List of Maryland state historical markers in Prince George's County

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This is a list of the Maryland state historical markers in Prince George's County.

This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Prince George's County, Maryland by the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the MHT's database, are included below. There are currently 59 historical markers located in Prince George's County.[1]

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Marker title Image City Location Topics
Adelphi Mill Adelphi, Maryland MD 212 (Riggs Road) southbound, north of Northwest Branch Bridge
38°59′35″N 76°58′18″W / 38.99306°N 76.97167°W / 38.99306; -76.97167 (Adelphi Mill) 		[2]
Beall's Pleasure Landover, Maryland 2900 Bealls Pleasure Road, .2 mile north of MD 202 (Largo-Landover Road)
38°55′49.1″N 76°53′13.5″W / 38.930306°N 76.887083°W / 38.930306; -76.887083 (Beall's Pleasure) 		[3]
Belair Mansion Bowie, Maryland MD 197 (Collington Road) northbound at Tulip Grove Drive
38°58′07″N 76°45′16″W / 38.96861°N 76.75444°W / 38.96861; -76.75444 (Belair Mansion) 		[4]
Upper Marlboro, Maryland Bellefields Road (north side), off Duley Station Rd.
38°44′42.4″N 76°46′35.7″W / 38.745111°N 76.776583°W / 38.745111; -76.776583 (Bellefields Formerly Sim's Delight) 		[5]
Upper Marlboro, Maryland Main Street, between East and West Street
38°48′59″N 76°45′04″W / 38.81639°N 76.75111°W / 38.81639; -76.75111 (Birthplace of John Carroll) 		[6]
Bowie State University Bowie, Maryland front of Thurgood Marshall Library, Bowie State University
39°01′06.00″N 76°45′38.00″W / 39.0183333°N 76.7605556°W / 39.0183333; -76.7605556 (Bowie State University) 		[7]
Aquasco, Maryland MD 381 at St. Mary's Church Rd.
38°35′13″N 76°43′30″W / 38.58694°N 76.72500°W / 38.58694; -76.72500 (Brig Gen Leonard Covington) 		[8]
Calvert Manor Accokeek, Maryland Farmington Road, east of Wannas Drive
38°41′11″N 77°00′18″W / 38.68639°N 77.00500°W / 38.68639; -77.00500 (Calvert Manor) 		[9]
Fort Washington, Maryland 11710 Old Fort Rd.
38°43′42.1″N 76°58′43.0″W / 38.728361°N 76.978611°W / 38.728361; -76.978611 (Chapel Hill) 		[10]
Cheltenham, Maryland US 301 (west side), .1 mile north of Frank Tippet Road, 150 feet west of road
38°44′13.22″N 76°49′29.38″W / 38.7370056°N 76.8248278°W / 38.7370056; -76.8248278 (Cheltenham United Methodist Church) 		[11]
Accokeek, Maryland Bryan Point Road at Farmington Road
38°40′32″N 77°01′15″W / 38.67556°N 77.02083°W / 38.67556; -77.02083 (Christ Episcopal Church - Accokeek) 		[12]
College Park Airport College Park, Maryland at airport at north end of 51st Avenue, .25 mi. north of Paint Branch Parkway
38°58′40″N 76°55′30″W / 38.97778°N 76.92500°W / 38.97778; -76.92500 (College Park Airport) 		[13]
Croom Croom, Maryland Croom Rd. at Kendalwood Dr.
38°45′33.26″N 76°45′38.33″W / 38.7592389°N 76.7606472°W / 38.7592389; -76.7606472 (Croom) 		[14]
Brentwood, Maryland Alternate US 1 (Bladensburg Road) northbound at 38th Avenue
38°56′02″N 76°57′08″W / 38.93389°N 76.95222°W / 38.93389; -76.95222 (Dueling Grounds) 		[15]
Beltsville, Maryland Old Gunpowder Road (northbound), 1000 ft. north of MD 212 (Powder Mill Road)
39°03′07″N 76°55′21″W / 39.05194°N 76.92250°W / 39.05194; -76.92250 (Ebenezer Meeting House) 		[16]
George Washington House Bladensburg, Maryland Alternate US 1 (Baltimore Avenue) at Upshur Street, in median
38°56′28″N 76°56′29″W / 38.94111°N 76.94139°W / 38.94111; -76.94139 (George Washington House) 		[17]
Greenbelt Greenbelt, Maryland Southway, north of Baltimore-Washington Parkway off-ramp
38°59′49″N 76°52′44″W / 38.99694°N 76.87889°W / 38.99694; -76.87889 (Greenbelt) 		[18]
