Editing Glen Echo, Maryland (section)

==History==
Glen Echo derives its name from the name of the lots developed by [[Edward Baltzley|Edward]] and [[Edwin Baltzley]],<ref name="wpost">{{cite news
  | title = A Big Clip Job? Think Washington
  | first = Linda
  | last = Hales
  | date = May 20, 2006
| work = [[The Washington Post]]
  | access-date = January 2, 2016
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/19/AR2006051901923.html
  | archive-date = March 23, 2022
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220323124018/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/19/AR2006051901923.html
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref><ref name="Edwin-patents">
*{{US patent|1084387}}
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*{{US patent|739575}}
*{{US patent|765648}}
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*{{US patent|956618}}
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</ref><ref name="glenecho-cabinjohn/GE-01">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Richard A. |title=Glen Echo |url=https://glenecho-cabinjohn.com/GE-01.html |website=Glen Echo, Maryland & Cabin John Bridge |access-date=August 13, 2022 |language=en |date=1997 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813042034/https://glenecho-cabinjohn.com/GE-01.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="glenecho-cabinjohn/GE-02">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Richard A. |title=The Town of Glen Echo, Maryland |url=https://glenecho-cabinjohn.com/GE-02.html |website=Glen Echo, Maryland & Cabin John Bridge |access-date=August 13, 2022 |language=en |date=1997 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813042034/https://glenecho-cabinjohn.com/GE-02.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dchistory.pastperfectonline=Baltzley-Edwin">{{cite web |title=Creator: Baltzley, Edwin. |url=https://dchistory.pastperfectonline.com/Vocabulary?searchType=creator&keyword=Baltzley%2C%20Edwin.&showsearch=True&letter=B |website=[[Historical Society of Washington, D.C.]] |access-date=August 12, 2022 |via=[[PastPerfect Online]] |archive-date=March 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054157/https://dchistory.pastperfectonline.com/Vocabulary?searchType=creator&keyword=Baltzley%2C%20Edwin.&showsearch=True&letter=B |url-status=live }}</ref> father of [[Louis E. Baltzley]], and an inventor,<ref name="Edwin-patents"/> before the town was chartered, and who came up with the name {{circa|1888}}. Their promotional booklet for the land development was titled "Glen Echo on the Potomac: The Washington Rhine".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/glec/faqs.htm|title=Frequently Asked Questions|work=nps.gov|access-date=May 25, 2015|archive-date=March 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322162051/https://www.nps.gov/glec/faqs.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The town's development was fed by [[Tram|streetcar]] lines that connected the then-remote area to Washington, D.C.: first, the [[Glen Echo Railroad]], and later the [[Washington Railway and Electric Company]] and its successor, the [[Capital Transit Company]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=John |date=February 6, 2021 |title=Streetcar from Georgetown to Glen Echo was area's most memorable ride |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-streetcars/2021/02/06/7b053586-67fb-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html |work=The Washington Post}}</ref>

The town is known for its [[Chautauqua]] cultural events<ref name="glenecho-cabinjohn/GE-03">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Richard A. |title=A History of the Glen Echo Chautauqua |url=https://glenecho-cabinjohn.com/GE-03.html |website=Glen Echo, Maryland & Cabin John Bridge |access-date=August 13, 2022 |language=en |date=1997 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603123051/https://glenecho-cabinjohn.com/GE-03.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and for [[Glen Echo Park (Maryland)|Glen Echo Park]], a former [[amusement park]] that is now a U.S. national park.

[[Clara Barton]], founder of the [[American Red Cross]], lived in Glen Echo, a [[Streetcars in Washington, D.C.#Washington and Great Falls - Maryland and Washington|streetcar ride]] from her office,<ref>{{cite web |title=Clara Barton Site to American Red Cross - National Headquarters |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Clara+Barton+National+Historic+Site,+5801+Oxford+Rd,+Glen+Echo,+MD+20812/American+Red+Cross+-+National+Headquarters,+17th+Street+Northwest,+Washington,+DC/@38.9309394,-77.1261736,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7ca5a51152e3b:0xfd78bce8197a608a!2m2!1d-77.1400925!2d38.9675751!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7b7afee8767e9:0xbe118709b23982d0!2m2!1d-77.0415078!2d38.8948663!3e1?hl=en |website=[[Google Maps]] |access-date=August 13, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813044638/https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Clara%20Barton%20National%20Historic%20Site%2C%205801%20Oxford%20Rd%2C%20Glen%20Echo%2C%20MD%2020812/American%20Red%20Cross%20-%20National%20Headquarters%2C%2017th%20Street%20Northwest%2C%20Washington%2C%20DC/%4038.9309394%2C-77.1261736%2C13z/data%3D%213m1%214b1%214m14%214m13%211m5%211m1%211s0x89b7ca5a51152e3b%3A0xfd78bce8197a608a%212m2%211d-77.1400925%212d38.9675751%211m5%211m1%211s0x89b7b7afee8767e9%3A0xbe118709b23982d0%212m2%211d-77.0415078%212d38.8948663%213e1?hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> from 1897 until her death in 1912.<ref name="glenecho-cabinjohn/GE-02"/>

Before the passage of the [[1968 Fair Housing Act]], racial covenants were used in Glen Echo to exclude non-white people. For example, a 1940 covenant for a property owned by Robert McIntosh and Cushing Daniel says, "No persons of any race other than the white race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mcplanning.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0d26456118d34a14b2d27aec8d6f2b1a |title=Glen Echo Heights, Block 24 (Resubdivision) |publisher=[[Montgomery Planning]] |accessdate=2024-06-12}}</ref>

In the 1980s, Glen Echo designated its town bird as the [[pileated woodpecker]]; insect, the [[spicebush swallowtail]]; tree, the [[Platanus occidentalis|eastern sycamore]]; and wildflower, the [[heartleaf aster]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}