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The Chevy Chase Trolley station that moved to the country


(Contributor) January 28, 2021
Waiting Room and Office, Rock Creek Railway, Chevy Chase Lake, designed by Lindley Johnson. Photo from a 1914 report, Capital Traction Company. From a slide donated by Robert Truax to the Chevy Chase Historical Society. CCHS 2008.144.05. Image by 200814405-EditedWEB.gif.
This article was first published on June 27, 2018. We love looking back on the region’s history and wanted to share this piece with you again.
When the Chevy Chase Land Company started developing land north of Rock Creek Park in 1890, it built a streetcar to connect to Washington, DC. That streetcar line ended at Chevy Chase Lake on Connecticut Avenue, just south of the Georgetown Branch, where a small building on the west side served as a waiting station and office. ....

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