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U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD
Summary
Significance: The U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale was one of four federal stations established to receive plant materials into the United States, test them for sustainability for more extensive trial, and, if suitable, increase and distribute the plants. Glenn Dale was distinct for the role that it evolved as the center of the USDA's plant quarantine activities.
Survey number: HAER MD-122
Building/structure dates: 1919-1937 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after 1940 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after 1950 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1986 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Morrison, Benjamin Y
Bradford, Frederick
Robinson & Associates, Incorporated
Smalling, Walter, photographer
Ewing, Heather, historian
Robinson, Judith, historian
Location
Glenn Dale, 38.96651, -76.80465
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
