29JJil Anglers Inn {cX 9i(111957)

1080X MacA&w Bmlevd

T h e AngIcrs his historjcally sieifick:at a a aommunj%yg%t&e~ng

p % wThe
, origiazal b ~ l d i n gwas
ccsns-ctd cP910 as the Cropfey Gneral Stare and Post:Office m d sewed this h c l i o n until. 1939,

The rrfiginal Atrgfers Inn w a iocattxl on the opposite side of Mac rar Boulevard and was the
meetirrg place for the AngIers Association, a club o f qo&smen %pld mturdists whose anemhem
i~cludedseveral U.S, presidents, When that building was deskoyed by fire in 1945, the Cropley
st or^ a d Post Of5ce becme the new meeking place ofthe dnglen Associgtton, and becmzeknown
~ takieag its mzme &am the original, The: Anglm Association is said to have been
as h g l e k111,
estabf islmd En the 1866s..

associated tt-ith this resource occurred when Supreme Court Associftz;eJudice

A Fd%?omsXe%to~"jr
William 0. Douglas$ C&Q Canal a%iacate md frequent hiker, viaited &a Anglers Ixm.
Unrectrpiz~d,he ww order& auk of the inn when he: t s ~ c k dmud over freshly scrubbed flams.

The hglers Inn is a local Imdmd, &wing a higl~lyvisible location close to the edge s f MacAa%htar
Bcrdevaad 0x1the inside of a et.ime, heated at the hex%sfthe Bema Road T r d , the buiI&rag
aisu serves as a l m b m k fir local hikers who puk nearby at the Widewater Lot b hike this trail
along the C&O C m l , operat& by the Nations13 P a k Service.

Envimm~envaiSetting: Pmel P530 (25,153 square fee%). The stone temce md walls m
contributing elements ta &is resource,
$ast,m Era Rc~Jdcslcr;~

29J8- 1 Edgar Perry House (X 902)

10280 River Road

The Edgar Perry House is one of two h i ~ t o rbuildirng~

i~ n gthe c;eneer of Pooo~nxVillage.
r e m ~ i ~ in
An early exmple or'kmd-fjbmedconcrete block corzst-nrction, this hmdsome resideace was built
in 1902 by Potcsrn;;~c
merch%i.mtEelgas Perry.

The Edgar Perry House hw long bean mgudcd as m attmtiva md well-~onstmctedr e ~ s i d ~ ~Inm .
3919, a jsilm-rxalistdtesc~bdahis Peto~na~
house m " o m of the k t md most substantial [howes] i~
tkat pW ofMontgomerq,ColllztyytP concrele blocks were made from m d hauled by horse-dmwn
2%~:
wagon Ifi:;om.Watts BrmcE.1, MW Glen Mill, E!dch block was is~diwiduaflyscracncd md h d - f o m d ,
Because of thc slow md p~nst&ingmathod, the buildkg took &out a y e a Is cornplate*

Edgw Reed Perry was born May 3, 1871 to Thumas zbnd Manrlux Perry, He ~6~csrXCed in the fmily
bushess, the Perry Sirore, since the age o f 14, AAer a brief p m ~ e r s E pwith iVinEeld QffuM, his
fdtbes built a brick stom aboa S 880 at the na&hwestcanler o f Falls md a v e r Rods. momas Pmy
B i d four year8 rates, leawing his wife md wc
jrn Edgar tto operate the business. Tha libo f .a sgorekeeper
appwently suited Edgar Perry for he continued mmirag the ccrmme~cialesrterpfise iaro his adulfiosd
and &&ex the 1908 &st& o f his mother, Edgar Perry t v a P@lst-xnm$ca* o f Pataassc ViJlnge h m 1900
until 1914.

The ho~ifjew a built~ on 21 acres of land tfizit Perry had pu~chasdin October 1900, The house is
believed to have been completd by the closc;of 1902, The seeing of the house was redtz~edin 1022
when Edgar and his wife B d a Louis Brrtl sufd the llouse and 8 55 acras to a cousin. SiraceLkat
the: st214ctuse tras been us& for eon~merckalbusiuaess,

Bnviranmeitntal Setti~rgrPxcel P325 (l ,QI acres).

 Ch~rles3..Case House, 9595 Pcrsimmctn Tree R o d (I915 )

29/21 Case Fmily Houses

Them two subsstaxtiat houses a e outstanding exmptes a f early concrete bisck consmcrioen.
Exm~pliE$agthe early 20"centur*gr.pmspegty clf the Potanzae aethe residences have 'become local
r
Imdmarks, prominently located iasw the ir~lerscctionof River and Perginamon Tree R o d .

Built on poured conmete fctundatjons tsf hmd-famed @anCreteblock%;,h e houses feature msticded
qurains which deb caeh corner. '80th feature stacked bay windows on .each side elevation, $ a c d
frofit dctsrs witir trmsom rtasd side'ligkts, md h v e genemus hip rwfs witk ;a siaglf;front durn=. The
River Road house is five wide, while lfre Persimmon Tree Road house i s three bays with
gep~entnl'fy arched windows, set in pairs in the outer bays.
 Case Bsothets House, 9808 River Road (c 15)12)

The Case FstrrriIyswn& imd in the Potomac Village m a since 884. Brothers Charles A. Case mcl
Smuel T. C s e built it house ;tl:9800 River Road about 291 2. ChaEes%son built the Slamimon Tree
Ko;srd house soon aficr, Cb;xs'lmS, Case, burn about 1584, the sun of Charles A. and his wife Earn;$
lived at that ddress until his dea& ia 1956. Aces his P'sther died in 19927, snd his uncle in X940t his
mother: continued ao live in the River Road hause: until hex. death in 1954.

ChuZes S. Case was depicted on a U.S. postage stmp in 191.2,the Bmt ordinary citizen ta receive
that Itanor. An empioyw o f the U.3, Postal Service since 1908, Cme ww shewn on the sbmp
ssx3ilxg m d 8t his w o r k p l ~ in
e 8 %'@hn@anD,C, Post Qfica,

Environmental Setsing: 9585 Pm~immonTree Rozd, Parset P72U 43 *06acres) and 4800 River Ra&
Pwcei P58Z ($685acres),
2598 Mount Prowe~t(~1902)
13601 Travil& R o d

Congtructed about 1902, Maunt Prospmt is a sipificaat local exmpf e oPColaniai Rcvivd design,
The substmtial residence w w a%esip&by Rockville archited T h ~ m mC. Crosmes* The h n t
a the 2 5Ja story, five bay dwelling is graced by a pdimeated, three-par"t window with finely
f ~ c d of
detailed applid molding. 4?\, Palladim style dormer window punctwates il IOU' hippad. roof wifk
geneyous eaves*Uausual nctmgufar &tic wi~xdawsme built ingo the wide cornice, The comers sf
the house we embellished with cfmsical pilasters. A one-story froat porch spans the width of the
house..

The house ws built by Mesas and Julia Montgomev wwfas operated a f m here for same 1.5 yam,
Bebyeen I941 and X 989, the pmpeey was fmxa;dby b m ~ e r im
s md Chwfes Ward who grew cam
md wheat, md r a i ~ cattle
~ d and hogs.

Zn addition $0 the bourse, which is the oldest structure crz~the prnpe~y?the fam~rsleadinclude%
signi ficiznt early 20' centw outbuildings built by the Wad brothers, A hay b m built in 1942when
modem ~otlstmctionmethods were aavdlabii;, rtaaetheIes%kElows fereal &aditionswith tinxbess that
are: sawn, maaiscd asld tenoned, and pegged. The smanm p ~ ~ abuilt q , soon allcr, uses the s m e
matesialr;arsd technique$, "re wm crib, dating from the f 960s, is aks~
quite wdditiond i~d e s i p md
qpewmce.

Envimx~mentalSo~ing:Faccf P219 f 14,3(3acms), Mot incf ud& in designiztizm txe a hippd roo
md concrete siEo,
25/2 Maple Spring B m s f c X 9f 8-E 942)
15023 D.uFiefMi11 Road

A pI-ime example of afl. ewiy 20" century, stxt.e-oE&e-m a#cuaiuraI gstcility, Maple Spring F m
was one sf Ihe leading dairy operdtions in MaryXand, The caXXmtion oS barns, built bewwn cf9X8
aakd 1942, dale from the heyday 0%"
specialized large-scszie d & y

