Fairmount Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,528. The town was formally incorporated in 1935, making the town the second oldest African-American-majority municipality in Prince George's County. The town is composed of six subdivisions: Fairmount Heights (1900), Waterford (1907), Mount Weissner (1909), North Fairmount Heights (1910), West Fairmount Heights (1911) and Sylvan Vista (1923).
History
Two Washington, D.C. land developers and lawyers, Allen Clark and Robinson White, platted the first subdivision of Fairmount Heights; separate developers platted the remaining five. Land speculators had purchased the farms that were previously in the area and consolidated the land for development. Clark and White sold the lots to African-Americans. Service on the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway to the Gregory Station of nearby Seat Pleasant was established in 1908. Fairmount Heights incorporated in 1935 with all six subdivisions. The Fairmount Heights
Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
Mayors
- Robert S. Nichols (1935–1937)
- Ulysses Mackall (1941–1943)
- James A. Campbell (1943–1955)
- Doswell E. Brooks (1955–1967)
- Lawrence L. Brooks Sr. (1967–1973)
- Charles C. Davis (1973–1977)
- Robert R. Gray (1977–1991)
- Ruth S. Brown (1991–1993)
- Jerome T. Countee (1993–1997)
- Kathleen T. Scott (1997–1998)
- R. Dean Cooks * (1998–1999)
- Johnnie R. Saxton (1999–2003)
- Lillie Thompson-Martin (2003–2007)
- Madeline E. Richardson (2007–2009)
- Nathaniel R. Mines Jr. (2009–2011)
- Lillie Thompson-Martin (2011–2015)
- Patricia M. Waiters (2015–2017)
- Lillie Thompson-Martin (2017–Present)
(*)- Served as acting mayor
Government
The Town Council of Fairmount Heights consists of six elected councilmembers and an elected mayor who sits as chair of the council. The mayor and councilmembers are elected to serve for two years. The following are current officers of the town:
- Lillie Thompson-Martin Mayor, 2017
- Marshon S. Moreno, 2017
- Sherri Downing, 2017
- Jacqueline Wood-Dodson, 2016
- Elysha Saunders, 2016
- Dean Cook, 2016
- Patricia Ukkundo'Oohwaka, 2017
Prince George's County Police Department District 3 Station in Landover CDP serves the community.
Notable people
- Prominent architect William Sidney Pittman built his home on Eastern Avenue; his wife, Portia, was the daughter of Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute.
Historic sites
The following is a list of historic sites in Fairmount Heights identified by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. On November 18, 2011, the Town of Fairmount Heights was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Fairmont Heights Historic District.
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! width = 25% | Site name
! width = 8% class="unsortable" | Image
! |Location
! class="unsortable" | M-NCPPC Inventory Number
! class="unsortable" | Comment
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! | <small>1</small>
| Samuel Hargrove House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 5907 K Street
| 72-009-17
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>2</small>
| W. Sidney Pittman House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 505 Eastern Avenue
| 72-009-18
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>3</small>
| Alice Dorsey House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 910 59th Avenue
| 72-009-23
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>4</small>
| Fairmount Heights (Grace) Methodist Episcopal Church
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 716 59th Avenue
| 72-009-25
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>5</small>
| Trammell-Taylor House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 717 59th Avenue
| 72-009-26
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>6</small>
| Towles-Brooks House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 708 59th Avenue
| 72-009-27
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>7</small>
| Louis Brown House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 701 58th Avenue
| 72-009-28
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>8</small>
| World War II Monument
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| Corner of 59th Avenue and 59th Place
| 72-009-29
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>9</small>
| Isaac Brown House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 715 59th Place
| 72-009-30
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>10</small>
| William B. Coles House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 730 60th Avenue
| 72-009-31
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>11</small>
| John S. Johnson House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 612 60th Place
| 72-009-32
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>12</small>
| Henry Pinckney House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 608 60th Place
| 72-009-33
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>13</small>
| Cornelius Fonville House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 602 60th Place
| 72-009-35
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>14</small>
| Doswell Brooks House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 6107 Foote Street
| 72-009-36
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>15</small>
| Charity Hall
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 715 61st Avenue
| 72-009-38
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>16</small>
| Robert S. Nichols House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 802 58th Avenue
| 72-009-39
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>17</small>
| Bungalow Row House #1
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 610 62nd Avenue
| 72-009-41
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>18</small>
| Prince Albert Washington House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 949 Eastern Avenue
| 72-009-43
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>19</small>
| Bungalow Row House #2
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 700 62nd Avenue
| 72-009-45
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>20</small>
| Bungalow Row House #3
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 709 62nd Avenue
| 72-009-46
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>21</small>
| Bungalow Row House #4
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 711 62nd Avenue
| 72-009-47
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|-
! | <small>22</small>
| Tyrone and Caroline Bush House
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 5603 Addison Road
| 72-009-48
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|}
Bordering areas
- Washington, D.C. (southwest)
- Seat Pleasant (southeast)
- Landover (northeast)
- Cheverly (north)
Geography
Fairmount Heights is located at (38.901761, −76.914504).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.