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Glen Echo Park is an arts and cultural center in Glen Echo, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Located about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of the city's downtown area, the park's site was initially developed in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly.
The town is known for its Chautauqua cultural events [12] and for Glen Echo Park, a former amusement park that is now a U.S. national park. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, lived in Glen Echo, a streetcar ride from her office, [13] from 1897 until her death in 1912. [8]
Roughly bounded by Interstate 495, Cabin John Regional Park, Seven Locks Rd., Fenway Rd., and Persimmon Tree Ln. Bethesda: 275 modernist style suburban homes built from 1962 to 1966 13: Carousel at Glen Echo Park
In 2007, WMATA traded right-of-way next to Glen Echo Park, from Oxford Avenue to Tulane Avenue, to NPS for a plot of land near WMATA's water-treatment facility near Mississippi Avenue SE in Washington, D.C. [31] [32] Bridge #9, the trestle over Minnehaha Branch on the northwest side of Glen Echo Park was rehabilitated. After the land swap, NPS ...
The site is located 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Washington D.C. in Glen Echo, Maryland. The United States National Historic Site protects 9 acres (0.04 km 2) of land at her Glen Echo home including the 38-room former residence of Barton. The site is managed by the George Washington Memorial Parkway, a unit of the National Park Service. The ...
The Glen Echo Railroad (after 1896, the Washington and Glen Echo Railroad) was a streetcar line that operated independently in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, from 1891 to 1902. It ultimately connected the communities of Cabin John and Glen Echo to a terminal near present-day Friendship Heights , where passengers could transfer to the ...
The Glen Echo Park Aquarium is a small public aquarium located on the premises of Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland.Labeled as a "Chesapeake Bay Discovery Center," their stated mission is to "promote awareness of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed through education, in order to encourage stewardship and conservation."
Maryland Route 614 (MD 614) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.Known as Goldsboro Road, the state highway runs 1.97 miles (3.17 km) from MacArthur Boulevard near Glen Echo north to MD 191 in Bethesda in southwestern Montgomery County.