African-American Historic and Cultural Resources in Prince George’s County, Maryland

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Muirkirk Rosenwald School 7813 Muirkirk Road Historic resource; Built 1922

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he Muirkirk School, though considerably altered, is one of the surviving schoolhouses built during the 1920s through the Rosenwald program. It serves now as an American LegionÂ lodge.

The building is one story high, side-gabled and of wood frame construction. The classrooms were originally lighted by banks of windows on the main facade, but all of those windows have been walled over. The central doorway remains as the only opening in this facade. There are two small windows in each of the east and west gable ends. The original wood siding is now covered with beige/gray synthetic siding. This school (Colored School 2 in Election DistrictÂ 1) was built in 1922, as part of the same building effort which saw the completion of the schoolhouses at Chapel Hill, Fletchertown, and Duckettsville. The first school for black children in this area was constructed in 1867 by Charles Coffin, the owner of the Muirkirk

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African-American Historic and Cultural Resources in Prince George’s County, Maryland

Published on Feb 9, 2012

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

Th is book presents individual properties and communities that are signifi cant to the African-American history of Prince George’s County. Th e 181 properties include residences, churches and cemeteries, schools, fraternal lodges, a monument, an airfi eld, an amusement park, archeological sites, and commercial establishments; the 19 historic communities include both urban subdivisions and rural villages, as well as early towns and retreat communities. For most individual properties there is at least one illustration or photograph, an architectural description, and a summary of the resource’s historic signifi cance. For each community, there is a map, graphic illustrations, and a history of the community’s development and signifi cance.