West Montgomery Avenue Historic District

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.
LocationResidential area centered around W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, Maryland
Coordinates39°5′2″N 77°9′41″W
Area53 acres (21 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Stick/eastlake, Federal
NRHP reference No.75000915[1]
Added to NRHPMay 29, 1975

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

  • 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
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Eileen McGuckian (September 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: West Montgomery Avenue Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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