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5 unusual facts about Streetcar suburb


Nathaniel West Buildings

More modest than the 1892 structure, the brick building at 721–27 S.E. Grand Ave. was constructed in 1896 in a Streetcar Era Commercial style.

Neighborhoods in Manchester, New Hampshire

Mast Road is a mid-density, suburban neighborhood that developed along the original road to Goffstown and prewar streetcar line.

The Highlands is a largely suburban neighborhood that developed along the prewar streetcar line to Pine Island Park.

Wolfe Park is a largely suburban neighborhood with greater density around prewar "A Street" streetcar line.

Eaton Heights is a largely suburban neighborhood that developed along the prewar streetcar line along Hanover Street.


Chevy Chase, Maryland

Chevy Chase was unincorporated farmland in the years before 1890, during which time Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada and his partners began the aggressive acquisition of land in northwestern Washington, D.C., and southern Montgomery County, Maryland, for the purpose of developing a residential streetcar suburb for Washington, D.C..


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