Greenwich Forest Animal Industry Higgins Cemetery: Master Plan For Historic Preservation

Public Hearing Draft Amendment to the
Master Plan for Historic Preservation:
Greenwich Forest; Animal Industry; Higgins Cemetery

Maryland‐National Capital Park and Planning Commission
September 2009


ABSTRACT

This document contains the text, with supporting illustrations, for an amendment to the Master
Plan for Historic Preservation in Montgomery County; being also an amendment to the 1992 North
Bethesda‐Garrett Park Master Plan; the 2009 Twinbrook Sector Plan; and the General Plan (On
Wedges and Corridors) for the Physical Development of the Maryland‐ Washington Regional District
Within Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. This amendment considers the nomination of
one historic district and two individual sites to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation.

SOURCE OF COPIES:

The Maryland‐National Capital Park and Planning Commission
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910‐3760

and online at: www.montgomeryplanning.org/historic


The Maryland‐National Capital Park and Planning Commission is a bi‐county agency created by the
General Assembly of Maryland in 1927. The Commission’s geographic authority extends to the great
majority of Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties; the Maryland‐Washington Regional District
(M‐NCPPC planning jurisdiction) comprises 1,001 square miles, while the Metropolitan District
(parks) comprises 919 square miles, in the two counties.

The Commission is charged with preparing, adopting, and amending or extending The General Plan
(On Wedges and Corridors) for the Physical development of the Maryland‐Washington Regional
District in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. The Commission operates in each county
through Planning Boards appointed by the county government. The Boards are responsible for all
local plans, zoning amendments, subdivision regulations, and administration of parks.

The Maryland‐National Capital Park and Planning Commission encourages the involvement and
participation of individuals with disabilities, and its facilities are accessible. For assistance with
special needs (e.g., large print materials, listening devices, sign language interpretation, etc.), please
contact the Community Outreach and Media Relations Division, 301‐495‐4600 or TDD 301‐495‐
1331.

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Elected and Appointed Officials

County Council
Phil Andrews, President
Roger Berliner, Vice‐President
Marc Elrich
Valerie Ervin
Nancy Floreen
Michael Knapp
George L. Leventhal
Duchy Trachtenberg

County Executive
Isiah Leggett

Samuel J. Parker, Jr., Chairman
Royce Hanson, Vice Chairman

Commissioners
Montgomery County Planning Board Prince George's County Planning Board
Royce Hanson, Chairman Samuel J. Parker, Jr., Chairman
Joe Alfandre Sylvester J. Vaughns, Vice Chair
Jean B. Cryor Sarah A. Cavitt
Amy Presley Jesse Clark
Marye Wells‐Harley Colonel John H. Squire

Historic Preservation Commission

David S. Rotenstein, Chairman Sandra Heiler
Thomas C. Jester, Vice Chair William Kirwan
Caroline Alderson Leslie K. Miles
Timothy J. Duffy Jorge Rodriguez
Warren Fleming

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MASTER PLAN PROCESS

The PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT PLAN is the formal proposal to amend an adopted master plan or
sector plan. Its recommendations are not necessarily those of the Planning Board; it is prepared for
the purpose of receiving public testimony. The Planning Board holds a public hearing and receives
testimony, after which it holds a public worksession(s) to review the testimony and revise the Public
Hearing Draft Plan as appropriate. When the Planning Board’s changes are made, the document
becomes the Planning Board Draft Plan.

The PLANNING BOARD DRAFT PLAN is the Board's recommended Plan and reflects their revisions to
the Public Hearing Draft Plan. The Regional District Act requires the Planning Board to transmit a
sector plan to the County Council with copies to the County Executive who must, within sixty days,
prepare and transmit a fiscal impact analysis of the Planning Board Draft Plan to the County Council.
The County Executive may also forward to the County Council other comments and
recommendations.

