Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG: 85B-007 Maryland Inventory of 1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name) historic other 2. Location street and number Cedarville State Forest Road, Cedarville State Forest not for publication city, town Cedarville vicinity county Prince George's County 3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners) name State of Maryland, Department of Natural Resources street and number 580 Taylor Avenue telephone city, town Annapolis state MD zip code 21401 4. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 3981 folio 336 city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 165 tax parcel 11 tax ID number 11 1184886 5. Primary Location of Additional Data X 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 Other: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George's County Planning Department 6. Classification Category Ownership Current Function Resource Count district X public agriculture landscape Contributing Noncontributing X building(s) private commerce/trade X recreation/culture 2 1 buildings structure both defense religion sites site domestic social structures object education transportation objects funerary work in progress 2 1 Total government unknown health care vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources industry other: previously listed in the Inventory 2
7. Description Inventory No. PG: 85B-007 Condition excellent deteriorated X good X ruins fair altered Prepare both a one-paragraph summary and a comprehensive description of the resource and its various elements as it exists today. The are located within the Cedarville State Forest. The two cottages, constructed in the early 1940s, are located in an area restricted to park personnel. One cottage, utilized as a storage shed by park maintenance personnel, was in good condition at the time of the 2007 on-site survey. The cottage is located to the east of Cedarville State Forest Road, surrounded by prefabricated maintenance buildings. The other cottage, located to the north and surrounded by mature vegetation, was in ruinous condition at the time of the 2007 survey. A shed with a similar design to the CCC cottages is located to the east of the functioning cottage. The shed is in poor condition. The asbestos siding is deteriorated, exposing sections of the wood frame. COTTAGE (1) The functioning one-and-one-half-story, two-bay cottage was constructed in the early 1940s. The rectangular-plan building is roughly 25-feet long by 15-feet wide. 1 The wood-frame structure is clad in asbestos shingles. The cottage features an exterior-end chimney of brick construction. The building has a side gable roof covered in asphalt shingles. The roof has exposed rafter tails. Currently, the cottage is used as a storage shed by forest maintenance personnel. Double-leaf and single-leaf replacement doors are located on the first story of the façade (north elevation). Two 6/6 windows are sited on the first story of the east and west side elevations. Two 6/6 windows are located on the first story of the south rear elevation. A 6-light casement window with a square wood surround is sited in the north and south gable end. The interior of the cottage was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey. SHED A wood-frame shed clad in asbestos shingle is located northeast of the functioning cottage (1). The building is covered by a front gable roof of asphalt shingles and features a single-leaf wood door on the façade (west elevation). The cottages and shed were built at the same time. The interior of the shed was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey. 1 Bridget Deale, Cedarville Natural Resources Management Area, (PG: 85-B-6, PG: 85-B-7, PG: 85-B-8) Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form for State Historic Sites Survey (1979), 7:1.
Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG: 85B-007 Number 7 Page 2 COTTAGE (2) A second cottage is located down a gravel road off Cedarville State Forest Road, north of the other structures. The one-a-one-half-story, four-bay cottage was constructed in the early 1940s. The building has a rectangular-form. The wood-frame structure is clad in asbestos shingles. The cottage features an exterior-rear chimney of brick construction. The building has a side gable roof covered in asphalt shingles. The roof has exposed rafter tails. The cottage has lost its integrity because of the collapse of the roof due to a fallen tree and the overgrowth of vegetation. A single-leaf wood door and three 6/6 windows are located on the first story of the façade (south elevation). The entry door is accessed by a one-story, one-bay shed roof porch. The porch is supported by square wood posts. A one-story shed-roofed wing on the east (side) elevation is clad in asbestos shingles. Fenestration on the secondary elevations was not visible due to mature vegetation. The interior of the cottage was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey. INTEGRITY The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottage (1) and shed retain a moderate level of integrity based on their design, materials and workmanship. The building s functional use as a cottage has changed, today it is used as a maintenance shed and is surrounded by prefabricated buildings. This change in use and surroundings compromises its integrity of feeling. The structure retains its integrity of setting, location, and association within the Cedarville State Forest. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottage (2) retains no integrity due to a complete loss of architectural integrity due to the collapsed roof. The building remains vacant. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Cottages and property retain a moderate level of integrity.
