Doswell Brooks House

The Doswell Brooks House was built in 1928 in the Mount Wisener subdivision of Fairmount Heights, the third subdivision to be platted in the community, for Doswell and Anita Brooks. It is a small bungalow representative of a dwelling type popular between World War I and II, one-and-one-half stories high with a hip roof and wood frame construction. A small hip roof dormer centered in the principal plane of the roof encloses two narrow windows, the original wood siding is now covered with synthetic yellow siding, and the entrance is centered in the northwest façade and sheltered by a screened porch. Doswell Brooks was active in the Prince George’s County school system, serving as Supervisor of Colored Schools beginning in 1922 and in 1956 becoming the first African American member of the Board of Education. He also served on the Fairmount Heights Town Council and was Mayor of the town from 1955 until shortly before his death in 1968.

Fairmount Heights, Maryland · United States