Greenbelt, Maryland. Party for Mrs. Taylor's eighty third birthday, at...
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A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...
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Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Cakes and grape punch du...
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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agr...
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Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. View across plaza of the...
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Greenbelt, Maryland. Interior of the Greenbelt variety store, a cooper...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Greenbelt, Maryland. Child's bedroom in a house in which a thirteen ye...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Dr. J.M. Silagy leaving ...
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Camp Springs, Maryland. Day-rooms which were furnished by the Optimist...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: A-51311. Image source: American Red Cross. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. O... More
Chinese agricultural experts looking at timothy hay in University of M...
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Laurel, Maryland. Monitoring at the United States Federal Communicatio...
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration training cente...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration training cente...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Holden House, 4110 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, Prince George's Count...
Survey number: HABS MD-1053 Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction
Mount Calvert, 16302 Mount Calvert Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George...
Significance: Mount Calvert is an outstanding example of a Federal-style brick plantation house in Prince George's County. It is distinguished by its pent chimneys and its elaborate Federal-period interiors, a... More
Mount Calvert, 16302 Mount Calvert Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George...
Significance: Mount Calvert is an outstanding example of a Federal-style brick plantation house in Prince George's County. It is distinguished by its pent chimneys and its elaborate Federal-period interiors, a... More
Mount Calvert, 16302 Mount Calvert Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George...
Significance: Mount Calvert is an outstanding example of a Federal-style brick plantation house in Prince George's County. It is distinguished by its pent chimneys and its elaborate Federal-period interiors, a... More
Newton H. White Mansion, 2708 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville, Prince G...
Survey number: HABS MD-1063 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince Georg...
Significance: Hyattsville Hardware is an intact turn-of-the-century hardware store with original interior features such as a pressed-tin ceiling, shelving, cases and bins. It is also of interest as one of few ... More
Pleasant Prospect, 12806 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, Prince George's...
Significance: Pleasant Prospect is an excellent example of the Adamesque Georgian manor or plantation house, and contains fine interior plaster work. It is also significant for its association with prominent f... More
Pleasant Prospect, 12806 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, Prince George's...
Significance: Pleasant Prospect is an excellent example of the Adamesque Georgian manor or plantation house, and contains fine interior plaster work. It is also significant for its association with prominent f... More
U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prin...
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 tr... More
U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prin...
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 tr... More
Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County,...
Significance: The Coffren Store is a rare example of a well-preserved, mid 19th-century general merchandise store. Small local stores of this type one-room utilitarian structures including a Post Office on... More
Baltimore House, 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park, Prince George's ...
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Originally built in 1801, Riversdale was planned by Henri Joseph the Baron de Stier and his son-in-law George Calvert, a descendant of the Lords Baltimore. I... More
Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geor...
Significance: The Greenbelt Community Building is a focal point of activity for this important, early planned community. It was first used as a combination community meeting hall and school building and later ... More
Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geor...
Significance: The Greenbelt Community Building is a focal point of activity for this important, early planned community. It was first used as a combination community meeting hall and school building and later ... More
Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geor...
Significance: The Greenbelt Community Building is a focal point of activity for this important, early planned community. It was first used as a combination community meeting hall and school building and later ... More
Chesapeake Beach Railroad Engine House, 21 Yost Place, Seat Pleasant, ...
Significance: Built as the major service structure in the only yard and shop complex owned by the Chesapeake Beach Railway (in business 1897-1935), the engine house is a rare survivor of a once common service-b... More
Chesapeake Beach Railroad Engine House, 21 Yost Place, Seat Pleasant, ...
Significance: Built as the major service structure in the only yard and shop complex owned by the Chesapeake Beach Railway (in business 1897-1935), the engine house is a rare survivor of a once common service-b... More
Fort Washington, Main Gate, Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington Fore...
