The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Glenarden was developed in 1919, when W. R. Smith purchased a group of properties approximately 10 miles east of Washington, and established a residential community of 15 people. Three decades later, under the banner of the Civic Association, the African-American, middle-class suburban community that had developed from Smith's venture petitioned the State Legislature for incorporation as the Town of Glenarden. The charter was granted on March 30, 1939, making Glenarden the third predominantly Black incorporated town in the State of Maryland. W. H. Swann was elected as its first mayor.
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Start Glenarden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glenarden’s history is told.
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Glenarden, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Glenarden is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Glenarden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Beall's Pleasure in Landover, 1.5 miles away.
Glenarden and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.