PG County/Beltsville history buffs, read me.

[Skins_Brew]

Hey fellas,

I drive by this decent chunk of land almost every day.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.060183,-76.903635&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&ie=UTF8&z=16

Does anyone have any idea what it use to be? On the MD plat map the road that intersects the property is called Coffin-Cassard Rd. Apparently the Coffin family was involved with developing the area in the early 1800s.

I am thinking it was a farm or something, due to the vast fields and such.

Anyone have any idea what it's currently used for? The roads appear serviceable, and it's apparently owned by the local business-park development company, Konterra. Looks like a cool little tract to explore, so, anyone know anything about it?

 

[lx1x]

pgatlas.com

will give you basic information on that property.. who currently owns it etc.

 

[lx1x]

yes.. its owned by Konterra.. hell they own a lot of lands in that neighborhood.

what are you looking for? hunting? forget it.. lol

 

[Skins_Brew]

yes.. its owned by Konterra.. hell they own a lot of lands in that neighborhood.

what are you looking for? hunting? forget it.. lol

Hunting would be awesome with permission, as I bet there is a ton of deer nestled in those woods, but the proximity to residential, 95, ICC, commercial make it pretty shitty. It would be cool to ride a mountain bike around, if it were public land of course

I can only wonder what Konterra is planning. Yea, they own a ton of business parks in the area. I cannot see them turning it into a business park, as there is a ton of empty space in their already developed business parks.

My bet is they are waiting to see how successful Brickyard Station is going to be as soon as that last leg of ICC opens up. If Brickyard takes off, my bet is they develop that tract into the same crap.

 

[lx1x]

Hunting would be awesome with permission, as I bet there is a ton of deer nestled in those woods, but the proximity to residential, 95, ICC, commercial make it pretty shitty. It would be cool to ride a mountain bike around, if it were public land of course

I can only wonder what Konterra is planning. Yea, they own a ton of business parks in the area. I cannot see them turning it into a business park, as there is a ton of empty space in their already developed business parks.

My bet is they are waiting to see how successful Brickyard Station is going to be as soon as that last leg of ICC opens up. If Brickyard takes off, my bet is they develop that tract into the same crap.

hunting.. no go.. as far as mountain bike.. i highly doubt they will allow either.. too much liablility.

that place used to be sand and gravel pits. believe its going to be active when the Virginia manor road is done.

 

[Mark75H]

I can only wonder what Konterra is planning. Yea, they own a ton of business parks in the area. I cannot see them turning it into a business park, as there is a ton of empty space in their already developed business parks.

My bet is they are waiting to see how successful Brickyard Station is going to be as soon as that last leg of ICC opens up. If Brickyard takes off, my bet is they develop that tract into the same crap.

I bet you are right. Maybe they are thinking with the ICC the space in their existing properties will become fully occupied.

 

[Skins_Brew]

I bet you are right. Maybe they are thinking with the ICC the space in their existing properties will become fully occupied.

All the while everything is still in MD, which is why most of the office parks are empty in the first place.

 

[pbharvey]

What's that ATF facility just south of it off Ammendale?

I wonder if the property you're referring to was part of Christian brothers at one time?

 

[Mark75H]

What's that ATF facility just south of it off Ammendale?

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=296127

 

[Skins_Brew]

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=296127

Testing booze all day? Sign me up! I wonder if they ever get to take their work home with them?

 

[Second Amendment]

Try this site out. I found a 1915 map of my area (Parkville) and it lists properties by name. It's interesting to see how many of the current streets and highways are named after property owners. I found my area in the second link below. I looked for a similar PG county map for the area you're asking about, but didn't see one that one could zoom in on.

http://www.historicmapworks.com/


http://www.historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/11060/Baltimore+County+1915/

 

[Second Amendment]

This is an old map of that section.


http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map...ville++Beltsville++Branchville++College+Lawn/


Notice what College Park used to be called.