James F. Armstrong House

When James F. Armstrong graduated from Howard University Law School in 1904, he purchased three lots in the original Fairmount Heights subdivision. The house was completed in 1905 and is an example of late-Victorian domestic architecture. Armstrong went on to work in education. In 1911, he was appointed as a member of the building committee for the proposed Fairmount Heights Elementary School, and a few years later was named Director of Manual Training at the school. Until 1919 he served as the Supervisor of Colored Schools in Prince George’s County. He chaired the citizens association and was one of the first council members after the town was incorporated.