Old Town College Park

	Old Town College Park
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	Roughly bounded by Yale, & Columbia Aves., Calvert Rd., & UM Campus, College Park, Maryland
Coordinates	38°57′59″N 76°56′12″W / 38.96639°N 76.93667°W
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

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 (as the school was then known). 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.^[2]

The neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.^[1]

Due to the close proximity of Old Town to campus, many fraternity and sorority chapters from University of Maryland own houses in this neighborhood.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/03/12 through 12/07/12. National Park Service. December 14, 2012.
^ Laura V. Trieschmann and Robin Weidlich (April 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Town College Park" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved August 1, 2015.

External links[edit]

Old Town College Park Historic District, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:66-42, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust website
Boundary Map of the Old Town College Park Historic District, Prince George's County, at Maryland Historical Trust

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[nps-1] "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/03/12 through 12/07/12. National Park Service. December 14, 2012.

[mht_ihp-2] Laura V. Trieschmann and Robin Weidlich (April 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Town College Park" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved August 1, 2015.

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