Laurel Mill

St. Vincent Pallotti High School, usually called Pallotti, is a private Catholic school in eastern Laurel, Maryland. It was founded by the Pallottines in 1921 and is within the Archdiocese of Washington. Pallotti is a co-ed school serving young men and women from Prince George's County, Howard County, Anne Arundel County, and Montgomery County. The school is currently attended by approximately 500 students. The school is noted for its MIAA Varsity Boys Lacrosse Championship victory over The Park School at Johns Hopkins in 2006 and its Varsity Girls Soccer IAAM "A" conference championship victory in 2007. Pallotti is home to the 2014 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association C Conference Football Champions.

The Souder House is a historic commercial building located in Scaggsville, Maryland, Howard County, Maryland, now owned by the Howard County Government. The building is two levels with stone veneer facing. The building is located on a former 250 acre slave plantation once owned by the Botterill Family, who the Howard County town of Botterill, Maryland are named after. It is inset in a graded fork of Old Scaggsville Road and All Saint's road, serving as the primary entrance to the mill town of Laurel, Maryland on the other side of the Patuxent River. A bridge served as the community link to the Avondale Mill and main street connecting to the historic B&O railroad stop. The building served as a bar, grocery store, fueling station, and hair salon. Its last commercial owners were the Souder Construction Company. In December 2014, Howard County purchased the building for $325,000 holding a community meeting on its condition. In December 2015, the county held a meeting announcing its intention to demolish the building. The county did not publish a historical review, but claimed a historian had cleared the property because of its "mishmash" architecture.

Old Laurel High School is a historic former school building on Montgomery Street in Laurel, Maryland. Built in 1899, it was the original home of Laurel High School, and now houses a community center.Laurel High School was founded in 1899 with an enrollment of 59 students and four teachers. According to the city government, as reported by The Washington Post, the 1900 graduating class was all women. The original school building is now the Phelps Community Center in Laurel. The cupola on top was used during World War II as a Civil Defense Aircraft Spotting Station for identifying enemy aircraft. In 1965, the high school was moved to a larger building on Cherry Lane. The last class at the original location held a 50th reunion in 2015.The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as "Laurel High School".

Laurel Branch Library is the Laurel, Maryland branch of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, at the intersection of Seventh Street and Talbott Avenue. The current Stanley Memorial Building opened to the public on November 28, 2016.This branch's buildings have been named after the family of Charles H. Stanley, who was a city commissioner (1880–1882), mayor (1891–1893), and state comptroller (1911–1912). Friends of the Laurel Library, a philanthropic group of local community members, has supported the branch since January 1996.

High Ridge is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal stop operated from May 25, 1892, through December 1895 and until May 1899 as "Highridge".The community is roughly bounded by the Patuxent River boundary between Howard and Prince George's County, Maryland Route 216, and Interstate 95. The modern community is mostly residential, with the installation of high-tension power lines and infill development leading local concerns.

Ivy Hill Cemetery is on the north side of Old Sandy Spring Road across from its intersection with Nichols Drive in Laurel, Maryland, United States, within the city's historic district. Burials began in the 19th century after the Laurel Cotton Mill reserved three acres in the 1850s for burial of mill employees. The Ivy Hill Cemetery Company acquired the original land, known as both the Laurel Mill Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery, and added five more acres in 1890. Ivy Hill merged with Greenwood Cemetery in 1944, bringing its size to ten acres. A joint memorial service is held annually by the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department, Laurel Volunteer Rescue Squad, and Laurel Police Department. The Ivy Hill Association, a tax exempt organization formed in 1973, was appointed by the Circuit Court of Prince George's County as the cemetery's trustee in 1974. The organization received a Saint George's Day award in 1981 from the Prince George's County Historical Society for preserving and salvaging the cemetery. The oldest gravestone, for a man named Pritchard, dates to 1867.

The Eisenhower House, also known as "Mrs. Ray's Boarding House," is a historic house constructed in 1879 located in Laurel in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States listed in the Maryland Historical Trust. Originally constructed in 1879 as a private residence shortly after the incorporation of the city of Laurel, the building is a two-story, L-shaped structure four bays wide. The three rightmost bays along the south side of the building function as the front of the building and connect to a covered porch, while the leftmost bay projects forward to create the building's L-shape. The floor plan of the structure follows a center-passage plan, with the entrance and stair hall connecting from the second bay from the left when facing the front of the building. The interior of the first floor of the house retains most of the original Victorian decoration. After initial construction, a shed kitchen was added to the rear of the building. Most of the building is covered with a gabled roof, excepting the porch and shed kitchen which are covered by a shed roof.