After receiving the Executive's fiscal impact analysis and comments, the County Council holds a
public hearing to receive public testimony. After the hearing record is closed, the Council's Planning,
Housing, and Economic Development (PHED) Committee holds public worksessions to review the
testimony and makes recommendations to the County Council. The Council holds its own
worksessions, then adopts a resolution approving the Planning Board Draft Plan, as revised.

After Council approval the plan is forwarded to the Maryland‐National Capital Park and Planning
Commission for adoption.
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT

The Master Plan for Historic Preservation and the Historic Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 24A of
the Montgomery County Code, are designed to protect and preserve Montgomery County's historic
and architectural heritage. When an historic resource is placed on the Master Plan for Historic
Preservation, the adoption action officially designates the property as an historic site or historic
district, and subjects it to the further procedural requirements of the Historic Preservation
Ordinance.

Designation of historic sites and districts serves to highlight the values that are important in
maintaining the individual character of the County and its communities. It is the intent of the
County's preservation program to provide a rational system for evaluating, protecting and
enhancing the County's historic and architectural heritage for the benefit of present and future
generations of Montgomery County residents. The accompanying challenge is to weave protection
of this heritage into the County's planning program so as to maximize community support for
preservation and minimize infringement on private property rights.

The following criteria, as stated in Section 24A‐3 of the Historic Preservation Ordinance, shall apply
when historic resources are evaluated for designation in the Master Plan for Historic Preservation:

1. Historical and cultural significance
The historic resource:
a. has character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural
characteristics of the County, State, or Nation;
b. is the site of a significant historic event;
c. is identified with a person or a group of persons who influenced society; or
d. exemplifies the cultural, economic, social, political or historic heritage of the County and its
communities; or

2. Architectural and design significance
a. embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction;
b. represents the work of a master;
c. possesses high artistic values;
d. represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual
distinction; or
e.represents an established and familiar visual feature of the neighborhood, community, or
County due to its singular physical characteristic or landscape.

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Implementing the Master Plan for Historic Preservation

Once designated on the Master Plan for Historic Preservation, historic resources are subject to the protection
of the Ordinance. Any substantial changes to the exterior of a resource or its environmental setting must be
reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission and an historic area work permit issued under the
provisions of the County's Preservation Ordinance, Section 24A‐6. In accordance with the Master Plan for
Historic Preservation and unless otherwise specified in the amendment, the environmental setting for each
site, as defined in Section 24A‐2 of the Ordinance, is the entire parcel on which the resource is located as of
the date it is designated on the Master Plan.

Designation of the entire parcel provides the County adequate review authority to preserve historic sites in
the event of development. It also ensures that, from the beginning of the development process, important
features of these sites are recognized and incorporated in the future development of designated properties.
In the case of large acreage parcels, the amendment will provide general guidance for the refinement of the
setting by indicating when the setting is subject to reduction in the event of development; by describing an
appropriate area to preserve the integrity of the resource; and by identifying buildings and features asso‐
ciated with the site which should be protected as part of the setting. It is anticipated that for a majority of the
sites designated, the appropriate point at which to refine the environmental setting will be when the
property is subdivided.

Public improvements can profoundly affect the integrity of an historic area. Section 24A‐6 of the Ordinance
states that a Historic Area Work Permit for work on public or private property must be issued prior to altering
an historic resource or its environmental setting. The design of public facilities in the vicinity of historic
resources should be sensitive to and maintain the character of the area. Specific design considerations should
be reflected as part of the Mandatory Referral review processes.

In many cases, the parcels of land on which historic resources sit are also impacted by other planned facilities
in the master plan; this is particularly true with respect to transportation right‐of‐way. In general, when
establishing an Environmental Setting boundary for a historic resource, the need for the ultimate
transportation facility is also acknowledged, and the Environmental Setting includes the entire parcel minus
the approved and adopted master planned right‐of‐way. However, in some specific cases, the master
planned right‐of‐way directly impacts an important contributing element to the historic resource. In such
cases the amendment addresses the specific conflicts existing at the site, and suggests alternatives and
recommendations to assist in balancing preservation with the implementation of other equally important
community needs.