Map1~Spring Farm was rccoyrized in the razetrcbpoliVm wgim a$;a madel dairy oper&iicrzrwit11 its
m c h m i z d milking parlor, sasritaxy cancfiete i~~kcrior~,
md %bove-&v~rage milk production, 'Fhe355-
acre7110-COW f m WB ~ivfilcdm d opcraled by Thorns Maare Gmett, a statewide agriculWrab
leader who sawed as a director crE the Fmm Bureau, the Soil Consewation Bawd, m d the Sauthm
Stdcs Cooperative, mdwas a ~Erastern~~mber ofthe MaryZand-Yirgirria Milk Producers Association,
cshblihed in 1920, The primuy structure i o the J 9-bay long dairy b m (1 9421, wl& gambrel roof
pwctu&tr;;dby four mehi ventilatoa. The tram i s X~i&ly visibfe an this sextion of welf-mveled
ITmestow~~ R o d in iEPc densely populatnled Gaithersburg-RsckviI1e area.

Other impo~rurxtagiculturixl smctms imscfude two term cot& silos, a concrete black mi& hause, a
two-stosy horse barn, sme story wagon h~us&grwary,md m eqkpment building. Not imluded in
this dmimatiun is %hehome aweia~edwith h i s Em,located at 10816) Dmneslawtz Road (251"2-2),
sirace it has h e n clrmntically aiter~eih a u g h loss ofrnos~o f its histosic Pibric md consmct-don.of
m atb~hedmdica2 f8cility.

Enviromental Sc%%igxg: A11 of h t 2, Black V, a d nofihem podicra. a f b

t 3 includkg an equipment
building (approxinxwtely two acres),
Prczrrt.ssivc: Era Estate

Gf enmore was the home af LilIiiliy Moose Stone, a civic I d e r trykafouaded the Wo~tgomeqtomty
Misto~caISacje&and a busi.arrsswom;am~ who ap~rdtedSbneyhurst StoneQ u a ~ e sThe:. house itself
is sheathed in Stoabeyharst stone, s g&te-like m i ~ aschist &own for its cakor, versatility, mQ
dumbility,

The house wa iin tilly Maare Stone's fmiiy from 1879, when purclnasd by her father, Jokm D, W.
Moore, untii 1993, when sold by gand&ughter, &illy lived fiere in her c a l y life a a child,
a e w l p e d and young mothay md then erne back, after smiding irz the house a$ Ska~reyhwst
(#29M1), to live at Glcim~reas ir widow and busir~esswamm.hi 19937, she updated the ori&nal
Italian~testyle house, built el 864-1870 by adding stone sheaMrag from her quarry, consmc&~~ga
clmsicaf front portico, artd adding a west wing.

Lifly Moore Stone (186 a-1960) is ~;r.sigxrifi~acLocal figure who was active ira anmycifis: mcl katemal
orgmizalior~s,A Ilbuardi~grxa~berof the Remwn Presbse~arzChurch, Stme sewed as orgdst for
58 y ~ mShe
, w a regent chapla& mcl d ~ a t emember r of b e local chapter ofthe D a u & t e ~of the
h e ~ c m Rev~fut;io%, Wi& hes k m &$erest ia local tlhiststa~,sh6; hosted a meeting &tClemsre in
1944 md o r g d z d a g o u p of people k3 fawd the Moatgorneq Coune Hisrofi~alSodep*

After t h death
~ cxf her hasbad, F$:& Pefbm Staae, in 2921, fo12owed by a disatrous b m fge,
LiXdy, in her early sixties, turnedto a camcr in stone quawag. Under Stone" ddi~ctissnover the nprxf
JO y a m , Staneyburse stone gaizrd a reputation as m excellat building matesiol mrf w% used in
builditrgs md smctura ehmu#no& the metro reXSjsn, irxcIuding the Wshington Caahehl's Oapek
a f hmattthea and the Nation$ Zoo%birdhouse,

EnGmrnen~atSeaing: Approximately 35,006) sqware feel, being p a t of h t 18.

This achihieecturally auts-ding property includes m Italian Reraaissmce style mansion (1926) md
Spanish Colonial chapel (196f). Tlae propew was oxci@nalily a f ,000-acre country estate for
stockbroker md gnmcier Lymm KendaX1. From 1931 to 39513, Kentsdale becme a religoers and
educational haven as it becme f i ~at convgnt and Ihen ra maaast:ev for two successive Catblit:
orgmizatioas,

Washington wchitat WolcoE Waggmm dcsilyaed KeMscXa1e bsrscd on the ~~hitecturte o f nofiem
Ita13m vilfw, Sheathed in stucm md rsavered with a terra caEa tile moE the howc is c o m m c t d of
IEOlfow t i l ~md f e ~ t 8u bmel-vaulted
~ ~ gartico with ~ w c Corinthian
d columns md pilste-rs,
Details include sculpted lian heads wder an upper loggia, and s t o ~ quoins
~ e maGng the eomers of
&e Irouse.

