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Chevy Chase, Maryland real estate History By themarylandrealestateexpert.com

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Chevy Chase, Maryland real estate History

If you are looking to purchase Montgomery County real estate in the Town of Chevy Chase here are some interesting facts about the homes located within this towns borders.  There are roughly 1,032 Maryland homes located in Chevy Chase, and they house roughly 3,000 residents.  The towns bounded by the East West highway to the north, Connecticut avenue on the east, Bradley lane is the southern most boundary, and the Western boundary is one block east of Wisconsin Avenue.   Within the Boundaries listed above, you will find all of the most popular suburban style homes of the 20th Century.  The types of Montgomery County homes found in this town are: Bungalows built in the late teens and early twenties, diverse revivals of Georgian Colonials, Dutch Colonials, Tudor, Spanish Colonials, Mediterranean and Renaissance.  Construction on these style homes began in the mid 1920’s and continued through the 1930’s.  The Chevy Chase, MD real estate also includes contemporary, split-level, and ranch style homes.   

The Bungalow
From the 1900 to the 1920’s the Bungalow was one of the more fashionable style houses found in the U.S.  If you drive down Rosemary, Woodbine, Ridgewood, Maple, and Underwood Street you may see some of the bungalows that were constructed in the early 1920’s.  Typically these houses were placed on the crest of a hill.  The reason for this most likely was to avoid flooding.  
A little about the bungalow design

• Usually constructed as a one story house
• low pitched roof
• overhang eaves
• exposed rafters
• front porch
• exterior usually composed of
• shingles
• foundation made of fieldstone
• They were originally designed with an open floor plan for informal living.

Vast Array of Revival Styles
From the 1920’s to the 1930’s the revival styles of the Georgian, Dutch and Spanish Colonial became very popular.   This is because in the late 19th century some wealthy Americans had hired European Architects to design their houses.  These style homes were usually constructed of all brick and masonry.  This type of deign had a positive effect on the market in that it gave other residents ideas as to what they could do there houses.  Soon people began to apply thin veneers of brick or stone over their wood-framed house.   What this did was allow people to sue the thin veneers of brick or stone like a jacket or a rap over their wood-framed home, and turning it into an eye catching home.  With the growing demand for larger houses in 1929, M. and R.B. Warren began to develop houses that were two stories with three bedrooms and garages.  
Georgian Colonial
This style home began to grow in England in the 17th and 18th century.  One of the noticeable features of these houses was that they were very symmetric usually resembles a four sided shape.  The symmetry of the house is very noticeable if you look at the arrangement of windows.
Tudor Revival
This style became popular in the 1920’s as well.  The Tudor revivals found in suburban areas usually resemble a mix of both high-style palaces and the humble medieval cottages.  Often the front doors on the houses are shaped with either a point of the gothic age or rounded to resemble Romanesque designs.  The exterior of these houses were usually composed of a mixture of brick and stone.  One of the most visible features on this style of home is the chimney, which were massive.  

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