Historical Markers and War Memorials in Laurel, Maryland
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Near Interstate 95, 5.4 miles south of Patuxent Freeway (Maryland Route 32), on the right when traveling south.
"Let it be known that those who wear the Purple Heart have given their blood in the defense of their homeland and shall forever be revered by their countrymen." — — Map (db m212922) WM
The Patuxent River was actually dammed in two places in Laurel to power its mills. In addition to its much larger cousin up stream, The Avondale Mill, downstream from here, was fed by water created by the “Little Dam” located at the foot . . . — — Map (db m79253) HM
Near Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Dr. Luis M. Arbona stepped through the doors of Reality in 1972 as its medical director. Often described as "not of this planet," he rose from humble beginnings in rural Utuado, Puerto Rico to become a gifted and pioneering physician and . . . — — Map (db m78932) HM
The Avondale Mill was built on this site in 1845.Initially a flour mill, it later produced cotton cloth and lace. The building was used to manufacture tractors during WWII. The mill burned in 1991. The site is part of Laurel's Riverfront Park.Site . . . — — Map (db m79027) HM
The Avondale Mill was built by Horace Capron in between 1845-1848. Later owned by George Wheeler and others, for many years it was known as Crabbs' Mill after owner Benjamin F. Crabbs. Over the years flour, corn, and lace embroidery were among the . . . — — Map (db m72077) HM
On 7th Streeet (Maryland Route 216) 0.2 miles south of Maryland Route 198, on the left when traveling north.
Community baseball was played in the Grove as early as 1878. In 1928 a group of African American men formed the Laurel Stars (also called the All-Stars), They, and their predecessor, the Laurel White Sox, played on this site, perhaps as early as . . . — — Map (db m202743) HM
On 9th Street near Riverfront Park Trail, on the right when traveling north.
This point marking the site of the 9th Street Bridge that connected Laurel and Howard County over the Patuxent River is dedicated to the memory of Frank P. Casula (1920-2001).
Frank P. Casula served the Citizens of Laurel and Prince George's . . . — — Map (db m72071) HM
On Main Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
The pool opened here in 1958 was originally private and whites only. Dr. John Warren of the Lions Club led the effort to open a pool in Laurel after seeing so many children swimming in the polluted Patuxent River.
Warren formed . . . — — Map (db m229027) HM
Near Mid Atlantic Blvd.. Reported permanently removed.
Dinosaurs lived during most of the Mesozoic Era (235 to 65 million years ago), on every continent on Earth. In Maryland, each of three Mesozoic time periods in which dinosaurs live is represented in its geology -- Triassic, Jurassic, and . . . — — Map (db m67139) HM
Near Mid Atlantic Boulevard, 0.4 miles south of Contee Road when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
The History of Dinosaur Park
Dinosaur Park is located on what was once part of a 1600s land grant to Richard Snowden. From the 1650s through the mid 1800s, the Snowden Family owned several iron furnaces, hundreds of acres of land, and a large . . . — — Map (db m67265) HM
Near Mid Atlantic Boulevard, 0.4 miles south of Contee Road when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
In 1842, English scientist Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" to describe a group of ancient reptiles that inhabited the Earth from 230 to 65 million years ago. The discovery of the first dinosaur bones and the knowledge they reveal . . . — — Map (db m67193) HM
On Saint Marys Place south of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Nicholas Snowden's mansion was built early in the 19th century on the present site of Pallotti High School. His daughter Louisa was the wife of Horace Capron who was important in developing the Laurel Cotton Mill. The mansion was home for succeeding . . . — — Map (db m128063) HM
On Washington Boulevard (U.S. 1) just north of Tolson Alley, on the right when traveling south.
Baublitz Garage, built in 1905 by Samuel T. Baublitz, was the first garage built between Baltimore and Washington on Route 1 (then called the Washington & Baltimore Turnpike). On one occasion, George Herman "Babe" Ruth stopped at the garage to have . . . — — Map (db m229030) HM
Methodists, who organized as a congregation in Laurel in 1840, established the First Church in Laurel in 1842. They occupied two other locations before this edifice was built in 1884. It was enlarged in 1909, 1950, 1962, and 2001. The church lost . . . — — Map (db m78962) HM
“My work, my life, must be in the spirit of a little child seeking only to know the truth and follow it.”
