Historic Properties Form

Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG: 68-010-80

Maryland Inventory of

Historic Properties Form

1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name)

historic Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House

other      

2. Location

street and number 4106 Crittenden Street    not for publication

city, town Hyattsville    vicinity

county Prince George's

3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners)

name Wilmer J. Trejo and Patricia A. Moore

street and number 4106 Crittenden Street telephone      

city, town Hyattsville state MD zip code 20781-2122

4. Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 21859 folio 769

city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 50 tax parcel 2 tax ID number 16 1831791

5. Primary Location of Additional Data

   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

X 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 X 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

   industry    other: previously listed in the Inventory

n/a
7. Description Inventory No. PG: 68-010-80



Condition
   excellent    deteriorated

X good    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 Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House is located at 4106 Crittenden Street in Hyattsville, Maryland. Crittenden Street was original Columbia Avenue. This dwelling is sited on the southern half of Lot 2. This level, grassy parcel features mature trees and shrubs, as well as foundation plantings. An asphalt driveway enters the property from Crittenden Street at the southeast corner of the lot. A metal chain-link fence extends along the western boundary of the property. The back yard of the Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House is enclosed by a wooden privacy fence with gates located to the east and west of the dwelling. The northern boundary of the property runs approximately ten feet to the north of the building, resulting in a small rear yard. There are no secondary resources associated with this property.
Dwelling
This two-story, three-bay, Queen Anne-style single-family dwelling was constructed c. 1897, and enlarged c. 1900. The solid foundation consists of brick piers with rock-faced concrete block infill. The brick piers have been parged with a rock-faced finish.¹ The Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House has an L-Shaped form and features an integral porch, side wing, and rear addition. The wood-frame structure has been reclad in German vinyl siding with vinyl-clad corner boards. A cross-gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The roof features narrow overhanging eaves and plain, raking wood cornices with ogee bed molding. An interior brick chimney with corbeled cap pierces the ridge of the main block. A second interior brick chimney is located on the rear addition. All of the window openings contain 2/2, double-hung, wood-sash with narrow vinyl surrounds. The first-story openings have vinyl-clad sills while the second-story openings feature square-edge wood surrounds.
The façade (south elevation) features a dominating three-sided, two-story projecting bay. Each bay contains one window opening. The front-facing gable extends over the canted bays, forming a deep overhanging eave. The upper-gable end contains a four-light, wood-sash casement. The easternmost bay of the main block features a one-story, one-bay wide, one-bay deep integrated porch. The porch is set on a wood-pier foundation with lattice infill. Wooden steps lead up to the porch, which is supported by turned wood posts and finished with square balusters. Fenestration on the first story, under the porch, includes a single-leaf, paneled, wood door with lights and a single-light transom on the north interior elevation. This opening has a square-edge wood surround. The western interior wall of the porch holds a 2/2 window. Located directly above the integrated porch, on the second story, is a one-bay wide, one-bay deep block. A window pierces the façade and east (side) elevation.
The east (side) elevation of the main block is pierced by a single-light, fixed basement window and a 2/2 window on the first story. The second story is fenestrated by a small opening holding a 2-light, wood-sash casement window. The upper-gable end has a 4-light, wood-sash casement.
The west (side) elevation is pierced by one window opening on the second story. The first story features a one-story, one-bay wide, three-bay deep enclosed porch. The porch is set on a concrete pier foundation that has been infilled with concrete blocks on the west elevation. The façade of the porch features a solid foundation composed of brick piers with rock-faced concrete blocks. The brick piers were later parged with a rock-faced finish. The porch has been enclosed with German vinyl siding and capped by a shed roof covered with asphalt shingles. Fenestration consists of a 6/6, double-hung, wood-sash window on the façade. The west (side) elevation is pierced by a small basement opening with concrete sill (covered with plywood) and three, 2-light, wood-sash sliding windows on the first story. These first-story openings are set in a ogee-molded wood surround with a thin wood sill.
The north (rear) elevation of the main block features a bulk-head opening providing access to the lower level. The first story is pierced by a 2/2 window while the second story holds a 6/6, double-hung, wood-sash window. The western half of the rear elevation features a two-story, four-bay deep addition. Based on its form and materials, this addition was constructed c. 1900. The brick pier foundation has been infilled with smooth concrete blocks. This treatment is similar to the foundation of the main block. The addition is clad in German vinyl siding and capped by a cross-gable roof covered with asphalt shingles. The roof features narrow overhanging eaves and a raking wood cornice. The second interior brick chimney pierces the ridge of the addition. Although the addition has many of the materials and treatments found on the main block, it was most likely constructed after the main block based on certain facts: 1) the foundation of the addition and main block do not align and 2) the roof of the addition connects with the main block at an odd angle, with the cornice set rather close to a second-story window opening. This addition appears on the 1906 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Map of Hyattsville The first story of the east (side) elevation is pierced by a 2/2 window in the southernmost bay. A single-leaf, paneled wood door with 6 lights pierces the third bay and is flanked by 1/1, double-hung, wood-sash windows. The door opening is sheltered by a one-story, one-bay porch. The porch, based on Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps, was constructed between 1922 and 1933. The porch is set on a wood pier foundation with lattice infill. The shed roof is covered with asphalt shingles and supported by square posts. Square balusters and wooden steps with no posts complete the porch. The second story has two window openings; a 1/1 window in the southern bay and a 2/2 window in the northern bay. The north (rear) elevation of the addition was not visible from the public right-of-way.² The west (side) elevation contains two window openings on the first and second stories.
Integrity
The Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House maintains a high level of integrity of design, workmanship, and materials. The application of German vinyl siding, a common late-twentieth-century alteration, is reversible and does not compromise the integrity of the dwelling. The original, wood-sash windows remain. The c. 1900 addition and enclosure of the porch were executed prior to 1933, and thus contribute to the architectural significance of the building. The building maintains a high level of integrity of feeling, location, setting, and association due to its association with the Hyattsville Historic District.
Overall, the Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House presents a high level of integrity.

