Carrington Avenue

General Edward C. Carrington (1825-1892) purchased the Yarrow land tract, consisting of 150 acres and the home called Sportland, for $59,000 on 9 September 1869. In 1846, he organized Captain Carrington’s Company, 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers, known as the Richmond Rangers, the first company to offer its services to the federal government during the Mexican War. During the Civil War, he formed Company A, 2nd Battalion, District of Columbia Military Infantry. He was later appointed by President Lincoln as U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia. When surveyors platted the streets for the projected residential community of Charlton Heights, now Berwyn Heights, in 1888, the northern boundary of Carrington’s property became Carrington Avenue in his honor. By 1941, the Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission renamed the street Osage Street.

Berwyn Heights, Maryland · United States