Inventory No. PG: 86A-026 Maryland Inventory of 1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name) historic other 2. Location street and number 12811 Croom Road not for publication city, town Naylor vicinity county Prince George's 3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners) name James Naylor street and number 14705 Baden Naylor Road telephone city, town Brandywine state MD zip code 20613-8663 4. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 7833 folio 487 city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 138 tax parcel 21 tax ID number 04 0260117 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 public agriculture landscape Contributing Noncontributing X building(s) X private commerce/trade recreation/culture 5 buildings structure both defense religion sites site X domestic social structures object education transportation objects funerary work in progress 5 0 Total government unknown health care vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources industry other: previously listed in the Inventory 5
7. Description Inventory No. PG: 86A-026 Condition excellent good X fair deteriorated ruins altered Prepare both a one paragraph summary and a comprehensive description of the resource and its various elements as it exists today. The at 12811 Croom Road (MD 382) is a two-and-one-half-story vernacular structure. The building was constructed c. 1913 as a house and store in the village of Naylor. Constructed of wood frame and re-clad in vinyl siding, the house features porches on the façade and side elevations. The building has a rectangular plan with a rear addition that was constructed in the early twentieth century. The dwelling is sited on the southwest corner of Croom Road and Candy Hill Road. It is sited close to the roadway, a common practice in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for commercial buildings along primary transportation routes. Farmed fields are located to the north and west. A gravel driveway is located south of the dwelling. Four secondary resources are located west of the dwelling. DWELLING/ STORE Set on a poured concrete foundation, this two-and-a-half-story, three-bay vernacular dwelling and store was built c. 1913. The has a wood-frame structure clad in vinyl siding. The building was clad in square-butt wood shingles at the time of the 1986 on-site survey. A side-gabled roof is covered in standing-seam metal. There is an ogee-molded cornice with returns in the gable ends. The building features two symmetrically placed interior chimneys, one of stretcher-bond brick with a corbelled cap, and one of concrete. A one-story, three-bay screened-in porch is located on the façade (east elevation). A hip roof covered in standing-seam metal covers the porch, which is supported by wood posts. This porch originally provided access to the main entrance to the dwelling. A one-story, four-bay shed roof porch is located on the north (side) elevation. The porch roof is covered in standing-seam metal and is supported by turned wood posts with brackets. A one-story, three-bay shed roof porch is located on the south (side) elevation. The porch is supported by round wood posts. This porch originally provided access to the main entrance of the store. A one-story, three-bay addition on the west (rear) elevation is covered by a shed roof and clad in vinyl siding. This addition historically served as part of the store. The 2/2 windows extant during the 1986 on-site survey have been replaced throughout the dwelling with 1/1 metal-sash windows. The first story of the façade (east elevation) is fenestrated by a centrally located single-leaf paneled wood door with plain wood surrounds. A 1/1 metal-sash window is located on either side of the door. Three 1/1 metal-sash windows are symmetrically located on the second story, over the screened porch. The first story of the south (side) elevation is fenestrated by an asymmetrically placed double-leaf wood door with plain wood surrounds and three 1/1 metal-sash windows. Two 1/1 metal-sash windows are symmetrically located on the second story. A single 1/1 metal-sash window is placed in the gable end. Three 1/1 metal-sash windows are located on the second story on the west (rear) elevation. The shed-roofed addition covers the entire first story of the main block. The addition is fenestrated on the west by a centrally located single-leaf wood door and two 1/1 metal-sash windows. The door accesses a wood porch that connects the addition to an outbuilding. The porch has a wood railing and appears to have been constructed at the time of the feed store, c. 1920.
