Inventory No. PG: 74B-030 Maryland Inventory of 1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name) historic other 2. Location street and number city, town county 15504 Hall Road Bowie Prince George's not for publication vicinity 3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners) name Mid-Atlantic Builders of Ashleigh Station, Inc. street and number 11611 Old Georgetown Road, Floor 2 telephone city, town Rockville state MD zip code 20852-2708 4. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 2435 folio 197 city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 70 tax parcel 29 tax ID number 07 3725306 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 1 objects funerary work in progress 1 1 Total government unknown health care X vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources industry other: previously listed in the Inventory 0
7. Description Inventory No. PG: 74B-030 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 is located at 15504 Hall Road in Bowie, Maryland. The building is sited on a grassy, triangular-shaped lot that slopes to the east. A grassy hill is located in the northern end of the property, which is framed by modern construction. The property features mature trees and shrubs. A dirt driveway enters the property from Hall Road and extends to the north, east of the store. Granite gate posts flank the driveway. Railroad tracks form the eastern boundary of the property. STORE Constructed c. 1877, this one-and-one-half-story commercial building has a rectangular form and is one bay wide. This vernacular building has a full-width, one-bay deep addition on the north (rear) elevation. The building is set on a partial brick foundation, with sections of the structure set directly on the ground. The east and west (side) elevations of the wood-frame structure are clad in board-and-batten siding. The façade (south elevation) is composed of a structural stretcher-bond brick wall. 1 The brickwork surrounding the window openings differs from that framing the entry opening and forming the outer bays of the facade. The original windows have been partially infilled with brick as a result of changes to the storefront. A front-gabled roof covered with corrugated metal caps the building. The roof features overhanging eaves and a large vent pipe in the ridge. A concrete-block, exterior-side chimney rises from the west (side) elevation of the rear addition. The façade is symmetrically fenestrated and all of the openings have been covered with plywood. The centrally located door opening is accessed via a concrete stoop and is flanked by window openings with rowlock brick sills. An ogee-molded hood with a standing-seam metal roof spans the first-story openings. Three transom openings located above the door and window openings are ornamented by an ogee-molded cornice with a wide, plain frieze board. A window opening with a rowlock brick sill is positioned in the upper gable end. A metal light fixture extends from just below the upper gable opening, attempting to illuminate the storefront entry. The west and east (side) elevations are each three bays deep with similar fenestration. All of the window openings have square-edge wood surrounds and have been covered with plywood from the exterior (thus it was not determined if the sash is intact). The exception is the northernmost bay of the east elevation, which contains a replacement 1/1 vinyl-sash window. Because this replacement window is smaller than the original opening, a wood lintel and fixed, single-light window were also installed. The north (rear) elevation of the main block has a one-and-one-half-story, full-width addition that is one bay deep. Based on its form and materials, a construction date of c. 1930 is assigned. Set on a solid concrete foundation, this wood-frame addition is clad in wood weatherboard siding with corner boards. The front-gable roof is covered with corrugated metal and has overhanging eaves. The east (side) elevation has a single-leaf, wood door set in a narrow, square-edge wood surround. The north (rear) elevation is pierced by a window opening, covered with plywood from the exterior, in the upper gable
Number 7 Page 2 end. The west (side) elevation has no fenestration but does feature a small, exterior-side, concrete-block chimney. GATE POSTS Two gate posts flank the dirt drive that extends between the and the railroad tracks. Based on their materials, it is likely that these posts date from the first half of the twentieth century. The posts would have regulated access to the outbuildings north of the store, which are no longer extant. The outbuildings may have been associated with the dwelling (no longer extant) located to the northwest. The western post remains upright and intact, unlike the eastern post which is broken, laying on the ground, and severely deteriorated. Constructed of concrete with large aggregate, these posts, approximately set ten feet apart, are approximately four feet in height and twelve inches square. INTEGRITY The maintains a moderate level of integrity of design, materials, and workmanship as a result of the deteriorated exterior cladding. Although the façade of the building has been altered, this reflects a common alteration for commercial buildings. This alteration does not diminish the building s integrity of feeling as a roadway store located at a railroad crossing. Although a subdivision of single-family dwellings are being constructed north of the Duvall-Hopkins Store at Hall Road, this building maintains its integrity of location, setting, and association as a general store located along an intersection of a minor arterial road and active railroad line. Its integrity is not as affected by its surroundings as a dwelling would be. The continues to be a visual local landmark identifiable as a late nineteenth-century store. The gate posts associated with the present a high degree of integrity of location and setting. Overall, the presents a moderate level of integrity for a commercial building located at the intersection of a minor arterial road and an active railroad line. 1 It is possible that the brick façade was added later to improve the appearance of the building.
