Mount Rainier Historic District | |
 Intersection of U.S. Route 1 and 34th St. | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Arundel St., 37th St., Bladensburg Rd. and Eastern Ave., Mount Rainier, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°56′21″N76°57′42″W / 38.93917°N 76.96167°W |
| Area | 260 acres (110 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001319 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 1990 |
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]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
