Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
For additional information, read the Nomination Form PDF
VLR Listing Date 03/19/2003
NRHP Listing Date 05/22/2003
NRHP Reference Number 03000460
Maywood Historic District, located approximately two miles from Washington, D.C., was platted and subdivided into five sections between 1909 and 1913 by Hugh A. Thrift of the Conservative Realty Company, which acquired the original 73 acres of land for the new development in 1909. Most of the development took place during the second and third decades of the 20th century; however, the district contains buildings from every decade of the 20th century. Like other early-20th-century suburban developments, Maywood was promoted as a highly desirable and easily accessible alternative to the over-crowded urban environment. Maywood offered clean air, spacious building lots, and inexpensive land that were all “one car fare” from Washington. The district currently contains nearly 300 buildings, the majority of which are freestanding single-family dwellings and represent a variety of early 20th-century architectural styles and building forms ranging from high styles to vernacular interpretations. Buildings in Maywood are exemplary of the Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman styles, although several examples of Tudor Revival exist in the neighborhood. Dwelling forms represented include the Foursquare, Cottage, Bungalow, and Cape Cod. The oldest buildings in the neighborhood date back to the early 1900s and are Queen Anne and Colonial Revival-influenced structures. Other houses have been identified as prefabricated mail-order houses from such companies as Sears, Roebuck & Company.
In 2006, an amendment to the nomination for the Maywood Historic District updated the contributing status for one of the homes in the district. This amendment is appended to the 2003 nomination.
[NRHP Accepted: 3/9/2006]
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: May 8, 2023
