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Chevy Chase College And Seminary
Chevy Chase Junior College, also known as Chevy Chase College and Seminary, operated from 1903 to 1950 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. A residential and day school for girls and young ladies, it provided classes for the last three years of high school and a two-year college. The high school was discontinued in 1947 and the college closed in 1950. History In 1903, Dr./Rev. Samuel Nelson Barker and his wife, Mary N. Barker, leased the former Chevy Chase Spring Hotel (aka the Chevy Chase Inn) to establish a college and finishing school. Rev. Barker had served as the president of Sullins College. The couple were the new college's principals. They opened Chevy Chase College on October 1, 1903. It offered preparatory and college classes, modern languages, music, field hockey, and preparation for foreign travel. Six students graduated in 1906; 23 in 1908. In April 1907, the Barkers purchased the property for $60,000 ($ in today's money). After 1909, the school was called Chevy Chase Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevy Chase (town), Maryland
Chevy Chase ()—formally, the Town of Chevy Chase—is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,904 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town is part of a larger community, colloquially referred to as Chevy Chase, Maryland, Chevy Chase, that includes several adjoining settlements in Montgomery County and Chevy Chase (Washington, D.C.), one neighborhood of Washington. History In the 1890s, a The Chevy Chase Land Company, real estate syndicate led by Francis G. Newlands bought more than 1,700 acres in Northwest (Washington, D.C.), upper Northwest D.C. and southern Montgomery County to create a Maryland streetcar suburb he dubbed Chevy Chase. In 1918, the subdivision called Section IV was incorporated as a municipality called the Town of Chevy Chase, creating a town government empowered to collect taxes and provide services. Government The Town of Chevy Chase has a Municipal council, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
