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===Historic sites=== The following sites and districts in College Park are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: {{Table alignment}} {|class="wikitable col2center" style="width:100%" ! width = 20% {{NRHP color}}| '''Site name''' ! width = 9% {{NRHP color}}| '''Year''' ! {{NRHP color}}| '''Location''' ! {{NRHP color}}| '''Description''' |-- ! {{NRHP color}} | [[National Archives Archeological Site (College Park, Maryland)|National Archives Archeological Site]] | 3000-2600 B.C. | 8601 Adelphi Rd. | Archeological remains from prehistoric settlements during the [[Late Archaic period]]. |-- ! {{HD color}} | [[Old Town College Park]] | 1890s | Roughly bounded by Yale, & Columbia Aves., Calvert Rd., & UMD Campus. | Developed to attract commuters to [[Baltimore]] and [[Washington, DC]], and individuals affiliated with the Maryland Agricultural College. |-- ! {{HD color}} | [[Calvert Hills Historic District]] | 1890s | Roughly bounded by Calvert Rd., Bowdoin Ave., Erskine Rd., Calvert Park, Albion Rd., and Baltimore Ave. | Developed in the early part of the 20th century by members of the [[Calvert family]]. |-- ! {{NRHP color}} | [[College Park airport]] | 1909 | 6709 Corporal Frank S. Scott Dr. | The oldest continuously operated airport in the world. |-- ! {{NRHP color}} | [[Marenka House]] | 1958 | 7300 Radcliffe Dr | Distinctive local example of Modern Movement architecture. |} Additionally there are [[History of College Park, Maryland#Historic sites|14 historic sites in College Park]] as identified by the [[Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission |date=2011-04-01 |title=Illustrated Inventory of Historic Sites and Districts, Prince George's County, Maryland |url=https://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/publications/BookDetail.cfm?item_id=237&Category_id=2 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=www.mncppcapps.org}}</ref> The following is a list of the historic sites that predate the 20th century:{{Table alignment}} {| class="wikitable col2center" style="width:100%" ! width = 20% | '''Site name''' ! width = 9% | '''Year''' ! |'''Location''' ! class="unsortable" | '''Description''' |-- ! [[The Rossborough Inn|Rossborough Inn]] | 1803 | 7682 Baltimore Ave. | Owned by the Calverts of Riversdale, the inn was a popular stage-stop on the Baltimore and Washington Turnpike. |-- ! [[Old Parish House (College Park, Maryland)|Old Parish House]] | 1817 | 4711 Knox Rd. | Originally constructed as a farm building on the Calverts’ Riversdale estate, later was used as a parish hall and the headquarters of the College Park Woman's Club. |-- ! [[Cory House (College Park, Maryland)|Cory House]] | 1891 | 4710 College Ave. | One of the first houses built in the 1889 subdivision of College Park. |- ![[Morrill Hall (University of Maryland)|Morrill Hall]] |1892 |7313 Preinkert Dr. |Named for Justin Smith Morrill, a Vermont politician who wrote the first Land Grant Act. |-- ! Taliaferro House | 1893 | 7406 Columbia Ave. | The home of Emily Taliaferro, daughter of John Oliver Johnson who developed the 1889 College Park subdivision. |-- ! Lake House | 1894 | 8524 Potomac Ave. | Built by and for the family of Wilmot Lake, later served as the parsonage of the Berwyn Presbyterian Church. |-- ! McDonnell House | 1896 | 7400 Dartmouth Ave. | Built for Henry B. McDonnell, the first Dean of Arts and Sciences of the University of Maryland. |} <gallery mode="packed" heights="100" "=""> File:Rossborough Inn in College Park, MD.jpg|The [[Rossborough Inn]] (1803), oldest building in College Park File:Old Parish House historic site College Park MD.jpg|The [[Old Parish House (College Park, Maryland)|Old Parish House]], built in 1817 File:Cory House historic site College Park MD.jpg|The [[Cory House (College Park, Maryland)|Cory House]], built in 1891 File:Lake House back historic site College Park MD.jpg|The Lake House, built in 1894 File:McDonnell House historic site College Park MD.jpg|The McDonnell House, built in 1896 </gallery>
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