Unveiled on June 1, the City of Greenbelt's newest wayside panel is now up! The Greenbelt Museum was instrumental in the creation of a new panel about the Greenbelt School Building, in front of the site of what is now the Dora Kennedy French Immersion School on Edmonston Road. The school originally opened in 1938 as Greenbelt High, serving students from Beltsville, Branchville, Berwyn Heights and College Park as well. The first addition was constructed in 1945 (others were bu

For our last post for Preservation Month, let's take a look at Parkbelt Homes! In 1938, General Houses of Chicago built 10 experimental streamlined houses here in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Parkbelt Houses in Greenbelt were composed of concrete slabs, steel frames and prefab panels. These modern homes were considered cutting edge at the time. General Houses exhibited an almost identical model to the #Greenbelt Parkbelt Homes in the Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition at the 1933 Chica

Let's look at the buildings of Greenbelt, Maryland's historic civic and commercial core! First up is the Community Center, completed in 1937 and considered one of the finest Streamline Moderne art deco civic buildings in the region. Another example of Streamline Moderne art deco architecture in Greenbelt, Maryland is the Center (now Roosevelt Center). Completed in 1937, the Center is at the heart of historic Greenbelt and home to the Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket & Pharmacy and

The month of May is Historic Preservation Month! Let's talk about the types of homes in historic #Greenbelt, Maryland! The original 1937 houses and apartment buildings remain. Influenced by Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities, they were grouped aesthetically with courts to catch prevailing breezes. There were four types of houses in Greenbelt: Cinder block, Brick, Defense and Parkbelt. Cinder block houses (our Historic House is one) are 44% of the existing original 1937 houses. T