Architectural style Federal, Queen Anne Area 49 ha | NRHP Reference # 12000993 Added to NRHP 4 December 2012 | |
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Location Roughly bounded by Yale, & Columbia Aves., Calvert Rd., & UM Campus, College Park, Maryland Architect Johnson and Curriden; Cutler, Henry Wright; Ross, R. Webster MPS Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960 | ||
Old town college park top 6 facts
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 platted 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 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, and a modern post office and Washington Metro station.
The neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.