A man of many visions……George Washington Carver was born a slave in 1860. He earned his Masters Degree from the Iowa State . . . — — Map (db m120556) HM
J. N. "Ding" Darling was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist who advocated for the conservation of our Nation's natural resources. He inaugurated the Federal Duck Stamp Program and drew the first stamp. He was founder of the National . . . — — Map (db m65391) HM
On Main Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Nicholas Snowden built a grist mill on this site in 1811, using water from the Patuxent River to power the mill. He converted it into a cotton mill in 1824. His son-in-law, Horace Capron, enlarged the Laurel Cotton Mill in 1836 to produce canvas . . . — — Map (db m22529) HM
On Main Street near 9th Street, on the right when traveling west.
In the 1840s the Patuxent Manufacturing Company's President Horace Capron built homes for mill workers like the one occupied since 1996 by the Laurel Museum.
The homes originally housed 4 families, each of whom had a separate kitchen in the . . . — — Map (db m128064) HM
On Main Street at 9th Street when traveling west on Main Street.
Laurel was originally called Laurel Factory after the cotton mill that stood where the Laurel Pool is today.
The Laurel mill originally manufactured cotton duck, used for sails, tents and the Conestoga Wagons that settled the west. Cotton . . . — — Map (db m79084) HM
Near Patuxent Road at 10th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Laurel's earliest mill was established on land originally inhabited by Native Americans. The early mills were located on the banks of the Patuxent River at the fall line. Here the River elevation changes and provides an excellent source of water . . . — — Map (db m72074) HM
Near Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
Laurel's earliest mill was established on land originally inhabited by Native Americans. The early mills were located on the banks of the Patuxent River at the fall line. Here the River elevation changes and provided an excellent source of water . . . — — Map (db m80472) HM
On Main Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Built by The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1884, this "American Queen Anne" structure continues in daily use. The architect, Francis H. Baldwin, also designed the rear wing of the State House in Annapolis.
The building was placed on the National . . . — — Map (db m99) HM
Montpelier's Nicholas Snowden established an early Snowden family grist mill by 1811 at the fall line of the Patuxent River. A cotton mill was built and leased to a Mr. Johnson in 1824, and the site also may have included a saw mill.
After . . . — — Map (db m72073) HM
Route 1, originally known as the Washington-Baltimore Turnpike was part of the major road between Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.
Laurel, located half-way between Baltimore and Washington was an important and convenient . . . — — Map (db m72075) HM
On Mid Atlantic Boulevard, 0.4 miles south of Contee Road when traveling west.
Astrodon was a member of the group of long necked, plant-eating dinosaurs called sauropods. When fully grown, it may have exceeded 60 feet in length and weighed 20 tons.
Astrodon was discovered in 1858, right here in Prince . . . — — Map (db m188071) HM
On Loop Trail at Tram Route, on the left when traveling north on Loop Trail.
Established by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936, Patuxent Research Refuge was the Nation's first wildlife experiment station. The original 2,670 acres, which included the Visitor Center site, have been expanded to the current 12,750 acres. . . . — — Map (db m207068) HM
The Patuxent River is the longest river that is located entirely in the state of Maryland. It spans 115 miles from the Piedmont area near the intersection of Howard, Montgomery, Frederick, and Carroll counties to the Chesapeake Bay. Traveling . . . — — Map (db m72081) HM
Riverfront Park offers visitors the chance to experience the heritage and nature of Laurel, Maryland.
The town owes its very existence to the river - which in pre-Colonial times provided Native Americans food and transportation. It later . . . — — Map (db m72080) HM
Near Main Street at Avondale Street, on the left when traveling north.
This building served as a Civil War hospital connected with the 109th NY. between January and November 1863.