In addition to protecting designated resources from unsympathetic alteration and insensitive redevelopment,
the County's Preservation Ordinance also empowers the County's Department of Environmental Protection
and the Historic Preservation Commission to prevent the demolition of historic buildings through neglect.

The Montgomery County Council passed legislation in September 1984 to provide for a tax credit against
County real property taxes in order to encourage the restoration and preservation of privately owned
structures located in the County. The credit applies to all properties designated on the Master Plan for
Historic Preservation (Chapter 52, Art. VI). Furthermore, the Historic Preservation Commission maintains
up‐to‐date information on the status of preservation incentives including tax credits, tax benefits possible
through the granting of easements on historic properties, outright grants and low‐interest loan program.
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The Amendment
The purpose of this amendment is to designate the following historic resources on the Master Plan
for Historic Preservation:
Resource # Name and Address
35‐165 Greenwich Forest Historic District
Vicinity of Hampden Lane, Overhill Road,
Lambeth Road, Bethesda

35‐119 Bureau of Animal Industry Building
(Norwood Park Recreation Building)
4715 Norwood Drive, Bethesda

30‐25 Higgins Family Cemetery
5720 Arundel Avenue, Rockville

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35/165
Greenwich Forest Historic District

The Greenwich Forest Historic District is a residential
neighborhood characterized by Tudor Revival and Colonial
Revival houses nestled on hilly streets with a mature tree
canopy. The district is contained within the area bounded generally by Wilson Lane on the south,
Huntington Parkway on the north, Aberdeen Road on the west, and Moorland Lane on the east.
Greenwich Forest was largely developed by builder and developer Morris Cafritz between 1926 and
1949.

This historic district meets the following criteria:

(1) Historical and Cultural Significance:


a) has character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural
characteristics of the County, State, or Nation;

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• Greenwich Forest, developed in the second quarter of the twentieth century, was conceived as a
cohesive suburban neighborhood providing both excellent design and natural beauty. In both
design and fruition, its overall appearance illustrates the ideal suburban life associated with
residential design in the 1920s and 1930s when the quality of the natural environment of a house
was becoming as important as its design. As a result, Greenwich Forest holds great value as a
significant representation of the aesthetic development of twentieth‐century communities in the
County and the State.

• Located in an area where some of Washington, D.C.’s, wealthiest families historically owned large
estates into the mid‐twentieth century, this particular tract of land was identified early on as
having both a highly desirable location close to Washington, D.C., and the commercial core of
Bethesda, and great natural beauty with high elevation, gently rolling hills and mature landscape.
The fulfillment of its development promise more than thirty years after its original purchase as an
investment documents the growth patterns of this area of Montgomery County and the impact
of the automobile on the County’s growth.

• Greenwich Forest exemplifies a successful implementation of a superior development plan that
integrated the design of roads, landscape, and architecture. With its emphasis on 1) idyllic
landscapes, which included both new design and retention of existing topography and trees, 2)
spacious lots, 3) control over location and orientation of houses to retain trees and topography,
and 4) excellent architectural design, extraordinary attention to detail, and fine construction,
Greenwich Forest presents a fully developed character that has endured to this day. This
character has been emulated to various degrees in the surrounding areas, as well as in other
parts of Montgomery County, and holds character, interest and value as a model of development
for the County, State, and the Nation.

c) is identified with a person or a group of persons who influenced society;

• Greenwich Forest is directly identified with its developer, Morris Cafritz, whose name in the first
half of the twentieth century was synonymous with quality design and construction and whose
work as one of Washington's most prolific developers from the 1920s into the 1960s helped
shape the growth of the Washington metropolitan area. As the product of the Cafritz
Construction Company, Greenwich Forest is identified with Cafritz, his staff architects Alvin L.
Aubinoe and Harry L. Edwards, and landscape architect John H. Small III. Cafritz, after going into
business in 1920, quickly established a reputation for providing quality housing for a range of
incomes and housing needs in Washington, D.C., and Maryland. His influence as a successful
businessman and philanthropist was demonstrably enhanced through the social standing of his
wife, Gwendolyn. Together, they gave the Cafritz name a cachet that drew people to both desire
and appreciate his company’s work.

