Northampton Plantation Slave Quarters & Archaeological Park Lake Overlook Drive, Lake Arbor, MD 301-627-7755 / www.pgparks.com For nearly three centuries, Northampton was a tobacco plantation. Today, the physical remains of the plantation include the ruins of the manor house, its outbuildings and roads, and the remains of two slave quarters. The latter are the focus of current archaeological excavations and historical research. As excavations continue, the foundation and partial walls of the brick slave quarters have been reconstructed.
HABS photo, 1936
Nottingham Schoolhouse 17412 Nottingham Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 301-627-2270 / www.pgparks.com Nottingham School is representative of the type of building which dotted Prince George’s County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was built in 1911 and replaced an earlier schoolhouse. Nottingham School closed after World War II when consolidation made the one-room schoolhouse obsolete.
Ridgeley Rosenwald School 8507 Central Avenue, Capitol Heights, MD 240-264-3415 / www.pgparks.com Ridgeley School was opened in 1927 in the small African-American community of Ridgeley. Designated as Colored School No.1 in Election District 13, Ridgeley School was built, in part, as a result of a Rosenwald Foundation grant. The foundation provided seed money for the school and the local African American community provided the rest with tax revenue, cash, and in-kind donations. Along with a nearby church and society hall, also named Ridgely, the school was one of the focal points of the community until it was closed in 1954.