Old Town College Park Maryland

Old Town is an historic neighborhood of College Park, Maryland. It is roughly bounded by the University of Maryland campus, the B&O Railroad tracks, and US Route 1. The area was plotted out in 1889, and built out over the next several decades, its developers seeking to attract commuters to Baltimore and Washington, DC, and individuals affiliate…
Old Town is an historic neighborhood of College Park, Maryland. It is roughly bounded by the University of Maryland campus, the B&O Railroad tracks, and US Route 1. The area was plotted out in 1889, and built out over the next several decades, its developers seeking to attract commuters to Baltimore and Washington, DC, and individuals affiliated with the Maryland Agricultural College. Most of the neighborhood is residential, with American Foursquare and Cape Cod style housing predominating. Closer to the university campus, the developers built garden-style apartment houses and other types of housing to cater to the academic community. The major non-residential structures are a Gothic Revival church, a modern post office and Washington Metro station.
  • Location: Roughly bounded by Yale, & Columbia Aves., Calvert Rd., & UM Campus, College Park, Maryland
  • Area: 120 acres (49 ha)
  • Architect: Johnson and Curriden; Cutler, Henry Wright; Ross, R. Webster
  • Architectural style: Federal, Queen Anne
  • MPS: Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960
  • NRHP reference No.: 12000993
  • Added to NRHP: December 4, 2012

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