d) exemplifies the cultural, economic, social, political or historic heritage of the County and
its communities;

• Greenwich Forest developed during a time of great expansion in southern Montgomery County,
which was the result of the growth of the federal government after World War I, in the New
Deal era, and during World War II. These factors played a significant role in increasing the quality
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of design for subdivisions like Greenwich Forest in the southern portion of the County. Located
just beyond the development of closer‐in Chevy Chase during the first two decades of the
twentieth century, Greenwich Forest’s success depended on the growing interest in and
availability of the automobile. The automobile enabled residents to get to their jobs without
living in a location that was served by public transportation. As new roads allowed faster travel
between Washington, D.C., and its environs, the healthy, green suburbs of Montgomery County
became a reasonable option for families of the 1920s and 1930s. Builder and developer Morris
Cafritz capitalized on this new situation and went one step further by designing a neighborhood
that was located in a tranquil, verdant landscape and was also convenient to work when
commuting by automobile. The Cafritz Construction Company was critical in redefining economic
and social traditions throughout the Washington metropolitan area, and Greenwich Forest
served as the model. Although based on similar successful Washington, D.C., communities,
Cafritz’s Greenwich Forest changed the paradigm of suburban development in Montgomery
County.

(2) Architectural and Design Significance:


a) embodies the distinctive characteristics of a
type, period, or method of construction;

• Greenwich Forest contains a significant collection
of domestic resources that represent three
general architectural styles and their various subsets: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and French
Eclectic, all of which were highly fashionable for residential suburban architecture in the second
quarter of the twentieth century. The romantic interpretations of French and English architecture
found in Greenwich Forest were particularly appropriate for the idyllic wooded landscape of the
neighborhood.

• Embodying the distinctive characteristics of a planned residential suburb of the 1920s and 1930s,
Greenwich Forest was designed in response to a growing interest across the nation in the
possibility for improved life through the planning of suburban environments. In keeping with the
concept of a fully planned environment (roads, landscape, architecture) with great attention to
quality of design and construction, such communities as Shaker Heights, Ohio; Forest Hills, New
York; Radburn, New Jersey; and Roland Park, Maryland illustrated a new American ideal that was
highly sought. Greenwich Forest is a significant illustration of this movement as applied to
Montgomery County.

• Greenwich Forest represents an approach to development that resulted in a unique combination
of conformity and individualism. Through the application of architectural controls set by the
developer, Greenwich Forest includes houses designed by the Cafritz Company architects as
speculative ventures, houses designed by Cafritz Company staff architects for specific owners,
and houses designed by others for owners who voluntarily agreed to allow the Cafritz Company
to approve the designs. By establishing the framework, determining the lot sizes and shapes,
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controlling the siting, orientation, style, scale, materials, design, and details, the Cafritz Company
created a unique neighborhood specifically designed for its setting that continues to present an
exceptional example of the 1930s suburban ideal.

• The community embodies the highest standards of integrated landscape design for middle‐class
suburban communities of the 1920s and 1930s. It is this integration of infrastructure, landscape,
and architecture that has resulted in the continued natural beauty and idyllic character of the
neighborhood. The landscaping component, designed by J. H. Small & Sons, continues to
illustrate the great care and expense taken in establishing the ambience of the setting, protecting
grand trees of the area, careful siting of the houses, including deep front setbacks, to minimize
tree removal, and the retention of natural topography, and demonstrates the lasting potential
for such coordinated design.

c) possesses high artistic values;

• The architecture of Greenwich Forest possesses high artistic value as a distinctive concentration
of quality designs in an idyllic setting where custom designs are incorporated into a coordinated
aesthetic. The siting, orientation, scale and proportions, materials, design, details, and
construction techniques represent excellent and significant examples of the revival styles as
presented in single‐family, detached dwellings of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

• The landscape of Greenwich Forest possesses high artistic value as a presentation of an idyllic,
woodland setting for a designed residential neighborhood. The design incorporated existing trees
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and topography, and added new features, trees and shrubbery while allowing the graceful
insertion of 69 single‐family detached dwellings.

