Photo credit:
Nicole A. Diehlmann, 02/10/2021
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Pomonkey Historic District
Inventory No.:
CH-1021
Date Listed:
8/22/2024
Location:
Livingston Road, Metropolitan Church Road, Henson Road, Indian Head, Charles County
Category:
District
Period/Date of Construction:
1868-1976
Architect/Builder:
Frederick Tilp
Boundary Description:
The irregularly shaped Pomonkey Historic District is in northwestern Charles County, Maryland, at the intersection of Livingston Road (MD 227) and Metropolitan Church Road.
It encompasses properties on the south side of Metropolitan Church Road between Livingston Road and Laurel Acres Drive. It extends south of Henson Road to the Matthew Henson Middle School and J. C. Parks Elementary School property. East of Livingston Road, the district includes properties between Metropolitan Church Road and Walton’s Market at
the north end of the district. It also includes a triangular-shaped parcel at the northwest corner of Metropolitan Church and Livingston Roads. The Pomonkey Survey District is
associated with Charles County Property Tax Map 12, Parcels 102, 103, 104, 105, 123, 136, 137, 138, 139, 177, 228, 233, 446, and 512.
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Description:
The Pomonkey Historic District is a significant African American community in Charles County, Maryland. It was established in 1868 as the location of a Freedmen’s Bureau school and continued to grow into the late twentieth century, encompassing the time between Emancipation and passage of federal civil rights legislation. Its pattern of development, from the establishment
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Significance:
of what is now Metropolitan United Methodist Church in 1868, to the founding of fraternal organizations and the construction of major educational institutions in the early twentieth century, to the establishment of notable commercial ventures and newer and larger schools in the mid- to late twentieth century, is representative of the African American experience in Charles
County. Pomonkey illustrates how Freedmen and their heirs built major community institutions in a time of racial segregation. The religious, educational, social, and commercial institutions extant in Pomonkey exemplify the success of this rural community in working collectively to advocate for and build institutions for the benefit of community residents.
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District Resources
Resources not specifically itemized in a list within NR nomination form.
