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The National Institutes of Health sits atop land that was once part of the Peter Estate, an area of land owned by Robert Peter in the 18th century ....
Over the last century, the Jewish community in the Bethesda area has faced numerous challenges. Despite this, it has become a vital part of the county. ....
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By Mark Walston | Photo illustration by Alice Kresse; Maloney concrete photo by Don Wetmore In 1873, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opened its new Metropolitan Branch, a modern rail line running straight through the heart of Montgomery County. Towns such as Gaithersburg, Rockville and Silver Spring, all selected as stops on the new line, saw prosperity come in tow, with shops and homes rising around stylish new passenger stations. When the train finally reached Bethesda decades later, all it brought was industrial blight. Originally, the Metropolitan Branch ran too far east to have any impact on Bethesda’s development. The village of the 1870s remained little more than a general store, a blacksmith shop and a handful of houses gathered around the crossroads of Wisconsin Avenue and Old Georgetown Road. ....
By Mark Walston | March 4, 2021 Photo illustration by Alice Kresse At the end of Norwood Drive in Chevy Chase, in the middle of a modern recreation area, stands a curious relic of the community’s past. The hulking, early 20th century brick building, looming over playgrounds and tennis courts, is a reminder of when the federal government first came to town and the consternation the move later caused. That first federal agency to come to Bethesda (Norwood Drive was part of Bethesda back then) was the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The facility? The Animal Disease Research Station. Bethesda of the 1890s enticed D.C.’s urban dwellers with the promise of fresh air, clean water and still undeveloped green hills, a welcome contrast to the cloying stench of the city. Bethesda’s setting, close to multiple departmental headquarters in D.C. and a straight shot by trolley up Wisconsin Avenue, made it an ideal spot for relocating federal facilities from th ....