Survey number: HABS MD-307-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction
Oxon Hill Manor, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This notable neo-Georgian country mansion was designed in 1928 by Jules Henri de Sibour for Sumner Welles, career diplomat and Under Secretary of State in the administration of Franklin D. Rooseve... More
Oxon Hill Manor, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This notable neo-Georgian country mansion was designed in 1928 by Jules Henri de Sibour for Sumner Welles, career diplomat and Under Secretary of State in the administration of Franklin D. Rooseve... More
Oxon Hill Manor, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This notable neo-Georgian country mansion was designed in 1928 by Jules Henri de Sibour for Sumner Welles, career diplomat and Under Secretary of State in the administration of Franklin D. Rooseve... More
Oxon Hill Manor, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This notable neo-Georgian country mansion was designed in 1928 by Jules Henri de Sibour for Sumner Welles, career diplomat and Under Secretary of State in the administration of Franklin D. Rooseve... More
St. Joseph's Chapel, Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This excellent example of a rural, Queen Anne style chapel was the first building erected by the Christian Brothers as part of the Ammendale Normal Institute, a catholic novitiate. Survey number:... More
St. Joseph's Chapel, Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This excellent example of a rural, Queen Anne style chapel was the first building erected by the Christian Brothers as part of the Ammendale Normal Institute, a catholic novitiate. Survey number:... More
St. Joseph's Chapel, Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This excellent example of a rural, Queen Anne style chapel was the first building erected by the Christian Brothers as part of the Ammendale Normal Institute, a catholic novitiate. Survey number:... More
Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince...
Significance: This is the only pre-Revolutionary War Roman Catholic Church in the county, and the site of important events in the development of the Catholic Church in Maryland. Survey number: HABS MD-1014 Bu... More
Abraham Hall, 7612 Old Muirkirk Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Coun...
Significance: Built for the Benevolent Sons and Daughters of Abraham, this is a rare example of a late nineteenth-century benevolent society hall, the most outstanding example in the county. It was the focal p... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laure...
Significance: The Laurel B&O Station is significant as the only surviving railroad station in Prince George's County, and an example of decorative Victorian-era railroad architecture. It was designed by Baltim... More
Woodstock, 8706 South East Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlb...
Significance: Woodstock is an excellent example of a mid 19th-century plantation dwelling executed in the side-hall-and-double-parlor plan, popular in the county during the 1820s to 1850s. Although less ornate... More
Weston, Old Crain Highway Vicinity, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co...
Significance: Weston is an excellent example of a large, early 19th-century Prince Geroge's County brick plantation house with refined decorative details in the late-Federal and Greek Revival styles. The house... More
Poplar Hill, Privy, 7606 Woodyard Road, Clinton, Prince George's Count...
See HABS MD-315 for written historical description. Survey number: HABS MD-315-A
Coffren House, Corn Crib, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's Cou...
See HABS MD-988 for written historical & descriptive data. Survey number: HABS MD-988-C
Hatton Mansion, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-111 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's ...
Significance: Bostwick is one of the first, and one of the few extant, structures built in Bladensburg upon its founding in 1742. Only four pre-Revolutionary War buildings now stand. Although altered over the... More
Bostwick Hall, 3901 Forty-eighth Street, Bladensburg, Prince George's ...
Significance: Bostwick is one of the first, and one of the few extant, structures built in Bladensburg upon its founding in 1742. Only four pre-Revolutionary War buildings now stand. Although altered over the... More
Barnaby Manor, Wheeler & Wheeler Hill Roads, Oxon Hill, Prince George'...
Significance: Probably built in 1706 for Col. Thomas Addison, the house was later owned by Rev. Henry Addison who sponsored the career of Rev. Jonathan Boucher, the tutor of George Washington's stepson. Rev. A... More
Friendship, Kolbies Corner, State Routes 214 & 556, Largo, Prince Geor...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MD-50
Seton Belt Barn, West Side of Church Road, north of Central Avenue (Ro...