Number 7 Page 1 The north (side) elevation is four bays wide with single-leaf wood doors located in the eastern and western bays. Two 1/1 metal-sash windows are centrally located on the first story. Two 1/1 metal-sash windows are located on the second story. A single 1/1 metal-sash window is placed in the gable end. The interior of the dwelling was not accessible at the time of the 2007 on-site survey. FEED STORE A one-story, two-bay feed store is located west of the dwelling/store. Based on its form and construction materials, the outbuilding appears to date from c. 1920. This outbuilding was used by the Naylors as a feed store and later served as the local polling place. 1 The wood-frame structure is clad in square-butt wood shingles. The building has a side gable roof covered in plywood and some tar paper. A wood porch connects the feed store to the shed-roofed addition on the rear of the dwelling. A single-leaf wood door is on the east (side) elevation. A metal sliding door with 3-lights is located on the western section of the façade (south elevation). A single 1/1 vinyl-sash windows is also located on the façade. The interior of the feed store was not accessible at the time of the 2007 on-site survey. BARN A two-story, one-bay barn is located west of the dwelling/store. Based on its form and construction materials, the barn appears to date from c. 1920. The wood-frame structure is clad in vertical wood siding. A front gable roof covered in standing-seam metal caps the structure. Two single-leaf wood doors are located on the façade (east elevation) and south (side) elevation. The interior of the barn was not accessible at the time of the 2007 on-site survey. GARAGE A one-story, one-bay garage is located west of the dwelling/store. Based on its form and construction materials, the garage appears to date from c. 1930. The wood-frame structure is clad in vinyl siding. A front gable roof covered in standing-seam metal covers the building. The roof features overhanging eaves. Fenestration consists of a double-leaf metal door on the façade (south elevation) and a four-light casement window on the east and west (side) elevations. The interior of the garage was not accessible at the time of the 2007 on-site survey. SHED A one-story, two-bay shed is located west of the dwelling/store. Based on its form and construction materials, the shed appears to date from c. 1930. The wood-frame structure is clad in vertical wood siding. A shed roof 1 Marina King, Naylor House (PG: 86A-000-26) Maryland Historical Trust, State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1986), 7:1.
Number 7 Page 2 covers the building. The roof is currently covered in overgrown vegetation. Fenestration consists of two singleleaf wood doors on the façade (east elevation). The interior of the shed was not accessible at the time of the onsite survey. INTEGRITY The has a low level of integrity. The dwelling retains its form and porches however recent window and door replacement and the application of vinyl siding has compromised the design, workmanship, and integrity of materials. The is no longer used as a country store and only retains its domestic use. It has therefore lost its integrity of feeling and association. Located in rural Naylor, the retains its integrity of setting and location. The feed store associated with the retains a low level of integrity. The window and door replacements and loss of the roofing material compromises the building s design, materials, and workmanship. The building is no longer used as a feed store and has lost its integrity of feeling and association. The building retains its integrity of setting and location. The barn associated with the retains a moderate level of integrity. The barn is vacant and has lost its integrity of feeling and association; however it retains its design, materials, workmanship, setting, and location. The garage and shed associated with the retain a high level of integrity by retaining their design, materials, workmanship, feeling, setting, location, and association. The and associated outbuildings retain an overall low level of integrity.
8. Significance Inventory No. PG: 86A-026 Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below 1600-1699 agriculture economics health/medicine performing arts 1700-1799 archeology education industry philosophy 1800-1899 architecture engineering invention politics/government X 1900-1999 art entertainment/ landscape architecture religion 2000- commerce recreation law science communications ethnic heritage literature social history community planning exploration/ maritime history transportation conservation settlement military X other: Local history Specific dates c. 1913 Architect/Builder Unknown Construction dates c. 1913, c. 1920, c. 1930 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, located at 12811 Croom Road in Naylor, Maryland, is a good example of an earlytwentieth-century vernacular dwelling and store. The building is one of the original structures in the village of Naylor, and historically housed the post office and local polling station. The property retains its rural setting with rolling hills and cultivated farm fields surrounding the property to the north and west, although it is no longer associated with agricultural production. Although the store is closed, the building retains sufficient integrity to convey the characteristics for which it is significant. HISTORIC CONTEXT The is centrally located in the agricultural village of Naylor. Naylor is located in southeastern Prince George s County along Croom Road, between Nottingham Road on the north, and Candy Hill Road on the south. In 1650, Major Thomas Brooke patented the Brookfield tract, a large parcel encompassing land bounded by Mattaponi Creek on the north, the Patuxent River on the east, Deep Creek on the south, and a stone marked T.B. on the west. Croom Road, a significant north-south route, became an important thoroughfare in Prince George s County. The Brookfield property remained in the Brooke family until 1856, when Benjamin Duvall purchased 450 acres of the parcel. That same year, Duvall added a wood-frame addition on the north side of an existing two-story brick structure on the property, believed to be the original seventeenth- or eighteenth-century Brooke farmstead. Called Brookfield, this property passed through the Duvall family and was divided among heirs in 1903. 2 After receiving this property, several members of the Duvall family constructed residences nearby. The Duvalls were also instrumental in the construction of Brookfield United Methodist Church, donating the land to the church in 1886. 3 2 Marina King, Naylor Historic Survey Area, Maryland Historical Trust, State Historic Sites Inventory Form (December 1986), 8:1. 3 King, Naylor, 8:2.
