Calvert Hills Historic District

	Calvert Hills Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Typical Street in the Calvert Hills Historic District, December 2008
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Location	Roughly bounded by Calvert Rd., Bowdoin Ave., Erskine Rd., Calvert Park, Albion Rd., and Baltimore Rd., College Park, Maryland
Coordinates	38°58′28″N 76°56′5″W / 38.97444°N 76.93472°WCoordinates: 38°58′28″N 76°56′5″W / 38.97444°N 76.93472°W
Area	108 acres (44 ha)
Built	1907
Architect	Ross, Webster R.,
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.	02001605
Added to NRHP	December 23, 2002

Calvert Hills Historic District is a national historic district in College Park, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is roughly bounded on the north by Calvert Road, on the east by the Green Line metrorail corridor (the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad right-of-way), on the south by the northern boundary of Riverdale Park, and on the west by Baltimore Avenue (US Route 1). It does not include on the southeast corner. Primarily a middle-class single-family residential neighborhood, it also includes some apartment houses as well as the , a contributing property at 4815 Calvert Road.

History[]

The district was developed in the early part of the 20th century by members of the Calvert family who were descendants or other relatives of Charles Benedict Calvert, the owner of Riversdale Plantation and and the founder of what is now the University of Maryland, College Park. Calvert Hills was annexed into the city of College Park in 1943.^[1]^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ L.V. Treischmann; A.L. McDonald; R.J. Weidlich (October 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Calvert Hills Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
^ "Prince George's Parks: History of Riversdale House Museum". Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

External links[]

Calvert Hills Historic District, Prince George's County, including photo dated 2001, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Calvert Hills Historic District, Prince George's County, at Maryland Historical Trust

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[mht_ihp-2] L.V. Treischmann; A.L. McDonald; R.J. Weidlich (October 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Calvert Hills Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

[3] "Prince George's Parks: History of Riversdale House Museum". Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

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