Postcard 34 is travelling to Laurel!
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| Laurel Main Street Sign. Downslawfirm.com |
WHERE IS LAUREL?
Laurel is a city
in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States, located
midway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore on the Patuxent River.
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| Location of Maryland in the USA. Wikipedia |
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| Location of Laurel in Maryland. Wikipedia |
Laurel MD IS FAMOUS FOR…
being home to Rap artist Biz Markie from 1996 onwards.
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| Just a Friend single. Wikimedia Commons |
…being the birthplace of Andrew Maynard, an
American boxer who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1988 Summer
Olympics.
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| Boxer Andrew Maynard. Wikimedia Commons |
PLACES TO VISIT
Snow Hill
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| Snow Hill in 1936. Wikimedia Commons |
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.
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| Snow Hill. View from the West. Wikimedia Commons |
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.
Montpellier Mansion
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 Montpellier.
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| Montpellier Summer House. Wikimedia Commons |
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.
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| Montpellier Gardens. Wikimedia Commons |
Duvall Bridge
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| Duvall Bridge. Blog.Botany Bill.com |
Duvall Bridge is
an historic single-lane bridge over the Patuxent River near Laurel, Maryland.
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. The Duvall bridge has a cross
braced deck for wooden planking. The bridge has a plaque noting the Anne
Arundel county commissioners of 1907.
Abraham Hall
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| Abraham Hall Exterior. PGparks.com |
Built in
1889, Abraham Hall is the best example of an African American benevolent
society lodge in Prince George's County. Located in the community of Rossville,
it is the first African American historic site in the county to be fully
restored using public funds.
LIFESTYLE
Maryland has been
called "America in Miniature" because so much is packed into its
10,460 square miles of land and water. You can find just about any kind of
natural feature here, except a desert. That's because water is almost everywhere
in Maryland. The "America in Miniature" title also applies to the
role Maryland has played in our nation's history, from the founding of the
United States to the present.
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