Woodend is a historic home located in Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase, Maryland

Chevy Chase is the name of both a town and an unincorporated census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland. In addition, a number of villages in the same area of Montgomery County include "Chevy Chase" in their names...

, Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...

, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

. This Georgian Revival house was built in 1927–1928, and owned by the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States. It is a -story house with Flemish bond brick walls and brick quoins. The house was designed by John Russell Pope

John Russell Pope

John Russell Pope was an architect most known for his designs of the National Archives and Records Administration building , the Jefferson Memorial and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.-Biography:Pope was born in New York in 1874, the son of a successful...

. The society maintains a nature sanctuary on the property, which is open to the public.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1980.

External links

• Woodend Nature Sanctuary - Official site
• Woodend, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 35-12, including photo in 1986, at Maryland Historical Trust website