:Chevy Chase, Maryland

The area known as Chevy Chase includes several entities in southern Montgomery County:

• The Town of Chevy Chase, an incorporated town
• Chevy Chase, a census-designated place
• The incorporated villages of:
• Chevy Chase Village
• Chevy Chase Section Three
• Chevy Chase Section Five
• Martin's Additions
• North Chevy Chase

It also includes the neighborhood of Chevy Chase in northwest Washington, D.C.

The United States Postal Service also uses "Chevy Chase" for some postal addresses that lie outside these areas: the town of Somerset, the Village of Friendship Heights, and the part of the Rock Creek Forest neighborhood that lies east of Jones Mill Road and Beach Drive and west of Grubb Road.{{Cite web |last=Lublin |first=David |date=2014-02-14 |title=The Mini Munis of Chevy Chase |url=http://www.theseventhstate.com/?p=1685 |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Seventh State |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224042253/http://www.theseventhstate.com/?p=1685 |url-status=live }}

In the 1880s, Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada and his partners began acquiring farmland in unincorporated areas of Maryland and just inside the District of Columbia, for the purpose of developing a residential streetcar suburb for Washington, D.C., during the expansion of the Washington streetcars system. Newlands and his partners founded The Chevy Chase Land Company in 1890, and its holdings of more than {{convert|1700|acre|km2}} eventually extended along the present-day Connecticut Avenue from Florida Avenue north to Jones Bridge Road.

Newlands, an avowed white supremacist, and his development company took steps to ensure that residents of its new suburbs would be wealthy and white;{{Cite web |last=Flanagan |first=Neil |date=2017-11-02 |title=The Battle of Fort Reno |url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/188488/the-battle-of-fort-reno/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=Washington City Paper |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522110811/https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/188488/the-battle-of-fort-reno/ |url-status=live }} for example, "requiring, in the deed to the land, that only a single-family detached house costing a large amount of money could be constructed. The Chevy Chase Land Company did not include explicit bars against non-white people, known as racial covenants, but the mandated cost of the house made it impractical for all but the wealthiest non-white people to buy the land." Houses were required to cost $5,000 and up on Connecticut Avenue and $3,000 and up on side streets.{{cite book | title=Selling Culture: Magazines, Markets, and Class at the Turn of the Century | url=https://archive.org/details/makingsellingcul00ohma | url-access=registration | first=Richard Malin | last=Ohmann | publisher=Verso | year=1996}} The company banned commerce from the residential neighborhoods.{{cite web | url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/November-December-2009/The-Beginning-of-Chevy-Chase-and-Friendship-Heights/index.php | title=The History of Chevy Chase and Friendship Heights | first=Steve | last=Dryden | work=Bethesda Magazine | year=1999 | access-date=2017-11-02 | archive-date=2013-06-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615072448/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/November-December-2009/The-Beginning-of-Chevy-Chase-and-Friendship-Heights/index.php? | url-status=live }}

Leon E. Dessez was Chevy Chase's first resident. He and Lindley Johnson of Philadelphia designed the first four houses in the area.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000bene | url-access=registration | page=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000bene/page/53 53] | title=Historical Dictionary of Washington | first1=Robert | last1=Benedetto | first2=Jane | last2=Donovan | first3=Kathleen Du | last3=Vall | publisher=Scarecrow Press | year=2003| isbn=9780810840942 }}

Toward the northern end of its holdings, the Land Company dammed Coquelin Run, a stream that crossed its land, to create the manmade Chevy Chase Lake. The body of water furnished water to the coal-fired generators that powered the streetcars of the Land Company's Rock Creek Railway. The streetcar soon became vital to the community; it connected workers to the city, and even ran errands for residents.