8. Significance Inventory No. PG: 85B-007 Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below 1600-1699 agriculture economics health/medicine performing arts 1700-1799 archeology education industry philosophy 1800-1899 X architecture engineering invention X politics/government X 1900-1999 art entertainment/ landscape architecture religion 2000- commerce recreation law science communications ethnic heritage literature X social history community planning exploration/ maritime history transportation X conservation settlement military other: Specific dates Early 1940s Architect/Builder Civilian Conservation Corps Construction dates Early 1940s Evaluation for: National Register Maryland Register not evaluated Prepare a one-paragraph summary statement of significance addressing applicable criteria, followed by a narrative discussion of the history of the resource and its context. (For compliance projects, complete evaluation on a DOE Form see manual.) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The, constructed in the early 1940s, are an example of CCC construction. The modest vernacular utilitarian buildings are significant for their CCC association within the Cedarville State Forest. The functioning cottage and shed retain sufficient integrity to convey the characteristics for which they are significant. The second cottage has lost its significance due to a lack of architectural integrity. HISTORIC CONTEXT The are located within the Cedarville State Forest. The Civilian Conservation Corps was established in 1933 by the United States Congress as part of Franklin Roosevelt s New Deal program. The CCC created work for single unemployed men in the fields of land conservation and wildlife protection. Forests of white pines were planted in Cedarville in the mid-1930s. In 1930, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Forest, Park and Wildlife Service purchased 2,631 acres of land and created Cedarville State Forest. 2 The Forest now contains 3,510 acres of land. The Cedarville Natural Resources Management Area is one of two Civilian Conservation Corps camps founded in the 1930s in Prince George s and neighboring Charles County. The CCC cottages at Cedarville were constructed in the early 1940s as lodging for park personnel. This form and style of structure was built by the CCC in parks and forests throughout the western United States. The modest wood frame structures were generally used as lodging for park personnel and storage facilities. Currently, one cottage (1) is used as a maintenance shed and the other cottage (2) is vacant. 2 Maryland DNR, Cedarville State Forest, http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/cedarville.asp (accessed July 10, 2007).
9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: 85B-007 Deale, Bridget. Cedarville Natural Resources Management Area (PG: 85-B-6, PG: 85-B-7, PG: 85-B-8) Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form for State Historic Sites Survey, 1979. Maryland DNR. Cedarville State Forest. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/cedarville.asp. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of surveyed property 3,510 Acreage of historical setting 2,631 Quadrangle name Brandywine Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000 Verbal boundary description and justification The are sited within the 3,510-acres of the Cedarville State Forest. The structures have been historically associated with Parcel 11 as noted on Tax Map 165 since their construction. 11. Form Prepared by name/title Saleh Van Erem and Paul Weishar, Architectural Historians organization EHT Traceries, Incorporated date October 2007 street & number 1121 5th Street NW telephone 202.393.1199 city or town Washington state DC The Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature to be found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA, 1974 supplement. The survey and inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only and do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights. return to: Maryland Historical Trust DHCD/DHCP 100 Community Place Crownsville, MD 21032-2023 410-514-7600
Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG 85B-007 Number 9 Page 1 Chain of Title Deed 41:593 March 20, 1908 Deed 430:71 July 11, 1935 Deed WWW 3981:336 May 19, 1971 Barney McCann to the Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company. The Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company to State of Maryland. (Part of Cedarville State Forest) State of Maryland, Department of Forests and Parks to Kenneth M. Foley and Roy A. Setzer. (0.7217 acres)
Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG 85B-007 Number 9 Page 2 Photo: CCC Cottage (1), view of the east elevation, looking southwest.
Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG 85B-007 Number 9 Page 3 Photo: CCC Cottage (1), view of the southeast corner, looking northwest.
Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Number 9 Page 4 Photo: Shed, view of the west elevation, looking east. Inventory No. PG 85B-007
Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Number 9 Page 5 Photo: CCC Cottage (2), view of the south elevation, looking north. Inventory No. PG 85B-007
Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Number 9 Page 6 Photo: CCC Cottage (2), view of the south elevation, looking north. Inventory No. PG 85B-007