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Harmony Hall, 10500 Livingstone Road (10511 Livingstone Road), Friendly, Prince George's County, MD

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City/Vicinity has been changed twice. Original location was Broad Creek, the second location was Friendly vicinity, & the third location is Fort Washington, all in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Significance: Harmony Hall is a fine example of early Georgian architecture. Built during the early to mid 18th century as a one-room-deep brick manor house with exceptional interior detailing, Harmony Hall is among the most distinguished early homes in Prince George's County. It has been the home of many wealthy county landholders over the centuries including the Tylers, Magruders, Addisons and Lyles. It is also of note for its spectacular river-front location, overlooking the Potomac River at Broad Creek.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1

Survey number: HABS MD-10-8

Building/structure dates: ca. 1723 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: ca. 1768 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80000673

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houses brick buildings domestic life friendly farms harmony harmony hall livingstone livingstone road prince george maryland friendly walter dolany addison jack e boucher albert s burns volney o chase charles w collins albert p erb felix g frank paul a goettelmann humphrey haggett gustavus hesselius historic american buildings survey catherine c lavoie charles j mcdowell national park service john w stenhouse prince george county ultra high resolution high resolution historic american landscapes survey historic american engineering record 18th century door manor library of congress national register of historic places
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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Haggett, Humphrey
Addison, Walter Dolany
National Park Service
Hesselius, Gustavus
Goettelmann, Paul A, project manager
Chase, N O, field team
Frank, F, field team
Erb, Albert P, delineator
Burns, Albert S, photographer
Collins, Charles W, historian
McDowell, C J, delineator
Stenhouse, John W, delineator
Goettelmann, Paul A, delineator
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Lavoie, Catherine C, historian
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Location

Friendly Farms ,  38.75178, -76.97859
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Source

Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

label_outline Explore Livingstone Road, Walter Dolany Addison, Charles W Collins

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houses brick buildings domestic life friendly farms harmony harmony hall livingstone livingstone road prince george maryland friendly walter dolany addison jack e boucher albert s burns volney o chase charles w collins albert p erb felix g frank paul a goettelmann humphrey haggett gustavus hesselius historic american buildings survey catherine c lavoie charles j mcdowell national park service john w stenhouse prince george county ultra high resolution high resolution historic american landscapes survey historic american engineering record 18th century door manor library of congress national register of historic places