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The Fairmount Heights Historic District encompasses an area of in the historic heart of
Fairmount Heights, Maryland Fairmount Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,528. The town was formally incorporated in 1935, making the town the second oldest African-American-majority municipality ...
. The area is notable as one of the first planned African-American communities in the
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, area. Predominantly residential in character, most of its housing stock was built between 1900 and 1960, although there has also been recent development. The district includes the original town hall (built 1908). and the first public school for African-Americans in the county (built 1912). There are also five churches and a community center, all important centers of political activism during the period of segregation. The district was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2011; in the listing it is spelled "Fairmont".


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince George's County, Maryland This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince George's County, Maryland. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County ...


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*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust website African-American history of Prince George's County, Maryland Historic districts in Prince George's County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Colonial Revival architecture in Maryland Tudor Revival architecture in Maryland Houses in Prince George's County, Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland {{PrinceGeorgesCountyMD-NRHP-stub