Editing Berwyn Heights, Maryland (section)

==History==
Beginning in the 1870s, the area northeast of [[Washington, D.C.]] was the scene of active and continuous development as the population of the city increased and [[streetcar suburbs|railroad suburbs]] such as Berwyn Heights, originally platted as Charlton Heights,<ref name="history 1990">{{cite book|title=Preliminary Amendment to the Historic Sites and Districts Plan|date=December 1990|publisher=The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission|page=155<!--|access-date=15 December 2016-->}}</ref> gradually grew and expanded around it.

The [[O'Dea House (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|O'Dea House]], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], is one of the homes that was erected in 1888 by the Charlton Heights Improvement Company to spur development in the new subdivision.<ref name="history 1990"/>

In 1896, it became the seventh incorporated municipality in Prince George's County.<ref name="2000 MML Bookp39">{{cite book|title=Maryland's 157|date=2000|publisher=Maryland Municipal League|location=Annapolis, Maryland|page=39<!--|access-date=15 December 2016-->}}</ref> In 1967, it adopted its town seal, which contains three acorns.<ref name="2000 MML Book page 38 insert">{{cite book|title=Maryland's 157|date=2000|publisher=Maryland Municipal League|location=Annapolis, Maryland|page=38<!--|access-date=15 December 2016-->}}</ref> In 1986, it was awarded the Tree City USA title.<ref name="2000 MML Book"/>

===Historic sites===
A group of the remaining original houses is located around Ruatan Street.<ref name="history 1990"/> Four of the houses were built from mail-order plans made by R. W. Shoppell's Cooperative Building Plan Association of New York City.<ref name="history 1990"/> The following is a partial list of historic sites in Berwyn Heights identified by the [[Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission]]:<ref>[http://www.mncppc.org/county/historic_sites.htm M-NCPPC Illustrated Inventory of Historic Sites (Prince George's County, Maryland), 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725020708/http://www.mncppc.org/county/historic_sites.htm |date=July 25, 2008 }}.</ref>
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! {{NRHP color}}|
! width = 25% {{NRHP color}}| '''Site Name'''
! width = 8% class="unsortable" {{NRHP color}}| '''Image'''
! {{NRHP color}}|'''Location'''
! class="unsortable" {{NRHP color}}| '''M-NCPPC Inventory Number'''
! class="unsortable" {{NRHP color}}| '''Comment'''
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>1</small>
| [[Berwyn Heights Schoolhouse (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|Berwyn Heights Schoolhouse]]
| [[File:Berwyn Heights, Maryland 035.jpg|100px]]
| 5814 Ruatan Street
| 67-022-07
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>2</small>
| [[Cissel House (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|Cissel House]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 8911 57th Avenue
| 67-022-18
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>3</small>
| [[Cross House (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|Cross House]]
| [[File:Berwyn Heights, Maryland 033.jpg|100px]]
| 5805 Ruatan Street
| 67-022-13
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>4</small>
| [[Kleiner House (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|Kleiner House]]
| [[File:Berwyn Heights, Maryland 019.jpg|100px]]
| 5603 Ruatan Street
| 67-022-17
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>5</small>
| [[O'Dea House (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|O’Dea House]]
| [[File:Berwyn Heights, Maryland 032.jpg|100px]]
| 5804 Ruatan Street
| 67-022-11 
| Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], 1987-06-04; a late Victorian pattern-book house
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>6</small>
| [[Pickett House (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|Pickett House]]
| [[File:Berwyn Heights, Maryland 011.jpg|100px]]
| 8616 57th Avenue
| 67-022-16
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>7</small>
| [[Sportland (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|Sportland]]
| [[File:Berwyn Heights, Maryland 001.jpg|100px]]
| 5933 Natasha Drive
| 67-005
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>8</small>
| [[Elwood J. Taylor House (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|Elwood J. Taylor House]]
| [[File:Berwyn Heights, Maryland 006.jpg|100px]]
| 8516 58th Avenue
| 67-022-21
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>9</small>
| [[Wetherald House (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|Wetherald House]]
| [[File:Berwyn Heights, Maryland 002.jpg|100px]]
| 8411 58th Avenue
| 67-022-10
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|--
! {{NRHP color}} | <small>10</small>
| [[Wolfe House (Berwyn Heights, Maryland)|Wolfe House]]
| [[File:Berwyn Heights, Maryland 041.jpg|100px]]
| 5617 Ruatan Street
| 67-022-15
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
|}