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National Park Seminary, Senior House, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD
LocationLinden Lane,
Silver Spring, MD
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS MD-1109-B
Building/structure dates:
1899 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1919 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1940 subsequent work
Significance: This large, asymmetrical building exemplifies picturesque domestic architecture of the late nineteenth century. Like Main, the Senior House is a shingle-style Queen Anne structure, though not all its original architectural elements are in tact. The ideas that the building type connoted, from leisure to good taste, embodied the pedagogical focus of the school. The Senior House was used as a dormitory. Its creation with NPS's first decade of operation was a testament to the growth and popularity of the school. Some reports suggest that T.F. Schneider, the architect of the inn, also designed the Senior House, but this statement was not collaborated by any documentation.
Subjects
EducationDormitoriesDomestic Life
Related Names
Schneider, T. F.
Ott, Cynthia, Historian
Boucher, Jack E., Photographer
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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