Here hospital matron Sarah A. Palmer "Aunt Becky" and her nurses tended sick soldiers. Disease more than war affected local soldiers. . . . — — Map (db m202336) HM
On Park Hill Road at 9th Street, on the left when traveling west on Park Hill Road.
Methodism was founded in Laurel March 11, 1840. Remains of the church and adjoining cemetery were demolished in the 1950's. It's successor was built at 424 Main Street in 1884. — — Map (db m72076) HM
On West Street at 8th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Street.
Throughout its history, St. Mark's has been a focal point of the Grove where residents would gather for community meetings, prayer, and activities such as the Emancipation Proclamation Celebration established in 1902, Laurel's longest running . . . — — Map (db m229025) HM
St. Philip's Church was built in 1848 through the efforts of Horace and Louisa Snowden Capron and Parishioners. It was probably the first building in Laurel designed by a professional Architect. It houses a bell from St. Paul's Church in Baltimore . . . — — Map (db m79070) HM
On Mid Atlantic Boulevard, 0.4 miles south of Contee Road when traveling west.
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth during the Mesozoic Era, 252 to 66 million years ago. As a group, dinosaurs are some of the most successful dinosaurs the earth has ever known, thriving on every continent and in every conceivable habitat. Although most . . . — — Map (db m188076) HM
On Main St at 1st Street, on the right when traveling east on Main St.
The first telegram “WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT” was sent from the Capitol in Washington to Baltimore May 24, 1844 over wires laid along the right of way of the B&O Railroad adjacent to this highway. The telegraph was invented by Samuel . . . — — Map (db m92328) HM
On 8th Street south of Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Grove name is thought to come from the stands of large oak trees that grew across the street from what is now St. Mark's United Methodist Church. By the 1870s the Grove was the site of community festivals and events.
Records are unclear . . . — — Map (db m202742) HM
On Mid Atlantic Boulevard, 0.4 miles south of Contee Road, in the median.
The History of Dinosaur Park
In the 1800s and early 1900s, the Arundel clays of Prince George's County were mined for siderite, or iron ore. Iron furnaces located throughout the region melted down the siderite to produce iron used in . . . — — Map (db m188077) HM
Near Baltimore Avenue (U.S. 1) 0.5 miles north of Intercounty Connector (Maryland Route 200), on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated to the glory of God and veterans of all wars both living and dead who have distinguished themselves above and beyond the call of duty on a thousand battle fields and in service.
Let these cited few memorialize and honor all . . . — — Map (db m188066) WM
Near Lafayette Avenue at Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
In tribute to veterans from all wars and conflicts from the nation's birth to the present
The American Legion
For God and country — — Map (db m188121) WM
Water flowed from the race to the mill where it originally powered two overshot wheels and later a large Boyden Turbine before flowing back into the river. When water power was unavailable — either because of repairs or low water, the mill had to . . . — — Map (db m79199) HM
Near Mid Atlantic Boulevard. Reported permanently removed.
A Walk Through Time
As you enter Dinosaur Park you take a walk through time from the present day into Dinosaur times! Modern plants and trees give way to ginkgoes and ferns reminiscent of the early plants and tree that are fossilized here in . . . — — Map (db m67243) HM
On Mid Atlantic Boulevard, 0.4 miles south of Contee Road when traveling west.
Welcome to the most productive dinosaur fossil quarry east of the Mississippi River. From the bones and teeth of the Maryland State Dinosaur Astrodon ohnstoni to the remains of early flowering plants, the fossils found at Dinosaur Park hep . . . — — Map (db m188070) HM
On Mid Atlantic Boulevard, 0.4 miles south of Contee Road when traveling west.
This Astrodon femur (thigh bone) was discovered right here at Dinosaur Park. It is the largest dinosaur bone ever found in the eastern United States.
The Astrodon femur is just one of thousands of animal and plant fossils . . . — — Map (db m188079) HM
Near Lafayette Avenue at Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
To the undying memory and in grateful acknowledgement of our debt to that silent legion of men who laid down their lives in the sacred cause of liberty and justice in the Great World War II. — — Map (db m188122) WM
