Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG: Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form

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1 Maryland Historical Trust Inventory No. PG: Maryland Inventory of 1. Name of Property (indicate preferred name) historic other 2. Location street and number 6511 Princess Garden Parkway not for publication city, town Lanham X vicinity county Prince George's 3. Owner of Property (give names and mailing addresses of all owners) name Washington Bible College street and number 6511 Princess Garden Parkway telephone (301) city, town Lanham state MD zip code Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Prince George's County Courthouse liber 3735 folio 725 city, town Upper Marlboro tax map 35 tax parcel B4 tax ID number Primary Location of Additional Data X 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 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 building(s) X private commerce/trade recreation/culture buildings structure both defense religion 0 1 sites X site domestic social structures object education transportation objects funerary work in progress 0 1 Total government unknown health care X vacant/not in use Number of Contributing Resources industry other: previously listed in the Inventory 1

2 7. Description Inventory No. PG: Condition excellent deteriorated good X 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 is located on the grounds of the Washington Bible College in unincorporated Lanham, Maryland. This sprawling campus is located at the intersection of Princess Garden Parkway and Good Luck Road. The campus has slight variations in terrain, and is marked by large open spaces, wooded areas, and parking lots. The site of the springs is believed to be located amongst a dense grouping of trees adjacent to a creek bed at the northern end of campus. This creek bed, approximately twenty-feet wide, runs through campus. Concrete culverts allow the creek to flow uninterrupted under the asphalt roadways. SITE No resources associated with Magnolia Springs are extant. The site is obscured by mature trees and dense vegetation. The springs that once provided mineral water for bottling are no longer discernable. At the time of the 1973 on-site survey, this resource was described as only having one extant springhouse. The site was an overgrown, swampy area that showed extensive traces of former brick walkways and pipes. The springhouse was a small, wood-frame building, with a gable roof that at the time of the survey in 1973 was mostly removed. 1 As of 2008, the springhouse was no longer extant. Aerial photography documents the springhouse was not extant in INTEGRITY The does not maintain sufficient integrity to convey its significance as an example of the economic heritage of Prince George s County, and therefore is not recommended as eligible for listing. As there are no extant buildings, structures, or objects, this resource has lost its integrity of materials, design, workmanship, feeling, location, setting, and association. The site is now associated with the Washington Bible College. No above-ground evidence of this commercial enterprise is extant. However, the site may possess archaeological potential. Overall, the has lost its integrity and is indistinguishable from its modern surroundings. 1 Michael F. Dwyer, Magnolia Springs, Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form for State Historic Sites Survey, (1974), 7:1.

3 8. Significance Inventory No. PG: Period Areas of Significance Check and justify below agriculture economics health/medicine performing arts archeology education industry philosophy architecture engineering invention politics/government X art entertainment/ landscape architecture religion X 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 Architect/Builder unknown Construction dates c. 1900; c 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 Magnolia Spring Site was part of the established small port community of Hill s Landing, as noted on the 1861 Martenet Map of Prince George s County. 2 The spring, although no longer extant, represents the economic viability of Prince George s County at the turn of the twentieth century. Although not part of a widespread industry, the operators of the Magnolia Spa Water Company sent shipments of bottled water throughout the United States. The proliferation of spring-fed, bottled water companies during the turn of the twentieth century reflects the public s desire to pay for healthier products and services. Residents of Washington, D.C. s many residential suburbs were willing to pay for clean drinking water, a sign of economic prosperity. The spring is no longer functional and the above-ground resources are no longer extant; yet the site may possess archaeological potential. This site does not retain sufficient integrity above-ground to convey its significance as a twentieth-century, spring-fed, water bottling facility important to Prince George s County s economic history. Therefore, it is not recommended as eligible for listing as a Prince George s County Historic Site. HISTORIC CONTEXT The Magnolia Spring Site is located in the unincorporated community of Lanham, Maryland. Located in western Prince George s County, Lanham became established as a result of the construction of the Washington Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad in This branch provided service from Washington, D.C. to Huntington City, later known as Bowie, Maryland. Eventually the branch became the main line into the City of Washington, and as such, Lanham was established as a railroad community. 3 Magnolia Springs proximity to Lanham Station gave it a competitive advantage in distribution by railroad. Amtrak passenger trains now utilize the Washington Branch. As Washington, D.C. grew from its federal city beginnings, it began to spill over into 2 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). 3 Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Planning Department, Historic Contexts in Prince George s County (1991), 43.