HistoricdIy, Kerrtsdalie rqresen% a prosperous em when csmopolitw and powe~uX

Wasshingto~iarscstablishd counm estates in fahiamble Montgosraefy County, Lwxm md
Elizmbc~Kcrndall aXready owned houses in New Yo&, Bar 'I-filpbar, and M i m i when they
commissjoned this mmsim, The es6&tewas Iatlded by the press as tsan kpressive l m d z n e aazd %a
Keadakls entertained IsvisMy, The Kerrdall's tenure was cut tho&, however, when Lyfllan died
wexpectedly in 1929, less three yeas &ter the house war; built,

Ln 193I the propeagf was pufck~edby the Sisters of Mere% a Csafbolic order with a specid cancm
far tsdornegl and c h i l d ~ nsuffdag from poverty agzd illness, $0wtdblish lac& aleadquaae~md a
con~ezltschool. The following yea, the Sisters o f Mercy built a luge 11orth.addition for we as
s;lassro.aonrs, Far nearly 30 y m , Kemtsdizle wis the place &om which the Sislers o f Mercy
hinisia~e-ed the building md staffing ofcountlass ovhmgps, schools, and hospitals in the Wmtem
Hemisphere.
In 1960 the: mansioxn md 155 acres beeme a rncrtutmlev md library for mot-hwCathofic ardexl9the
Americm Academy o f Frmciscm Studies, an organization deviated ao resemcbing the $00-yea
s the new world, The next year, the Academy built riie Chapel o f Ch-
history sf Frmciscan m ~ n kin
Lady of Guadalzrpe just ncs* of he house to serve staff and a g o w h g Ca;tiaolic and Hivanic
comnaurai~~ Copied fmm a 16&w n t Peruvian
~ building, the shape1 i s typical of svlizd Spmish
C~loniaSatchitectw, In X 988, $hiheAcademy sold the mmion, which is once again used as a pr.iv&e
raiderice,

Ea~iromentalSetting: b t 6-4 (73,309 square feet)+

29h Mawood (X 931)
1 1231 River View Drive (main home) aed 1 12C)(fRiver Road (gatehouse)

Mamrood is m exceptional e x a ~ p t aof a ccluntry estate house m,rjtablislled in the Potomac region in
the ~ a d 1900s.
y The Beaux Arts style house was cfcsiped 'byWaskin@mn architect John J. MrheXm,
who also desigtned the Nunve@aasLega~on.The psopeey has hista~calimpor.tance fur its msuciation
with CoI. H, Gracly Gare, prazninent Mayland psliticim, Many piaminent polificsel figures hwe
been mtewtalned at M m o d , including Frmkfirr Delmo Ro~~eveft, Robert md John F, Kennedy,
afld Richard Nixan.

The:grmd scale, kee-stcrq maxsio:r>ahas a nime-bay s p m ~ e ~ efacadea f defined by a central pavilion

nxaking 't%teSTOR&.enrrgace, The low-pitch& krippd-tosf is cover& wit11 red terra eotta tiles,
CIslsoicaf details in~ludc:i l ~ a ~ ~ tIeafbrackets
has md.clarssical head omments s m o m t i n g first md
seeoazcl story witzdaws. ,1"Lssucia$doutbuilding include a paalheatlse md gatehouse bath built in
1952 in a style al~drrtttcerial compagibie wit11 h e main hause,

The estate w;;k~aragir.raPlybuilt fox Samr-ieIKlump Mmin f If, grmdson of a Chicago entqrenew
Otto Young, Mmin and his wife Jane Catherine Mmin spent part sf the year E E ~Mawsod,
cntefiainiag lwishly, md pa&abrod. The Maeins had a thwes irnstaltd fo"sref~tett&ningfmily and
&iencfs,They leased the estate for a year as a swlmer md weckerrd retrmt for Joseph P, Kenznzdy
whefi he w85 Chair of the S w ~ t i e mds Ex~hangeC~mmission,Ia X 935, Sm3treX Mmin di& sf a
heart attack sbortty befare his 27' birthstay, Jane Matin rmaf-sied in 1937 md sold the estate e
ta
Gmdy Gore in 1 943,