Mitchellville (Prince George's County) Maryland USA was a quintessential rural community first formally designated in or about 1878, although its settlement began as far back as the late 17th century. This in-progress gallery presents watercolor renditions of several late 1800s to mid-1900s Mitchellville landmarks hoping to capture and preserve for history the ethereal, dreamlike mood and feeling of a bucolic place and time long gone but not forgotten.
THE ENTERPRISE FARM
This series of five selections depicts a variety of subjects from the Enterprise Farm, today a golf course but, at one time, the working, 580-acre dairy farm of Newton H. White, Naval Academy graduate and World War II captain of the famed USS Enterprise carrier upon the ship's commissioning in 1938. Captain White might have been what is termed a gentleman farmer, having built a model dairy farm with 60 head of cattle on Enterprise Road using his personal wealth. His farm, with a variety of landmarks of interest, stood out in Mitchellville. This series attempts to recreate views of those landmarks as they were mid-20th century.
“The Newton White Mansion”
“The Farm Manager's Home”
“The Main Barn”
“The Stables”
“The Warington Tobacco Barn”
