
- 4,5 km
- 19 m
- 56 m
- Four Corners, Maryland, Stati Uniti
Un percorso ciclabile con partenza da Four Corners, Maryland, Stati Uniti.
Panoramica
Un percorso da Four Corners al National Park Seminary Historic District.
Il National Park Seminary (che prende il nome dal Rock Creek National Park) iniziò nel 1887 come "Ye Forest Inne", un ritiro estivo per residenti di Washington, D.C. Il ritiro non ebbe successo finanziario, e la proprietà fu trasformata in una scuola superiore, aprendo nel 1894 con una classe di 48 studentesse.
Il campus fu progettato dall'architetto Emily Elizabeth Holman di Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. L'architettura è eclettica e giocosa. Oltre a vari stili vittoriani, i disegni esotici includevano un mulino a vento olandese, un chalet svizzero, una pagoda giapponese, una villa italiana e un castello inglese.
Nel 1942 la proprietà fu acquisita dall'ospedale militare Walter Reed come struttura medica per soldati disabili. Tuttavia, negli anni '70, i finanziamenti per la proprietà furono tagliati e gli edifici caddero in rovina. Molti edifici furono vandalizzati e il teatro Odeon in stile revival greco andò perso per incendio doloso nel 1993. Nel 2003, un team di sviluppo iniziò a mettere in atto un piano per preservare il campus come nucleo di un nuovo quartiere residenziale, ma i loro sforzi finora sembrano essere stati più focalizzati sul guadagno a spese dei residenti dei condomini piuttosto che sulla riparazione degli edifici storici.
creato 7 anni fa
Qualità del percorso
Strada
4,1 km
51 %
Pista ciclabile
2,4 km
30 %
Asfaltato
8,1 km
(100 %)
Asfalto
7,1 km
88 %
Calcestruzzo
1 km
12 %
Punti salienti del percorso
National Museum of Health and Medicine.
Eagle atop a brick column. This stood near Linden Lane until recent years, when it was moved to storage.
Statue of Silva in the Grove. Still there but overgrown. In Greek mythology, Silva and Minerva were sisters. This statue is also referred to as the Goddess of Mechanical Arts.
Colonial House.
Causeway. Sheltered walkway.
English Castle. Built 1904.
Gymnasium.
Windmill.
Kitchen.
American Bungalow.
Statuary colonnade on covered walkway from Aloha to Gymnasium. The walkway and most statues are gone from their original location. One remains in the adjacent parking lot, and one is behind a house on the grounds (the "Chauffeur's cottage"). The others are missing.
Start of Self-guided Tour
Lion Statues.
Italian Fountain.
Pair of Gryphon statues. Damaged and removed. Placed in storage.
Aloha.
Main Building.
Chapel.
Amant Hall and Ballroom. Built in the 1920s, Ament Hall also contained art studios, dormitory suites, and apartments for some of the faculty. The high vaulted ceiling with heavy oak beams is in the English Gothic style, but the curved bays show the French influence. The girls were allowed to dance every day for a half hour after lunch and a half hour after dinner. There were also balls and special social events in the Ballroom. In general, males were excluded. A special sound system, an Auditoreum Victrola, provided the music. A gigantic speaker (perhaps the only one like it in the U.S.?) is still mounted in the room today.
Pagoda.
Swiss Chalet.
Iron Vase in the Chateau Gardens. Said to be one of the largest in the world. No longer there.
Joan of Arc at Domremy statue, based on an original by Henri Chapu (1833 - 1891), now at the Louvre. Near entrance to Senior House. Still there, but threatened by vandals.
Music Hall Wing.
Statue of Hebe (Meditation) that stood at corner of Odeon portico next to Teresa Catherine Music Hall wing. No longer there.
Grief of Cyporissus. Also called "Oh Lord, I Missed the Train" by the girls, since it was near the footbridge and if you could see the train as you started across, it was already too late. Still there.
Odeon Theatre. Burned down.
Statue of Justice. Date on statue says 1867. Origin unknown. Still there, but missing sword, scales, fingers, and showing the corrosive effects of proximity to the Beltway.
Italian Villa. Built 1907.
Statue of Minerva in front of Villa. Still there, but showing the effects of Beltway pollution.
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