721 Cliveden Road
Lochearn, MD
21208
A guided walking tour of Sudbrook Park, Olmsted Sr.’s only residential design in Maryland.
In 1876, James Howard McHenry contacted Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. to design a suburban village on a portion of his estate abutting the Western Maryland Railroad. By 1889, the Sudbrook Company brought to fruition the Olmsted design on 204 acres purchased from the McHenry estate. Olmsted Sr.’s only residential design in Maryland, Sudbrook Park exemplifies the key design characteristics of an Olmsted community. Styles of houses within Sudbrook Park include late Victorian, Colonial Revival, Shingle, Dutch Colonial and Four-Squares built from 1889 to 1929, as well as Neo-Colonials from the second wave of suburban development in the late 1930–50s.
Guided walking tour by Sudbrook Park residents, Melanie Anson, author, Olmsted’s Sudbrook: The Making of a Community; Deane Rundell, Landscape Architect, and President of Sudbrook Community Association; and Denise Watkins, Architect, and President of Sudbrook Landmarks Committee.
Tour: $20 each and limited to 25 people.
Advance Registration Required.
Register: tinyurl.com/olmstedsudbrook
Tours are given rain or shine — refunds only if cancelled for extreme weather conditions.
For information, contact Sandy Sparks at srsparks@verizon.net