605 Upland
An elegant first study for a single-property microsite — presenting Cottage 38 in Sudbrook Park as both an architectural subject and a restoration in progress.
Project Overview
605 Upland Road is a large Shingle-style dwelling in the Sudbrook Park Historic District, long identified as Cottage 38. Maryland Historical Trust survey material describes the house as having been constructed in 1901, designed by McKenzie of Wyatt & Nolting, and associated with Sudbrook Park’s Olmsted-planned suburban landscape.
This first-pass concept treats the site not as a blog or listing, but as a refined project presentation: part architectural monograph, part boutique design-firm microsite, and part restoration record. The text here is intentionally provisional but rooted in the uploaded project material.
Existing Conditions
A curated sequence of placeholders standing in for your eventual photography. The layouts are the point here: full-bleed moments, paired studies, and caption-driven details.
What this section wants to do
The site should make room for serious architectural photography: not only broad establishing views, but close studies of material condition, joinery, weathering, and spatial sequence. These placeholder captions imply how your eventual photography could be edited into a persuasive visual essay.
Plan notes indicate the existing deck/porch is to remain and be repaired in place, with historic columns retained and missing elements matched. Window and door repairs are likewise expected to be carried out in kind.
Historical Context
Presented as a designed block rather than a long essay.
Frederick Law Olmsted designs Sudbrook Park as a planned suburban community characterized by curvilinear roads, large lots, and abundant tree cover.
605 Upland is recorded as a fifteen-room Shingle-style dwelling — the largest and most expensive house then built in Sudbrook Park.
The property evolves over time, eventually functioning as a multi-unit residential building while retaining significant architectural character.
Historic revitalization tax-credit recognition and renovation planning frame a new phase of restoration and reuse.
“This house was the largest and most expensive built in Sudbrook Park at the time with fifteen rooms.”
Maryland Historical Trust survey material, adapted for placeholder site copy
Drawings & Plans
This section gives the site its graphic backbone — less gallery, more studio presentation.
Program and scope
Current architectural drawings describe the building as an existing five-unit apartment house on a 2.05-acre lot, with no change to the existing footprint or building height. Interior renovation includes new kitchens, new closets, and bathroom fixture updates, while preserving and restoring historic elements where noted.
- Five residential units across three principal floors
- Front porch / deck retained and repaired
- Historic windows and doors to be repaired in kind
- Two detached garages remain part of the site composition
How this should feel
A boutique design-firm website usually earns its elegance through pacing and restraint. This page uses plan fragments, data blocks, and a controlled palette so the project feels designed even before your final imagery and writing arrive.
Restoration Phases
A framework for future updates without becoming a blog.
Existing Conditions
Measured, observed, and photographed prior to intervention.
Demolition & Stabilization
Selective removal, protection of retained fabric, structural clarity.
Envelope & Exterior
Porch, windows, shingles, rooflines, and weather envelope.
Interiors
Room sequence, finishes, kitchens, baths, and restored detail.
Archive
A place for historical survey excerpts, old photographs, maps, and documentary fragments.
Survey Description
Two-and-a-half stories in height, five bays wide, center entry, full-width porch, dormers, slate roof, and an interior brick chimney with corbeled cap.
Associated Structures
Two detached historic garages, later described as circa 1930, one story high and three bays wide, clad with wood shingles.
District Context
Sudbrook Park is significant as an Olmsted-planned community emphasizing curvilinear streets, deep setbacks, vegetation, and a deliberately pastoral character.
Future Inserts
Historic photos, excerpts from Olmsted’s Sudbrook, tax-credit material, maps, and scanned drawings can eventually inhabit this space.