Takoma Park Library, Philadelphia and Maple Avenues, September 2011

ID: 1241 ~ Source: Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012630211/. (Accessed September 15, 2016.)

This file appears in: Takoma Park Historic District: Spanning three jurisdictions, the Takoma Park Historic District was DC's first commuter suburb.

Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Takoma Park Library, Philadelphia and Maple Avenues, Takoma Park, Maryland. September, 2011. Image.

This file appears in: Takoma Park Historic District: Spanning three jurisdictions, the Takoma Park Historic District was DC's first commuter suburb.

Takoma Park Historic District: Spanning three jurisdictions, the Takoma Park Historic District was DC's first commuter suburb.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The area now designated as the Takoma Park Historic District served as the first commuter suburb in the area and was originally located on approximately 100 acres of land around the B&O Railroad…