Woodside Park (Silver Spring, Maryland)

Woodside Park is a neighborhood located in Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States.

Early history

Woodside Park began as the Alton Farm, country estate of Crosby Noyes, a prominent Washingtonian and owner of the "Washington Star" newspapers around the turn of the century. Upon his death, his will gave the land to his sons, who immediately sold it to development. Developers divided the farm into lots of approximately one acre each, though most original lots were later divided into even smaller parcels.

Location

Woodside Park is located in Silver Spring, one of the oldest suburbs of Washington, DC. Its boundaries are roughly Georgia Avenue (State Route 97) on the west, Spring Street to the South, Colesville Road (US Route 29) to the east, and from there Dale Drive to the north, then following Woodland Drive to Grace Church Road. It does, however, include Clement Road and Clement Place on the northern side of Dale Drive; as well as Woodside Park Section 7 (Summit Road, Greyrock, and Watson Road) on the north side of Dale, across from St. Luke's Church. It borders the neighborhoods of Woodside, Woodside Forest, North Woodside, and South Woodside Park. It also shares a boundary with the Silver Spring business district.

The Park

Woodside park is characterized by its parklike setting, including roads that followed the contours of the land, and not a grid, as well as a number of streams. Most of these streams, however, have been moved underground into pipes. The styles of homes in the neighborhood vary, including almost every type of architecture found in America from the 1920s to the present day. Woodside park maintains the Woodside Park Civic Association (WPCA), which publishes a monthly newsletter, called "The Vo!ce" from September through June. It also sponsors an "Oktoberfest" and Hallowe'en with pumpkin carving and costumes in October, as well as an annual picnic in June.

References

* [http://users.starpower.net/oshel/history.html Woodside Park History Page]
* [http://www.wsat.org/wspark.htm Woodside Synagogue]