17 10 274 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/bcbe4cfd13ab293a933685bdabd57941.jpg b20a37b2046020657922573cf2532af9 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://history.pgparks.com/sites_and_museums/Ridgeley_Rosenwald_School.htm">Ridgeley Rosenwald School</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1189/#geolocation">8507 Central Avenue, Capitol Heights, MD 20743</a> <a>+1 (301) 333-6560</a> Description Built in 1927 as Colored School No. 1 in Election District 13, Ridgeley School is one of 27 schools in Prince George’s County to receive assistance from the Rosenwald Fund. The segregated school served African American children living near Central Avenue until the 1950s. Restored and reopened as a museum in 2011, it is one of the best examples of a Rosenwald School in the County. The building originally consisted of two large classrooms (each of which served at least three grades), a central passageway; and an entrance flanked by two cloakrooms. A third classroom was added by the 1950s. Of 27 Rosenwald schools built in Prince George’s County, the Ridgeley School is one of nine that remains. Newly restored, the school has retained many of its original design elements. Resource <a href="http://rosenwaldfilm.org/blog/?p=149">Rosenwald: The Remarkable Story of a Jewish Partnership with Africa American Communities:</a> The Ciesla Foundation is dedicated to producing documentaries with an uplifting social and historical message about unsung Jewish heroes. Our newest film project is Rosenwald, a documentary on the incredible story of how businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald joined with African-American communities in the South to build schools for them during the early part of the 20th century. This is an Aviva Kemper film. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ridgeley Rosenwald School 20th century african american Capitol Heights historic site Maryland Prince George restoration Rosenwald, Julius schools https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/7de4e8b588c427e3038e36bc2d5453f6.jpg 9589bedd3d50871dd70b7ecff1c42b02 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://history.pgparks.com/sites_and_museums/Patuxent_Rural_Life_Museums.htm">Patuxent Rural Life Museum</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1188/#geolocation">16000 Croom Airport Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772</a> <a>+1 (301) 627-6074</a> Description The Patuxent Rural Life Museums, located within the 7,000 acre Patuxent River Park, are a collection of museums and farm buildings dedicated to preserving the heritage of southern Prince George's County. The museum complex is composed of the W. Henry Duvall Tool Museum, a Blacksmith Shop with Farrier & Tack Shop, the Tobacco Farming Museum, Duckett Log Cabin with its privy, chicken coop, and meat house, a 1923 Sears catalog house, and the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Museum: Working the River. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Patuxent Rural Life Museum 19th century buildings Duckett, Charles Duvall, W. Henry farms historic site Lowe Steed Maryland museum Native American Park Prince George Sears Roebuck and Company tenants tools Trueman Upper Marlboro https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/90fbafa74530cd4106843041d4776f2b.jpg fd10a256e4e5d95bbe39d8634964665c Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://history.pgparks.com/sites_and_museums/Marietta_House_Museum.htm">Marietta House Museum</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1187/#geolocation">5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, MD 20769</a> <a>+1 (301) 464-5654</a> Description Marietta, the Federal-style brick home of U.S. Supreme Court associate justice Gabriel Duvall, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built ca. 1813, Marietta remained under the ownership of the Duvall family until 1902. The home is situated on 25 acres of lawn and wooded areas and the grounds boast two County Champion trees, a lovely old boxwood and a bamboo grove. The Marietta Museum focuses on exhibits relevant to Prince George’s County history and on special events and programs such as period re-enactments, afternoon teas and children’s storytelling hours. The Society of Mareen Duvall Descendants has relocated the family graveyard from its original location to the serene surroundings at Marietta. Justice Duvall's law office and root cellar also are open to the public. Marietta is a 2 1⁄2-story brick Federal house, begun c. 1813, in a traditional I-house plan and is an important example of a late Federal style brick house. The main block is five bays by two, and entrance is through the central bay of the south facade. Attached to the north of the main block at right angles is a two-story rear wing, built c. 1832, and attached to the west gable end is an L-shaped wing added in 1968. Marietta stands on terraced, landscaped grounds with two contemporary outbuildings: a brick law office and a stone and brick root cellar/harness storage room. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marietta House Museum 19th century 20th century Duvall, Gabriel Federal garden Glenn Dale historic site Jefferson, Thomas landscape Madison, James Maryland museum Prince George U.S. Supreme Court https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/95b9c88c3eacc7cd0248e43ccfdc8504.jpg bcee7283515fc95e4246d32877d21d09 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://history.pgparks.com/sites_and_museums/Dorsey_Chapel.htm">Dorsey Chapel</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1186/#geolocation">10704 Brookland Road, Glenn Dale, MD 20769</a> <a>+1 (301) 252-5544</a> Description Built in 1900 as a Methodist church, Dorsey Chapel served as the social and spiritual center of Brookland, an African American farming community. Through the 1960s the chapel's membership dwindled and the building fell into disrepair. When the chapel was scheduled for demolition in 1980, the Friends of Dorsey Chapel organized to preserve the church. Today, this small frame meetinghouse-style church is considered an architectural jewel. Designated a Prince George's County "historic site" by the Historic Preservation Commission and restored by M-NCPPC, Dorsey Chapel was re-dedicated and opened to the public as a museum on September 11, 1996. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dorsey Chapel 20th century african american architecture churches community Dorsey, A.B. Glenn Dale historic site Maryland museum Prince George restoration https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/eab0e77e4cf57d7ba8c9c7bfc59ae438.jpg c06431d4279587a9c876893073a18327 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://history.pgparks.com/sites_and_museums/Darnall_s_Chance_House_Museum.htm">Darnall’s Chance House Museum</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1185/#geolocation">14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772</a> <a>+1 (301) 952-8010 </a><a href="%E2%80%9Cmailto%3Adarnallschance@pgparks.com%E2%80%9D">darnallschance@pgparks.com</a> Description Opened to the public as a historic house museum in 1988, Darnall’s Chance House Museum is dedicated to the interpretation and study of the history and culture of 18th century Prince George's County, Maryland, with special emphasis on the lives of mid-18th century women. The Museum seeks to interpret the story of Lettice Lee, who lived at Darnall's Chance in the decades just prior to the American Revolution. The house and grounds reflect 1760, the year Lettice Lee’s first husband died and a room by room inventory was taken of the contents of the house. Darnall’s Chance House Museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The National Underground Railroad: Network to Freedom Trail, and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. The Wardrops’ 15-room Georgian mansion was the mainstay of a dwelling complex that included eight brick outbuildings, a rare underground brick burial vault, ornamental and vegetable gardens, apple and peach orchards, and livestock. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Darnall’s Chance House Museum 18th century 19th century 20th century garden Georgian historic site inventories Lee, Lettice Lee, Philip Maryland museum Prince George Sim, Joseph Thomson, Adam Underground Railroad Upper Marlboro Wardrop, James https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/028a8524bb4fa5bbfe66decff3a3bdee.jpg 6222ff92e3f18d6a0ae81db86227182a Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://history.pgparks.com/sites_and_museums/Billingsley_House_Museum.htm">Billingsley House</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1184/#geolocation">6900 Green Landing Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20722</a> <a>+1 (301) 627-0730 </a><a href="%E2%80%9Cmailto%3Abillingsley@pgparks.com%E2%80%9D">billingsley@pgparks.com</a> Description Billingsley House is a very early brick Tidewater Colonial plantation house that sits on 430 acres overlooking the confluence of the marshes of the Patuxent River and the Western Branch. The house and land were named for Major John Billingsley, the original 1662 land grant owner. Even though Major Billingsley never lived on the property and there have been 27 title adjustments over the site's long history, the name "Billingsley" remains. The present house was built around 1740 by the prominent Weems family on, or very near, the site of an older 1695 house built by Colonel Thomas Hollyday, first Chief Justice of the Prince George's County Court. Billingsley has been substantially altered and modernized both in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, yet it is still one of the oldest structures remaining in the County and a unique example of a brick plantation house. As such, it is of great historical and architectural importance and features rooms furnished in period decor. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Billingsley House 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century architecture Billingsley, Major John colonial america furniture historic site Hollyday, Colonel Thomas Maryland plantations Prince George Upper Marlboro Weems family https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/96281bb627fcc37ddf26b17a95102d36.jpg 96fb4910d14b1474319646a510751b37 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://history.pgparks.com/sites_and_museums/Abraham_Hall.htm">Abraham Hall</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1183/#geolocation">7612 Old Muirkirk Road, Beltsville, MD 20705</a> <a>+1 (240) 264-3415</a> Description Abraham Hall, constructed in 1889, is the best example of an African-American benevolent society lodge in Prince George's County. Located in the community of Rossville, it is the first African American historic site in the county to be fully restored using public funds. Renovated and re-dedicated in October 2008, it houses M-NCPPC's Black History Program. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Abraham Hall 19th century african american Beltsville historic site Maryland museum Prince George restoration https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/a0a9705c6cd1859c3f3b44f0b1da72ec.png 3437a533b3eebfddbd9a20d276fdf4dd Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/homepage/html/govhouse.html">Government House, Governor of Maryland</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1182/#geolocation">State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401</a> <a>+1 (410) 974-3531</a> Description Government House has been the official residence of the governor of Maryland and his or her family since 1870. The Georgian-style country house was originally a Victorian mansion with a mansard roof. It is located in Annapolis, directly across the street from the historic Maryland State House. Government House is at the heart of Maryland history and the furnishing, paintings and other items within its walls tell the story of Maryland's rich and glorious past. Among its treasures are portraits by Charles Willson Peale, one of America's foremost portrait painters, and furnishings by Potthast, eminent Baltimore furniture makers of the 19th century. There are seven public rooms in Government House: the Entrance Hall, the Victorian Library, the Reception Room, the Parlor, the Conservatory, the Drawing Room, and the State Dining Room. The library contains a wide range of works by important Maryland and national authors. On display in Government House are works from the two state-owned art collections, the Annapolis Collection and the Peabody Art Collection, installed by the Maryland Commission on Artistic Property of the Maryland State Archives. In the Entrance Hall are portraits of Queen Henrietta Maria, after whom Maryland was named, and Cecil Calvert, the founder of the colony. The portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria was painted in 1900 by Florence MacKubin after the original by Anthony Van Dyck, which hangs in Warwick Castle in England. The portrait of Cecil Calvert is also by Florence MacKubin. The State Dining Room features the portrait of the Sharpe Family painted in 1754 by Gawen Hamilton. There are also works from the Peabody Art Collection, including paintings by such artists as Alice Worthington Ball, Charles Willson Peale, and Francis Guy. The garden boasts a beautiful Victorian-style fountain installed in 1990. The fountain was designed by Graham Landscape Architects in Annapolis and sculptor Lyle Beddes of Historical Arts and Casting helped to create it. The design includes many images that represent Maryland and its bounty, including corn, crabs, tobacco, terrapins and the Baltimore Oriole, the state bird. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Government House, Governor of Maryland 19th century 20th century Annapolis art furniture garden Georgian historic site land design landscape Maryland paintings Peale, Charles Wilson Victorian https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/34cd3edbeb3b43033a79339f327d4255.jpg ed1ab75b304896548bf84f0bbc5e3025 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.aachs.org/">Kuethe Library: Historical & Genealogical Center, Ann Arundell County Historical Society</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1181/#geolocation">5 Crain Highway, SE, Glen Burnie, MD 21061</a> <a>+1 (410) 760-9679</a> <a href="mailto:info@aachs.org">info@aachs.org</a> Description The Kuethe Library holds the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society's and the Anne Arundel Genealogical Society's collections. An extensive collection of books on Ann Arundel County history, including volumes on local towns and communities, Ann Arundel County telephone directories, county census records, vertical files containing newspaper clippings and memorabilia of local events and activities, businesses, schools, churches, thousands of photographs of local Ann Arundel County history. Resource <a href="http://www.aachs.org/genealogical.php">Maps:</a> Map collection includes: - Original copies of the Hopkins Atlas of Anne Arundel County (1878): Also available for sale in hard- or soft-back versions - The Martinet map of the 19th century - Development plat maps of local communities - Files on Aviation History including the history of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. - A complete set of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (ORs) for both the Army and Navy - Biographical files - Pamphlets and Ephemera <a href="http://www.aachs.org/genealogical.php">Special Collections:</a> - Kelbaugh Collection: Over 800 files of documents from the collection of noted local historian Jack Kelbaugh. It includes his extensive research into Anne Arundel County history during the Civil War, his study of interments at the Annapolis National Cemetery and etc. - Mellin Collection: The research papers of local journalist John Mellin including a complete set of his columns for the Glen Burnie Gazette and Annapolis Capital. - Nelker Collection: The files of Gladys Nelker who, during her career as a realtor, amassed a large collection of information on Anne Arundel County towns and communities. Genealogical Society's Collection: This collection includes maps of Maryland and Ann Arundel County and photographs. The collection is searchable through the Anne Arundel County Public Library catalog. To find them, check out the AACPL Kuethe Library page. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kuethe Library: Historical & Genealogical Center, Ann Arundell County Historical Society 19th century 20th century Anne Arundel aviation census churches civil war community directories Glen Burnie Historical society library maps Maryland memorabilia military history newspapers photographs schools vertical files https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/45b14a0b9523d23eba965393c2778a4c.gif 1dca92c1e388b17590b106fb1570fbd4 Directory Type2 Contact <a href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">Library of Virginia Collections</a> <a href="http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/1180/#geolocation">800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219</a> <a>+1 (804) 692-3500</a> <a href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/contact.asp">http://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/contact.asp</a> Description The Library is one of the oldest agencies of Virginia government, founded in 1823 to preserve and provide access to the state's incomparable printed and manuscript holdings. The collection, which has grown steadily through the years, is the most comprehensive resource in the world for the study of Virginia history, culture, and government. Resource <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/">Capitol Square Renovation Collection:</a> This collection preserves the web sites that document the 2004-2007 renovation of the Capitol building designed by Thomas Jefferson in 1785, and the associated Capitol Square complex in Richmond, Virginia. <a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/virginia_newspapers">Virginia Digital Newspaper Project:</a> The Library of Virginia offers access to a wide array of resources for researching newspapers, from its broad collection of over 2,500 titles, in original ink press copy, on microfilm, and in digital format through the Library's web based repository, Virginia Chronicle. There are also a suite of subscription-based newspaper resources that the Library offers for free, providing gateways to a significant range of historical newspapers. The Virginia Newspaper Project (VNP), established in 1993, has worked to locate, describe, inventory, preserve, and provide public access to United States imprint newspapers housed throughout the commonwealth. To search specific titles and holdings here at the Library, visit the Newspapers in Virginia Bibliography. <a href="http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas15&local_base=CLAS15">Virginia Historical Inventory:</a> This collection includes photographs, maps, and detailed reports documenting the architectural, cultural, and family histories of thousands of 18th– and 19th–century buildings in communities across Virginia. It was originally assembled by the Virginia Writers' Project, part of the depression-era Works Progress Administration. <a href="http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/CBTBMJC4INA5BGAXIXMC8YJUTRCV4YDV4PCUTUJUATF8LBEF48-04997?func=collections-result&collection_id=2362&_ga=1.241259842.1133953252.1419011104&pds_handle=GUEST">WPA Historical Houses Drawings Digital Collections:</a> The WPA Historic Houses Drawings Collection includes 140 drawings in pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor of houses, courthouses, churches, mill houses, and taverns, representing 39 Virginia counties. From 1932 to 1937, the Virginia State Commission on Conservation and Development's Division of History and Archaeology received funds from the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) Federal Art Project to commission five artists, including Rex M. Allyn, Edward A. Darby, Dorothea A. Farrington, E. Neville Harnsberger, and Elsie J. Mistie, to create drawings for a publication on historic Virginia shrines. Although the drawings were never published, likely due to diminishing funds, the collection presents an important record of Virginia architecture, both traditional and vernacular, and includes images of structures that are no longer standing today. The photographs from which the drawings were based are part of the WPA Photograph and Negative Collection at the Library of Virginia. <a href="http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/HJRXMVXJYXLBAKTEKRF9SIGRDYPPRJ44BY5RI6H8CPBK51FKTM-05150?func=collections-result&collection_id=1682&_ga=1.204060240.1133953252.1419011104&pds_handle=GUEST">Charles F. Gillette Virginia Photograph Collection:</a> This collection of photographs highlights Virginia houses, estates, gardens, and other landscape design projects created by the famed landscape architect Charles Gillette. <a href="http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=CLAS35">Mutual Assurance Society (Richmond/Henrico County, Virginia, Policies):</a> Indexes insurance policies issued by the Mutual Assurance Society between 1796 and 1867 for buildings in Richmond and Henrico County. Document images available. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Library of Virginia Collections 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century Allyn, Rex M. architecture capitol churches community courthouses Darby, Edward A. drawings Farrington, Dorothea A. garden Gillete, Charles Harnsberger, E. Neville historic site Jefferson, Thomas landscape library maps mill houses Mistie, Elsie J. newspapers photographs restoration Richmond taverns Virginia