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Book synopsis

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.

Book details

• Full title: Somerset:: One Hundred Years a Town
• Author: Lesley Anne Simmons, Donna Kathleen Harman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• EAN: 9780738541815
• ISBN: 0738541818
• ID: 11467454
• Publisher: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Weight: 404 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 167 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: October 2005

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