Inventory No. PG: 62-012 Maryland Inventory of 1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name) historic other 2. Location street and number 11205 Old Baltimore Pike not for publication city, town Beltsville vicinity county Prince George's County 3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners) name Bow Math Partners street and number 11205 Old Baltimore Pike telephone city, town Beltsville state MD zip code 20705-2011 4. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 5642 folio 432 city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 19 tax parcel B2 tax ID number 01 0007617 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 1 buildings structure both defense religion sites site domestic social structures object education transportation objects funerary work in progress 1 0 _ Total government unknown health care vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources X industry other: previously listed in the Inventory 1
7. Description Inventory No. PG: 62-012 Condition excellent X good 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 11205 Old Baltimore Pike is located on the southeast side of Old Baltimore Pike, near the corner of Cook Road in Beltsville. The two-and-one-half-story, three-bay detached single-family dwelling has been converted for use as a commercial building. It is located on a south-sloping lot. A prefabricated machine shed (not surveyed) is located to the east of the dwelling. A chain-link fence with a sliding, locked gate encloses a paved parking lot and the prefabricated shed. DWELLING The was built as a single-family detached dwelling in 1916. The two-and-onehalf-story, three-bay structure is designed in the Colonial Revival style. The building is brick masonry construction and employs a 6-course American-bond pattern. An exterior brick chimney on the east elevation has a corbelled cap. The dwelling has a front gable roof covered in asphalt shingles. The roof has overhanging eaves and a raked and boxed cornice. A one-story, three-bay, half-hipped porch is located on the façade (the northwest elevation). The porch is supported by wood Tuscan-style columns set on brick piers. The 1/1 windows have been replaced with 1/1 vinyl-sash windows since the building was last surveyed in 1985. All window openings at the basement level, first story, and second story feature concrete lug sills and two-course, segmental-arch brick header lintels. The first story of the façade (northwest elevation) has an offset single-leaf replacement wood door. The entry is flanked by 1-light sidelights and a 3-light transom. Two 1/1 vinyl-sash windows are also located on the western portion of the first story. The second story features three asymmetrically placed 1/1 vinyl-sash windows. The front gable end is clad in weatherboard siding and features a Palladian window. The window consists of a central 2/2 semi-circular arched window with a square wood surround flanked by 2/2 flat-arched windows with square wood surrounds. The northeast (side) elevation features three small basement-level 1/1 vinyl-sash windows. The first and second stories have three 1/1 vinyl-sash windows. The exterior-side chimney divides the southern bay from the tow northern bays. The southwest (side) elevation features four small basement-level 1/1 vinyl-sash windows. The first and second stories have three symmetrically placed 1/1 vinyl-sash windows. A one-story shed roof addition is located on the southeast (rear) elevation. Based on the form and materials, the addition appears to date from c. 1940. The addition is faced with brick in a 6-course American-bond pattern. Fenestration on the southeast (rear) elevation was not visible at the time of the
Number 7 Page 2 on-site survey due to mature vegetation. The interior of the building was not accessible at the time of the on-site survey. INTEGRITY The building retains a moderate level of integrity by retaining its overall form, porch details, and Palladian window. A mid-twentieth-century addition on the southeast (rear) elevation has not visually altered the overall form of the structure. Recent window and door replacement has not compromised the design or workmanship of the building, but has affected the integrity of materials. The change of the building s use from residential to commercial has affected its integrity of feeling. The commercial district of Beltsville, where the Ulle House is located, has transformed over the twentieth century into an industrial district, compromising but not affecting the integrity of setting, location, and association.
8. Significance Inventory No. PG: 62-012 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 politics/government X 1900-1999 art entertainment/ landscape architecture religion 2000- X commerce recreation law science communications ethnic heritage literature social history community planning exploration/ maritime history transportation conservation settlement military other: Specific dates 1916 Architect/Builder Unknown Construction dates 1916, c. 1940 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 at 11205 Old Baltimore Pike in Beltsville is a good example of early-twentiethcentury domestic architecture. The Colonial Revival-style dwelling was constructed in 1916 and has been adapted for commercial use without compromising its overall integrity. The building is representative of the early-twentieth-century residential construction and is a rare survivor of the local form amidst the early twentieth century commercial development of Beltsville. The building retains sufficient architectural integrity to convey the characteristics for which it is significant. HISTORIC CONTEXT The is located in the commercial/industrial district of Beltsville. Beltsville is located in the northern part of Prince George s County. During the eighteenth century, tobacco was the number one export of the area. In 1835, the Washington branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was established with a depot in what became downtown Beltsville. In the late nineteenth century, the Baltimore-Washington Turnpike traversed the area and cut the commercial district in two. In the early 1890s, Lewis C. Beall operated a general store at the corner where the railroad tracks crossed the Baltimore-Washington Turnpike, present day Old Baltimore Pike. 1 The area became the commercial center of Beltsville because of its proximity to the passenger and freight stations. Next to Beall s store, John A. Ulle operated a blacksmith shop. 2 Ulle came to the Beltsville area from Bavaria, Germany, in 1849. The 1860 census lists Ulle working as a blacksmith, living in the Beltsville area (District 1 of Prince George s County) with his wife Margaret and their three young children. 3 1 Susan G. Pearl, Ulle House, (PG: 62-12) State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1985), 8:1. 2 Pearl, Ulle House, 8:1. 3 1860 U.S. Federal Census, District 1, Prince George s County, Maryland, Series M653, Roll 478, Page 55, John A. Ulle.
