Greenbelt, Maryland Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Greenbelt Historic District
nrhp_type = nhld


caption =
location= Greenbelt, Maryland
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 0
lat_seconds = 10
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 53
long_seconds = 28
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maryland
area =
built =1935
architect= Walker,Hale; Wadsworth,Reginald
architecture= Other
designated= February 18, 1997cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2203&ResourceType=District
title= Greenbelt, Maryland Historic District|accessdate=2008-03-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 25, 1980cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=80004331The Greenbelt Historic District is a National Historic Landmark district that preserves the center of one of the few examples of the Garden City Movement in the United States. With its sister cities of Greenhills, Ohio and Greendale, Wisconsin, Greenbelt, Maryland was intended to be a "new town" that would start with a clean slate to do away with problems of urbanism in favor of a suburban ideal. Along with the never-commenced town of Greenbrook, New Jersey, the new towns were part of the New Deal public works programs. cite web|url=http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=658&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx
title=Greenbelt Historic District |accessdate=2008-06-13|work=National Historic Landmarks in Maryland listing|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust]

Greenbelt's center has survived with few alterations compared with its sister towns. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/80004331.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: ] |32 KB|date=, 19 |author= |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/80004331.pdf "Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 19"] |32 KB]

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* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=658&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx Greenbelt Historic District] , including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust