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Silver Spring - Mid Century Modern House Lovers Paradise in Quaint Acres
May 27th, 2007 Categories: Houses in Silver Spring, Quaint Acres, Real Estate, Real Estate Market, Silver Spring Neighborhoods
Tucked away in a wooded sylvan setting off New Hampshire Avenue near White Oak is the Neighborhood of Quaint Acres in Silver Spring, Md. A recent Washington Post Article describes the setting in this neighborhood to a tee. The setting is perfect for the Mid Century Modern houses that were built there in the early to late 1950’s.
Contemporary Mid Century Modern architects and builders such as Charles Goodman and Frank Lloyd Wright loved to make their homes seem as if they were one with nature. Mid Century Modern Homes have simple, clean lines without a lot of embellishments. They use natural elements like stone, wood and glass, with a lot of floor to ceiling windows and vaulted ceilings. In a lot of the Modern homes, you get the feeling that you are outdoors when you are inside them. During this time period the homes in Quaint Acres were considered the epitomy of Luxury Living, much like the New Luxury Homes are thought of today.
My first impression of Modern Contemporary Houses was not good. I thought they were UGGGLY at least, on the outside! I got hooked on these houses while showing customers this style of home around Silver Spring. They are AWESOME on the inside! These are some of the most stunningly beautiful houses to live in, especially if you are into nature.
In the 1950’s and early 1960’s, Silver Spring subdivisions like Quiant Acres and Neighboring Springbrook were considered to be Silver Spring’s ”Potomac”.
If you love these types of homes, as this DC area Blogger does, a drive through Quaint Acres in Silver Spring might make your day!
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2 Famous Pioneer Women were Neighbors in Silver Spring, Md
November 6th, 2006 Categories: Houses in Silver Spring, Quaint Acres, Real Estate, Real Estate Market, Silver Spring Neighborhoods, Woodmoor, Woodside
Rachael Carson, this pioneer activist stirred up controversy with her book “Silent Spring” She wrote the book in her house in the Quaint Acres Neighborhood of Silver Spring, Md. This fairly modest rambler with english basement was built in 1957 and sits on a heavily wood lot of a little over an acre. A Conservation park in Brookville and an elementary school in Gaithersburg are named after Carson. Rumor has it that Rachel Carson lived in a cape cod style home on Williamsburg Drive in the Woodmoor Subdivision of Silver Spring, Md 20901, many years before moving to her “Quaint Acres” house. If anyone has also heard this or can verify it, Please let us know!? Read the rest of this entry »
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