8. Significance Inventory No. PG: 68-010-80

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-    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. 1897 Architect/Builder unknown




Construction dates c. 1897, c. 1900

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 Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House was constructed in c. 1897 at 4106 Crittenden Street in Hyattsville, Maryland. Hyattsville, a mid-nineteenth-century railroad community, expanded with the early-twentieth-century advent of the streetcar and automobile. The dwelling was either speculative housing or under construction when printer Clarence Wilson purchased the property in 1897. Members of the Wilson family owned and occupied the property until 1922. Joseph E. and Myra G. Ferrier, who purchased the property in 1922, lived in the house until 1953. Sherman and Mattie Lee Windsor occupied the house until 1992. The property has changed hands numerous times since then, and is currently for sale. The Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House is a contributing resource in the Hyattsville National Register Historic District (PG: 68-10), which was listed in 1982 and amended and expanded in 2004. The Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House retains sufficient integrity to convey its significance as an early-twentieth-century Queen Anne-style, single-family dwelling constructed in the suburban community of Hyattsville, Maryland.
Historic Context
The residential area of Hyattsville is an excellent example of the many residential subdivisions that emerged in Prince George’s County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to support the burgeoning population of the nation’s capital. Hyattsville is located six miles northeast of Washington, DC, and thirty miles southwest of Baltimore, Maryland. The Hyattsville Residential Area, along with the Commercial Area (PG: 68-041), comprise the Hyattsville National Register Historic District. The historic district is roughly bordered by Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1) to the east, the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River to the southeast, and the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River to the southwest, with the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad tracks (now CSX Transportation) running north-south along the south/southeastern boundary.³ The Town of Riverdale Park is located to the north and east, and the Town of Bladensburg is sited to the south.
Hyattsville developed as a railroad suburb in the mid-nineteenth century and expanded with the early-twentieth-century advent of the streetcar and automobile. Anticipating the development of a residential suburb to serve the growing population of the District of Columbia, Christopher C. Hyatt purchased a tract of land in 1845 adjacent to the B&O Railroad and the Washington and Baltimore Turnpike (now Baltimore Avenue) and began to develop town lots.⁴ The 1861 Martenet Map shows a grouping of residences, Hyatt’s store, and the B&O station stop. The laying of roads, like those constructed in Bladensburg just south of Hyattsville, had not occurred by this time.⁵ Hyatt’s Addition, which was successfully platted in 1873, was followed by numerous additions subdivided by other developers. The Hopkins map of 1878 shows further development and the platting of additional roads in the community.⁶ Despite Hyattsville's advantageous location along the railroad and turnpike, suburban development was slow until the extension of the streetcar lines in 1899. Hyattsville grew throughout the early twentieth century with no less than twenty-five additions, subdivisions, and re-subdivisions by 1942.⁷ The end of streetcar service and the rise of the automobile transformed Hyattsville into an automobile suburb, with a commercial corridor stretching along Baltimore Avenue that represents the city’s several phases of development.⁸
Hyattsville developed gradually between the initial platting in 1873 to its final addition in 1942. Residential buildings make up most of the community, with a commercial corridor on the eastern boundary along Rhode Island and Baltimore Avenues. The buildings reflected late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century architectural trends, particularly the Queen Anne, Craftsman, and Colonial Revival styles. Examples of the Shingle, Stick, Italianate, and Modern Movement appear in the neighborhood, but minimally. The aboveground resources date from circa 1860 to 2000. Building uses include single-family, multi-family, commercial, industrial, governmental, educational, religious, and social. The residential buildings of Hyattsville are typically set back from the tree-lined streets on rectangular building lots. Many of these properties have driveways to the side of the primary resources, several with freestanding garages to the rear.
The property where the Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House stands was conveyed to Clarence Wilson from Rachel J. Burchard in 1897.⁹ It is likely that the dwelling was either a speculative house or under construction when Wilson purchased the property. Wilson, born 1856, was employed as a printer. According to the census records, Wilson resided with his wife, Addie, and their four children: McCulloch Brogden, Clarence Paret, Noble Jenks, and Kathleen, in the house at 4106 Crittenden Street in Hyattsville. The size of the Wilson family resulted in the construction of the two-story rear addition, which was added c. 1900 on the relatively new dwelling. Clarence Wilson died between 1911 and 1920 as evidenced by census records.
Following the death of Wilson, the property was bequeathed to his children.¹⁰ Clarence Paret Wilson was employed as a government chemist and Noble Jenks Wilson was a civilian clerk working with the United States Navy. Information related to McCulloch Brogden Wilson and Kathleen Wilson could not be located.
In 1920, the three Wilson brothers conveyed their interest in the Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House to their sister, Kathleen Wilson.¹¹ Kathleen married Herbert F. Vetter of Baltimore and in 1922, conveyed the property to William A. Brooks.¹² That same year, William A. Brooks and his wife, Mary, conveyed the property to Joseph E. and Myra G. Ferrier.¹³
By the time of the 1922 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Map of Hyattsville, Lot 2 had been divided into two equal parts. The Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House became associated with the southern half of Lot 2, while the northern half was conveyed separately.¹⁴
In 1953, widower Joseph E. Ferrier conveyed the property to Sherman Ray and Mattie Lee Windsor.¹⁵ No information on the Windsors could be located. In 1992, following 39 years of occupying the Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House, Sherman Ray Windsor sold the property to James E. and Bonnie S. Moore.¹⁶ No information on the Moores could be found.
The property changed hands seven times in the 1990s. In 1997, First Union National Bank conveyed the property to Kevin Perlstein.¹⁷ According to the deed, Perlstein was a first-time Maryland homebuyer who occupied the dwelling. He conveyed the property in 1999 to Taunya Cook and Rodney B. Turner.¹⁸ In 2005, following a defaulted mortgage, Segal General Partnership conveyed the Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House to Wilmer Javier Trejo and Patricia Anne Moore.¹⁹ A family relation between Patricia Ann Moore and James E. and Bonnie S. Moore could not be established, although it is probable. The Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House, at the time of the February 2009 on-site survey, was advertised for sale.
9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: 68-010-80

