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The Trammell-Taylor House was one of the most substantial houses in the early development of Fairmount Heights. It is a two-and-one-half story, side gabled, wood frame dwelling with Classical Revival decorative details, including a narrow nine-pane diamond shape window above the entry porch and a single-pane octagonal window lighting the loft level in each gable end. The house was built for John and Martha Trammell, who bought two unimproved lots from developer Robinson White in 1907. John Trammell worked as a waiter when he first settled in Fairmount Heights, and the Trammell family remained in the house until 1937. In 1961, it became the law office and home of Circuit Court Judge James H. Taylor, a Marylander educated at Howard University who was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1956, served as Assistant States Attorney for Prince George’s County during the 1960s, and was appointed to the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court in 1969, where he served until 1988.
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