4 Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG: Number 8 Page 2 the adjoining counties. The train station at Lanham provided impetus for the growth of suburban Washington, D.C. communities and small neighborhoods established during the first-half of the twentieth century. The is located in the Princess Gardens Subdivision. This new subdivision was owned by Enoch Baker Evans and platted in 1903 by Edward L. Latimer. Evans was documented as a farmer at the time of the 1910 U.S. Federal Census. 4 It is not known if Evans operated the Magnolia Spa Water Company or if the property was leased. This site was a complex of mineral springs where water was bottled and sold commercially throughout the United States. 5 This spring was one of several that rose at the base of a low hill on the top of which was a dwelling. This dwelling is no longer extant and it is not known what it looked like. The spring was enclosed in a terra cotta pipe surrounded by masonry. The water would flow from the spring through a galvanized-iron pipe. 6 The bottles were cleaned by hand in the spring water to which an alkali is said to be added to aid in the cleansing process. The bottles were filled though a funnel by simply allowing the water to flow in from the mount of the pipe. The water was strained through a cloth to remove foreign particles. Corks stopped the bottles. 7 The Magnolia Spa Water Company distributed their bottled water through drug stores and charged 50 cents for six bottles. 8 The company touted their spring water as possessing purity, strength, and health. Advertisements for this company only ran in the Washington Post in Other local spring water companies also advertised their products, touting the same health benefits promised by the Magnolia Spa Water Company. The bottled water industry grew immensely around the turn of the twentieth century. This period saw the introduction of Deer Park in 1873, Great Bear in 1888, Arrowhead in 1894, Ozarka in 1905, and Calistoga in People started to understand, and appreciate, the outdoors and the health benefits that could be realized by living a healthier life. This sediment was aided by the claims of so-called experts and their declaration that spring water held special healing properties. It is not known when this commercial enterprise moved from the site or stopped operations. The Magnolia Spa Water Company is not related to the Magnolia Springs Water Company operating in Kentwood, Louisiana; thus it is believed the company ceased to operate rather than relocate. Based on aerial photography, it appears that the dwelling referred to in the 1906 report by Kastle and Amoss was extant in 1938 and In the 1938 aerial U.S. Federal Census, Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland, Series T624, Roll 567, Page 21B, Enumeration District 61, Image 107, Enoch Baker Evans. 5 Michael F. Dwyer, Magnolia Springs, Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form for State Historic Sites Survey, (1974), 8:1. 6 Joseph H. Kastle and Harold L. Amoss, Variations in the Peroxidase Activity of the Blood in Health and Disease (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906), Joseph H. Kastle and Harold L. Amoss, Variations in the Peroxidase Activity of the Blood in Health and Disease (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906), "Display Ad No Title." The Washington Post ( ), June 13, 1906, (accessed January 14, 2009).

5 Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG: Number 8 Page 3 a small building is located east of the dwelling. This could possibly have been the springhouse. By 1993 the dwelling and secondary building were no longer extant.

6 9. Major Bibliographical References Inventory No. PG: Hopkins, G.M. Prince George s County, from Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, C.E., Martenet, Simon J. Martenet's Map of Prince George s County, Maryland. Baltimore: Simon J. Martenet, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George s County Planning Department, Historic Sites and Districts Plan, Prince George s County Land Records. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of surveyed property Acreage of historical setting Unknown Quadrangle name Washington East Quadrangle scale: 1:24,000 Verbal boundary description and justification This site, now associated with the Washington Bible College campus, is located in approximately the center of campus. Washington Bible College is composed of multiple contiguous parcels, located at 6511 Princess Garden Parkway. The northern and eastern boundaries of the property follow Good Luck Road. The western boundary follows Princess Garden Parkway. The southern boundary of this property abuts a mid-twentieth-century residential neighborhood, buffered by mature trees. The exact location of the spring was not discernible at the time of the survey in 2008, as the above-ground resources are no longer extant. 11. Form Prepared by name/title Paul Weishar, Architectural Historian organization EHT Traceries, Inc. date January 2009 street & number 1121 Fifth Street, NW telephone (202) 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

