Laurel, Maryland
History -- Historic sites
Table:
Site name

Image

Location

M-NCPPC Inventory Number

Comment

1

Avondale Mill (1844–1991)

21 Avondale St.

n/a

Added to the National Register of Historic Places, September 20, 1979; destroyed 1991

2

Duvall Bridge

Telegraph Road at Patuxent River, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

64-002

Pratt truss bridge built in 1907 in place of a wooden bridge. Linked Dr. Charles Duvall's (1785–1863) mill plantation "Goodwood", later "Gladswood". Was once on the main route for Baltimore-Washington telegraphs.[69]

3

Old Laurel High School (original building) / Phelps Community Center

700 block of Montgomery St

n/a

Added to the National Register of Historic Places, June 27, 1979

4

Laurel Railroad Station

E. Main St

n/a

Designed for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by architect E. Francis Baldwin, built in 1884.[70] Added to the National Register of Historic Places, March 30, 1973

5

Montpelier

2.1 mi (3.4 km). S of Laurel on MD 197

62-006

Added to the National Register of Historic Places, April 17, 1970

6

Oaklands

8314 Contee Road

62-003

7

Snow Hill

S of Laurel off MD 197

62-004

Added to the National Register of Historic Places, August 13, 1974

8

Snowden Hall

Building 16, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

64-001

Leveraging the accompanying table plus the relevant paragraphs provided.

Respond to the question below: What is the location of the site name that now houses a community center ? Provide just your answer in a JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}. Do not introduce information beyond the provided sources.