The Avondale Mill was a large gable-front stone structure, three stories in height, and 10 bays long by three wide. It was located on the bank of the Patuxent River in the city of Laurel, Prince George's County, Maryland. It was constructed in 1844–1845 for Captain William Mason & Son of Baltimore. It was complemented by the neighboring Laurel Mill built in 1811, S.D. Heath's machine shop, and Richard Israel's flouring mill. At that time it was provided with the machinery for the manufacture of fine cloth, running as many as 1,500 cotton spindles with 150 employees. In 1845, industrialist Peter Gorman was responsible for the first macadamized (paved) road in Laurel, Avondale Street next to the new Mill.The mill was sold for $10,000 with a $13,000 ground rent in 1850 to S.P. Heath and James Arthur (Webb Heath & Co.). In the mid-1850s, it was converted to a gristmill. The waters of the Patuxent provided an 8–9 foot fall and gave the mill 60-70 horsepower to use, along with steam power fueled by coal from Cumberland as early as 1854. George William Brown purchased the 21.7 acre property and outbuildings from Benjamin F. Crabbs, but sold his holdings in a mortgage auction on 20 October 1897. By 1904, the mill employed only 4 people, but produced $10,400 in product annually. Avondale Mill was the only one of Laurel's 19th century mills to have survived into the late 20th century. A devastating fire on December 19, 1991, destroyed the mill. The remains were then demolished and the site cleared for use as a community park.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Venus Theatre is the longest-running regional theater producing only plays written by women. The theatre was founded as a nonprofit in Laurel by Deborah Randall in 2001. Deborah Randall is the founding Artistic Director. The musical director is Alan Scott. Venus Theatre was an outgrowth of Venus Envy, an all-female improv troupe and outreach company. Venus Envy was an outgrowth of the SHE Co in DC. Venus Envy did community outreach with other organizations such as: Code Pink, The House of Ruth, Take Back the Night, and Break the Chain. Venus Theatre has primarily produced works by and about women. Awards: Helen Hayes/American Express Award for Artistic directors. Past productions have won the Maryland Theatrical Association's Best Drama Prize in 2002 and 2005.Venus Theatre moved out of its space of 15 years in Laurel, MD in February of 2022. The Covid epidemic along with a nearly 30% rental increase were the determining factors. Production history includes: 2019 COLLABORATIVE ITERATIONS- Jane app by Deborah Randall, #solestories by Renee Calarco, The Finger by Doruntina Basha, The Powers that BE by Deborah Randall and Alan Scott; 2018 This Little Light by Jennifer Faletto, The Speed Twins by Maureen Chadwick, Living and Dying with Tricia McCauley by Deborah Randall, Running On Glass by Cynthia Cooper; 2017 SELECTIONS FROM: the Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays edited by Naomi Cruz, Tunnel Vision by Andrea Lepcio, Aglaonike’s Tiger by Claudia Barnett, The Ravens by Alana Valentine; 2016 FUR by Migdalia Cruz, Garbage Kids by Jayme Kilburn, Rock the Line by Kathleen Warnock, Soft Revolution: Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah by Alana Valentine, 2015 GOD DON' LIKE UGLY by Doc Andersen-Bloomfield, dry bones rising by Cecelia Raker, Witches Vanish by Claudia Barnett, RAW by Amy Bernstein; 2014 Virus Attacks Heart by Shannon Murdoch, We Are Samurai by Daria Marinelli, Light of Night by Cecilia Copeland, Ding!. or bye bye dad by Jayme Kilburn; 2013 No. 731 Degraw-Street, Brooklyn or Emily Dickinson's Sister by Claudia Barnett, Gift of Forgotten Tongues by Fengar Gael, Grieving for Genevieve by Kathleen Warnock, Following Sarah by Rich Espey; 2012 A Girl Named Destiny by Rand Higbee, Punk Rock Mom by Alyson Mead, Devil Dog Six by Fengar Gael, Claudie Hukill by Sean O'Leary; 2011 The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman written by Carolyn Gage | directed by Karen Shields, Hypnotic Murderess written by Steven Levingston, Lou by John Carter, The Stenographer by Zoe Mavroudi; 2010 Looking for the Pony written by Andrea Lepcio | directed by Catherine Tripp, Play Nice! written by Robin Rice Lichtig | directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner, In