The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-29
FLoURIsHING SUBURBAN TOWN
Wilen Heights, Kensington, and Others
On the Line of the B. md O.

Wilen Heights Kensington, and Others
On the Line of the B. and o.
Messrs. Easterday q Haldeman, of COS
street, have plans completed for three beauti-
full cottages to be erected at "Wilen Heights"
Highland Station, Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. They will have six rooms with large
halls and spacious porches, the whole to be
finished in an artistic manner. These cottages
are only few of the number that this enter
prising real estate firm will erect in this de-
lightful and rapidly-improvng subdivision
this season. This is the property Messrs.
Easterday & Haldeman took charge of and
managed in June of last year, and though a
year has not yet passed the lots have all been
sold, and this season will be devoted to the
erection of many lovely cottages The same
firm are also general managers of Kensington
Park, and by their good work have managed
to make the name of "Kensington" house
hold word in Washington Though it is not
more than six months since Kensington was
presented to the notice of the public it has
made rapid progress. Macadamized streets,
splendid sidewalks, and hundreds of shade
trees are among the many improvements.
Kensington now contains more than sixty
beautiful cottages completed and most of them
occupied. Ground is being broken for very
fine residence, which, when finished, will
be occupied by Mr.. B. II. Warner,
of Washington. Kensington is one of
the loveliest suburbs of the National
Capital Already the rapidly increasing
population has rendered additional school
imperative, SO a private subscription paper
was passed around and nearly 5000 was raised
to supplement sum set apart by the county,
with which one of the best appointed school
buildings in this region was erected, having
commodious hall in the upper story for public
meetings. The citizens of Kensington are
coDgratulating themselves upon the selection
of an additional teacher, Mrs. l.. A. Langille,
who entered upon her duties about the first
of February. She is graduate OF Oberlin
College. Kensingtonians will not rest until
their schools are the model ones of the county.
The Baltimore and Ohio officials, with COM
mendable enterprise and energy, have finished
the new station at Kensngton. The citizens
now claim that Kepsington has the prettiest
station on the Metropolitan Branch.
Now for a word concerning what is being
done out on the Washington Branch of the
b. 81 O.. First, as soon as one leaves the skirts
of the city he is attracted by the great number
of beautiful and commodious cottages to be
found lining both sides of the road for miles
out from the heart of the city. Reaching
Wilen Heights, the summit crest of miles of
beautiful country one is interested in the bus
tie and activity in building up and beautifying
an already lovely spot. Thence to Hyattsville,
the oldest and one of the most popular and
growing suburbs. 1t is understood that there
is to be great activity in building operations
this summer, and as her citizens seem to be
wide awake and active there is no reason why
this parent suburb should not retain its place
among its rapidly growing competitors. Pass
ing from Hyattsville to the north, one arrives
at Riversdale part of the old Calvert estate.
Here it is found that the hand of the modern
real estate man has already shown itself in
very material way. One glance from the car
window will show the traveller several very
pretty homes already completed and occupied,
which proves that its management is striving
to keep pace with some of its older neighbors.
Continuing on his route, he halts at College
Park, situated on broad and very pretty plot
under the shadow of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College, thus affording residents at this
place ample and excellent school facilities.
College Park has been slower than some of her
neighbors to improve her surroundings in the
way of homes and other buildings but as
nature has afforded many facilities her mana
gers may, in some time, more fully appreciate
the gift and awake from their lethargy Next
comes Lakeland, the city of night. Numer-
GUS houses are to be seen in every direction
and others are being built rapidly. One of the
loveliest attractions of Lakeland is the lake,
besides many other beautiful features. To-
ward the end of the journey the model of
suburbs is reached, "Charlton Heights"
which is situated upon thousand hills over
looking magnificent expanse of country,
with Washington city to the south. One has
to see this place to appreciate all its beauties,
and live among its charming people to get some
of that life which we all are living for-home,
peace, quietude and happiness. One of the
most attractive homes in Charlton Heights
is that of Capt. Waugh, genial host and
gentleman, the protector and manager of this
site for new city Standing in the tower of
his home and looking out and down upon the
hundreds of beautiful houses he has built is a
most gratifying sight Capt. Waugh will have
a fitting monument to his skill and enterprise
in the charming suburb of Charlton Heights.
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