Woodmore’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Woodmore. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first colonial owner of the Woodmore site was Thomas Spriggs, who in 1698 acquired 500 acres (2.0 km2) of what was then known as the forest of Prince George's County in the Crown Colony of Maryland.
The first house in the area was a two-story brick house named Pleasant Prospect (still standing at 12806 Woodmore Road)., built c. 1798 by Dr. Isaac Ducket, the husband of Spriggs' granddaughter. He also doubled the size of the estate to over 1,000 acres.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Woodmore’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodmore’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHistoric American Buildings Surve…, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Woodmore
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Woodmore, decade by decade
1990s
Commons2020-08-26 12 56 05 Trees growing up through concrete slabs…2020
Commons2020-08-26 12 55 02 View east along Maryland State Route 19…2020
Commons2020-08-20 10 27 11 View west along Maryland State Route 21…2020
Commons2019-07-25 14 06 21 View west along Interstate 595 and U.S.…2019
CommonsMDMap-doton-Woodmore2004Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer April 15, 1936 9-35 A.M. VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST (front) … (1936) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.