer roofs. The roof is covered with brown asphalt shingles. A central wood front door of contemporary design rests between flanking sets of three ganged six-over-one wood windows. A painted aluminum full-light storm door covers the front door. A transom over the front door has been covered or painted over. The door and windows are capped by rowlock brick resting on steel lintels. Laid in a running bond pattern, the brick window sills continue around the structure to form a belt course. Two ganged six-over-one wood windows are on each side of the front section, making this section read much like a glazed porch. Recessed decorative panels are inset beneath these windows and those on the front elevation. The rusticated concrete block foundation continues past the footprint of the house to form a terrace, the corners of which are rusticated block square newels linked by neoclassical concrete balustrades. The balusters are in the shape of a column with a base, shaft, and capital, the shaft being round and largest near the base, creating a bottle shape. Five concrete steps go down towards the sidewalk and are framed by small concrete block parapets. The entire block and concrete porch is painted white. On the right elevation two six-over-one wood windows are at opposite ends of the central section; a third window just to the left of the window furthest to the rear has been bricked in at a time after the original construction with non-matching brick. As with the windows on the front they are capped with brick rowlocks and the belt course forms the sill. On the upper story a central smaller wood six-over-one window is located in the center and an identical window with vinyl sash is located to the right of it. The windows are topped by rowlocks and have brick sills, and are not ganged but separated by brick. Two square basement windows pierce the concrete block at roughly equidistant locations on either side of the main roof axis. The rear shed roofed section has no windows on this elevation. The rear elevation consists of a door off-center to the left with a window to the right and two windows to the left. Both are like that of the front. A contemporary wood deck running the full width of the building allows access to the back ® door, which appears to be a later replacement. Like the front door the transom is covered; there is a half-light painted Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG:68-10-83 ® #j:%'r::dp|:Vpeenrttj°e¥F°:rm Burgess House Continuation Sheet Number| Pagej2' \ aluminum storm door. The right elevation of the dwelling is obscured by vegetation and fencing. A brick chimney rises to the right of the main roof apex, piercing the overhanging roof and continuing for approximately three feet. The chimney is corbe]led beneath the top. The firebox is articulated on the exterior and is flanked by dual, nearly square, four-paned wood casement windows. Two six-over-one wood sash windows are to the left of the firebox and flanking windows, and ganged windows like that of the other side complete the "glazed porch" of the front elevation. The interior is notable for its original and unusual first-floor coffered ceiling of varnished wood. INTEGRITY The Burgess house retains a high degree of integrity of location, design, setting workmanship and feeling. It retains a medium-high level of materials and association; the exterior doors have been changed and the house is no longer associated with the Burgess family. Overall, however, the dwelling retains a high degree of integrity. ® 8. Significance Inventory No. pG:68-io-83 Period Areas of significance Check and justify below 1600: 1699 _ agriculture economics health/medicine