Number 8 Page 1 The parcel of land on which the resides, is part of the Brookfield tract. The Naylor House and Store was built c. 1913 for Bessie Duvall Naylor and her husband, James B. Naylor. 4 The Naylor House and Store functioned as a dwelling, accessed from the east, and a general store, accessed from the south. The store was located in one large room on the south side of the dwelling. 5 An outbuilding at the rear of the building was used as a feed store and doubled as the local polling place. 6 The Naylors also opened a post office in their store. The village, originally called Brookfield after the tract of land on which it was established, became known as Naylor after the establishment of the post office. 7 A portion of the land was passed down through the Duvall family until Bessie Duvall Naylor inherited it from her parents, William E. and Mary S. B. Duvall. 8 Bessie Duvall Naylor was the granddaughter of Benjamin Duvall. In 1930, James B. and Bessie Naylor, born in 1871 and 1872 respectively, resided in Naylor. 9 After their deaths, their son James B. Naylor, Jr. inherited the property in 1979. 10 Today, James B. Naylor, Jr. owns the property, which he leases. 4 Marina King, Naylor House (PG: 86A-000-26) Maryland Historical Trust, State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1986), 8:1 5 King, Naylor House, 8:1. 6 King, Naylor House, 7:2-7. 7 King, Naylor House, 8:1. 8 William E. Duvall and Mary S. B. Duvall to Mrs. Bessie Naylor, Prince George s County Land Records, 97:132. 9 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Nottingham, Prince George s County, Maryland, Roll 877, Page 7A, Enumeration District 10, James B. Naylor. 10 James B. Naylor, Jr., Personal Representative of the Estate of J.B. Naylor, Sr., to James B. Naylor, Jr. and Sherry F. Naylor, Prince George s County Land Records, NLP 5167:622.
9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: 86A-026 King, Marina. Croom Historic Survey Maryland Historical Trust, State Historic Sites Inventory Form, April 1986. King, Marina. Naylor Historic Survey Area Maryland Historical Trust, State Historic Sites Inventory Form, December 1986. King, Marina. Naylor House (PG: 86A-000-26) Maryland Historical Trust, State Historic Sites Inventory Form, 1986. Prince George s County Land Records. 1930 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Subscription database. Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC. http://www.ancestry.com. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of surveyed property 1 Acreage of historical setting 3 Quadrangle name Lower Marlboro Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000 Verbal boundary description and justification The is sited on a one-acre lot, which was originally part of a 3-acre tract. The lot is bounded on the east by Croom Road (MD 382), on the south by Candy Hill Road, and on the north and west by farmed fields. The house has been associated with Parcel 21 as noted on Tax Map 138 since its construction. 11. Form Prepared by name/title Saleh Van Erem, Architectural Historian organization EHT Traceries, Incorporated date January 2008 street & number 1121 Fifth 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 Maryland Department of Planning 100 Community Place Crownsville, MD 21032-2023 410-514-7600
Number 9 Page 1 CHAIN OF TITLE PRINCE GEORGE S COUNTY LAND RECORDS Indenture 14:285 August 17, 1903 Deed 97:132 September 1, 1913 Deed 597:365 June 11, 1941 Indenture between Joseph Duvall, William E. Duvall, Marie A. Duvall, Catherine A. Duvall, Bessie M. Emerson, and Benjamin A. Duvall. Above parties all heirs of William E. Duvall receive divided estate of 2 tracts of land in Nottingham District, known as Brookfield, containing 430.5 and 380.75 acres. William E. Duvall and Mary S. B. Duvall to Mrs. Bessie Naylor ($150, Part of Brookfield, containing 3 acres). Ruth Marie Wilson and W. Burns Wilson to James B. Naylor and Bessie Mae Garner Naylor, as tenants by the entireties (Part of Brookfield, 3 acres). Deed NLP 5167:62 James B. Naylor, Jr., Personal Representative of the Estate of J.B. Naylor, Sr. October 4, 1979 who survived Bessie Mae Garner Naylor, to James B. Naylor, Jr. and Sherry F. Naylor (Part of Brookfield in Naylor, improved by store and house containing 3 acres). Deed VJ 7833:487 December 10, 1990 Sherry F. Naylor to James B. Naylor, Jr.
Number 9 Page 2 Photo:, southeast corner, looking northwest. (August 2007)
Number 9 Page 3 Photo:, northeast corner, looking southwest. (August 2007)
Number 9 Page 4 Photo:, southwest corner, looking northeast. (August 2007)
Number 9 Page 5 Photo: Feed Store, façade (south elevation), looking north. (August 2007)
Number 9 Page 6 Photo: Barn, southeast corner, looking northwest. (August 2007)
Number 9 Page 7 Photo: Garage, southeast corner, looking northwest. (August 2007)
Number 9 Page 8 Photo: Shed, façade (east elevation), looking west. (August 2007)