7 Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG: Number 9 Page 1 CHAIN OF TITLE PRINCE GEORGE S COUNTY LAND RECORDS Deed FS 2:496 Christopher S. O Hare and Anne E. O Hare to James Smilie. (part of tracts of March 28, 1865 land known as Beall s Farm and Addition to Bacon Hall and Quebeck) 9 Indenture FS 2:556 James Smilie to Peter Gallard for $4,000. March 28, 1865 Deed October 8, 1868 Deed HB 6:11 April 11, 1872 James Smilie to John Ramsey John H. Ramsey to Roswell Stevens for $5,000. (about 250 acres) Indenture HB 12:232 Roswell Stevens to Edward M. Burchard. (about 92 acres. Stevens is indebted to September 26, 1876 William Burchard for $475) Deed WAJ 3:337 October 4, 1881 Edward Burchard, Trustee, to Roswell Stevens. Deed 9:580 Zachariah S. Buehler, executor of the will of Roswell H. Stevens, to Zalmon L. June 14, 1899 Beebe. (about acres, tracts of land known as Beall s Farm and Addition to Bacon Hall and Quebeck ) Mortgage JB 6:195 Zalmon L. Beebe and Alice G. Beebe to James E. McGinley. (Beele indebted to June 15, 1899 McGinley for $2,400) Deed 9:548 November 18, 1902 Deed 12:281 February 14, 1903 Daniel C. Hammett, Trustee, to James E. McGinley. James E. McGinley to Alonzo O. Dills. (about acres, tracts of land known as Beall s Farm and Addition to Bacon Hall and Quebeck ) Mortgage 12:284 Alonzo O. Dills to James E. McGinley. (all parts of land conveyed in Deed February 16, :281, Dills is indebted to James E. McGinley for $2,000) 9 Bacon Hall is the name of a 1,036-acre land grant surveyed in 1772 for Nicholas Merryman.

8 Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG: Number 9 Page 2 Deed 13:99 February 14, 1903 James E. McGinley to E. Baker Evans for $2,000. (about 250 acres, tracts of land known as Beall s Farm and Addition to Bacon Hall and Quebeck ) Plat 13:158 Plat of subdivision known as Princess Garden. Property of E. Baker Evans. June 5, 1903 (enrolled) Survey by Edward L. Latimer, May Deed 69:19 E. Baker Evans and Jennie K. Evans to Harry Wardman. (93 acres December 14, 1910 consisting of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, the north seventy-five feet of Lot 32, and also all of Lots 51 and 52 not included in a prior conveyance.) Deed 81:299 Harry Wardman and Lillian R. Wardman to Edward T. Shea. (93 acres March 5, 1912 consisting of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, the north seventy-five feet of Lot 32, and also all of Lots 51 and 52 not included in a prior conveyance.) Deed 81:299 Edward T. Shea and Effie A. Shea to Alfred M. Duckett. (93 acres consisting of March 5, 1912 Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, the north seventy-five feet of Lot 32, and also all of Lots 51 and 52 not included in a prior conveyance.) Deed 125:88 Randolph Barton, Assignee for mortgage of Alfred M. Duckett, sold at public March 12, 1916 auction to Mary W. Keyser for $7,000) (93 acres consisting of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, the north seventy-five feet of Lot 32, and also all of Lots 51 and 52 not included in a prior conveyance.) Deed 138:468 Mary W. Keyser (widow) to Franz J. Coeln and Carola E. Kopf-Seitz. (93 acres April 14, 1919 consisting of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, the north seventy-five feet of Lot 32, and also all of Lots 51 and 52 not included in a prior conveyance.) Deed 407:233 Franz J. Coeln and Carola E. Kroph-Seitz to The Society of the Divine Savior of February 27, 1935 St. Nazianz, Wisconsin. (93 acres consisting of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, the north seventy-five feet of Lot 32, and also all of Lots 51 and 52 not included in a prior conveyance.)

9 Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Inventory No. PG: Number 9 Page 3 Deed WWW 3735:725 The Society of the Divine Savior, a non-profit corporation of the State of June 23, 1969 Wisconsin, to Washington Bible College, a non-profit corporation of the District of Columbia.