PART II: Chapter 16 Historic Sites and Proposed Historic Sites

70-005 Larcombe House, 9108 4th Street, Lanham• c. 1890, vernacular wood frame dwelling with facadewideporch w/central projecting pediment• Built as summer cottage for the family of BenjaminLarcombe, a builder who resided in Washington, D.C.Renovated by son John W. Larcombe in 1920s andconverted to year round residence; an unusual survivingexample of a summer cottage and a noticeable feature ofits neighborhood• Criteria 1d, 2e70-010 Crandell-Cook House, 9310 Crandall Road, Lanham• Early 19th century, 1901, wood frame, weatherboardclad vernacular dwelling, 2 story veranda on 2 sides; 2dormers; began as simple farmhouse, expanded over thenext century to a 3 part, 23 room structure• Part of unusual suburban community of researchscientists working for USDA; originally built for botanistOrator F. Cooke• Criteria 1d, 2a70-017 ε Old Site of Buena Vista, 4811 Glenn Dale Road, Bowie• Once the site of an 1850s,2 ½ story gable-roof framefarmhouse with Greek Revival-style detail and laterVictorian wraparound porch. See 70-081• Criteria 1d, 2d70-020 E NR Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale• c. 1813, c. 1830 2 ½-story, Federal-style brickplantation house, with slightly later T-wing; historic lawoffice and root cellar on grounds• Home of Gabriel Duvall, Comptroller of the Treasuryunder Jefferson, and Associate Justice of the U.S.Supreme Court, 1811-1835• Criteria 1a, 1c, 1d, 2a70-021 Arthur G. Bowie House, 6290 Hillmeade Road, Glenn Dale• 1909, 2 ½ story hip-roof frame house with ClassicalRevival-style decorative elements• A good example of rural domestic architecture of theearly 20th century, built for a member of the locallyprominent Bowie family• Criteria 1a, 2a, 2e70-024 Augusta DuVal House, 6614 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale• c. 1894, two-story late Victorian frame dwelling withshallow central projecting cross gable and porch with132 Staff Draft Preliminary Historic Sites and Districts Plan