Bowie, Maryland 15512 Hall Rd., west of railroad tracks
38°54′10″N 76°44′10″W / 38.90278°N 76.73611°W / 38.90278; -76.73611 (Hall Station) 		[19]
His Lordship's Kindness Clinton, Maryland Entrance drive to His Lordship's Kindness (right side)
38°46′48.27″N 76°50′45″W / 38.7800750°N 76.84583°W / 38.7800750; -76.84583 (His Lordship's Kindness) 		[20]
Bladensburg, Maryland Fort Lincoln Cemetery off Bladensburg Road
38°55′53″N 76°57′17″W / 38.93139°N 76.95472°W / 38.93139; -76.95472 (Historic Fort Lincoln Cemetery) 		[21]
Hyattsville, Maryland Rosemary Lane at Bridle Path Lane
38°58′42″N 76°57′32″W / 38.97833°N 76.95889°W / 38.97833; -76.95889 (Hitching Post Hill or Ash Hill) 		[22]
Bowie, Maryland MD 450 (Annapolis Road), north side, .23 mile west of High Bridge Road
38°58′24″N 76°46′39.8″W / 38.97333°N 76.777722°W / 38.97333; -76.777722 (Holy Trinity Church) 		[23]
Brandywine, Maryland MD 381 (Aquasco Road) northbound at Horsehead Road
38°39′05″N 76°46′17″W / 38.65139°N 76.77139°W / 38.65139; -76.77139 (Immanuel Church Horsehead, Maryland) 		[24]
John Hanson Oxon Hill, Maryland MD 414 (Oxon Hill Road) eastbound, east of MD 210
38°48′10″N 76°59′36″W / 38.80278°N 76.99333°W / 38.80278; -76.99333 (John Hanson) 		[25]
John Wilkes Booth Clinton, Maryland Brandywine Road (northbound), 500 ft. south of MD 223
38°45′49″N 76°53′50″W / 38.76361°N 76.89722°W / 38.76361; -76.89722 (John Wilkes Booth) 		[26]
John Wilkes Booth and His Companion David Herold Brandywine, Maryland US 301 (southbound), south of MD 5
38°39′34″N 76°52′27″W / 38.65944°N 76.87417°W / 38.65944; -76.87417 (John Wilkes Booth and His Companion David Herold) 		[27]
Laurel, Maryland First Street at Main Street
39°06′09.8208″N 76°50′30.7104″W / 39.102728000°N 76.841864000°W / 39.102728000; -76.841864000 (Laurel Railroad Depot) 		[28]
MD 450 (Annapolis Road) southbound, at Baltimore Lane
38°57′31.380″N 76°49′33.900″W / 38.95871667°N 76.82608333°W / 38.95871667; -76.82608333 (Lincoln) 		[29]
Glenn Dale, Maryland Bell Station Road, near MD 193 (Glenn Dale Boulevard)
38°58′00″N 76°47′53″W / 38.96667°N 76.79806°W / 38.96667; -76.79806 (Marietta - Home of Gabriel Duvall) 		[30]
Marlborough Upper Marlboro, Maryland MD 725 (Main Street) at Old Marlboro Pike
38°48′55″N 76°45′16″W / 38.81528°N 76.75444°W / 38.81528; -76.75444 (Marlborough) 		[31]
Melwood Park Upper Marlboro, Maryland Old Marlboro Pike (north side), 1/2 mile east of MD 223 (Woodyard Road)
38°48′42.78″N 76°49′00″W / 38.8118833°N 76.81667°W / 38.8118833; -76.81667 (Melwood Park) 		[32]
Greenbelt, Maryland MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) southbound, 300 ft. north of Crescent Road
39°00′26″N 76°53′33″W / 39.00722°N 76.89250°W / 39.00722; -76.89250 (Methodist Preaching Place) 		[33]
Montpelier Laurel, Maryland MD 197 (eastbound) at Montpelier Drive
39°04′13″N 76°50′37″W / 39.07028°N 76.84361°W / 39.07028; -76.84361 (Montpelier) 		[34]
Adelphi, Maryland east side of MD 212 (Powder Mill Road), north of intersection with Riggs Road
39°01′36.1″N 76°57′52.5″W / 39.026694°N 76.964583°W / 39.026694; -76.964583 (Mother Jones Champion of Labor) 		[35]
Upper Marlboro, Maryland MD 223 (Woodyard Road), east side, at south side of entrance gate to Mount Airy
38°45′56.79″N 76°49′23.82″W / 38.7657750°N 76.8232833°W / 38.7657750; -76.8232833 (Mount Airy) 		[36]
Mount Lubentia Largo, Maryland MD 202 (Largo-Landover Road) west side, 0.1 mile south of Kettering Drive
38°52′57.5″N 76°48′48.9″W / 38.882639°N 76.813583°W / 38.882639; -76.813583 (Mount Lubentia) 		[37]
Piscataway Piscataway, Maryland MD 223 at Floral Park Road, Prince George's County

