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The St. Andrew's church building has a stained glass window in the foyer commemorating the gift of the Old Parish House to the congregation in 1892. [3] In 1957 it was purchased by the College Park Woman's club and used as their headquarters. In 1998 it was sold to the city of College Park and made into a public meeting and special events site. [4]
Edward St. John Learning & Teaching Center (ESJ) 2017 [21] Francis Scott Key Hall 1932 The east wing of the building was built in 1932. The main section was added in 1939. In 1954, the building was named for Francis Scott Key. [22] Geology Building 1935 The building was originally called the Bureau of Fisheries, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Bldg.
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. [2] The 318,000-square-foot (29,500 m 2) facility, which opened in 2001, houses six performance venues; [3] the UM School of Music; [4] and the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. [5]
By the end of the 20th century, College Park residents and city officials started discussing the need to replace the old city hall. The old building, inaugurated in 1959, could not meet the increased demand for city services as College Park developed, leading to hallways and corridors being used as office and storage space and city departments being spread across several different buildings.
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 ().
The Cory House, constructed circa 1891, is one of the oldest private residences in College Park, Maryland. The house is an example of Queen Anne style architecture. The house is a registered Prince George's County Historic Site. [1]
In 2002, the city and county passed the Route 1 Sector Plan, which allowed and encouraged mixed use development along College Park's main roadway. [23] In July 2006, a group of students created Rethink College Park—a community group providing a website to share information about development and to encourage public dialogue. Early mixed-used ...
The A. James Clark School of Engineering is the engineering college of the University of Maryland, College Park. The school consists of fourteen buildings on the College Park campus that cover over 750,000 sq ft (70,000 m 2). The school is near Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, as well as several technology-driven institutions.