8. Significance Inventory No. PG: 74B-030 Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below 1600-1699 agriculture economics health/medicine performing arts 1700-1799 archeology education industry philosophy X 1800-1899 X architecture engineering invention politics/government 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 X other: Local History Specific dates c. 1877 Architect/Builder unknown Construction dates c. 1877, 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 was constructed c. 1877 at 15504 Hall Road in Bowie, Maryland. The commercial building is located adjacent to the Popes Creek Line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad (now operated by Amtrak) at Halls Station. This resource is one of only a few surviving rural general stores in Prince George s County. The store was constructed by Richard Clarke Duvall on land purchased from Richard S. Hill in 1877. In 1884, Henry Clay Hopkins purchased the property. Hopkins family descendents owned the property for 122 years, until it was conveyed to Mid-Atlantic Builders of Ashleigh Station, Inc. in 2006. The retains sufficient integrity to convey its significance as a general store constructed in the third quarter of the nineteenth century in response to the opening of the Popes Creek Line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad. HISTORIC CONTEXT The is located approximately ten miles south of the City of Bowie, in an area known historically as Halls Station. Halls Station is located at the intersection of the Popes Creek Line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, Hall Road, and Collington Branch. By 1878, Halls Station supported two stores, one of which was the Duvall-Hopkins Store, and several dwellings. Governor Oden Bowie lived just south of Halls Station on his plantation known as Fairview. Although Halls Station never developed into a railroad town, it was an important stop on the Popes Creek Line for local farmers and residents looking to transport their goods to distant markets or purchase staples/supplies, which were offered at the Duvall-Hopkins Store. Constructed c. 1877, the was built on property once owned by Richard S. Hill. Hill, born c. 1817, was a prominent planter in Prince George s County, with assets valued at $22,000 in 1850. 2 Married to a much younger woman, Elizabeth, born about 1840, the Hills were a farming family, with six children and a white servant. In 1870, Richard S. Hill had real estate assessed at $13,250 and a personal estate of $20,000. 3 This was a large personal holding, especially in the years
Number 8 Page 2 preceded by the Civil War (1861-1865). Hill was also involved in politics, serving in the 1904 Maryland General Assembly as a democratic member of the House of Delegates. 4 In 1877, Richard and Elizabeth Hill conveyed three acres of the tract of land known as Collington Meadows to Richard Clarke Duvall, who is responsible for the construction of the on the property c. 1877. 5 Richard Clarke Duvall, born about 1841, was married to Alice Minnie Linthicum, daughter of Stephen Lee and Sarah E. Linthicum. The 1880 U.S. Federal Census documents as Duvall keeping store. This is corroborated by the Hopkins 1878 Atlas of Prince George s County, which documents the building as the R. C. Duvall Store. 6 The census documents Edward King living with the Duvall family. King, born about 1859, was enumerated as a store clerk while residing with the Duvalls. 7 Although unproven, it is likely that King worked in the. It is not known what merchandise was sold by Duvall, although it is probable that the store catered to the needs of patrons of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad and surrounding farmers who brought their produce to Hall Station for transport. The first Baltimore and Potomac Railroad train passed through Bowie in 1872 and extended through agricultural areas and became an important artery of commerce, education, and entertainment for the farmers of southern Prince George s County. 8 Duvall owned the property for only seven years, conveying it in 1884 to Henry Clay Hopkins. 9 Henry Clay Hopkins was born about 1848 and married Ella Hopkins, who was born about 1859. Hopkins was documented in the census records as a store owner as early as 1880. 10 This suggests he was either operating another store elsewhere or had taken over the duties of operating the Duvall-Hopkins Store at Hall Road before he purchased it. In 1923, after nearly forty years, Henry and Ella Hopkins conveyed two parcels of property, including the Duvall-Hopkins Store, to William Curtis Hopkins. 11 William Curtis Hopkins, born c. 1889, was married to Hannah F. Hopkins, born c. 1890. The couple had four children. Their son, Holmes Curtis Hopkins, owned the Eckenrode-Wyvill-Hopkins House (PG: 79-063-08), located at 4501 Wyvill Road in Upper Marlboro from 1958 until his death and his widow, Laura Hopkins, is the current owner. Before his purchase of the, William Hopkins bought two parcels of land adjacent to the store. 12 These land acquisitions temporarily increased the property associated with the store. This prior acquisition, totaling 1.5 acres, was purchased from the beneficiaries of Stephen Beard in 1917. Beard, born about 1850, was a physician in Prince George s County. 13 At the time of the 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Hopkins was enumerated as a farmer; however, the 1930 census documented he was a general merchant. Hopkins s business acumen was not limited to the Duvall- Hopkins Store at Hall Road, as he was a successful auto dealer and real estate broker in Upper Marlboro.