• The high artistic value of design for both the houses and the landscape instituted by Morris
Cafritz, and so astutely fashioned by his staff designers, has endured. Their foresight in meeting
the homeowners’ need for modern amenities and recreational living space, respect for historic
architectural designs, love for mature planned landscapes while also accommodating their
automobiles has notably minimized the need for additions and alterations, thereby preserving
the striking beauty of Greenwich Forest.

d) represents a significant and
distinguishable entity whose
components may lack individual
distinction;

• The compositional whole of Greenwich
Forest possesses high artistic value as a
planned environment designed to serve
a residential community of its time. The
overall design creates a cohesive whole
where a collection of built resources
read as landscape features comfortably
nestled into the designed and natural
setting, the topography undulates in an
easy rhythm, winding roads create a
connecting web, flowers, shrubs, and smaller trees ornament the streetscape, and the extensive
canopy of mature trees is a character‐defining feature. The architectural styles instituted
collectively pay homage to historic French, English, and Colonial precedents, and although not
identical in design, allow for a comprehensive study of American residential architecture from the
second quarter of the twentieth century. Thus, as a whole, Greenwich Forest represents a
significant and distinguishable entity, even though its components are more likely to be
individually distinctive than not.

• Greenwich Forest’s singular physical character is both an established and familiar visual feature
of Bethesda’s residential community. It is a neighborhood well known for its extraordinary
landscape, finely designed and sited houses, and overall beauty. It is a planned environment that
has retained its character from its original conception in the 1920s and for more than seventy
years since the initiation of its development and it continues to be an extraordinary treasure for
Montgomery County.

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35/165 GREENWICH FOREST HISTORIC DISTRICT

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#35/119 Bureau of Animal Industry Building
Norwood Local Park Recreation Building, 4715 Norwood Drive, Bethesda

The Bureau of Animal Industry building, known as the Norwood Recreation Building, is located in the
Norwood Local Park. Designed in the Renaissance Revival style, the building was constructed in two
parts. The basement and first story were built in 1906. Due to budget constraints, the remainder of
the building wasn’t finished until 1909. The building housed the administrative headquarters and
laboratories for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Animal Industry, which conducted
research designed to advance animal husbandry.

The period of significance for the resource is 1906‐1936. The nomination encompasses the national
significance and architecture of the Bureau of Animal Industry building. The nomination does not
address the history of the site after 1936 when it became a park resource. This Amendment
recommends the park buildings in the Norwood Local Park be evaluated in the future as part of a
comprehensive review of park buildings in the context of the history of the Parks Department.

The resource meets the following criteria:

(1) Historical and Cultural Significance

a) has character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural
characteristics of the County, State, or Nation
The Bureau of Animal Industry building is the sole surviving structure from the federal
government’s foremost agricultural experiment farm in the late‐19th and early‐20th centuries.

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d) exemplifies the cultural, economic, social, political, or historic heritage of the County and
its communities
During a time when the nation was still significantly rural and agrarian, the experiments
conducted at the farm had a direct impact on millions of Americans whose livelihoods
depended on agriculture. In the building and its surrounding pastures, government scientists
conducted research into animal diseases and breeding, and made discoveries that improved
the nation’s animal stock.

(2) Historical and Cultural Significance The historic resource:

e) represents an established and familiar visual feature of the neighborhood, community or
county due to its singular physical characteristic or landscape.
Located in a largely residential area and serving as a community center, the brick
Renaissance Revival office building is a local landmark. Since the building is little altered and
the landscape around the building still remains largely undeveloped park land, the site
retains its original bucolic character.

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING
The recommended environmental setting is 1.65 acres (72,005 sq ft).

