Editing North Brentwood, Maryland (section)

== History ==

=== 19th century ===
The town is named after the Brentwood estate built in 1817 by [[Robert Brent]] in [[Northeast Washington, D.C.]] The town was originally settled by African-American veterans of the [[American Civil War]], who purchased lots from their former commander, Capt. [[Wallace A. Bartlett]], beginning in 1887.<ref name="mml">{{cite web|url=http://www.mdmunicipal.org/cities/index.cfm?townname=NorthBrentwood&page=home|title=North Brentwood, Maryland History|date=May 10, 2008|work=North Brentwood, Maryland|publisher=Maryland Municipal League|access-date=August 4, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828131659/http://www.mdmunicipal.org/cities/index.cfm?townname=NorthBrentwood&page=home|archive-date=August 28, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The town was developed beginning in the 1890s around the Highland Station of the Washington Branch of the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] and the [[Columbia and Maryland Railway]]. "Brentwood" was created by Wallace A. Bartlett, a Civil War veteran, former foreman for the [[United States Government Printing Office|Government Printing Office]], [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|Patent Office]] examiner, and inventor originally from [[Warsaw (town), New York|Warsaw, New York]]. Captain Bartlett lived in Washington, D.C., until 1887, when he purchased {{convert|206|acre|km2}} of farmland from Benjamin Holliday, which abutted the Highland subdivision. Bartlett built a farmhouse for his family on the land and, with two partners J. Lee Adams and Samuel J. Mills, formed the Holladay Land and Improvement Company.<ref name="sha">{{cite web|url=http://www.sha.maryland.gov/oppen/pg_co.pdf |title=Community Summary Sheet, Prince George's County|date=May 10, 2008|work=North Brentwood, Maryland|publisher=Maryland State Highway Administration, 1999}}</ref><ref>''The Neighborhoods of Prince George's County''. Upper Marlboro: Community Renewal Program, 1974.</ref>

In 1891, the Company platted a residential subdivision called "Holladay Company's Addition to Highland" on {{convert|80|acre|m2}} of the Bartlett Farm. The lots were approximately {{convert|40|ft|m}} by {{convert|100|ft|m}} and were arranged around an irregular grid of streets. The lots in the northern part of the subdivision, which eventually would become North Brentwood, were smaller and were subject to flooding from a [[mill race]].<ref name="Pearl">Pearl, Susan G. Historical Survey: Brentwood, Maryland. Upper Marlboro: M-NCPPC, 1992.</ref>  The first lots in the northern section were purchased in 1891 by Henry Randall, an African-American man from [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]], who built a house on Holladay Avenue (now [[U.S. Route 1 in Maryland|Rhode Island Avenue]]). In 1894, Randall's son, Peter Randall, constructed a house next to his father's. More family members moved into the community and built homes, and the area soon became known as Randallstown.

Other African-American families soon moved to the neighborhood, including the Plummer, Wallace, and Johnson families. They built two-story front-gable frame houses, as well as free-standing rowhouses. In 1898, the [[City and Suburban Railway]] was completed through Randallstown. By 1904 that name had been replaced by Brentwood. In the early 1900s, development was faster than in the southern areas also platted by Bartlett. A school and a church were built in 1904, and the Brentwood Colored Citizens Association was formed in 1907. The association helped acquire volunteers for a fire company, fire-fighting equipment, a community hall, and electric lights. After Bartlett's neighboring development was incorporated as the town of [[Brentwood, Maryland|Brentwood]] in 1922, Jeremiah Hawkins pushed for the incorporation of North Brentwood.<ref name ="Denny">Denny, George D., Jr. ''Proud Past, Promising Future: Cities and Towns in Prince George's County''. Brentwood, Maryland: Tuxedo Press, 1997.</ref>

===Incorporation===
[[File:North Brentwood Historic District Dec 10.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Historic district of N Brentwood]]
In April 1924, Delegate [[Charles B. Ager]] sponsored a bill to incorporate North Brentwood.<ref name= bill>{{cite news |title= News From Suburbs of Capital: Hyattsville |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= April 27, 1924 |page= ES18 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/149485648/ }}</ref> The bill proposed a mayor, three council members, and a treasurer, all popularly elected.<ref name= bill/> The bill passed the [[Maryland House of Delegates|House of Delegates]].<ref name= bill/> The bill was put up to a vote of the proposed town's residents on June 12, 1924,<ref name= bill/> and it passed.<ref name= mayor/>

At the time of its incorporation, North Brentwood was the first municipality in Maryland, and possibly the United States, without any white voters.<ref name= bill/><ref name= mayor/>

