Garrett Park Historic District

Garrett Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
House in Garrett Park Historic District, September 2012
Location	Roughly bounded by B & O Railroad tracks, Rock Creek Park, and Flanders Ave., Garrett Park, Maryland
Coordinates	39°2′9″N 77°5′41″W
Area	154 acres (62 ha)
Built	1887 (1887)
Architect	Maddux, Marshall & Co.; Richter, Alexander
Architectural style	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	75000910
Added to NRHP	January 31, 1975

The Garrett Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Garrett Park, Montgomery County, Maryland. It's a 154-acre (62 ha) residential community incorporated in 1891, along the B & O Railroad. The older community includes a number of late Victorian homes. During the 1920s, the town expanded with a set of 40,640-square-foot (3,776 m²), "Chevy" houses built by Maddux, Marshall & Co. The district also includes a set of Prairie Style homes designed and built by Alexander Richter during the 1950s.

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

External links

• Garrett Park Historic District, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 30-13, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
• Boundary Map of the Garrett Park Historic District, Montgomery County, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Historic American Buildings Survey documentation, filed under Garrett Park, Montgomery, MD:
  • HABS No. MD-1130, "Garrett Park", 2 measured drawings
  • HABS No. MD-1127, "Gootenberg House, 10805 Clermont Avenue", 2 measured drawings
  • HABS No. MD-1103, "Norris-Higgins House, 10806 Keswick Street", 8 measured drawings, 20 data pages
  • HABS No. MD-1129, "St. James Chapel, 10814 Kenilworth Avenue", 3 measured drawings