the Goldfish Bowl written by Kay Rhodes, Zelda at the Oasis written by P.H. Lin | directed by Lynn Sharp Spears; 2009 not such stuff by Chris Wind, Homokay's Medea by Julianne Homokay, Why'd Ya Make Me Wear This Joe? by Vanda, Helen of Sparta by Jacob M. Appel; 2008 wRighting Women Reading Series: Baby Dykes, Straight Chicks, and Actresses/Ordinary Mourning/Oh...God...Yes! by Linda Suzuki, wRighting Women Reading Series: JUVENILLA by Reina Hardy, wRighting Women Reading Series: Breaking the Bell JaR plays on poems by sylvia plath by Julianne Homokay, All female Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, wRighting Women Reading Series: Tophet Point by Chris Shawn Swanson, wRighiting Women Reading Series: THE AMAZING YAMASHITA AND THE GOLDDIGGERS OF 2009 by Carolyn Gage, THE PARMACHENE BELLE CALAMITY JANE SENDS A MESSAGE TO HER DAUGHTER AND OTHER SOLO SHORTS written by Carolyn Gage | directed by Carolyn Gage. LYSISTRATION: A FEMINIST ROCK OPERA by Deborah Randall (DC Fringe Festival), wRighting Women Reading Series: ON THIN ICE by Lisa Bonita Bridgens, wRighting Women Reading Series: Three Sisters From Queens by Claudia Haas, wRighting Women Reading Series: A SLICE OF HER LIFE by Gina Stewart | directed by Carolyn Gage; 2007 Heartfriends Musical for Children: Boogsnot and the Disco Dancing Meltdown of the Snows by Deborah Randall and Alan Scott, Heartfriends Musical for Children': Fiona the Fish and the Magical Carwash, by Deborah Randall and Alan Scott, Heartfriends Musical for Children: Juanita the Walrus Goes on a Shopping Spree (reprise) by Deborah Randall and Alan Scott; 2006 Are You A Daughter of Molly Maguire? by Deborah Randall, How She Played the Game by Cynthia Cooper | directed by Benjamin Pohlmeier, Heartfriends Musical for Children; Juanita the Walrus Goes on a Shopping Spree by Deborah Randall and Alan Scott; 2005 Cigarettes and Moby Dick by Migdalia Cruz, A Little Rebellion Now by Lisa Voss; 2004 Ugly Ducklings by Carolyn Gage, Bad girls III Summer Play Festival: The Redemption written by Dale Spender, Charisse Montgomery, Jeni Bindeman, Jae Kramison, Linda Suzuki, Deborah Randall, Jenny Klion, and J. Montegue; 2003 Bad Girls II Summer Play Festival; 2002 Bad Girls Summer Play Festival, CodePink Outdoor Play Readings: Rules of the Playground by Carolyn Gage, A Chat With Miss Chicky by Dale Spender; 2000 Daughters of Molly Maguire by Deborah Randall; 1999 Til It Hurts Solo Tour by Deborah Randall; 1998 The Voice Inside the Vessel, three woman tour by Deborah Randall Recent productions include Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and On Thin Ice. The theater's annual "retro-classic" new works series for 2009 featured Chris Wind's Not Such Stuff, Julia Homokay's Homokay's Medea, Vanda's Why'd Ya Make Me Wear This, Joe, and Jacob M. Appel's Helen of Sparta.

Elizabeth House is a nonprofit food pantry and soup kitchen in Laurel, Maryland. It was founded in 1988 and is managed by Fish of Laurel.

Laurel Shopping Center is an open-air shopping complex located in Laurel, Maryland, on U.S. Route 1 just south of Maryland Route 198, and is positioned next to the Towne Centre at Laurel. The shopping center is widely known as the site of the 1972 near-fatal attempted assassination on Alabama Governor George Wallace during his campaign for the U.S. presidency.

Laurel is a city in Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore on the banks of the Patuxent River. While the city limits are entirely in northern Prince George's County, outlying developments extend into Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Howard counties. Founded as a mill town in the early 19th century, Laurel expanded local industry and was later able to become an early commuter town for Washington and Baltimore workers following the arrival of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1835. Largely residential today, the city maintains a historic district centered on its Main Street, highlighting its industrial past. The Department of Defense is a prominent presence in the Laurel area today, with the Fort Meade Army base, the NSA and Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory all located nearby. Laurel Park, a thoroughbred horse racetrack, is located just outside the city limits.