Stone 1940s Building Up for Demolition in Upper Marlboro
It was once a telephone switch station and a fire/EMS command center, according to the Gazette.
A one-story stone building on Church Street in the Town of Upper Marlboro stands to be demolished, according to a Gazette report. It was built as a switch station for telephone services in the 1940s, and later served as a command center for the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department, the report stated. Some town officials now think it would be more useful leveled and turned into a green space. The town's plan is to let the county demolish the building, which sits on about one-tenth of an acre of county-owned land near Old Crain Highway, and give its deed to the town, according to the report. If the building is demolished, the town can use the land as an attractive open space, said Steve Sonnett, president of the town's board of …