Number 8 Page 3 He also served on the boards of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the Marlboro Tobacco Market. In 1960, Hopkins was elected a director of the Suburban Trust Company. 14 He owned and operated the until his death in 1969. The property was bequeathed to William and Hannah s children, and in 1978, was transferred solely to Hopkins daughter, Jean C. Jones (nee Hopkins). 15 Jean C. Jones worked at the American Psychological Association (APA) as a librarian and was married to Millard Calvin Jones. 16 Operation of the Duvall-Hopkins Store during the tenure of Jean Jones is not known. In 2006, Jean C. Jones conveyed the property to Mid-Atlantic Builders of Ashleigh Station, Inc. 17 Mid- Atlantic Builders began operation in 1979, specializing in the construction of single-family dwellings. Property historically associated with the has been subdivided to create the Ashleigh Station subdivision, which is currently under development. This has resulted in the destruction of a single-family dwelling and its associated outbuilding. 18 Based on aerial photography from 2005, the largest of the buildings was a gambrel-roofed barn, and the other two appear to have been sheds. 19 The Duvall-Hopkins Store was vacant at the time of the 2009 on-site survey. 2 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Marlborough, Prince George's, Maryland, Series M432, Roll 295, Page 77, Image 417, Richard S. Hill. 3 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Marlboro, Prince George s, Maryland, Series M593, Roll 592, Page 100, Image 201, Richard S. Hill. 4 Maryland General Assembly, 1900, General Assembly Session of January 6 April 4, 1904, Maryland State Archives, http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/genassem/html/ga1904.html, (accessed April 22, 2009). 5 Richard S. Hill and Elizabeth S. Hill to Richard Clarke Duvall, Prince George's County Land Records, HB 12:240. 6 G.M. Hopkins, Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington, Including the County of Prince George s, Maryland (Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, C. E., 1878). 7 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Queen Anne, Prince George s, Maryland, Series T9, Roll 513, Family History Film 1254513, Page 153.1000, Enumeration District 127, Image 0307, Edward King. 8 Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George s County Planning Department, Historic Contexts in Prince George s County: Short Papers on Settlement Patterns, Transportation, and Cultural History (1991), 43. 9 Richard Clarke Duvall and Alice M. Duvall to Henry Clay Hopkins, Prince George's County Land Records, JWB 3:237. 10 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Queen Anne, Prince George s, Maryland, Series T9, Roll 513, Family History Film 1254513, Page 154.4000, Enumeration District 127, Image 0310, Henry Clay Hopkins. 11 Henry Clay Hopkins and Ella I. Hopkins to William Curtis Hopkins, Prince George's County Land Records, 204:119 12 Benjamin G. Beard and Sallie C. Beard, and J. Howard Beard and Mary G. Lee Beard to William C. Hopkins, Prince George's County Land Records, 125:205. 13 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Queen Anne, Prince George s, Maryland, Series T9, Roll 513, Family History Film 1254513, Page 153.2000, Enumeration District 127, Image 0308, Stephen Beard. 14 S. Oliver Goodman. "Capital Commerc: Welex Electronics Doubles Facilities Named Bank Director Bank Promotions Store Sales Up 8% Tops $100 Million Who's News Notes." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), September 3, 1960, http://www.proquest.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/ (accessed June 11, 2009).
Number 8 Page 4 15 Roland E. Hopkins, William S. Hopkins, Holmes C. Hopkins, and David D. Hopkins to Jean C. Jones, Prince George's County Land Records, 4900:124 16 "Display Ad 12 -- No Title." The Washington Post (1974-Current file), February 4, 1981, http://www.proquest.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/ (accessed June 10, 2009). 17 Jean C. Jones to Mid-Atlantic Builders of Ashleigh Station, Inc., Prince George's County Land Records, 2435:197. 18 Prince George s County GIS, PGAtlas, http://www.pgatlas.com. 19 The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George s County GIS.
