Marven Gardens is a neighborhood in

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, United States, located two miles (3 km) south of

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. The name ''Marven Gardens'' is a

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsVentnor City. Marven Gardens is surrounded by Ventnor Avenue, Winchester Avenue, Fredericksburg Avenue and Brunswick Avenue. The streets within it are Circle Drive, East Drive and West Drive, and signs at the end of each of these streets pay homage to its Monopoly heritage, with 'Marven Gardens' on a yellow background, and replicas of the house playing pieces adorn the posts on each sign. Most of the homes were built in the 1920s and 1930s.

Historic district

Marven Gardens Historic District is a

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encompassing the neighborhood. It was added to the

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on September 13, 1990, for its significance in architecture, community planning and development. The district includes 105

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. With

Monopoly

Marven Gardens is famous as a yellow property on the original version of the ''Monopoly'' game board, although the game misspelled the name as ''Marvin'' Gardens. The misspelling was introduced by Charles and Olive Todd, who taught the game to

Charles Darrow Charles Brace Darrow (August 10, 1889 – August 28, 1967) was an American board game designer who is credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly. Although the original idea for the game came from Lizzie Magie's '' The Landlord's Game'', ...

, its eventual patentee. His homemade ''Monopoly'' board was copied by Parker Brothers. In 1995, Parker Brothers acknowledged this mistake and formally apologized to the residents of Marven Gardens for the misspelling. It is the only property on the board that is not located within Atlantic City.

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Historic district

Monopoly

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