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Ammendale Normal Institute, 6101 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Prince George's County, MD

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Ammendale Normal Institute, 6101 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Prince George's County, MD

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Summary

Significance: Ammendale is an excellent example of institutional and/or ecclesiastical architecture executed in Victorian-era eclectic. It was used as a Catholic novitiate and school, operated by the Christian Brothers, since its completion in 1880 when they moved from Calvert Hall in Baltimore to this rural site.
Survey number: HABS MD-974
Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1888 Subsequent Work

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Date

1933 - 1970

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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Christian Brothers

Ammen, Daniel

McCusker

Klugh, T, transmitter

Boucher, Jack E, photographer

Lavoie, Catherine C, historian

place

Location

Beltsville (Md.), 39.05182, -76.90195

Google Map of 39.051818, -76.90195299999999

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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Copyright info

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