Historic Structure Report: Glen Echo Park
Shufelt SL, Doulis SC, Fields TE, Long SD, Ohmstede R, Reynolds L, Unrau HD, Wong TL. 1987. Historic Structure Report: Glen Echo Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Denver, Colorado
Glen Echo Park is part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. It is located on MacArthur Boulevard in Montgomery County, Maryland. In 1984 Glen Echo Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. Glen Echo Park is significant as the site of the late nineteenth century Chautauqua movement at Glen Echo, Maryland; as a rare surviving regional example of an early twentieth century amusement park of architectural and historical significance and as a major commercial and recreational facility for area residents and visitors from its establishment in 1899 on the site of the short-lived Chautauqua until its closing in 1968. Although the rides and amusements are gone, sufficient major buildings and structures of this fragile kind of resource remain to convey the visual environment of the amusement park as it existed in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. This historic structure report will supplement information already provided in the existing conditions study on the eight buildings that are contributing elements of the historic district.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Shufelt, Susan; Doulis, Steven; Fields, Thomas; Long, Susan; Ohmstede, Richard; Reynolds, Larry; Unrau, Harlan; Wong, Terry
- Date of Issue
- 1987-03
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GLEC , HIST
- Keywords
- amusement park, Construction, Development, ehistory, Glen Echo, History, Organization, recreation, Structure, utilization
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 045332: Glen Echo Park, Arcade , CRIS-HS: 045329: Glen Echo Park, Bumper Car Pavilion , CRIS-HS: 011960: Glen Echo Park, Carousel , CRIS-HS: 045328: Glen Echo Park, Carousel Building , CRIS-HS: 011959: Glen Echo Park, Chautauqua Tower , CRIS-HS: 202406: Glen Echo Park, Crystal Pool First Aid Building , CRIS-HS: 045333: Glen Echo Park, Cuddle Up , CRIS-HS: 045330: Glen Echo Park, Remnants of the Crystal Pool , CRIS-HS: 011961: Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom , CRIS-HS: 045334: Glen Echo Park, Yellow Barn