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Dating back to 1887, this site, formerly a finishing school for girls and resort community, is odd. Inspired by the 1893 World Fair in Chicago, the Seminary owner decided to build 10 buildings of styles around the world including a Greek theater, a Japanese pagoda, and a Dutch windmill. Following the Great Depression and World War II, the Seminary could barely make ends meet, and the entire property was commandeered by the U.S. Army's Walter Reed Medical Hospital in 1942. The military demolished historic property and generally neglected the beautiful exotic and Victorian buildings. Gaining official historic status saved many of the buildings from demolition, but the neglect continued, allowing the elements and vandals to take their toll. In the 1980s, the "Save Our Seminary" group formed to protect what was left, and did an admirable job. The Army returned the historic Seminary properties to private hands and they were restored.
National Park Seminary, later renamed National Park College, was an elite, private, nonsectarian women’s boarding and finishing school that operated from 1894 until 1942 in Forest Glen Park, Maryland. Its name alludes to nearby Rock Creek Park. The school was renowned for its highly eclectic, international architecture and rigorous lifestyle preparation. In the early 21st century the historic campus is being preserved as the center of a new housing development.
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