The West Montgomery Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a residential area with single-family homes predominating. The majority of the properties within the district date from the 1880s, with a few older homes and somewhat more from later periods. The predominant character of the district is set by the rows of Victorian houses built between 1880 and 1900 in a vernacular residential mode with Eastlake and Stick Style influences. Also included in the district are attorneys' offices; churches and parsonages; a funeral home; the former Woodlawn Hotel, later called the Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium (destroyed by fire, June 7, 2009); and the headquarters of the Montgomery County Historical Society.[2]
West Montgomery Avenue Historic District | |
 Queen Anne style house on West Montgomery Avenue. | |
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| Location | Residential area centered around W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°5′2″N 77°9′41″W / 39.08389°N 77.16139°W |
| Area | 53 acres (21 ha) |
| Built | 1790 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Stick/eastlake, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000915[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 29, 1975 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
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Homes and offices on South Adams Street -
Historic Baptist cemetery on West Jefferson Street -
The Jenkins Miller McFarland House on 5 North Adams Street. Reportedly the oldest surviving structure in Rockville, it was built in 1793
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Eileen McGuckian (September 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: West Montgomery Avenue Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
External links edit
- West Montgomery Avenue Historic District, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 26-10, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
- Boundary Map of the West Montgomery Avenue Historic District, Montgomery County, at Maryland Historical Trust
