Somerset: One Hundred Years a Town (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738541815)

Meet the people of the town of Somerset as they celebrate their centennial. This tree-lined oasis of 440 homes set between the high-rise commercial districts of Friendship Heights and Bethesda retains many small-town characteristics from its past. Vintage photographs bring to life the prominent scientists who purchased a parcel of land called Somerset Heights in 1890 and their efforts to build a town. The history of this trolley suburb is chronicled in images of the town's mayors, beginning with agricultural scientist Dr. Charles A. Crampton in 1906; the townspeople and their families; and great American home architecture. Children who attend the Somerset Elementary School still sled and trick-or-treat along Cumberland Avenue as kids have done for a century. Many swim for the successful Dolphins swim team, now 25 years old.

Author: Lesley Anne Simmons
ISBN-10: 0738541818
ISBN-13: 9780738541815
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 10/26/2005
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.58w x 0.36d