Chevy Chase Circle is a
traffic circle
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(or roundabout) straddling the border of
Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. and
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Chevy Chase () is the name of both a town and an unincorporated census-designated place (Chevy Chase (CDP), Maryland) that straddle the northwest border of Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Several settlements in th ...
. It sits upon the convergence of
Western Avenue, Grafton Street, Magnolia Parkway, Chevy Chase Parkway NW, and
Connecticut Avenue
Connecticut Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland. It is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House, and the segment south of Florida Avenue was one ...
(signed as
Maryland Route 185 in Maryland).
![GCOA entrance marker, Chevy Chase](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/GCOA_entrance_marker%2C_Chevy_Chase.jpg)
In 1938,
Francis Griffith Newlands Memorial Fountain was erected in the center of the Circle, commemorating Representative and Senator
Francis Newlands
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A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1 ...
of
Nevada
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.
The east and west sides of a grassy ring within the Circle's interior each contain a
Garden Club of America entrance marker that denotes Connecticut Avenue's entry into the District of Columbia.
[Coordinates of Garden Club of America entrance markers:]
(1) West side of grassy ring:
(2) East side of grassy ring:
All Saints' Episcopal Church opened on Chevy Chase Circle on December 1, 1901.
[Opened a New Church: Pretty House of Worship at Chevy Chase Circle]
. ''The Washington Post''. December 2, 1901. p. 12. It was built in the
Gothic
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style of architecture
[ on land donated by ]The Chevy Chase Land Company
The Chevy Chase Land Company is a real estate holding and development company based in suburban Washington, D.C.
Founded in 1890 by Francis G. Newlands to develop all-white residential suburbs, it continues to operate today as a privately hel ...
. Rev. Dr. Thomas S. Childs was its first pastor.[
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, also on Chevy Chase Circle, was built in 1911.][Dedicate New Church: Hundreds Attend Services at Chevy Chase Edifice]
. ''The Washington Post''. January 9, 1911. p. 5. Rev. Dr. Hubert Rex Johnson was its first pastor.[
The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Church was canonically established in 1911. A simple, temporary church was built at that time, with construction of the present church beginning in 1925.][Three Brothers Officiate At Cornerstone Laying]
. ''The Baltimore Sun''. November 2, 1925. p. 3. The cornerstone was blessed by Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
Thomas J. Shahan, rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
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of the Catholic University of America
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.[ The new Church opened on November 6, 1927.][Prelate Dedicates Sacrament Shrine with Solemn Pomp: Archbishop Curley Presides at Services in New Chevy Chase Church]
. ''The Washington Post''. November 7, 1927. p. 18. Archbishop
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Michael Joseph Curley
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officiated at the dedicatory service.[
]
See also
*Chevy Chase, Maryland
Chevy Chase () is the name of both a town and an unincorporated census-designated place (Chevy Chase (CDP), Maryland) that straddle the northwest border of Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Several settlements in th ...
* Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C.
*Connecticut Avenue
Connecticut Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland. It is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House, and the segment south of Florida Avenue was one ...
References
External links
Chevy Chase Circle in its youth
Three Things That Happened at Chevy Chase Circle
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Chevy Chase, Maryland
Chevy Chase (Washington, D.C.)
Roads in Montgomery County, Maryland
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