Langley Park, also known as McCormick-Goodhart Mansion, is a

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style estate mansion in Langley Park,

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. In 1924, the McCormick-Goodhart family erected an , 28-room Georgian Revival mansion, designed by architect

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, at a cost of $100,000 that remains a community landmark on 15th Ave. "Langley Park" references the estate established in 1923, by the McCormick-Goodhart family in the Chillum District of Prince George's County, Maryland. They named the estate Langley Park after the Goodhart's ancestral home in England, Langley Fields. Frederick Goodheart's wife was Henrietta Laura McCormick, daughter of Leander J. McCormick (1819–1900) who was a founder of what became

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. The estate also included the local historic landmark, the

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. During the late-1940s and early 1950s, the estate was subdivided and developed as a

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containing low-rise apartments, semi-detached and single family homes; and a major regional shopping area. (80 pages including 30 photos and 2 maps) The mansion was acquired in 1947 from the McCormick-Goodhart family by the Eudist Order for use as a seminary. The seminary operated until 1963. The mansion then operated until the early 1990s as Willowbrook Montessori School. The mansion reopened in 2010 after a $13.8 million project as a multicultural service center operated by

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."Casa of Maryland moves into historic Langley Park mansion: Immigrant advocacy group to relocate headquarters," by Elahe Izadi, "The Gazette.net," June 24, 2010 (accessed Sep 11, 2010)
. This property was listed on the

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on August 29, 2008. It is the ninth property listed as a featured property of the week in a program of the National Park Service that began in July 2008.

References

External links

*, at Maryland Historical Trust website
M-NCPPC Inventory of Historic Sites (Prince George's County); McCormick-Goodhart Mansion (Langley Park), entry 65-007, p. 36
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