River View & Notley Hall

River View & Notley Hall (HM2D0K)

Location: Oxon Hill, MD 20745 Prince George's County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 47.548', W 77° 1.459'

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Two amusement parks developed on the Maryland side of the Potomac in the 1890s: one for blacks, and one for whites. Notley Hall was owned and operated by African-Americans. Black residents from Washington, D.C., visited the park called by one newspaper "a collection of attractions unsurpassed by any place of amusement on the river." Just to the south, River View, the whites-only park, featured a roller coaster and picnic grounds. Both parks were abandoned by the 1920s.

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Six Flags America in Largo got its start in 1973 as a wildlife preserve by Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot and a pair of Irish animal trainers.

River View Dance Pavilion — once open-air, now converted into a home — is still visible from both water and land.
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Date Added Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 at 10:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 324192 N 4295692
Decimal Degrees38.79246667, -77.02431667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 47.548', W 77° 1.459'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 47' 32.88" N, 77° 1' 27.54" W
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Area Code(s)301, 240
Closest Postal AddressAt or near I-95, Oxon Hill MD 20745, US
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