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Aameric Wheaton-Glenmont Police Station Figures 1

This document contains 15 figures showing the Wheaton-Glenmont Police Station located at 2300 Randolph Road in Glenmont, Maryland. The police station was originally constructed in 1959 and has since undergone expansions. It serves Police District 4 and the surrounding community. The figures depict the exterior and interior of the building at different times and from various angles.

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Aameric Wheaton-Glenmont Police Station Figures 1

This document contains 15 figures showing the Wheaton-Glenmont Police Station located at 2300 Randolph Road in Glenmont, Maryland. The police station was originally constructed in 1959 and has since undergone expansions. It serves Police District 4 and the surrounding community. The figures depict the exterior and interior of the building at different times and from various angles.

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AAMERIC WHEATON-GLENMONT POLICE STATION FIGURES

Glenmont Shopping Center

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Fire Station

Police Station

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Figure 1 - Wheaton-Glenmont Police Station, 2300 Randolph Road

Police Station

Figure 2 - Aerial view

Garage

Shed

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Figure 3 - Wheaton-Glenmont Police Station (1959), 2300 Randolph Road, Glenmont. North (front) faade. Clare Lise Kelly, November 2011.

Figure 4 - Detail, main entrance, original 1959 building.

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Figure 5 - North faade of police station, with original 1959 section at right, 1968 east wing at left. (bing.com)

Figure 6 - View east of original 1959 section. Clare Lise Kelly, November 4, 2011.

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Figure 7 - West faade, police station. Clare Lise Kelly, November 4, 2011.

Figure 8 - East faade, police station. (bing.com)

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Figure 9 - Detail of north faade, 1968 wing. Clare Lise Kelly, November 4, 2011.

Figure 10 - North faade of the central section has a flat-roof parapet enlivened by decorative metal panels. Clare Lise Kelly, November 4, 2011.

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Figure 11 - Aerial view of police station, view from south. Source: bing.com

Figure 12 - Garage and storage shed, view from north. (bing.com)

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Figure 13 - The Glenmont-Wheaton station serves Police District 4. Source: County Police Department website, accessed 10-18-2012.

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Figure 14a/b - When the Police Department was first established in 1922, there was one station for the entire county, located at the Courthouse, East Montgomery Avenue, Rockville. The countys police headquarters continued to be located here until 1954. Photos: Above - Clare Lise Kelly, M-NCPPC, 10-4-2012. Below - Donald E. Brooks, A Worthy Innovation, p88.

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Figure 15 - Eastern Suburban District County Office Building (1928), 8528 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring was a brick Classical Revival building that included the newly established district police station. The building was demolished, after the police station was moved to 801 Sligo Avenue. Source: Brooks, A Worthy Innovation, 1989.

Figure 16 - This stone Classical Revival building, the Western Suburban District County Office Building (1928), 7359 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, was the counterpart to the Silver Spring building, and housed the newly created police district station. The building was demolished when the current police station was built in 196162 on the same site. Source: Brooks, A Worthy Innovation, 1989.

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Figure 17 - The first building for M-NCPPCs Montgomery County offices, built in 1933, shows Colonial Revival influence that hearkens back to early Maryland architecture. The building, later demolished, faced across Trinity Place (Willow Ave) from the County Office Building (previous page). 1942 view looking NE along Trinity Place, Silver Spring. Source: M-NCPPC Archives.

Figure 18 - Government building center in Silver Spring, 1942 view west from Colesville Road toward Georgia Avenue. County office building at left mid-ground, M-NCPPC office building at right, behind restaurant. MNCPPC archives.

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Figure 19 - Washington Post, November 22, 1959.

Figure 20 1959 view of Wheaton-Glenmont Police Station: the year it opened. Source: Brooks, A Worthy Innovation, 1989.

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Figure 21 - In 1922, the police department consisted of six officers who served a county population of 35,000. Source: Montgomery Sentinel, April 1955.

Figure 22 - In 1954, the Police Department consisted of 178 sworn officers (with 65 patrol cars) and 11 desk clerks, serving a county population of 250,000. Source: Donald Brooks, A Worthy Innovation, p.36.

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Figure 23 - County Police Headquarters were relocated in 1954 to the new modernist County Government building, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville. Clare Lise Kelly, October 18, 2010.

Figure 24 - Bethesda District Police Station (1962), 7359 Wisconsin Avenue. This building replaced the 1927 Western Suburban District County Office Building on the same site. Source: Brooks, A Worthy Innovation.

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Figure 25 - Silver Spring Station (1962), 801 Sligo Avenue. Source: Donald Brooks, A Worthy Innovation, 1989.

Figure 26 - Rockville District Police Station (1963), 1451 Seven Locks Road. Source: Donald Brooks, A Worthy Innovation, 1989.

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Figure 27 - Germantown District Police Station (1980), 2000 Aircraft Drive. Source: Donald Brooks, A Worthy Innovation, 1989.

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