E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville Historic District (Amended and Expanded),” National Register of Historic Places nomination form (June 2004). Hopkins, G.M. Prince George’s County, from Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, C.E., 1878. Martenet, Simon J. Martenet's Map of Prince George’s County, Maryland. Baltimore: Simon J. Martenet, 1861. Prince George’s County Land Records.

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of surveyed property 0.1928

Acreage of historical setting 0.3856

Quadrangle name Washington East Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000

Verbal boundary description and justification

The Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House is located in Hyattsville on a 0.193-acre parcel, which was historically 0.3856 acres. The dwelling was constructed on Lot 2, which was subdivided equally prior to 1922; the Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House is now associated with the southern half of Lot 2. Crittenden Street borders the property to the south. A wooden fence extends along the east and north boundaries of the property. A metal chain-link fence and wood fence combine to form the western boundary. The Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House has been associated with Lot 2 as noted on Tax Map 50 since its construction c. 1897.

11. Form Prepared by

name/title Paul Weishar and Maria Dayton / Architectural Historian

organization EHT Traceries, Inc. for M-NCPPC date March 2009

street & number 1121 Fifth Street, NW telephone [phone]

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
Chain of Title

Prince George’s County Land Records
Deed Rachel J. Burchard, widow, to Clarence Wilson. (all of Lot 2)

JWB 41: 612

May 3, 1897
Will Clarence Wilson devised to McCulloch Brogden Wilson, Clarence Paret

date unknown Wilson, Noble Jenks Wilson, and Kathleen Wilson. (all of Lot 2)

Deed McCulloch Brogden Wilson and Alma Peschan Wilson of North Carolina,

163:68 Clarence Paret Wilson and Lillian Herring Wilson of California, and Noble

January 16, 1920 Jenks Wilson and Lillian Kelly Wilson of Maryland, to Kathleen Wilson

(sister). (all of Lot 2)

Deed Kathleen Vetter (formerly Kathleen Wilson) and Herbert F. Vetter of Baltimore,

175:494 to William A. Brooks. (all of Lot 2)

May 16, 1922
Deed William A. and Mary A. Brooks to Joseph E. and Myra G. Ferrier. (South ½ of

182:214 Lot 2)

August 7, 1922
Deed

WWW 1679:65 Joseph E. Ferrier, surviving tenant by the entirety of Joseph E. and Myra G.