The Avondale Mill was a large gable-front stone structure , three stories in height , and 10 bays long by three wide . It was located on the bank of the Patuxent River in the city of Laurel , Prince George 's County , Maryland . It was constructed in 1844-1845 for Captain William Mason & Son of Baltimore . It was complemented by the neighboring Laurel Mill built in 1811 S.D . Heath 's machine shop and Richard Israel 's flouring mill . At that time it was provided with the machinery for the manufacture of fine cloth , running as many as 1,500 cotton spindles with 150 employees . In 1845 , industrialist Peter Gorman was responsible for the first macadamized ( paved ) road in Laurel , Avondale Street next to the new Mill . The mill was sold for $ 10,000 with a $ 13,000 ground rent in 1850 to S.P . Heath and James Arthur ( Webb Heath & Co. ) . In the mid-1850s , it was converted to a gristmill . The waters of the Patuxent provided an 8-9 foot fall and gave the mill 60-70 horsepower to use , along with steam power fueled by coal from Cumberland as early as 1854 . George William Brown purchased the 21.7 acre property and outbuildings from Benjamin F. Crabbs , but sold his holdings in a mortgage auction on 20 October 1897 .
The National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP ) is the United States federal government 's official list of districts , sites , buildings , structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance . A property listed in the National Register , or located within a National Register Historic District , may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property . The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act ( NHPA ) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it . Of the more than one million properties on the National Register , 80,000 are listed individually . The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts . For most of its history , the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service ( NPS ) , an agency within the United States Department of the Interior . Its goals are to help property owners and interest groups , such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation , as well as coordinate , identify and protect historic sites in the United States . While National Register listings are mostly symbolic , their recognition of significance provides some financial incentive to owners of listed properties . Protection of the property is not guaranteed . During the nomination process , the property is evaluated in terms of the four criteria for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places . The application of those criteria has been the subject of criticism by academics of history and preservation , as well as the public and politicians . Occasionally , historic sites outside the country proper , but associated with the United States ( such as the American Embassy in Tangiers ) are also listed .
Duvall Bridge is an historic single-lane bridge over the Patuxent River near Laurel , Maryland . A bridge has been located on this site since the mid-18th century although the current bridge is estimated to have been constructed circa 1907 . The first bridge was constructed to serve the mill at the 450-acre plantation of Dr. Charles Duvall Goodwood renamed later to Gladswood . The Duvall family had arrived in Anne Arundel County with arrival of Mareen Duvall in 1650 . Mareen Duvall 's Middle Plantation is downriver on the same path , now called Davidsonville Road . The Steel bridge was constructed in 1907 . The bridge provided water crossing for the main Baltimore-Washington telegraph lines following telegraph road . In 1936 , the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center was created on the land , and the bridge was transferred to the federal government in 1941 . A plaque was installed in 1966 by the Duvall society . The bridge was condemned in 1977 after flooding . The bridge was rehabilitated in 2012 and serves as a connection between the central tract and north tract of Patuxent Research Refuge . Although a common bridge type , Duvall Bridge is one of only two surviving truss bridges in Prince George 's County , along with Governor 's Bridge .
Since its establishment in 1936 as the first wildlife experiment station in the United States , the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center has been a leading international research institute for wildlife and applied environmental research , for transmitting research findings to those responsible for managing the United States 's natural resources , and for providing technical assistance in implementing research findings so as to improve natural resource management . Patuxent 's scientists have been responsible for many important advances in natural resource conservation , especially in such areas as migratory birds , national monitoring programs for amphibians and birds , wildlife population analysis , waterfowl harvest , habitat management , wetlands , coastal zone and flood plain management , contaminants , endangered species , urban wildlife , ecosystem management , and management of national parks and national wildlife refuges . The Center develops and manages national inventory and monitoring programs and is responsible for the North American Bird Banding Program and leadership of other national bird monitoring programs . The Center 's scientific and technical assistance publications , wildlife databases , and electronic media are used nationally and worldwide in managing biological resources .
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss , a structure of connected elements usually forming triangular units . The connected elements ( typically straight ) may be stressed from tension , compression , or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads . The basic types of truss bridges shown in this article have simple designs which could be easily analyzed by 19th and early 20th-century engineers . A truss bridge is economical to construct because it uses materials efficiently .
Old Laurel High School is a historic former school building on Montgomery Street in Laurel , Maryland . Built in 1899 , it was the original home of Laurel High School , and now houses a community center . Laurel High School was founded in 1899 with an enrollment of 59 students and four teachers . According to the city government , as reported by The Washington Post , the 1900 graduating class was all women . The original school building is now the Phelps Community Center in Laurel . The cupola on top was used during World War II as a Civil Defense Aircraft Spotting Station for identifying enemy aircraft . In 1965 , the high school was moved to a larger building on Cherry Lane . The last class at the original location held a 50th reunion in 2015 . The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as Laurel High School .
