Hammond Wood Historic District, Mid-century modern residential district in Wheaton, United States.
Hammond Wood Historic District is a residential neighborhood in Wheaton comprising 58 single-family homes built between 1949 and 1951 in mid-century modern architectural style. The homes sit across approximately 15 acres bounded by Veirs Mill Road, Highview Avenue, Pendleton Drive, College View Drive, and Woodridge Avenue.
The district emerged during the post-World War II period as part of the suburban development movement across the Washington D.C. metropolitan region. This planned community with its contemporary homes reflects the growth and optimism of the postwar era.
The district shows how residents inhabit a thoughtfully planned community where architecture was designed to work with existing trees and green spaces rather than against them. You can see this integration in how the homes sit naturally among the landscape today.
The area is easily accessible from the surrounding main roads and works well for a leisurely walk through the quiet residential streets. Visitors can observe the architecture from public pathways and explore how the homes are arranged among the trees.
Architect Charles Goodman designed the homes with an unusual approach for the time: he positioned buildings around existing trees rather than removing them to clear the land. This sensitivity to the natural landscape was uncommon in postwar suburban development and continues to define the district.
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