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#30‐25 Higgins Family Cemetery
5720 Arundel Avenue

The Higgins Family Cemetery is located near the intersection of the B&O Railroad line (now CSX line)
and Twinbrook Parkway, near the Rockville Pike (Rt 355) and Twinbrook Metro station. The Higgins
family has owned land here since the 1760s. The cemetery is owned by the Higgins Cemetery
Historic Preservation Association, Inc. which includes family descendants. For most of the 20th
century, the cemetery was abandoned and vandalized, but in recent years the resource has been
rescued and protected by the local preservationists and the Higgins Cemetery Historic Preservation
Association.

The resource meets the following criteria:

(1) Historical and Cultural Significance

b) has character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural
characteristics of the County, State, or Nation
Associated with a prominent local family, the Higgins Family Cemetery survives as a reminder
of the early settlements and farms that once lined the main road between Georgetown and
Frederick, now known as Maryland Route 355 and the Rockville Pike.
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c) is identified with a person or a group of persons who influenced society;
The cemetery includes the grave of Revolutionary War soldier James Higgins who served as a
private in the Fifth Company of the Lower Batallion of the Montgomery County Militia. Also
buried here are George and Luraner Higgins Knowles, who founded Knowles Station, which
later became the Town of Kensington.

d) exemplifies the cultural, economic, social, political, or historic heritage of the County and
its communities
James and Luraner Becraft Higgins lived on the Higgins farm and raised their twelve children
here. Following the Civil War, descendants were moved to raise a sandstone monument to
their ancestors and reserved the cemetery land by deed. The cemetery includes at least
eleven known burials.

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING
The recommended
environmental setting is 14,
400 square feet, being Part
Lot 7, Block 6.
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APPENDIX
Greenwich Forest Historic District