===First election===
The town held its first election on July 7, 1924.<ref name= mayor>{{cite news |title= Suburban: North Brentwood |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= June 29, 1924 |page= 7 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/149538333/}}</ref> [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Jeremiah Hawkins ran unopposed for the town's first mayor.<ref name= election>{{cite news |title= News From Suburbs of Capital: Hyattsville |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= July 7, 1924 |page= 5 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/149435154/ }}</ref> Peter Randall and Frank Baden ran for Council member representing ward one.<ref name= election/> Horace Allen ran unopposed to represent ward two on the council.<ref name= election/>  Julius Wheeler and Joseph L. Gordan ran for Council member representing ward three.<ref name= election/> Mahlia Brown and John Gilmore ran for treasurer.<ref name= election/> Hawkins, Randall, Allen, Wheeler, and Gilmore were elected.<ref name= 1924g>{{cite news |title= M'Quin Elected Edmonston Mayor: Defeats S.E. Smith: North Brentwood Elects Colored Man as Its First Mayor, Jeremiah Hawkins |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= July 8, 1924 |page= 8 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/149474891/ }}</ref>

===Growth===
The town continued to grow after incorporation. In September 1924, the town's first school, a three-room schoolhouse, was built.<ref>{{cite news |title= News From Suburbs of Capital: Hyattsville |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= September 19, 1924 |page= 2 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/149444820/ }}</ref> During the 1930s and 1940s, new homes were built, mostly [[bungalow]]s and brick [[Cape Cod (house)|Cape Cod]] houses. New streets were laid out, while the existing streets were paved, extended, and renamed.<ref name="Pearl"/>

===Historic sites===
The following is a list of historic sites in North Brentwood identified by the [[Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission]].<ref>[http://www.mncppc.org/county/AAHeritage/HistPropInHistComm_North_Part1.pdf M-NCPPC African-American Heritage Survey, October 1996: Properties Within or Closely Associated With Historic Communities (Prince George's County, Maryland), 1996]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>  Much of the community is located within the [[North Brentwood Historic District]]; listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2003.<ref name="mht">{{cite web| url={{MHT url|id=1434}} |title=North Brentwood Historic District |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust |access-date=October 29, 2008}}</ref>

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! width = 25% {{NRHP color}}| '''Site name'''
! width = 8% class="unsortable" {{NRHP color}}| '''Image'''
! {{NRHP color}}|'''Location'''
! class="unsortable" {{NRHP color}}| '''M-NCPPC Inventory Number'''
! class="unsortable" {{NRHP color}}| '''Comment'''
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>1</small>
| [[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Brentwood (North Brentwood, Maryland)|African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Brentwood]]
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| 4037 Webster Street
| 68-61-11
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>2</small>
| [[Mack Brown House (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Mack Brown House]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 3907 Wallace Road
| 68-61-4
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>3</small>
| [[Foursquares on Webster Street (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Foursquares on Webster Street]]
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| 3914, 3916, and 3918 Webster Street
| 68-61-13
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>4</small>
| [[Jeremiah Hawkins House Site (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Jeremiah Hawkins House Site]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 4114 Webster Street
| 68-61-1
| Demolished in 1991.
|-
!5
|Wigginton-Brown-Bellows House
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|4005 Wallace Road
|68-061-24
|Demolished in 2009.
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! {{NRHP color}} | 6
| [[Edith Mason House (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Edith Mason House]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 4501 41st Avenue
| 68-61-8
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | 7
| [[McKenzie-Bullock House Site (North Brentwood, Maryland)|McKenzie-Bullock House Site]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 4538 41st Avenue
| 68-61-9
| Demolished in 1992 following fire.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | 8
| [[Nelson-Queen House Site (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Nelson-Queen House Site]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 4505 Church Street
| 68-61-10
| Demolished in 1993 to allow for expansion of Town Hall.
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | 9
| [[Henry Newton House (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Henry Newton House]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 4502 Church Street
| 68-61-12
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | 10
| [[Robert Orr House (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Robert Orr House]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 4528 40th Street
| 68-61-2
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>11</small>
| [[Owings Houses (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Owings Houses]]
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| 4533, 4535, and 4537 41st Avenue
| 68-61-5
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>12</small>
| [[A.A. Randall House (North Brentwood, Maryland)|A.A. Randall House]]
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| 4504 41st Avenue
| 68-61-7
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>13</small>
| [[Peter Randall House (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Peter Randall House]]
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| 4508 Rhode Island Avenue
| 68-61-37
| Built in 1892, it is the oldest dwelling in North Brentwood.
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>14</small>
| [[Seaburn House (North Brentwood, Maryland)|Seaburn House]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 4529 41st Avenue
| 68-61-6
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>15</small>
| [[William H. Thomas House (North Brentwood, Maryland)|William H. Thomas House]]
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| 3911 Wallace Road
| 68-61-3
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|}