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New Mark Commons

Coordinates: 39°4′33″N 77°9′34″W / 39.07583°N 77.15944°W / 39.07583; -77.15944
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New Mark Commons
New Mark Commons is located in Maryland
New Mark Commons
New Mark Commons is located in the United States
New Mark Commons
LocationBounded by Maryland Ave., Argyle & Monroe Sts., Tower Oaks, I-270, Rockville, Maryland
Coordinates39°4′33″N 77°9′34″W / 39.07583°N 77.15944°W / 39.07583; -77.15944
Area96.4 acres (39.0 ha)
Built1967 (1967)
Built byBennett, Edmund
ArchitectKeyes, Lethbridge & Condon
Architectural styleModern Movement
NRHP reference No.16000869[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 1, 2017

New Mark Commons is a historic planned development in Rockville, Maryland. It consists of a residential area south of Maryland Avenue and east of Interstate 270, and is accessed via Potomac Valley Road and New Mark Esplanade. It was planned and built as a collaborative effort by the architectural firm Keyes, Lethbridge & Condon and builder Edmund J. Bennett, and was built between 1967 and 1973. Its design includes winding roads in a wooded landscape, with many cul-de-sacs, and pedestrian paths for connecting residential areas to recreational amenities.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for New Mark Commons" (PDF). Maryland Heritage Trust. Retrieved November 5, 2017.