9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: 74B-030 1850, 1870, 1880 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. Hopkins, G.M. Prince George s County, from Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, C.E., 1878. Prince George s County Land Records. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of surveyed property Acreage of historical setting Quadrangle name less than one acre 20.95 Lanham Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000 Verbal boundary description and justification The is located in Bowie, Maryland, on a parcel of land that is less than one acre. The eastern edge of the property is bounded by Amtrak rails and on the southern edge by Hall Road. The western boundary extends along a wooden fence while the northern boundary is located just south of a small incline. This building has been associated with Parcel 29 as noted on Tax Map 70 since its construction c. 1877. Beginning in 2006, the property has been subdivided into residential lots, isolating the Duvall-Hopkins Store. 11. Form Prepared by name/title Paul Weishar and Maria Dayton, Architectural Historians organization EHT Traceries for M-NCPPC date October 2009 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 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 PARCEL A This is the parcel originally associated with the Duvall-Hopkins Store HB 12:240 April 10, 1877 JWB 3:237 April 13, 1884 Richard S. Hill and Elizabeth S. Hill (wife) to Richard Clarke Duvall. (3 acres, part of Collington Meadows ) Richard Clarke Duvall and Alice M. Duvall to Henry Clay Hopkins. (3 acres, part of Collington Meadows ) PARCEL B JB 3:485 December 2, 1898 December 2, 1898 JB 4:199 December 3, 1898 Richard S. Hill and Ada M. Hill, and Frank W. Hill and Grace G. Hill, and Catharine S. Hill, devisees under the Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth S. Hill. (Will of Elizabeth S. Hill directed that the property be divided equally between her three children: Richard S. Hill, Frank W. Hill, and Catharine S. Hill. Catherine leases her share of the property half-and-half to Richard and Frank for $125 a year each) Frank W. Hill to Richard S. Hill. ( was not found in Prince George's County Land Records and may have been unrecorded) Richard S. Hill and Ada M. Hill (wife), and Catharine S. Hill to Henry Clay Hopkins. (16.45 acres, a part of Collington Meadows ) PARCELS A, B 204:119 December 27, 1923 Henry Clay Hopkins and Ella I. Hopkins to William Curtis Hopkins.
Number 9 Page 2 PARCEL C WAJ 2:392 February 12, 1881 William E. Earnshaw and Emma Earnshaw to Dr. Stephen Beard. (1 acre) PARCEL D JWB 9:415 April 19, 1888 John H. Thomas to Dr. Stephen Beard. (1/2 acre) PAR CE L S C, D Benjamin G. Beard and Sallie C. Beard, and J. Howard Beard and Mary G. Lee 125:205 Beard to William C. Hopkins. (Being the same land which the parties of the first part January 24, 1917 obtained from their father, the late Dr. Stephen Beard by inheritance) PARCELS A, B, C, D 363:191 December 1, 1930 407:131 February 21, 1935 407:133 February 21, 1935 Will GSMcG 6:113 April 3, 1969 William C. Hopkins to Hannah F. Hopkins. William Curtis Hopkins and Hannah F. Hopkins to Michael T. Wyvill. Michael T. Wyvill to William Curtis Hopkins and Hannah F. Hopkins. Last Will and Testament of William Curtis Hopkins.
Number 9 Page 3 Roland E. Hopkins, William S. Hopkins, Holmes C. Hopkins, and David D. 4900:124 Hopkins, life tenant and remaindermen under the Last Will and Testament of March 10, 1978 William Curtis Hopkins, to Jean C. Jones. 2435:197 January 6, 2006 Jean C. Jones to Mid-Atlantic Builders of Ashleigh Station, Inc.
Number 9 Page 4 Photo: (c. 1877), Bowie, view of the façade (south elevation), looking northwest. (April 2009)
Number 9 Page 5 Photo: (c. 1877), Bowie, view of the façade (south elevation), looking northeast. (April 2009)
Number 9 Page 6 Photo: (c. 1877), Bowie, view of the north (rear) elevation, looking southwest. (April 2009)
Number 9 Page 7 Photo: Western Gate Post, Bowie, view looking northwest. (April 2009)
Number 9 Page 8 Photo: Eastern Gate Post, Bowie, view looking east. (April 2009)
Number 9 Page 9 G.M. Hopkins, Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington, Including the County of Prince George s, Maryland (Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, C.E., 1878).