Polychrome Historic District

Historic house in Maryland, United States

United States historic place
Polychrome Historic District
Polychrome Historic District, April 2010
39°1′5″N 77°0′57″W / 39.01806°N 77.01583°W / 39.01806; -77.01583
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built1934 (1934)
ArchitectEarley, John Joseph; Kennedy, J.R.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.96000900[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1996

The Polychrome Historic District is a national historic district in the Four Corners neighborhood in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland. It recognizes a group of five houses built by John Joseph Earley in 1934 and 1935. Earley used precast concrete panels with brightly colored aggregate to produce the polychrome effect, with Art Deco details. The two-inch-thick panels were attached to a conventional wood frame. Earley was interested in the use of mass-production techniques to produce small, inexpensive houses, paralleling Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian house concepts.[2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Constnce Peterson Terry (August 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Polychrome Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polychrome Historic District.
  • Polychrome Historic District, Montgomery County, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust
  • Boundary Map of the Polychrome Historic District, Montgomery County, at Maryland Historical Trust
  • Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-1077, "Polychrome House No. 1, 9900 Colesville Road (U.S. Route 29), Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD"
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