Number 8 Page 2 In 1898, Beall sold his general store to Ulle s sons, Edward M. and John F Ulle. 4 At the time of the 1910 census Edward Ulle was listed as a 53-year-old merchant living in the Beltsville area (District 1 of Prince George s County) with his 50-year-old wife Mary Ulle. 5 His brother, John F. Ulle, a 45-year-old merchant, was living with their female siblings and parents in District 1 of Prince George s County. 6 The Ulle s general store was noted as being the most completely stocked store between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. 7 It carried such items as medicines, dry goods, clothing, shoes, groceries and farming equipment, which could be delivered to customers daily. 8 In 1916, a fire destroyed the general store and Edward M. Ulle s home on the adjoining lot. 9 The Colonial Revival-style brick house that stands today at 11205 Old Baltimore Pike was constructed for Ulle after the fire destroyed his house. The new house was built on the same lot. Edward M. Ulle lived in Prince George County with his wife until his death in March 16, 1948 at which time his property was sold to Marces E. Hoverson. 10 The building was eventually sold to Bow Math Partners in 1983, which rehabilitated the dwelling into a commercial property. 11 Bow Math Partners continues to own the property. 4 Lewis C. Beall, Jr. to Edward M. Beall, Prince George s County Land Records, JB 3:277. 5 1910 U.S. Federal Census, District 1, Prince George s County, Maryland, Series T624, Roll 567, Page 27A, Edward Ulle. 6 1910 U.S. Federal Census, District 1, Prince George s County, Maryland, Series T624, Roll 567, Page 2B, John F. Ulle. 7 Prince George s County Historic Preservation Office, Ulle House file. 8 Prince George s County Historic Preservation Office, Ulle House file. 9 Susan G. Pearl, Ulle House, (PG: 62-12) State Historic Sites Inventory Form (1985), 8:1. 10 S. Marvin Peach to Marces E. Hoverson, Prince George s County Land Records, 1302:38. 11 Paul M. Walker to Bow Math Partners, Prince George s County Land Records, 5642:432.
9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: 62:012 Pearl, Susan G. Ulle House (PG: 62-12) State Historic Sites Inventory Form, 1985. Prince George s County Land Records. Prince George s County Historic Preservation Office, Ulle House file. 1860 and 1910 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 0.43 Acreage of historical setting 0.43 Quadrangle name Beltsville Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000 Verbal boundary description and justification The is located on a 0.43 acre parcel of land in Beltsville s commericial district. The house has been historically associated with Parcel 6287 as noted on Tax Map 19 since its 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: DHCD/DHCP 100 Community Place Crownsville, MD 21032-2023 410-514-7600
Number 9 Page 1 Chain of Title Deed JWB 17:734 Beltsville Land Improvement Co. to Lewis C. Beall and Michael Smith. May 22, 1891 ($1,300) Deed JWB 20:671 Michael and Elizabeth Smith to Lewis C. Beall. ($4,000) March 19, 1892 Deed JB 3:277 Lewis C. Beall, Jr., attorney for Lewis C. and Jennie C. Beall, to Edward December 19, 1898 M. Ulle. ($3,500) Deed JB 3:283 Lewis C. Beall, Jr., attorney for Lewis C. and Jennie C. Beall, to Charles December 19, 1898 A. Fox. ($1,900) Deed 26:397 July 29, 1905 Will WAM 1:173 August 16, 1910 Charles A. and Annie Fox to Augustus R. and Henrietta W. Boteler. Testator, Augustus R. Boteler: Entire estate devised to wife, Henrietta W. Boteler. Deed 54:574 Beltsville Land Improvement Co. to Edward M. and Mary E. Ulle. ($400) March 20, 1911 Deed 67:390 November 12, 1910 Will WTD 3:303 June 2, 1933 Deed 400:49 June 23, 1933 Will GSO 1:80 April 13, 1948 Henrietta M. Boteler, to Edward M. Ulle. John T. F. Ulle, who died November 29, 1932, devised his real estate to his sister, Margaret Ulle Donath. Margaret Ulle Donath to Edward M. Ulle. Edward M. Ulle, who died March 16, 1948, directed that his real estate was to be sold by his executor, S. Marvin Peach. Deed 1302:38 S. Marvin Peach, executor of the will of Edward M. Ulle, to Marces E. October 2, 1950 Hoverson. ($10,5000)
Number 9 Page 2 Deed 3675:492 January 3, 1969 Deed 4926:934 May 11, 1978 Deed 5642:432 January 31, 1983 Marces, or Marcia, E. Hoverson to Henry L. and Barbara G. Bryant. Henry L. and Barbara G. Bryant to Paul M. Walker. Paul M. Walker to Bow Math Partners.
Number 9 Page 3 Photo:, façade (northwest elevation), looking southeast.
Number 9 Page 4 Photo:, north corner, looking south.