Kensington Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Maryland, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Kensington Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Kensington house for the blind.jpg

| caption = The Kensington House for the Blind, located at the center of the historic district

| location = Roughly bounded by RR tracks, Kensington Pkwy., Summit Ave. Washington and Warner Sts., Kensington, Maryland

| coordinates = {{coord|39|1|29|N|77|4|33|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Maryland#USA

| built = {{Start date|1891}}

| architect = Woltz, Edward; Medford, T.M.

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Late Victorian, Mission/spanish Revival

| added = September 4, 1980

| area = {{convert|75|acre}}

| refnum = 80001827{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Kensington Historic District is a national historic district located at Kensington, Montgomery County, Maryland. The district includes the core of the original town that was incorporated in 1894. It is dominated by large late-19th and early-20th-century houses, many with wraparound porches, stained-glass windows, and curving brick sidewalks. Large well-kept lawns, ample sized lots, flowering shrubbery, and tree-lined streets contribute to the historic environment which Kensington still retains despite its proximity to Washington, D.C.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-638.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Annington |date=February 1980 |accessdate=2016-01-01 |author=Staff, Kensington Historical Society|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}

{{cite web|url={{MHT url|id=640}}|title=Kensington Historic District|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust |accessdate=2008-10-29}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.