Historical Markers and War Memorials in Berwyn Heights, Maryland
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Berwyn Heights is in Prince George's County
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On 56th Avenue at Seminole Street, on the right when traveling south on 56th Avenue.
The Conoy Indian tribes in Maryland were hunting experts. They used bows and arrows for hunting and were very skilled. They became experts by practice, they would throw a spear into the air and then shoot an arrow afterwards to hit the spear before . . . — — Map (db m218417) HM
On 58th Avenue south of Pontiac Street, on the right when traveling south.
This house was built in 1909 by Elwood J. Taylor (1882-1954), an electrician for the C&P Telephone Company and one-time president of the Berwyn Heights Association (BHA). The BHA was founded on January 28, 1915 by the residents of Berwyn Heights . . . — — Map (db m230709) HM
On Osage Street at Edmonston Road, on the left when traveling west on Osage Street.
General Edward C. Carrington (1825-1892) purchased the Yarrow land tract consisting of 150 acres and the home called Sportland for $59,000 on 9 September 1869.
In 1846, he organized Captain Carrington’s Company, 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers . . . — — Map (db m50403) HM
On Charlton Avenue at Goucher Drive, on the right when traveling south on Charlton Avenue.
Benjamin Charlton (c. 1820-1894) was a prominent member of the Washington, D.C. business and social community. He was director at the Central National Bank and served on the Committee for the Inauguration of President Grover Cleveland. Charlton . . . — — Map (db m52049) HM
On Seminole Street east of 60th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Duncanson Avenue, currently known as Seminole Street, was named after Charles C. "Chas" or "C.C." Duncanson (circa 1846-1920). He was a lifelong resident of the District of Columbia and one of the six founders who formed the Charlton Heights . . . — — Map (db m133940) HM
On Edmonston Road north of Pontiac Street, on the right when traveling south.
Archibald Edmonston (c. 1668-1734), born in Scotland, immigrated to Maryland in 1683, and afterward married Jane Beall. He would later become Colonel of the Prince George's County militia.
In Maryland, the Edmonstons accumulated great wealth. . . . — — Map (db m133938) HM
On Ruatan Street east of Berwyn Road, on the right when traveling west.
In 1888, Edward Graves, a real estate developer, hired Newby & Howell, Engineers and Surveyors of Washington, D.C. to survey his 393 acres, then known as the "Graves Sub-Division", for a new suburban residential development that was called Charlton . . . — — Map (db m133941) HM
On Pontiac Street west of 63rd Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
"St. Ann's Hill"
Up until 1941, the street along this site was officially known as La Belle Avenue but the town's residents called it "St. Ann's Hill" after a summer home that existed on this highest point of Berwyn Heights.
The . . . — — Map (db m216724) HM
Near Pontiac Street west of 63rd Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Pine Grove Academy was the first public school to serve the area. It opened in 1889, about a year after the first homes were built in the new development of Charlton Heights, later incorporated as the Town of Berwyn Heights. The one-room school . . . — — Map (db m216726) HM
On 58th Avenue just north of Goucher Drive, on the right when traveling north.
This house was built ca. 1910 by Fred Benson (1867-1923), a U.S. Treasury Department employee, and his wife Margaret (1868-1958). From 1922-1950, it served as the local office of the Berwyn Heights Company. This real estate and community . . . — — Map (db m230708) HM
On Berwyn Road west of Ruatan Street, on the left when traveling west.
Welcome to the Town of Berwyn Heights
Established in 1888 on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, this approximately 1-square mile residential community was first named Charlton Heights, and became Berwyn Heights when incorporated in 1896.
The . . . — — Map (db m133942) HM
On Berwyn Road at Pontiac Street, on the right when traveling south on Berwyn Road.
Welcome to the Town of Berwyn Heights
Established in 1888 as a commuter suburb on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, this approximately 1-square mile, residential community was first named Charlton Heights and became Berwyn Heights when . . . — — Map (db m133947) HM
On Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) at 57th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Greenbelt Road.
Welcome to the Town of Berwyn Heights
Established in 1888 as a commuter suburb on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, this approximately 1-square mile, residential community was first named Charlton Heights and became Berwyn Heights when . . . — — Map (db m216722) HM
On 58th Avenue at Greenbelt Road (State Route 193), on the right when traveling north on 58th Avenue.
Established in 1888 as a commuter suburb on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, this approximately 1-square mile, residential community was first named Charlton Heights and became Berwyn Heights when incorporated in 1896.
Today's Greenbelt Road . . . — — Map (db m237684) HM
On Berwyn Road at 58th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Berwyn Road.
The Washington Spa Spring & Gretta Railroad (WSSGRR) was a streetcar that served Berwyn Heights, 1912 – 1921. Incorporated in Maryland in 1905, WSSGRR started running from 15th and H Street, NE to Bladensburg in 1910. An extension to Riverdale . . . — — Map (db m95141) HM
On Berwyn Road east of 57th Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
James E. Waugh (1841-1895) was the driving force behind the creation of the railroad suburb that became the Town of Berwyn Heights. He began his career as a grocery merchant, worked in the Treasury Department, then took up real estate and insurance. . . . — — Map (db m133944) HM