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Greenwich Forest Historic District Inventory
Historic
Street Street Architect/
Number Number Street Date Date Source Builder Notes
7800 7100 Hampden 1934 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz Sold in 1935 to a "government
Lane Forest," Washington Post, 15 Construction official" (Advertisement,
April 1934, R6. Co. "Residential Sale by C.H.
Hillegeist Co.," Washington
Post, 24 February 1935, R3.
7801 7101 Hampden 1933 "Thousands See Cafritz Home In Alvin One of first model homes to be
Lane New Section," Washington Post, Aubinoe, constructed by Cafritz Co.; Won
30 July 1933, R1. Cafritz Silver Star architectural award
Company from Evening Star
7808 7108 Hampden 1964 Montgomery County, Maryland Unknown
Lane Department of Assessments and
Taxation, Real Property
Database, 2007 vw3.1.
7814 7114 Hampden 1934 Advertisement, "Exclusive Cafritz
Lane Greenwich Forest Development," Construction
Washington Post, 21 October Co.
1934, R5.; Advertisement,
"Hillegeist Sale in Greenwich
Forest," 18 November 1934, R6.
7817 7117 Hampden 1935 "Hampden Lane Home Will Go Cafritz
Lane On View Today," Washington Construction
Post, 24 November 1935, R1.; Co.
Advertisement, "Greenwich
Forest," Washington Post, 24
November 1935, R2.
7818 7118 Hampden 1934 Advertisement, "Exclusive Cafritz Sold in 1934 to Commander
Lane Greenwich Forest Development," Construction and Mrs. J.B. Rutter
1934, R5.
7819 7119 Hampden 1935 Klinge, Frank H.M. Atlas of Cafritz
Lane ca. Montgomery County, Maryland. Construction
Volume 1. Landsdale, PA: Frank Co.
H.M. Klinge Engineers and
Publishers, 1935.
7820 7120 Hampden 2007 Montgomery County, Maryland Unknown Replaced 1934 house built by
Lane Department of Assessments and Cafritz Constriction Co.
7821 7121 Hampden 1935 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz
Lane Forest," Washington Post, 11 Construction
August 1935, R2. Co.
7824 7124 Hampden 1934 Advertisement, "Exclusive Cafritz
Lane Greenwich Forest Development," Construction
1934, R5.
7827 7127 Hampden 1935 Cafritz
Lane Construction
Co.
Lane Construction
Co.
7830 7130 Hampden 1935 Advertisement, "Another Home Cafritz Sold in 1935 to Dr. F. G. Wydda
Lane Sale in Greenwich Forest," Construction
Washington Post, 8 December Co.
1935, R4.
May 1936, R2. Co.
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Lane Construction
Co.
Publishers, 1935.
February 1938, R2. Co.
December 1937, R3. Co.
Lane Construction
Co.
Publishers, 1941.
January 1937, R7. Co.
Publishers, 1941.
Publishers, 1941.
April 1938, R5. Co.
8017 7317 Hampden 1939 Advertisement, "Presentation Cafritz Sold in 1939 to Frederick G.
Lane and Sales of the City's New Construction Vosburg
Homes..," Washington Post, 7 Co.
May 1939, R12.
8020 7320 Hampden 1938 Advertisement, "Residential Cafritz
Lane Presentation in Greenwich Construction
Forest," Washington Post, 17 Co.
April 1938, R6.
Publishers, 1941.
June 1939, R7. Co.
8025 7325 Hampden 1939 Advertisement, "Residential Sate Cafritz Sold in 1939 to Mr. and Mrs.
Lane in Greenwich Forest Reported," Construction Madison Varn
Washington Post, 17 September Co.
1939, R4.
8100 Hampden 1949 VTH Bien,
Lane architect;
H.J.
Korzendorfer
, builder
5510 5610 Lambeth 2003 Montgomery County, Maryland Unknown
Road Department of Assessments and
5511 Lambeth 1941 Klinge, Frank H.M. Atlas of Cafritz
Road ca. Montgomery County, Maryland. Construction
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Publishers, 1941.
5537 5737 Lambeth 1941 Klinge, Frank H.M. Atlas of Cafritz
Publishers, 1941.
5601 5741 Lambeth 1941 Klinge, Frank H.M. Atlas of Cafritz
Publishers, 1941.
5602 5702 Lambeth 1939 Advertisement, "A Key to Happy Based on Life Magazine model house
Road Home Owernership," Washington Royal Barry
Post, 26 February 1939, L2. Wills design,
Cafritz Co.
Publishers, 1941.
Publishers, 1941.
5633 5733 Lambeth 1939 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz
Road Forest," Washington Post, 12 Construction
November 1939, R5. Co.
5602 5702 Midwood 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz
March 1936, R7. Co.
5605 5705 Midwood 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz
May 1936, R7. Co.
5606 5706 Midwood 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz Sold in 1936 to Mr. and Mrs.
Road Forest," Washington Post, 19 Construction William F. Lane
April 1936, R8. Co.
5609 5709 Midwood 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz Sold in 1936 to E.L. Degner
October 1936, R8. Co.
5615 5715 Midwood 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz Sold in 1936 to Mr. and Mrs.
Road Forest," Washington Post, 29 Construction Robert D. Reeder
March 1936, R8. Co.
7803 7103 Overhill 1937 Advertisement, "A New Home Cafritz Sold in 1937 to Mr. and Mrs.
Road Sold in Greenwich Forest Construction C.C. Campbell
Community," Washington Post, Co.
17 October 1937, R10.
7805 7105 Overhill 1929 Unknown
Road ca.
7815 7115 Overhill 1941 Klinge, Frank H.M. Atlas of Cafritz
Publishers, 1941.
7818 7118 Overhill 1929 Klinge, Frank H.M. Atlas of Unknown Outbuilding c1931
Road ca. Montgomery County, Maryland.
Volume 1. Landsdale, PA: Frank
Publishers, 1931.
7819 7119 Overhill 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz Sold in 1936 to Mr. and Mrs.
Road Forest," Washington Post, 15 Construction Joseph V. Slavick
November 1936, R2. Co.
7820 7120 Overhill 1929 Unknown
Road ca.
7823 7123 Overhill 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz
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May 1936, R9. Co.
December 1936, R11. Co.
7827 7209 Overhill 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz Sold in 1936 to Dr. and Mrs. F.
Road Forest," Washington Post, 1 Construction A. Martinez (Dr. Martinez was
November 1936, R5. Co. assistant professor of anatomy
at Georgetown Medical School)
8000 7300 Overhill 1935 Alvin
Road Aubinoe,
Cafritz
Company
8001 7301 Overhill Unknown
Road
8003 7305 Overhill 1941 Klinge, Frank H.M. Atlas of Cafritz
Publishers, 1941.
8000 Westover 1941 Klinge, Frank H.M. Atlas of Cafritz
Publishers, 1941.
8004 Westover 1997 Montgomery County, Maryland Unknown
8005 Westover 1945 Unknown
Road ca.
8008 Westover 1979 Montgomery County, Maryland Unknown
8009 Westover 1949 Klinge, Frank H.M. Atlas of Unknown
Road ca. Montgomery County, Maryland.
Volume 1. Landsdale, PA: Frank
Publishers, 1949.
Road ca.
Road ca.
5507 5647 Wilson 1933 "Owner Builds Home to Meet Cafritz
Lane Individual Idea," Washington Construction
Post, 24 September 1933, R2.; Co.
Advertisement, "Home Built by
Cafritz in Greenwich Forest,"
Washington Post, 14 January
1934, R4.
5509 Wilson 2007 Montgomery County, Maryland Unknown
Lane Department of Assessments and
5602 5702 York 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz Sold in 1936 to Dr. W. C. Eells
September 1936, R14. Co.
5604 5704 York 1936 Montgomery County, Maryland Cafritz
Lane Department of Assessments and Construction
Taxation, Real Property Co.
5605 5705 York 1938 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz
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5606 5706 York 1936 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz Sold in 1936 to George L.
Lane Forest," Washington Post, 13 Construction Meleney
September 1936, R19. Co.
5619 5719 York 1937 Advertisement, "Greenwich Cafritz Sold in 1938 to "undisclosed
Lane Forest," Washington Post, 16 Construction purchaser" (Advertisement,
January 1938, R3. Co. "Large Home Sold in Greenwich
Forest Section," Washington
Post, 5 June 1938, R4.
PARK, Intersection of Hampden 1928 Montgomery County Land
Lane & Overhill Road Records, "Huntington Section 4,"
Plat 376, May 23, 1928.
GREENWICH FOREST SIGN, 1933 Cafritz
Intersection of Hampden Lane & ca. Construction
Overhill Road Co.

