Posted by Susan G. Pearl, Historian on December 20, 2005, 11:28 am, in reply to "Lanham MD, Hynesboro " Several years ago I did some research on this property and wrote a report on it. I will make a copy of this report (I do not have it in electronic form) and send it to you if you e-mail to me your mailing address (see e-mail address above). If you e-mail it right away, I can get this in the mail to you before I leave town for a week. The report will answer some (but probably not all) of your questions. Thanks for using the Prince George's County Historical Society website inquiry board! Best wishes for the holidays! Susan G. Pearl, Historian PGCHS --Previous Message--
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To Karen Hart Anthony
: Hello -
: I am trying to find some information about
: Lanham, MD. I grew up in Lanham, from 1941
: - 1962, at what is now 9112 Fourth Street,
: Lanham. I grew up with the story that our
: home had once been a Baptist Church, and, in
: fact, we found parts of what we thought
: might have been a baptismal font under the
: house. And there was a small area in the
: back of our home which never grew grass - it
: was the place where the church folks threw
: out the cinders from their fires.
:
: Supposedly this Baptist church had been
: built by the local community members who
: were from some federal administration (after
: Lincoln, but probably not directly after
: Lincoln). The story was that that
: president's cabinet moved all the way out to
: Lanham for the summer, since it was so hot
: in Washington.
:
: Another story had it that this neighborhood
: was called Hynesboro at one time. I think I
: remember that a Mr. Hynes was the one who
: "developed" the area. I think the
: story was that he'd bought our home from the
: Baptists and my dad bought it from him. He
: had put in sub-flooring and some walls, but
: my Dad did all the finishing -- put in
: beautiful wood floors, finished all the
: walls, knotty pine in the living room walls,
: fireplace in the corner of the living room,
: etc. etc. etc..
:
: I am hoping there is some history written
: somewhere to enable me to check out these
: stories. We grew up "knowing"
: that our home had been the Baptist Church
: built by the local community, which was the
: summer residence of a President's cabinet.
: Which one? I don't know, except my memory
: has it that it was "shortly after the
: Civil War." The story was that the
: entire cabinet moved all the way out to
: Lanham, then a day's ride away from DC, for
: the summer, to get away from Washington's
: heat, and that they built this church. Is
: this a true story? If so, when, and what
: administration? I don't believe it was
: immediately after the Civil War (Pres.
: Johnson's cabinet) but later -- but that's a
: guess, only.
:
: I would love it if someone would know more
: about all this, and would let me know if any
: of these stories are correct or not.
:
: The home still stands. My parents built a
: wing onto it in, I believe, 1954, so it no
: longer looks like a church.
:
: Looking forward to any help you can give me
: -- even an email address of someone who
: might know.....
:
: Thank you so much,
: Karen Hart Anthony (formerly Karen Ruth Hart
: when I lived in Lanham)
: Falmouth, Maine
:
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