The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Prince George's County Planning Department
Subject
Publication Date
July 1991
Source of Copies
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
Category
Brochure, Report, and Special Study
Cover page
Number of Pages
35
Abstract
This report details the findings of a historical/architectural survey of the Town of Riverdale, requested by the Mayor and Town Council. The goal of
:he project was to document and analyze the age and architectural character of
III residential buildings within the Town's two older subdivisions.
The report is divided into two primary sections: Background and methodology, and Findings. Background and Methodology includes a brief
historical statement about the development of the area that became Riverdale
'beginning with the establishment of the Riversdale Plantation in 1801, the
rival of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the 1830s and the sale of the
plantation and the platting of Riverdale Park in the 1880s. It also includes
n explanation of the project's research methodology which involved a
questionnaire to residents, the collection of archival tax assessment data, a
comprehensive field survey, photography and the detailed analysis of a
elected group of buildings. The section on Findings includes an expanded
statement of the development and architectural character of the survey area in
he twentieth century, a discussion of commonly found building forms and a
apprehensive mapping of buildings by construction date and architectural
arm. The report is supplemented with maps, plats, tables and photographs.
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