Significance: The Seton Belt Barn is a unique, decorative example of a late 19th-century multi-use barn. The venture of a wealthy planter, William Seton Belt, the barn exhibits decorative features of Victorian... More
Christ Church at Accokeek, 600 West Farmington Road, Accokeek, Prince ...
Significance: Christ Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, built in 1747. The building displays characteristics of both Colonial-era ecclesiastic architecture, and of Victorian... More
Christ Church at Accokeek, 600 West Farmington Road, Accokeek, Prince ...
Significance: Christ Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, built in 1747. The building displays characteristics of both Colonial-era ecclesiastic architecture, and of Victorian... More
Belleview, 3201 Steed Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, M...
2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Belleview an excellent example of a small, early plantation house, represents what must have been a common early-settlement house type, which rarely survives ... More
Parthenon Manor, Edmonston Road (State Route 450 Vicinity), Bladensbur...
Measured drawings are 1964 reproductions of drawings made in 1922-1928 for an unpublished book titled, "Measured Drawings With Full Size Details of Moulded sections of Early Architecture of the District of Colu... More
Trinity Episcopal Church, 14519 Church Street, Upper Marlboro, Prince ...
Significance: Trinity Church is an important landmark in the town of Upper Marlboro due to its associations with prominent families of the county, and as an excellent example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastic arch... More
Old Greenbelt, Crescent Road and Southway, Greenbelt, Prince George's ...
Significance: The community of Greenbelt, Maryland, was created through a landmark federal planning initiative in the 1930s and exhibits thoughtful integration of transportation, housing, retail, government ser... More
Old Greenbelt, Crescent Road and Southway, Greenbelt, Prince George's ...
Significance: The community of Greenbelt, Maryland, was created through a landmark federal planning initiative in the 1930s and exhibits thoughtful integration of transportation, housing, retail, government ser... More
Melwood Park, 11008 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's...
Survey number: HABS MD-142 Building/structure dates: 1729 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1750 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1825 Su... More
Elverton Hall, Collington, Prince George's County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-647 Building/structure dates: 1741 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dunblane, Westphalia Road, Forestville, Prince George's County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-633 Building/structure dates: 1715 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Compton Bassett, Smokehouse, 16508 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, ...
Survey number: HABS MD-134-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83002959
The Cottage, Tobacco Barn, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-985-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oxon Hill Manor, Grounds, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince Georg...
Survey number: HABS MD-301-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78003117
Melwood Farms, 10200 Old Marlboro Pike (State Route 408), Upper Marlbo...
Survey number: HABS MD-670 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...
Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More
Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...
Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More
Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...
Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More
Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...
Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More
Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...
Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More
Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...
Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More
Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington For...
Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed... More
Warington Tobacco Barn, 3006 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville, Prince Ge...
Significance: The Warington tobacco barn is the best surviving example of a mid-19th century tobacco barn in Prince George's County. It exhibits features of early barn construction such as hewn and pegged post... More
Warington Tobacco Barn, 3006 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville, Prince Ge...
Significance: The Warington tobacco barn is the best surviving example of a mid-19th century tobacco barn in Prince George's County. It exhibits features of early barn construction such as hewn and pegged post... More
Lyles House, Livingston Road, Fort Washington, Prince George's County,...
Significance: These are the remains of an important example of early 18th-century Maryland architecture. Although in ruinous condition, much can be learned of the construction and architecture of this period f... More
Bowieville, 522 Church Road South, Leeland, Prince George's County, MD
Significance: Bowieville is one of the finest examples of the Federal style in Prince George's County. Features such as its symmetry, elliptical fanlights at the entry and between the parlors, tripartite window... More
Bowieville, 522 Church Road South, Leeland, Prince George's County, MD
Significance: Bowieville is one of the finest examples of the Federal style in Prince George's County. Features such as its symmetry, elliptical fanlights at the entry and between the parlors, tripartite window... More
Compton Bassett, 16508 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince Georg...
