Sasscer's House, 5415 Old Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlbo...
Significance: Kingston, as the house is popularly known, is one of the oldest remaining structures in the town of Upper Marlboro. The original structure is believed to have been constructed before 1730. In ad... More
Sasscer's House, 5415 Old Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301), Upper Marlbo...
Significance: Kingston, as the house is popularly known, is one of the oldest remaining structures in the town of Upper Marlboro. The original structure is believed to have been constructed before 1730. In ad... More
Fort Washington, Commandant's House, Fort Washington Road, Fort Washin...
Survey number: HABS MD-307-E Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction
U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Landscape, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn...
Survey number: HAER MD-122-M Building/structure dates: after 1920 Initial Construction
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
St. Thomas' Church, 14300 St. Thomas' Church Road at Croom Road, Croom...
Significance: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, and one of the most intact. It is also notable for its associations with important early citizens, par... 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
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
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
P. A. Bowen House, 15701 Dr. Bowen Road, Aquasco, Prince George's Coun...
Significance: The P.A. Bower House is an atypical example of the side-hall-and-double-parlor plan popularly used in the finer homes of Prince George's County's planter and merchant class, in that it was built m... 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
November 28, 1785, Prince George, Bristol Parish, requesting permissio...
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Poplar Hill, Smokehouse, 7606 Woodyard Road, Clinton, Prince George's ...
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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
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
Pheasant's Thicket, Townshend, Prince George's County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-879 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adelphi Mill, Adelphi Mill Recreation Center, State Route 212, Langley...
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Adelphi Mill, Adelphi Mill Recreation Center, State Route 212, Langley...
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Adelphi Mill, Adelphi Mill Recreation Center, State Route 212, Langley...
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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
Willow Grove, Annapolis Road (State Route 450), Collington, Prince Geo...
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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
McEwen House, 4106 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, Prince George's Count...
Significance: The McEwan House is both a fine example of a Queen Anne-style suburban residence, and an identified example of pattern-book architecture. The plans were produced by R.W. Shoppell's nationally-kno... More
U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Soil Conservation Service Cluster, 11...
Survey number: HAER MD-122-H Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction
U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Packing Shed, 11601 Old Pond Road, Gl...
Survey number: HAER MD-122-G Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction
Poplar Hill, Slave Hospital, 7606 Woodyard Road, Clinton, Prince Georg...
See HABS MD-315 for written historical description. Survey number: HABS MD-315-D
Coffren House, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD
Significance: The Coffren House, and adjacent Coffren Store, are significant as a surviving, rural general merchandise store and storekeepers dwelling complex. Once a familiar part of the rural landscape, the ... More
Coffren House, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD
Significance: The Coffren House, and adjacent Coffren Store, are significant as a surviving, rural general merchandise store and storekeepers dwelling complex. Once a familiar part of the rural landscape, the ... 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
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
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
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
Mount Airy, Rosaryville, Prince George's County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-117 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Springhill Lake Apartments, 9230 Edmonston Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Harry Smith House, 4707 Oliver Street, Riverdale Park, Prince George's...
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Harry Smith House on Oliver Street (Washington Street in the original Riverdale Park subdivision platted in 1889) is an excellent example of a Queen Anne ... 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
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
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
Beall's Pleasure, Landover Road Vicinity, Landover, Prince George's Co...
Significance: Constructed ca. 1795, Beall's Pleasure is an example of Federal architecture typical of central Maryland. The original owner of the land, Colonel Ninian Beale, helped establish the first Presbyter... 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
Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, ...
Significance: Marietta is one of the finest surviving examples of a late Federal-style brick plantation house found in Prince George's County. It is different from most of the plantation houses of its era in t... More
Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, ...
Significance: Marietta is one of the finest surviving examples of a late Federal-style brick plantation house found in Prince George's County. It is different from most of the plantation houses of its era in t... 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
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
Snow Hill, 13209 Laurel-Bowie Road, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD
Significance: Snow Hill is an excellent example of a dwelling executed in an architectural style popular during the period of early settlement in Prince George's County. Its one-and-a-half story, gambrel-roof ... More
Mullikin's Delight, 2307 Church Road, Woodmore, Prince George's County...
Survey number: HABS MD-649 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
St. Ignatius Church, 2315 Brinkley Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's Co...
Significance: St. Ignatius Church is an excellent example of a rural/suburban Queen Anne Shingle-style church, the only one of its kind in Prince George's County. The church, founded in 1849, is the second old... More
Aurora Pulsed Radiation Simulator, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Buil...
Significance: The Aurora Pulsed Radiation Simulator was the first gamma radiation simulator of its size and capacity built in the world. The simulator achieved a new plateau of nuclear effects simulation, able... More
St. Barnabas Church, 14705 Oak Grove Road, Leeland, Prince George's Co...
Significance: St. Barnabas is one of six extant Colonial-era churches in Prince George's County, and one of only two executed in the Colonial, Georgian style. This, Queen Anne's, Parish is also among the oldes... More
St. Barnabas Church, 14705 Oak Grove Road, Leeland, Prince George's Co...
Significance: St. Barnabas is one of six extant Colonial-era churches in Prince George's County, and one of only two executed in the Colonial, Georgian style. This, Queen Anne's, Parish is also among the oldes... 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
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
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
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
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Belair, Tulip Grove Drive, Belair-at-Bowie, Bowie, Prince George's Cou...
Significance: Initially completed ca. 1746, Belair is an outstanding example of Georgian architecture. It was also home to two Maryland governors and symbolizes more than 250 years of thoroughbred horse racing.... More
Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...
Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More
Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...
Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More
Bowling Heights, 3610 Old Crain Highway, Upper Marlboro, Prince George...
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Bowling Heights, 3610 Old Crain Highway, Upper Marlboro, Prince George...
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U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Pumphouses, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glen...
Survey number: HAER MD-122-F Building/structure dates: after 1920 Initial Construction
Montpelier, Laurel vic., Prince George's County, Maryland
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12401 Sussex Lane (House), Bowie, Prince George's County, MD
Significance: The house at number 12401 Sussex Lane was the display model for The Manor House, the largest considered for construction at Belair. It was one of twelve models built between 1960 and 1967 on Suss... More