Categories
C = Contributing Resource
NC = Non‐contributing Resource
All resources have been considered either contributing or non‐contributing based upon their association with the
criteria for designation in the Master Plan for Historic Preservation in Montgomery County and based upon the period of
significance that extends from circa 1929, the construction of the first houses in the neighborhood, through 1950, which
captures the last significant phase of development in Greenwich Forest and the end of the Cafritz association with the
neighborhood. Therefore, non‐contributing resources were constructed after 1950. Additionally, if the resource was
constructed within the period of significance but no longer retains sufficient integrity due to alterations and/or
additions, it cannot represent the period and areas of significance and has been deemed a non‐contributing resource.

Construction Dates
The dates of construction for the resources were determined from information found in the Washington Post pertaining
to the Greenwich Forest development which often described a Greenwich Forest model house or advertised an
identifiable house for sale. In addition, dates of construction were determined from a study of historic maps and plats,
as well as an assessment of the resources’ architectural style and form. Although current Montgomery County tax
records for the resources were checked, often their information and dates of construction were found to be
contradictory to that seen in the Washington Post and in relevant historic maps and plats for the area; therefore, they
were not included the following inventory. (Source: EHT Traceries, July 2009)
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September 2009

Prepared by the Montgomery County Planning Department
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910‐3760

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