The University Park Historic District is a national

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located in the town of University Park,

Prince George's County ) , demonym = Prince Georgian , ZIP codes = 20607–20774 , area codes = 240, 301 , founded date = April 23 , founded year = 1696 , named for = Prince George of Denmark , leader_title = Executive , leader_name = Angela D. Alsobrook ...

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. The district encompasses 1,149 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites and is almost exclusively residential and developed as a middle-class, automobile suburb of

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The primary building type is the detached single-family dwelling, with the only non-residential buildings within the district and the town being two churches and the Town Hall, which is located in a former residence. Notable features within the district include the property's original plantation house, known as Bloomfield (Deakins House), and the nearby family cemetery. It was developed over the period 1920 to 1945, and houses are built in a range of popular early-20th-century architectural styles including Tudor and Mediterranean Revival, and varied interpretations of the Craftsman Aesthetic and the Colonial Revival, including interpretations of Dutch, Georgian, and Federal period substyles. It was listed on the

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in 1996, with a boundary increase in 2012.

Gallery

Image:Riverdale Presbyterian Church Nov 08.JPG, Riverdale Presbyterian Church in November 2008 Image:Bloomfield Nov 08.JPG, Bloomfield (Deakins House) in November 2008

References

External links

*, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
Boundary Map of the University Park Historic District, Prince George's County
at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts in Prince George's County, Maryland Colonial Revival architecture in Maryland Tudor Revival architecture in Maryland Spanish Revival architecture in Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Prince George's County, Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland {{PrinceGeorgesCountyMD-NRHP-stub