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Laurel: Montpelier Mansion Montpelier Mansion, Laurel, Maryland.

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Maryland, United States
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Laurel, city, Prince Georgeā€™s county, central Maryland, U.S., on the Patuxent River midway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. The land was patented to Richard Snowden, who arrived about 1658 and founded the community. Montpelier Mansion (1783; Georgian), built by Thomas Snowden, is now owned by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The town was named for the local laurel trees. After World War II the community experienced growth as a residential and industrial centre....

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