Mitchellville in Prince George's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Edlavitch-Harmel House
The Mitchellville Storekeeper's House
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 8, 2014
1. Edlavitch-Harmel House Marker
Mitchellville centered around a post office in 1865 that took its name from John Mitchell (1787-1861), owner of substantial holdings. The village grew when the Pope's Creek line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad opened in 1873. A general store operated by Samuel Domer was here by the 1870s, around which developed a community with a stable, garage and gas pump, office, bar, poolroom, barber shop, a feed mill, post office, blacksmith, school and Hotel.The Edlavitch family, Russian Jews who immigrated to the area in 1888, purchased the store in 1895, and built this house in 1908. Joseph F. Montgomery, who ran the store from 1925 to 1943, was one of the first African American Businessmen in the area. The last owners were the Harmel family. The store burned in 1985.
The City of Bowie purchased the property in 1992. It now serves as part of the City of Bowie Museums System.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.
Location. 38° 55.552′ N, 76° 43.99′ W. Marker is in Mitchellville, Maryland, in Prince
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Blacksox Park (approx. 0.4 miles away); Forest Place (approx. 1.1 miles away); Historic Pin Oak (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hall Station (approx. 1.6 miles away); Melford and Cemetery (approx. 2.6 miles away); The Belair Stud Farm (approx. 2.8 miles away); Archaeological Research of the Belair Garden (approx. 2.9 miles away); The Stable Courtyard (approx. 2.9 miles away).
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 8, 2014
2. Edlavitch-Harmel House Marker
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 8, 2014
3. Edlavitch-Harmel House Marker
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 8, 2014
4. Edlavitch-Harmel House
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 8, 2014
5. Edlavitch-Harmel House
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6. Mitchellville Store
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7. Mitchellville Post Office
Event Cover
Event Cover
July 20, 1865 to July 2005, 140th Anniversary Mitchellville Post Office Station, Bowie Maryland, 20716-1564. Established 1865; Second Postmaster: George Augustus Mitchell; Location: corner of Mitchellville & Mt. Oak Roads. Destroyed by fire in 1985.From a display in the Radio & Television Museum
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 8, 2014
8. National Capital Radio and Television Museum
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9. His Master's Voice
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10. Radio and the Bowie Connection
Why a museum about radio in Bowie, Maryland?
Why a museum about radio in Bowie, Maryland?
Mrs. William Woodward, wife of the last private owner of Belair Estate on which most of modern Bowie was built after 1957, had a brief career in radio broadcasting before her marriage in 1943.
Anne Eden began a radio career as a contestant in a daytime game show, True or False. In 1941 she landed a daily role on a soap opera, Joyce Jordan, Girl Intern, followed by a big break in Lincoln Highway with Ethel Barrymore on NBC. Additional parts included Bright Horizon on CBS, and Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories, and Portia Faces Life on NBC.
She was proclaimed "the most beautiful girl in radio" in 1941.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 646 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on November 9, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
