Editing Cheverly, Maryland (section)

==History==
===20th century===
Cheverly was begun as a [[planned community|planned suburb]] in the early 1900s. The Cheverly area was first platted in 1904 for a {{convert|93|acre|m2|adj=on}} community called Cheverly Gardens. The land was subsequently purchased in 1918 by Robert Marshall, president of the Washington Suburban Realty Company. The Cheverly subdivision platted by Marshall was developed around the 1839 Magruder family homestead known as [[Mount Hope (Cheverly, Maryland)|Mount Hope]]. Marshall became the first resident of Cheverly by taking up residence in the restored homestead in 1919. In 1923, the first road, now known as Cheverly Avenue, was completed and paved to connect the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] line to [[Maryland State Route 202|Landover Road]]. Thirty-four developer-built houses were constructed between 1921 and 1925. Most of the early houses were mail-order homes from [[Sears|Sears & Roebuck]] and the McClure Homes Company. Marshall lost control of the Washington Suburban Realty Company in 1927. [[Harry Wardman]] assumed the position until the company’s bankruptcy in 1929 due to the [[Wall Street Crash of 1929|stock market crash]].<ref name="sha">{{cite web|url=http://www.sha.maryland.gov/oppen/pg_co.pdf |title=Community Summary Sheet, Prince George's County| date=May 10, 2008| work=Cheverly, Maryland| publisher=Maryland State Highway Administration, 1999}}</ref>

Incorporation was granted in 1931 to address concerns for better roads and services. During the 1930s and 1940s, the streets were improved and lighting enhanced, and the number of residences increased from 135 to 650. Residential construction continued through the 1960s, creating a varied housing stock of early [[Cape Cod (house)|Cape Cod]] houses, with later [[ranch-style house|ranch]] and [[split-level home|split-level]] types. Two garden-style apartment complexes (Cheverly Terrace and Hanson Arms) were constructed in the early 1960s along Landover Road near the [[U.S. Route 50 in Maryland|U.S. Route 50]] interchange. The community center, town hall, and park facility was built in 1978. Industrial property was established in 1958 on the west side of town and adjacent to Route 50.<ref name="sha"/>

===21st century===
On April 29, 2006, the community held a 75th anniversary celebration at the town community center. The historic home Mount Hope had been the town's official symbol since 1931, however, on June 11, 2020, the Mayor and Council [https://www.cheverly-md.gov/home/news/cheverly-mayor-and-council-make-history-unanimous-vote-strip-plantation-town-seal voted unanimously] to remove the home from the Town Seal and redesign it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Special Meeting - Town Seal {{!}} Cheverly, MD|url=https://www.cheverly-md.gov/home/news/special-meeting-town-seal|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=www.cheverly-md.gov}}</ref>

===Historic sites===
The following is a list of historic sites in Cheverly 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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! 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'''
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>1</small>
| [[Raymond W. Bellamy House (Belmar) (Cheverly, Maryland)|Raymond W. Bellamy House (Belmar)]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| 2819 Cheverly Avenue
| 69-024-22
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>2</small>
| [[Crawford’s Adventure Spring (Cheverly, Maryland)|Crawford’s Adventure Spring]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| In Cheverly Nature Park, West of Belleview Avenue
| 69-024-14
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>3</small>
| [[The Magruder Spring (Cheverly, Maryland)|The Magruder Spring]]
| <!-- Image goes here -->
| East of Cheverly Avenue and South of Arbor Street
| 69-024-13
| <!-- Comment goes here -->
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! {{NRHP color}} | <small>4</small>
| [[Mount Hope (Cheverly, Maryland)|Mount Hope]]
| [[File:Mount Hope Cheverly Dec 08.JPG|100px]]
| 1 Cheverly Circle
| 69-024-11
| Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], 1978-11-29
|}