Across from 2105 Floral Park Road38°42′05.04″N 76°58′16.20″W / 38.7014000°N 76.9711667°W / 38.7014000; -76.9711667 (Piscataway)

[38]
Ridgley Ridgely, Maryland 8900 Central Ave.
38°53′27.7″N 76°51′08.4″W / 38.891028°N 76.852333°W / 38.891028; -76.852333 (Ridgley) 		[39]
Riversdale Riverdale, Maryland US 1 (Baltimore Avenue) northbound, between Harrison Street and Oliver Street
38°57′41″N 76°56′23″W / 38.96139°N 76.93972°W / 38.96139; -76.93972 (Riversdale) 		[40]
Bowie, Maryland MD 450 (Annapolis Road), east of Race Track Road
38°59′04.23″N 76°43′10″W / 38.9845083°N 76.71944°W / 38.9845083; -76.71944 (Sacred Heart Chapel - White Marsh) 		[41]
Beltsville, Maryland US 1 and Milestone Way, northwest corner
39°01′23.2″N 76°55′27.8″W / 39.023111°N 76.924389°W / 39.023111; -76.924389 (Site of Rhodes Tavern) 		[42]
Vansville, Maryland Odell Road and Old Baltimore Pike, southeast corner
39°02′34.5″N 76°53′43.5″W / 39.042917°N 76.895417°W / 39.042917; -76.895417 (Site of Van Horn's Tavern) 		[43]
St. Barnabas' Church Upper Marlboro, Maryland Church Road at Oak Grove Road
38°52′30″N 76°45′34″W / 38.87500°N 76.75944°W / 38.87500; -76.75944 (St. Barnabas' Church) 		[44]
St. John's Church Fort Washington, Maryland Old St. John's Way, off Livingston Road
38°45′21″N 77°00′03″W / 38.75583°N 77.00083°W / 38.75583; -77.00083 (St. John's Church) 		[45]
Brandywine, Maryland Baden-Westwood Road at Horsehead Road
38°39′38″N 76°46′18″W / 38.66056°N 76.77167°W / 38.66056; -76.77167 (St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Baden) 		[46]
Croom, Maryland MD 382 (Croom Road) at St. Thomas Church Road, northeast corner
38°44′55.9″N 76°45′36.1″W / 38.748861°N 76.760028°W / 38.748861; -76.760028 (St. Simon's Episcopal Mission) 		[47]
Upper Marlboro, Maryland MD 382 (Croom Road) at St. Thomas Church Road
38°44′55.45″N 76°45′36.59″W / 38.7487361°N 76.7601639°W / 38.7487361; -76.7601639 (St. Thomas' Parish Church) 		[48]
Croom, Maryland St. Thomas Church Road (north side), 440 feet east of MD 382 (Croom Road)
38°44′53.9″N 76°45′31.4″W / 38.748306°N 76.758722°W / 38.748306; -76.758722 (St. Thomas' Parish Church) 		[49]
Hyattsville, Maryland US 1 at 41st Place
38°56′45.6″N 76°56′47.0″W / 38.946000°N 76.946389°W / 38.946000; -76.946389 (Suffrage Motorcade) 		[50]
T.B. Brandywine, Maryland MD 373 at Old Brandywine Rd.
38°42′04.62″N 76°52′28.5″W / 38.7012833°N 76.874583°W / 38.7012833; -76.874583 (T.B.) 		[51]
Bowie, Maryland MD 450 (Annapolis Road) eastbound at Belair Drive
38°58′39″N 76°44′29″W / 38.97750°N 76.74139°W / 38.97750; -76.74139 (The Belair Stud Farm Cradle of American Racing) 		[52]
Laurel, Maryland Main Street and First Street
39°06′09.4464″N 76°50′31.5816″W / 39.102624000°N 76.842106000°W / 39.102624000; -76.842106000 (The First Telegram What Hath God Wrought) 		[53]
Upper Marlboro, Maryland Church Street
38°48′53″N 76°45′12″W / 38.81472°N 76.75333°W / 38.81472; -76.75333 (Thomas John Claggett, D.D.) 		[54]
Toaping Castle Greenbelt, Maryland Walker Drive, north of MD 193 (Greenbelt Road)
38°59′48″N 76°53′41″W / 38.99667°N 76.89472°W / 38.99667; -76.89472 (Toaping Castle) 		[55]
Upper Marlboro, Maryland U.S. 301 (west side), 470 feet north of Chrysler Drive
38°49′07.74″N 76°44′13.80″W / 38.8188167°N 76.7371667°W / 38.8188167; -76.7371667 (Tomb of Dr. William Beanes) 		[56]
Upper Marlboro, Maryland MD 4 eastbound, west of US 301
38°48′38.88″N 76°45′17.28″W / 38.8108000°N 76.7548000°W / 38.8108000; -76.7548000 (Tomb of Dr. William Beanes) 		[57]
Beltsville, Maryland US 1 (Baltimore Avenue), northbound, at Prince Georges Road
39°02′11.37″N 76°54′20.73″W / 39.0364917°N 76.9057583°W / 39.0364917; -76.9057583 (Van Horn's Tavern) 		[58]
Warburton Manor Fort Washington, Maryland On a grassy hilltop in Fort Washington Park
38°42′50.1″N 77°01′45.9″W / 38.713917°N 77.029417°W / 38.713917; -77.029417 (Warburton Manor) 		[59]
Aquasco, Maryland 21500 Aquasco Rd.
38°35′39.92″N 76°43′22.25″W / 38.5944222°N 76.7228472°W / 38.5944222; -76.7228472 (Woodville School) 		[60]

