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Pleasant Prospect, 12806 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, Prince George's County, MD

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Pleasant Prospect, 12806 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, Prince George's County, MD

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Summary

Significance: Pleasant Prospect is an excellent example of the Adamesque Georgian manor or plantation house, and contains fine interior plaster work. It is also significant for its association with prominent families of Prince George's County, that of Dr. Isaac Duckett who built the house ca. 1798, and of the Contee family.
Survey number: HABS MD-672
Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970

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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Brostrup, Jack

Lavoie, Catherine, historian

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Location

Mitchellville, 38.93825, -76.82020

Google Map of 38.9382537, -76.8201976

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html