The lake was also the centerpiece of the Land Company's Chevy Chase Lake trolley park, a venue for boating, swimming, and other activities meant to draw city dwellers to the new suburb.{{Cite news |date=September 27, 2010 |title=The History of Chevy Chase and Friendship Heights |work=Bethesda Magazine |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/november-december-2009/the-beginning-of-chevy-chase-and-friendship-heights-2/ |access-date=October 24, 2018 |archive-date=October 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024073727/https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/november-december-2009/the-beginning-of-chevy-chase-and-friendship-heights-2/ |url-status=live }} Similar considerations led the Land Company to build a hotel at 7100 Connecticut Avenue; it opened it in 1894 as the Chevy Chase Spring Hotel and was later renamed the Chevy Chase Inn. "The hotel failed to attract sufficient patrons, especially during the winter months," wrote the Chevy Chase Historical Society, and in 1895, the Land Company leased the property for a year to the Young Ladies Seminary.{{Cite web |title=Fashionable Suburban Location {{!}} Chevy Chase Historical Society |url=https://chevychasehistory.org/fashionable-suburban-location |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=chevychasehistory.org}}

Part of the original Cheivy Chace patent had been sold to Abraham Bradley, who built an estate known as the Bradley Farm.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chevychasehistory.org/chevychase/naming-chevy-chase|title=The Naming of Chevy Chase {{!}} Chevy Chase Historical Society|website=www.chevychasehistory.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-24|archive-date=2018-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024073616/http://www.chevychasehistory.org/chevychase/naming-chevy-chase|url-status=live}} In 1892, Newlands and other members of the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C., founded a hunt club called Chevy Chase Hunt, which would later become Chevy Chase Club. In 1894, the club located itself on the former Bradley Farm property under a lease from its owners. The club introduced a six-hole golf course to its members in 1895, and purchased the 9.36-acre Bradley Farm tract in 1897.[http://montgomeryhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Vol44No4_MCStory.pdf Early Days at the Chevy Chase Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024192217/http://montgomeryhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Vol44No4_MCStory.pdf |date=2018-10-24 }}, The Montgomery County Story, Montgomery County Historical Society, November 2001{{Cite web|url=https://www.chevychaseclub.org/public/club-history|title=Chevy Chase Club - Club History|website=www.chevychaseclub.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-10-24|archive-date=2018-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024112949/https://www.chevychaseclub.org/public/club-history|url-status=live}}

In 1906, the Chevy Chase Land Company blocked a proposed subdivision called Belmont after they learned its Black developers aimed to sell house lots to other African Americans. In subsequent litigation, the company and its affiliates argued that those developers had committed fraud by proposing "to sell lots...to negroes."{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Marc |date=February 15, 1999 |title=Chevy Chase, 1916: For Everyman, a New Lot in Life |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/2000/chevychase0215.htm |access-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-date=July 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706004818/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/2000/chevychase0215.htm |url-status=live }}

By the 1920s, restrictive covenants were added to Chevy Chase real estate deeds. Some prohibited both the sale or rental of homes to "a Negro or one of the African race." Others prohibited sales or rentals to "any persons of the Semetic [sic] race"—i.e., Jews.

By World War II, such restrictive language had largely disappeared from real estate transactions, and all were voided by the 1948 Supreme Court decision in Shelley v. Kraemer.

In 1964, Arthur Krock wrote an article for The New York Times alleging that the Chevy Chase Country Club barred "Negroes" and "one ethnic group of Caucasians" from membership. In response, Club president Randall H. Hagnar denied that the club excluded Black or Jewish people; he said that no members were African-Americans but that several were Jewish.{{cite web |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/chevy-chase-country-club-denies-excluding-jews-from-membership |title=Chevy Chase Country Club Denies Excluding Jews from Membership |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |accessdate=2023-06-20 |archive-date=2023-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620052459/https://www.jta.org/archive/chevy-chase-country-club-denies-excluding-jews-from-membership |url-status=live }}