References[]

  1. ^ "Markers in Prince George's County". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Adelphi Mill". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "Beall's Pleasure". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "Belair Mansion". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  5. ^ "Bellefields Formerly Sim's Delight". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "Birthplace of John Carroll". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "Bowie State University". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "Brig Gen Leonard Covington". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "Calvert Manor". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "Chapel Hill". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  11. ^ "Cheltenham United Methodist Church". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  12. ^ "Christ Episcopal Church - Accokeek". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  13. ^ "College Park Airport". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  14. ^ "Croom". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  15. ^ "Dueling Grounds". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  16. ^ "Ebenezer Meeting House". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  17. ^ "George Washington House". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  18. ^ "Greenbelt". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  19. ^ "Hall Station". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  20. ^ "His Lordship's Kindness". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  21. ^ "Historic Fort Lincoln Cemetery". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  22. ^ "Hitching Post Hill or Ash Hill". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  23. ^ "Holy Trinity Church". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  24. ^ "Immanuel Church Horsehead, Maryland". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  25. ^ "John Hanson". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  26. ^ "John Wilkes Booth". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  27. ^ "John Wilkes Booth and His Companion David Herold". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  28. ^ "Laurel Railroad Depot". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  29. ^ "Lincoln". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  30. ^ "Marietta - Home of Gabriel Duvall". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  31. ^ "Marlborough". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  32. ^ "Melwood Park". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  33. ^ "Methodist Preaching Place". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  34. ^ "Montpelier". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  35. ^ "Mother Jones Champion of Labor". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  36. ^ "Mount Airy". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  37. ^ "Mount Lubentia". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  38. ^ "Piscataway". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  39. ^ "Ridgley". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  40. ^ "Riversdale". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  41. ^ "Sacred Heart Chapel - White Marsh". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  42. ^ "Site of Rhodes Tavern". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  43. ^ "Site of Van Horn's Tavern". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  44. ^ "St. Barnabas' Church". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  45. ^ "St. John's Church". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  46. ^ "St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Baden". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  47. ^ "St. Simon's Episcopal Mission". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  48. ^ "St. Thomas' Parish Church". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  49. ^ "St. Thomas' Parish Church". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  50. ^ "Suffrage Motorcade". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  51. ^ "T.B." Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  52. ^ "The Belair Stud Farm Cradle of American Racing". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  53. ^ "The First Telegram What Hath God Wrought". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  54. ^ "Thomas John Claggett, D.D." Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  55. ^ "Toaping Castle". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  56. ^ "Tomb of Dr. William Beanes". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  57. ^ "Tomb of Dr. William Beanes". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  58. ^ "Van Horn's Tavern". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  59. ^ "Warburton Manor". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  60. ^ "Woodville School". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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