Maryland Historical Trust
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Historic Properties Form
(indicate preferred name)
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Hopkins House
Inventory No.
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street and number city, town county
100 South Queen Anne Bridge Road
Hardesty
Prince George's
not for publication vicinity
(give names and mailing addresses of all owners) name Laura Shorter
street and number city, town
100 Queen Anne Bridge Road
Upper Marlboro state MD telephone zip code 20774-8730
courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.
Prince George's County Courthouse city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 71 liber 7458 folio 200 tax parcel 44 tax ID number 07 0818971 - 07 3266962
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
Category Ownership Current Function Resource Count district public agriculture landscape Contributing Noncontributing
X building(s) structure site
X private
both commerce/trade recreation/culture 1 defense religion
1 buildings sites
structures
object
X domestic
education
funerary
social transportation work in progress 1
government unknown
objects
1 Total health care industry
vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources other: previously listed in the Inventory
1

Condition
excellent
good
fair
X deteriorated
ruins
altered
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Prepare both a one paragraph summary and a comprehensive description of the resource and its various elements as it exists today.
The Hopkins House is located at 100 South Queen Anne Bridge Road in the historic town of Queen Anne,
Maryland, which is now referred to as Hardesty. The Hopkins House is situated to the east of Queen Anne
Road, southeast of the intersection of South Queen Anne Bridge Road and Queen Anne Bridge Road. Set on a level grassy lot including mature trees and shrubs, this rural property is located to the north of a gravel parking lot. A shed is located northeast of the dwelling.
D WELLING
The Hopkins House was constructed c. 1825 as an addition to a previous building and altered c. 1875 and c.
1940. The two-story, four-bay vernacular wood-frame dwelling is set on a stretcher-bond brick foundation and clad in green asphalt shingles. A large shouldered exterior-end chimney of stretcher-bond brick construction is located on the north (side) gable end. The side-gabled roof is covered with standing-seam metal and features a boxed wood cornice. A porch extends the width of the façade (west elevation), while an addition and second porch are located on the east (rear) elevation.
The façade (west elevation) is fenestrated by two 1/1 metal-sash windows on the north half of the elevation and two 6/6 metal-sash windows on the southern half of the elevation. A one-story porch extends the width of the façade (west elevation). The enclosed porch is clad in plywood and capped by a shed roof covered with asphalt sheets. Fenestration of the porch consists of a single-leaf screen-door flanked by five 1/1 metal-sash windows to the north and three 1/1 metal-sash windows to the south. The north (side) and south (side) elevations of the porch are fenestrated by single 1/1 metal-sash windows.
The south (side) elevation of the dwelling features a 1/4 window centered in the gable end.
The north (side) elevation of the dwelling features a sliding 2-light metal-sash window in the gable end.
The east (rear) elevation of the house was not accessible according to the owner. The rear elevation and additions are described based on their visibility from public property.
The east (rear) elevation includes a one-story addition to the main block and a one-story screened porch connected to the addition. The addition has a shed roof, and is clad in T-111 siding. The north (side) elevation of the addition features a concrete-block chimney and is fenestrated by paired 6/6 vinyl-sash windows. The south (side) elevation of the addition is fenestrated by a 6/6 window in the west bay and a sliding 2-light metalsash window in the east bay. The wood-frame porch located off of the east side of the addition is screened-in.
The porch is capped by a flat roof.
The interior of the Hopkins House was not accessible at the time of the 2007 on-site survey.

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S HED
A one-story wood-frame shed is located to the northeast of the dwelling constructed c. 1975. The shed is clad in vertical board siding and capped by a side-gabled roof covered with asphalt shingles. Fenestration consists of two 1/1 metal-sash windows on the west elevation. The remaining elevations were not accessible according to the owner.
The interior of the shed was not accessible at the time of the 2007 on-site survey.
I
NTEGRITY
The Hopkins House retains a low level of integrity. The dwelling’s integrity of materials, workmanship, and design have been compromised due to the introduction of metal-sash windows, asphalt-shingled siding, and multiple additions to the west (rear) elevation. The poor condition of a majority of the architectural elements also diminishes the dwelling’s overall integrity. Surrounding mobile homes, the Hopkins House has lost its integrity of setting, feeling, and association. The house retains its integrity of location near the Patuxent River.
The shed is considered a non-contributing resource due to its recent construction date.
The only extant historic building surviving in the village of Queen Anne, the Hopkins House and its associated resource maintain a low level of integrity.