December 1, 1953 Ferrier (who died 8/25/1953), to Sherman Ray and Mattie Lee Windsor. (South

½ of Lot 2)

Deed

VJ 8667:725 Sherman Ray Windsor, personal representative to the estate of Mattie Lee

Mach 2, 1992 Windsor (died 5/15/91), to James E. and Bonnie S. Moore. (South ½ of Lot 2)

Estate Number 38,911

Deed James E. and Bonnie S. Moore to David E. Buchanan. (South ½ of Lot 2)

VJ 8667:729

March 3, 1992

Deed of Trust David E. Buchanan to William M. Hayworth and Charlee Plihcik, trustees for

VJ 8667:733 the Bank of Baltimore (First Fidelity Bancorporation). (South ½ of Lot 2)

March 3, 1992

Deed Alvin E. Friedman, Kenneth J. MacFadyen, James J. Loftus, and Daniel

10504: 685 Menchel, appointed substitute trustees in place of William M. Hayworth and

November 24, 1995 Charlee Plihcik, original trustees. (South ½ of Lot 2) Circuit Court Case CAE95-25729 (Alvin E. Friedman, Kenneth J. MacFadyen, James J. Loftus, and Daniel Menchel, substitute trustees vs. David Buchanan)

Deed Alvin E. Friedman, Kenneth J. MacFadyen, James J. Loftus, and Daniel

10712: 457 Menchel, substitute trustees, and First Fidelity Bancorporation. (South ½ of Lot

April 4, 1996 2)

Deed First Union National Bank, successor to First Fidelity Bancorporation of North

VJ 11791:74 Carolina, to Kevin Perlstein. (South ½ of Lot 2)

October 15, 1997

Deed Kevin Perlstein to Taunya Cook and Rodney B. Turner. (South ½ of Lot 2)

VJ 12817:242

January 28, 1999
Deed Segal General Partnership to Wilmer Javier Trejo and Patricia Anne Moore.

REP 21859:769 (South ½ of Lot 2)

April 13, 2005


Photo: Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House, Hyattsville, view of the façade (south elevation), looking northwest. (February 2009)

Photo: Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House, Hyattsville, view of the façade (south elevation), looking northeast. (February 2009)


Photo: Wilson-Ferrier-Windsor House, Hyattsville, view of the rear addition, looking northwest. (February 2009)

1 It is likely that the brick foundation piers were parged after the construction of the dwelling by an owner who did not like the visual of a two material solid foundation.

2 The first story of the rear elevation has no fenestration based on photographs associated with the property’s current real estate listing.

3 E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville Historic District (Amended and Expanded),” National Register of Historic Places nomination form (June 2004), 7:1.

4 E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville,” 8:18.

5 Simon J. Martenet, “Atlas of Prince George’s County, Maryland, 1861, Adapted from Martenet’s Map of Prince George’s County, Maryland” (Baltimore: Simon J. Martenet C.E., 1861).

6 G.M. Hopkins, “Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington, Including the County of Price George Maryland” (Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, C.E., 1878).

7 E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville,” 8:18-20.

8 E.H.T. Traceries, Inc., “Hyattsville,” 8:16.

9 Rachel J. Burchard, widow, to Clarence Wilson, Prince George's County Land Records, JWB 41:612.

10 Clarence Wilson devised to McCulloch Brogden Wilson, Clarence Paret Wilson, Noble Jenks Wilson, and Kathleen Wilson, Prince George's County Land Records, Will, Date Unknown.

11 McCulloch Brogden Wilson and Alma Peschan Wilson of North Carolina, Clarence Paret Wilson and Lillian Herring Wilson of California, and Noble Jenks Wilson and Lillian Kelly Wilson of Maryland, to Kathleen Wilson, Prince George's County Land Records, 163:68.

12 Kathleen Vetter (nee Wilson) and Herbert F. Vetter, Prince George's County Land Records, 175:494.

13 William A. and Mary A. Brooks to Joseph E. and Myra G. Ferrier, Prince George's County Land Records, 182:214.

14 1933 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Map, Hyattsville.

15 Joseph E. Ferrier to Sherman Ray and Mattie Lee Windsor, Prince George’s County Land Records, WWW 1679:65.

16 Sherman Ray Windsor to James E. and Bonnie S. Moore, Prince George’s County Land Records, VJ 8667:725.

17 First Union National Bank to Kevin Perlstein, Prince George's County Land Records, VJ 11791:74.

18 Kevin Perlstein to Taunya Cook and Rodney B. Turner, Prince George's County Land Records, VJ 12817:242.

19 Segal General Partnership to Wilmer Javier Trejo and Patricia Anne Moore, Prince George’s County Land Records, REP 21859:769.