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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262X_army-aviation-school_College-Park-MD.html
The first Army Aviation School set up operations at the airfield in 1911, with 5 new aeroplanes (2 Wrights, 2 Curtiss, 1 Burgess-Wright) and 4 hangars adjacent to the road.
Several of the civilian hangars had to be relocated to be in line with …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262W_general-aviation_College-Park-MD.html
In 1910, civilian aviator and inventor Rex Smith came to the airfield. He started the Rex Smith Aeroplane Company and built a hangar on the field.
In 1911, they were joined by the National Aeroplane Company (NACO), which was formed to give inst…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262V_airmail_College-Park-MD.html
In May 1918, the first U.S. Airmail was inaugurated using Army pilots and planes. Three months later, the Post Office Department took over the operations and started the first postal airmail service from College Park on August 12, 1918. Max Miller…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262U_old-parish-house_College-Park-MD.html
Built in 1817, the Old Parish House originally served the Calvert Mansion as a dairy barn and is one of only two surviving outbuildings from the Riversdale Estate. It is one-story high with a gable roof, segmentally arched windows and side walls s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262T_mcdonnell-house_College-Park-MD.html
The McDonnell House was built in 1896 by Henry B. McDonnell as a 2½-story, cross-gabled frame house with wraparound porch, ornamental gable shingles and slate roof. It is a good example of simplified Queen Anne-style domestic architecture. A …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262S_cory-house_College-Park-MD.html
The Cory House, built in 1891, was one of the first houses built in the 1889 Johnson and Curriden's subdivision of College Park. A rear addition was built in 1925. The structure is a two-and-a-half story frame house with well-defined pediments and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262R_harrison-store-trolley-stop-sweet-shop_College-Park-MD.html
These two structures, built circa 1910 in the Colonial Revival style, represent the first commercial resources in the neighborhood. Both buildings were apartments with ground floor commercial space. The store drew its customers from riders of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262Q_holbrook-house_College-Park-MD.html
The Holbrook House was built in 1927. It is a two-story, stucco-covered frame dwelling in the Spanish Mission style with a hip roof, decorative-shaped parapets, projecting bays and an open porch. It is an excellent example of a mail-order house an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262P_graham-cracker_College-Park-MD.html
Built circa 1963, the Graham Cracker is a group of seven sorority buildings constructed on the block bounded by Knox Road, Princeton Avenue, College Avenue, and Yale Avenue with a common landscaped courtyard and parking in the center. These two-an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SLP_washington-spa-spring-gretta-railroad_Berwyn-Heights-MD.html
The Washington Spa Spring & Gretta Railroad (WSSGRR) was a streetcar that served Berwyn Heights, 1912 - 1921. Incorporated in Maryland in 1905, WSSGRR started running from 15th and H Street, NE to Bladensburg in 1910. An extension to Riverdale and…