Significance: Compton Bassett is one of the finest Georgian mansions in Prince George's County. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of Georgian architecture such as the central pedimented pavilion fron... More
Piscataway Tavern, Piscataway Road (State Route 223) Vicinity, Piscata...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HABS MD-52
William W. Early House, 13907 Cherry Tree Crossing, Brandywine, Prince...
Significance: The William W. Early House is probably the best example of turn-of-the-century Queen-Anne-style domestic architecture in the county. This highly ornamented dwelling reflects its status as the hom... More
William W. Early House, 13907 Cherry Tree Crossing, Brandywine, Prince...
Significance: The William W. Early House is probably the best example of turn-of-the-century Queen-Anne-style domestic architecture in the county. This highly ornamented dwelling reflects its status as the hom... More
Hyattsville Armory, 5340 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince George'...
Significance: Hyattsville Armory, built in 1918, was the first Armory building constructed in the county and the fifth in the state. It is representative of the Medieval castle-like styling that was typical of ... More
Belair, Stables, Belair Drive at East end of Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie,...
Significance: This U-shaped, sandstone stable was built in 1907 for James T. Woodward, then owner of Belair Mansion (ca. 1745). The elaborate stable building reflects Belair's long and distinguished associatio... More
Holy Family Church, 12010 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, Prince George'...
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 histori... More
Compton Bassett, Tenant House, 16508 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro...
Survey number: HABS MD-134-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83002959
Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Driv...
Significance: Darnall's Chance was built between 1741 and 1742 by James Wardrop, a Scottish immigrant, who amassed a fortune as a merchant and entrepreneur in the bustling port-town of Upper Marlborough, Maryla... More
Harry Buck House, North of Main Street (14800 Governor Oden Bowie Driv...
Significance: Darnall's Chance was built between 1741 and 1742 by James Wardrop, a Scottish immigrant, who amassed a fortune as a merchant and entrepreneur in the bustling port-town of Upper Marlborough, Maryla... More
U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Quarantine Headhouses & Greenhouses, ...
Survey number: HAER MD-122-I Building/structure dates: after 1930 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1949-1958 Subsequent Work
Magruder House, 4703 Annapolis Road (Bladensburg Road), Bladensburg, P...
Significance: The Hilleary-Magruder House is the only extant stone house executed in the Tidewater style in Prince George's County. A mid-18th century, one-and-a-half story, stone gambrel-roof structure, it re... More
Melford, Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Mitchellville, Prince George'...
Significance: Melford is an excellent example of the mid-nineteenth century side-hall-and-double-parlor-plan, brick plantation house. This house type was typical of the finer homes built by Prince Georges' wea... More
Melford, Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Mitchellville, Prince George'...
Significance: Melford is an excellent example of the mid-nineteenth century side-hall-and-double-parlor-plan, brick plantation house. This house type was typical of the finer homes built by Prince Georges' wea... More
Melford, Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Mitchellville, Prince George'...
Significance: Melford is an excellent example of the mid-nineteenth century side-hall-and-double-parlor-plan, brick plantation house. This house type was typical of the finer homes built by Prince Georges' wea... More
Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosary...
Significance: Poplar Hill, or His Lordship's Kindness as it is currently referred to, is an excellent example of an 18th-century, five-part Georgian plantation house. This elegantly detailed residence is among... More
Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosary...
Significance: Poplar Hill, or His Lordship's Kindness as it is currently referred to, is an excellent example of an 18th-century, five-part Georgian plantation house. This elegantly detailed residence is among... More
Compton Bassett, Dairy, 16508 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Princ...
Survey number: HABS MD-134-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83002959
Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...
Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More
Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...
Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More
Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...
Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More
Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...
Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More
Harmony Hall, 10500 Livingstone Road (10511 Livingstone Road), Friendl...
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. Significanc... More