Holy Family Church, 12010 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, Prince George's County, MD
Summary
Significance: Holy Family Church was built in 1890 as a mission of Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh to serve the black Catholic community of the Woodmore-Mitchellville area. It is one of the few black historical sites extant, and was built by its parishioners. It is a fine example of rural, late-Victorian ecclesiastical architecture with elements of the Gothic and Stick styles.
Survey number: HABS MD-1021
Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Lavoie, C, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Lavoie, Catherine C, historian
Location
Mitchellville, 38.93825, -76.82020
Source
Library of Congress
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