In 1903, Lea M. Bouligny bought the old Chevy Chase Inn and founded the Chevy Chase College and Seminary. The name was changed to Chevy Chase Junior College in 1927. The National 4-H Club Foundation purchased the property in 1951,{{cite web |title=The Schools of Section Four - Chevy Chase Historical Society |url=http://www.chevychasehistory.org/chevychase/schools-section-four |publisher=Chevy Chase Historical Society |access-date=2017-04-12 |archive-date=2017-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512072419/http://www.chevychasehistory.org/chevychase/schools-section-four |url-status=live }} turning it into the group's Youth Conference Center. For decades, the center hosted the National 4-H Conference, an event for 4-Hers throughout the nation to attend, and the annual National Science Bowl in late April or early May.{{cite web |title=U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy, National Science Bowl® |url=https://science.energy.gov/wdts/nsb/national-finals/ |publisher=United States Department of Energy |access-date=2017-11-02 |archive-date=2017-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813194805/https://science.energy.gov/wdts/nsb/national-finals/ |url-status=live }}

The National 4-H Club Foundation sold the center in 2021 for $40 million; as of 2022, it is to be replaced by a senior living development.{{Cite web |last=Schere |first=Dan |date=2021-12-21 |title=Sale of 4-H site in Chevy Chase finalized for $40 million |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/development/sale-of-4-h-site-in-chevy-chase-finalized-for-40-million/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Bethesda Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524035940/https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/development/sale-of-4-h-site-in-chevy-chase-finalized-for-40-million/ |url-status=live }}

Chevy Chase is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools. Residents of Chevy Chase are zoned to Somerset, Chevy Chase or North Chevy Chase Elementary School, which feed into Silver Creek Middle School, Westland Middle School and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Private schools in Chevy Chase include Concord Hill School, Oneness-Family School, and Blessed Sacrament School.

Rochambeau French International School formerly had a campus in Chevy Chase.{{cite web|url=http://www.rochambeau.org/contacts/indexcontacts.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000123235422/http://www.rochambeau.org/contacts/indexcontacts.html|title=Contacts|publisher=Rochambeau French International School|archive-date=2000-01-23|accessdate=2023-01-25}}

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• Ann Brashares – author
• John Carlson – professional ice hockey player{{cite news | url=https://moco360.media/2018/07/23/washington-capitals-john-carlson-buys-home-chevy-chase/ | title=Washington Capitals' John Carlson Buys Home in Chevy Chase | first=Steve | last=Hull | newspaper=Bethesda Magazine | date=July 23, 2018 | access-date=April 3, 2023 | archive-date=April 3, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403023656/https://moco360.media/2018/07/23/washington-capitals-john-carlson-buys-home-chevy-chase/ | url-status=live }}
• Pati Jinich - chef, host of Pati's Mexican Table on PBS
• Marvin Kalb – journalist
• Brett Kavanaugh – associate justice, United States Supreme Court
• Tony Kornheiser – television host, currently ESPN employee presenter
• Howard Kurtz – host of Fox News program Media Buzz
• Collin Martin – soccer player
• Chris Matthews – commentator
• Jerome Powell – current Chairman of the Federal Reserve
• John Roberts – Chief Justice of the United States{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/04/chevy-chase-maryland-super-rich-town-diversity | title=Chevy Chase, Maryland: the super-rich town that has it all – except diversity | first=Rupert | last=Neate | newspaper=The Guardian | date=December 4, 2015 | access-date=November 2, 2017 | archive-date=May 27, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527065017/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/04/chevy-chase-maryland-super-rich-town-diversity | url-status=live }}
• A. B. Stoddard – political commentator and editor of RealClearPolitics
• George Will – conservative commentator
• Portia Wu – lawyer{{Cite web |last=Pollak |first=Suzanne |date=2023-01-12 |title=Chevy Chase's Wu Named Secretary of Labor for Moore Administration |url=https://www.mymcmedia.org/chevy-chases-wu-named-secretary-of-labor-for-moore-administration/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Montgomery Community Media |language=en}}