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Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below
1600-1699 agriculture
1700-1799
X 1800-1899
1900-1999
2000- archeology
X architecture
art
X commerce economics
education engineering
entertainment/
recreation health/medicine
industry
invention performing arts
philosophy
politics/government
landscape architecture religion
law science
communications ethnic heritage
community planning exploration/
conservation settlement
literature
maritime history
military
social history
transportation
X other: Local History
Specific dates
Construction dates c. 1825 c. 1825, c. 1875, c. 1925
Evaluation for:
National Register
Architect/Builder Unknown
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.)
S
TATEMENT OF
S
IGNIFICANCE
The Hopkins House, located at 100 South Queen Anne Bridge Road in the historic settlement of Queen Anne,
Maryland, is the last extant example of the early-nineteenth-century vernacular building built in the port town.
Queen Anne is now referred to as Hardesty, in order to not confuse the town with Queen Anne’s County on the
Eastern Shore. The two-story, four-bay dwelling was constructed c. 1825 as an addition to the Queen Anne
Tavern. Although the dwelling is notable for its date of construction and its location at the first intersection following the crossing of the Patuxent River, the Hopkins House does not retain sufficient integrity to convey its significance as an early-nineteenth-century vernacular building.
H
ISTORIC
C
ONTEXT
The Hopkins House is located in the town of Queen Anne, a settlement named in honor of the British monarch who ruled the American colonies from 1702 to 1714. Located between Upper Marlboro and Bowie, Queen
Anne was created as part of a 1706 act "for the advancement of trade and erecting ports and towns in the
Province of Maryland" at Anderson’s Landing on a large tract known as Essington.
1
A tavern opened in Queen
Anne as least as early as 1711. Taverns were an important factor in life and travel of the period, and provided gathering places for the exchange of news and opinions.
2
In 1726, ferry service was established with Anne
Arundel County and a bridge constructed in 1755. Already by that time, Queen Anne had been designated one of the tobacco inspection stations for Prince George’s County. For the rest of the eighteenth century, Queen
Anne was a busy commercial center, with tobacco warehouses and inns; it was an important crossing on the main road between Annapolis and Upper Marlboro. George Washington records several visits and taking of meals there in the course of his travels, “Septr. 1. Breakfasted at Queen Anne.”
3
1 Susan G. Pearl, “Hopkins House,” (PG: 74B-11) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, (1985), 8:1.
2 Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Planning Department, Historic Contexts in Prince George’s County
(1991), 61.
3 Donald Jackson [editor], Diaries of George Washington , vol. 3, Library of Congress, 274.

