80-005 Admirathoria (Upper Notley Hall) 8409 Clay Drive Oxon Hill
80-006
Built in the eighteenth century and remodeled in the 1870s, Admirathoria is a two-and-one-half-story lateGeorgian brick plantation house; its walls are laid in Flemish bond, and the stairhall takes up one of the four large spaces of the square floor plan. It was built for the Rozier family, and remained the family home for nearly a century. (The house replaced an earlier frame and brick house called Lower Notley Hall, named for Notley Rozier. The original tract of land was called Admirathoria.) In the 1870s, the original hip roof was replaced with the present mansard roof. Admirathoria is a significant Georgian structure, and a unique example of its type in Prince George’s County.
Fort Foote (NR) West of Fort Foote Road at Jessica Drive Oxon Hill (U.S. Department of the Interior)
Established in 1863, Fort Foote consists today of the remains of a Civil War fort, including earthworks, ten gun mounts, and two Rodman guns (one of which is pictured above.) The concrete magazine is partially intact. Fort Foote was the southernmost of 68 forts and batteries erected during the Civil War to defend the city of Washington. Fort Foote was named in honor of Rear Admiral Andrew H. Foote, who distinguished himself in the actions against the Confederate forts on the Mississippi River and died of wounds on June 26, 1863. It is now part of the National Park Service park system and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 175