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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29IH_72-09-35-cornelius-fonville-house_Capitol-Heights-MD.html
The Fonville House represents the foursquare houses popular in the early twentieth century. It was one of the largest houses during the early development of the Fairmount Heights community. It was built by Cornelius Fonville, who worked as a messe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29B0_72-09-33-henry-pinckney-house_Capitol-Heights-MD.html
The Pinkney House is representative of the American Foursquare, a popular dwelling type with a square floor plan. The Henry Pinckney House is a large two-story dwelling with a hip roof pierced by gable dormers on three-planes of the roof. The entr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2996_72-09-17-samuel-hargrove-house_Capitol-Heights-MD.html
The Hargrove House was built In the North Fairmount Heights subdivision, platted in 1910. It was built by brick mason Samuel Hargrove. It is an unusual dwelling form, with molded brick detail and is probably unique in Prince George's County. It is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM298T_72-09-29-fairmount-heights-elementary-school_Capitol-Heights-MD.html
The Fairmount Heights Elementary School is one of the largest buildings in the community. Before its construction, classes were held in nearby Charity Hall (715 61st Avenue). in early 1911, a group of residents approached the Prince George's Count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2986_trammell-taylor-house_Capitol-Heights-MD.html
The Trammell-Taylor House was one of the most substantial houses in the early development of Fairmount Heights. The house is a two-and-one-half story, side gabled, wood frame dwelling with Classical Revival decorative details. Above the entry porc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM297U_william-sidney-pittman-and-portia-washington-pittman-house-site_Capitol-Heights-MD.html
The Pittman House was designed and built as a family home by architect William Sidney Pittman in 1907, the year in which he married Portia, daughter of the his former mentor Booker T. Washington. Pittman (1875-1958) attended Tuskegee Institute in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYN_original-federal-boundary-stone-se-2_Capitol-Heights-MD.html
Original Federal Boundary StoneDistrict of ColumbiaPlaced 1791-1792Protected by Marcia Burns ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution1916
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