Mount Rainier Historic District

The Mount Rainier Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Rainier, Prince George's County, Maryland, which began as a streetcar suburb located northeast of Washington, D.C. The district was built on a gently rolling rural landscape from about 1900 to 1940. The district contains more than 1,000 buildings, which are modestly scaled, detached, single-family, frame houses sited closely together with common setbacks. It consists primarily of single-family homes, with some small apartment buildings, a few duplexes, and single family homes that include a small storefront, usually located at the corner of an intersection. With the exception of five churches and a bank building known to have been designed by local architects, the remainder of the district's buildings are vernacular in character. Some homes contain Queen Anne detailing.[2]

Mount Rainier Historic District
Intersection of U.S. Route 1 and 34th St.
LocationRoughly bounded by Arundel St., 37th St., Bladensburg Rd. and Eastern Ave., Mount Rainier, Maryland
Coordinates38°56′21″N 76°57′42″W
Area260 acres (110 ha)
Built1900
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.90001319[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1990

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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