• Yosef Alon – Israeli Air Force officer
• Jamshid Amouzegar – former prime minister of Iran
• Tom Braden – journalist and author
• David Brinkley – journalist
• John Charles Daly – media personality
• Mark Ein – venture capitalist{{cite news |title=Q&A with the Owners of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils and Washington Kastles |url=https://moco360.media/2015/07/06/bethesda-interview-josh-harris-mark-ein/ |last=Elfin |first=David |website=MoCo360 |date=July 6, 2015 |access-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322212422/https://moco360.media/2015/07/06/bethesda-interview-josh-harris-mark-ein/ |url-status=live }}
• Bill Guckeyson – athlete and military aviator
• Josh Harris – investor and sports team owner
• Ed Henry – journalist
• Richard Helms – former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• Genevieve Hughes – one of the 13 original Freedom Riders{{Citation|last= Arsenault|first= Raymond|author-link= Raymond Arsenault|year= 2006|title= Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice|place= Oxford|publisher= Oxford University Press|isbn= 9780199755813|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RZAA-hS178UC&q=arsenault+freedom+riders|access-date= 2020-10-25|archive-date= 2024-02-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240225051832/https://books.google.com/books?id=RZAA-hS178UC&q=arsenault+freedom+riders#v=snippet&q=arsenault%20freedom%20riders&f=false|url-status= live}}
• Hubert Humphrey – 38th vice president of the United States{{cite news | url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2012/Bethesda-Chevy-Chase-Homes-of-The-Rich-and-Famous/ | title=Bethesda, Chevy Chase Homes of The Rich and Famous | publisher=Bethesda Magazine | date=October 10, 2012 | access-date=November 2, 2017 | archive-date=November 7, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024809/http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2012/Bethesda-Chevy-Chase-Homes-of-The-Rich-and-Famous/ | url-status=live }}
• Gayle King – television anchor
• Ernest W. Lefever - conservative political figure
• Ted Lerner – owner of Lerner Enterprises and the Washington Nationals
• Clarice Lispector - Brazilian writer and diplomat's wife
• Anthony McAuliffe – US general
• Sandra Day O'Connor – United States Supreme Court Justice
• Hilary Rhoda – model{{cite magazine | url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/hrhoda/hilaryrhoda/ | title=Hilary Rhoda - Fashion Model - Profile on New York Magazine | magazine=New York | access-date=2016-12-02 | archive-date=2016-11-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129061208/http://nymag.com/fashion/models/hrhoda/hilaryrhoda/ | url-status=live }}
• Nancy Grace Roman – former NASA executive
• Peter Rosenberg – media personality{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/peter-rosenberg-from-montgomery-county-to-top-of-the-hip-hop-heap/2013/05/31/98ae07ba-c92b-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_story.html | title=Peter Rosenberg: From Montgomery County to top of the hip-hop heap | first=Chris | last=Richards | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=May 31, 2013 | access-date=November 2, 2017 | archive-date=October 17, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017104142/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/peter-rosenberg-from-montgomery-county-to-top-of-the-hip-hop-heap/2013/05/31/98ae07ba-c92b-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_story.html | url-status=live }}
• Danny Rubin – basketball player{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020306272.html | title=Danny Rubin goes from Landon to Boston College walk-on to ACC starter | first=Mark | last=Giannotto | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=February 4, 2011 | access-date=December 28, 2017 | archive-date=April 3, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403172825/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020306272.html | url-status=live }}
• Mark Shields – political columnist
• Karl Truesdell – US Army major general{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=July 18, 1955 |title=Obituaries: Maj. Gen. Karl Truesdell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100289748/obituary-for-karl-truesdell-aged-73/ |work=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, IL |page=F6 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=April 23, 2022 |archive-date=April 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423142853/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100289748/obituary-for-karl-truesdell-aged-73/ |url-status=live }}

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• [http://www.chevychaseland.com/history/ History of the Chevy Chase Land Company]
• [http://www.chevychasehistory.org/ Chevy Chase Historical Society]
• [http://www.bccchamber.org/ The Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce]

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