Laurel is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line in Laurel , Maryland , between the District of Columbia 's Washington Union Station and Baltimore 's Camden Station .
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ( reporting marks B & O , BO ) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States , with its first section opening in 1830 . Merchants from the city of Baltimore , which had benefitted to some extent from the construction of the National Road early in the century , wanted to continue to compete for trade with trans-Appalachian settlers with the newly constructed Erie Canal ( which served New York City ) , another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania ( which would have connected Philadelphia and Pittsburgh ) , the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ( which connected to the nation 's capital , Washington , D.C. ) , and the James River Canal , which directed traffic toward Richmond and Norfolk , Virginia . At first the B & O was located entirely in the state of Maryland , its original line extending from the port of Baltimore west to Sandy Hook . Because of competition with the C & O canal for trade with coal fields in western Maryland , it could not use the C & O right of way . Thus , to continue westward while minimizing high-cost track through the Appalachian Mountains , the B & O chose to cross the Potomac River into Virginia ( now West Virginia ) , near the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers . From there track continued through Virginia from Harpers Ferry to a point just west of the junction of Patterson Creek and the North Branch Potomac River , where it crossed back into Maryland to reach Cumberland , the terminus of the National Road . From there the B & O extended to the Ohio River at Wheeling and a few years later also to Parkersburg , West Virginia ( below rapids which made navigation difficult during parts of the year ) . It proved crucial to Union success during the American Civil War , although the conflict also caused considerable damage ( and repair costs ) . After the war 's end , the B & O consolidated several feeder lines in Virginia and West Virginia , as well as expanded westward into Ohio ( including a junction at Portsmouth ) , Indiana and Illinois . B & O advertising later carried the motto : Linking 13 Great States with the Nation . After several mergers , the B & O became part of the CSX Transportation ( CSX ) network . The B & O also includes the Leiper Railroad , the first permanent horse-drawn railroad in the U.S. At the end of 1970 , the B & O operated 5,552 miles of road and 10,449 miles of track , not including the Staten Island Rapid Transit ( SIRT ) or the Reading and its subsidiaries .
Ephraim Francis Baldwin ( October 4 , 1837 - January 20 , 1916 ) was an American architect , best known for his work for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and for the Roman Catholic Church .
Located south of Laurel in Prince George 's County , Maryland , United States , Montpelier Mansion is a five-part , Georgian style plantation house most likely constructed between 1781 and 1785 . It has also been known as the Snowden-Long House , New Birmingham , or simply Montpelier . Built by Major Thomas Snowden and his wife Anne , the house is now a National Historic Landmark operated as a house museum . The home and 70 acres ( 28 ha ) remain of what was once a slave plantation of about 9,000 acres ( 3,600 ha ) . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970 , primarily for its architecture .
Maryland Route 197 ( MD 197 ) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland . Known for most of its length as Laurel Bowie Road , the state highway runs 14.64 miles ( 23.56 km ) from U.S. Route 301 ( US 301 ) in Bowie north to MD 198 in Laurel . MD 197 serves as the main connection between Bowie and Laurel in northern Prince George 's County . The highway also provides access to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and Bowie State University . MD 197 also connects US 50 in Bowie and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in South Laurel with the Bowie State MARC station . MD 197 was constructed from what is now MD 450 in Bowie to US 1 in Laurel between the mid-1920s and early 1930s . The highway was extended south to US 301 in the mid-1950s . MD 197 's northern terminus was relocated in the mid-1960s . The portion through Laurel and South Laurel was expanded to a divided highway in the mid-1970s . MD 197 was relocated from its original course through Old Town Bowie to its present course near Bowie State University in the late 1980s ; much of this segment was built as divided highway . The highway 's southern end was expanded to a divided highway concurrent with the expansion of the US 50 interchange . MD 197 's 1950s-era interchange with the Baltimore-Washington Parkway was reconstructed in the early 2000s .
Oaklands or Contee was a slave plantation owned by the Snowden family , and remains as a historic home surrounded by residential development . The house is a three-story manor of brick construction , and was built by Major Thomas Snowden and his wife Eliza Warfield from Bushy Park , Howard County . The 2,000-acre ( 810 ha ) estate extended westward into modern Howard County . Richard Snowden inherited it from his father . His oldest daughter Anne Lousia Snowden inherited the estate and married Capt . John Contee , for whom Contee station of the B & O railroad was named . In 1911 , the estate was purchased by Charles R. Hoff and his wife who was a descendant of the Snowden family .
Snow Hill is a manor house located south of Laurel , Maryland , off Maryland Route 197 , in Prince George 's County . Built between 1799 and 1801 , the ​1 1⁄2-story brick house is rectangular , with a gambrel roof , interior end chimneys , and shed dormers . It has a center entrance with transom and a small gabled porch . A central hall plan was used , with an elaborate interior and corner cupboards . The original south wing was removed and rebuilt , and the home restored in 1940 . The Late Georgian style house was the home of Samuel Snowden , part owner of extensive family ironworks , inherited from his father Richard Snowden . and is now owned and operated by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission as a rental facility . Snow Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 .
Snowden Hall is a historic house located on the grounds of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center , outside Laurel in Prince George 's County , Maryland , United States . It stands on open rolling ground approximately ¾-mile west of the Patuxent River .