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In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, much of the land around Queen Anne belonged to the Wooten family. Prior to 1850, a 10.5-acre parcel on the east side of South Queen Anne Road supported a tanning works, a warehouse, and a store.
4
This store was a two-part building, the first part reported to have been one of the early Queen Anne Taverns and the second part being the Hopkins House.
5
The Hopkins House was constructed to serve as an annex to the older tavern.
The store was operated in the pre-Civil War period by James Davis, but owned by John P. Hopkins.
6
Davis
(born approximately 1805) and Hopkins (born approximately 1833) are both listed as merchants at the time of the 1860 U.S. Federal Census.
7
A building is documented on Martenet’s 1868 Map of Prince George’s County .
8
Hopkins later converted the building into his residence, while he served as Queen Anne’s postmaster and constable.
9
G. M. Hopkins 1878 Atlas of Prince George’s County documents Hopkins resided in Queen Anne.
10
The1880 tax assessment identifies Hopkins as having $250 worth of livestock and $200 worth of furniture.
11
After this time, Queen Anne began to fade from prominence as a commercial settlement. Although Queen Anne continued to be a frequent crossing place on the Patuxent River, navigation effectively ceased by the middle of the nineteenth century due to silting.
12
Hopkins conveyed the property in 1890 to his daughter, Mary A. Duckett and her husband, Stephen W.
Duckett.
13
The Ducketts sold the property in 1913 to James H. and Eliza Jones Tilghman.
14
Tilghman was a farmer who had farmed for many years in the Queen Anne area.
15
It is during the ownership of the Tilghmans that the tavern connected to the Hopkins House was demolished.
16
Tilghman died in 1929, and his wife in 1947, survived by a number of children and grandchildren. James R.
Owens is one of the descendants of Tilghman, and as such acquired an interest in the property, though there is
4 Susan G. Pearl, “Hopkins House,” (PG: 74B-11) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, (1985), 8:1.
5 Susan G. Pearl, “Hopkins House,” (PG: 74B-11) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, (1985), 8:1.
6 Susan G. Pearl, “Hopkins House,” (PG: 74B-11) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, (1985), 8:1.
7 1860 U.S. Federal Census, District 7, Prince Georges, Maryland, Series M653, Roll 478, Page 0, Image 460, James Davis.
8 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).
9 John P. Hopkins, Prince George’s County Records, CSM 2:263.
10 G.M. Hopkins, Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington, Including the County of Prince George Maryland (Philadelphia: G.M.
Hopkins, C.E., 1878).
11 1880 Prince George’s County Tax Assessment, 7 th District, John P. Hopkins.
12 Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Planning Department, Historic Contexts in Prince George’s County
(1991), 3.
13 John P. Hopkins to Mary A. and Stephen W. Duckett, Prince George’s County Land Records, JWB 14:143.
14 Mary A. and Stephen W. Duckett to James H. Tilghman, Prince George’s County Land Records, 87:360.
15 Susan G. Pearl, “Hopkins House,” (PG: 74B-11) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, (1985), 8:2.
16 Susan G. Pearl, “Hopkins House,” (PG: 74B-11) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, (1985), 8:1.

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Number 8 Page 2 no recordation of this conveyance. Owens conveys the property to Laura Shorter in 1989 for no consideration due to Shorter’s possession of the property since 1967.
17 It is likely Shorter and Owens were relatives.
Based on photographs from the 1990 on-site survey, at that time, the front porch was not enclosed and was supported by five wood posts. The rear addition had been added by this time, but not the porch attached to the rear addition.
18 Laura Shorter owned the property at the time of the 2007 on-site survey.
17 John R. Owens to Laura Shorter, Prince George’s County Land Records, NLP 7458:200.
18 Susan G. Pearl, “Hopkins House,” (PG: 74B-11) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, (1985), 8:1.

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1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Subscription database. Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC. http://www.ancestry.com.
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.
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Planning Department, Historic Contexts in Prince George’s County ,
1991.
Pearl, Susan G. “Hopkins House” (PG: 74B-11) Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, 1985.
Prince George’s County Land Records.
Acreage of surveyed property
Acreage of historical setting
Quadrangle name
10.5
10.5
Bowie
Verbal boundary description and justification
Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000
The Hopkins House is located on a 10.5-acre parcel in the village of Queen Anne, which is now known as Hardesty.
The property is bounded to the west by South Queen Anne Road and to the north by a one-lane gravel drive running east-west. The south boundary is formed by the southern edge of a stand of mature trees, while the east boundary is not distinguishable, running through a mature forest. The Hopkins House has been associated with Parcel 44 on Tax Map
71 since its construction.
name/title Paul Weishar, Architectural Historian
organization EHT Traceries, Incorporated
street & number
city or town
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Washington date January 2008 telephone 202.393.1199
state D.C.
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
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Deeds prior to 1890 pertaining to the Hopkins House could not be located. However, tax assessment records document John P. Hopkins as living in the town of Queen Anne, at that time District 7.
Deed JWB 14:143 John P. Hopkins to Mary A. and Stephen W. Duckett, (recorded February 14, 1890)
February 13, 1890
Deed 87:360 Mary A. and Stephen W. Duckett to James H. Tilghman
March 22, 1913
Deed NLP 7458:200 John R. Owens, possible heir to James H. Tilghman property, to Laura Shorter. Laura
June 13, 1989 Shorter had been living at the property since 1969.

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Photo: Hopkins House, view of the façade (west elevation), looking north. (November 2007)

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Photo: Hopkins House, view of the north (side) elevation, looking south. (November 2007)

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Photo: Shed, view of the west elevation, looking east. (November 2007)