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Location9100 Rockville Pike,
Bethesda, MD
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS MD-1105-B
Building/structure dates:
1920 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1960 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1923 initial construction
Significance: The Lodge was one of the principal buildings comprising the original Wilson estate. Following the donation of Tree Tops to NIH in 1942, the Lodge served as the primary residence for two generations of the Wilson family. Attributed to architect Edward Clarence Dean, it was constructed utilizing a portion of a pre-existing farmhouse on the site that dated from the nineteenth century. Its architectural detailing closely resembles Tree Tops, suggesting that it was designed as part of an ensemble. In the 1960s, the Lodge was expanded substantially with two additions to accommodate Luke W. Wilson, the son, and his family, after the death of his mother Helen in 1960. The house remained in the Wilson family until 1993, at which time it was sold to NIH. The Lodge is significant as one of the key buildings of the original estate designed by architect Clarence Dean, and also as the primary residence of the Wilson family - the donors responsible for the establishment of NIH in its suburban Bethesday campus.
Subjects
Building DeteriorationBrick BuildingsHouses
Related Names
Dean, Edward Clarence
Wilson, Luke
Wilson, Helen
National Institutes Of Health
Jamison Company
Smalling, Walter, Photographer
Williams, Paul K., Historian
Ewing, Heather P., Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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