Fairmount Heights in Prince George's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Doswell Brooks House

6107 Foote Street

— Historic Resources, Built 1928 —

Doswell Brooks House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2018

1. Doswell Brooks House Marker

Inscription. The Doswell Brooks House was built in 1928 in the Mount Wisener subdivision of Fairmount Heights; the third subdivision to be platted in the community. It was built for Doswell and Anita Brooks. The house is a small bungalow, representative of a dwelling type that was popular between World War I and II. The Brooks House is one-and-one-half stories high, with a hip roof, and wood frame construction. Centered in the principal plane of the roof is a small hip roof dormer that encloses two narrow windows. The original wood siding is now covered with synthetic yellow siding. The entrance is centered in the northwest façade, sheltered by a screened porch.

Doswell Brooks was active in the Prince George’s County school system; he served as Supervisor of Colored Schools beginning in 1922, and in 1956 was appointed as the first African American member of the Board of Education. He also served as a member of the Fairmount Heights Town Council and as Mayor of the town form 1955 until shortly before his death in 1968.

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Erected by Town of Fairmount Heights, Maryland. (Marker Number 72-09-36.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Architecture • Government & Politics. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.

Location. 38° 53.821′ N, 76° 54.762′ W. Marker is in Fairmount Heights, Maryland, in Prince George's County. It is at the intersection of Foote Street and 62nd Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Foote Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6107 Foote Street, Capitol Heights MD 20743, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2018

2. Doswell Brooks House Marker

marker: William Sidney Pittman and Portia Washington Pittman House Site (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The William Sidney Pittman House (about 400 feet away); Charity Hall (about 500 feet away); Henry Pinckney House (about 600 feet away); Cornelius Fonville House (about 600 feet away); John S. Johnson House (about 600 feet away); Bungalow Row (about 700 feet away); Original Town Hall and Municipal Center (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fairmount Heights.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Original Municipal Center (was about 800 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Doswell Brooks House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2018

3. Doswell Brooks House

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 20, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 656 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 20, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.