The Chevy Chase Land Company

The Chevy Chase Land Company
Company typeHolding company and developer
IndustryReal estate
Founded1890
FounderFrancis G. Newlands, Major George Ames
FateExtant
Headquarters
Chevy Chase, Maryland
,
United States
Area served
Washington metropolitan area
OwnerPrivately held
Websitehttps://www.chevychaseland.com/
An 1897 map showing property owned by the Chevy Chase Land Company along with Connecticut Avenue and the Rock Creek Railway streetcar line, both created by the Land Company and its owners. Many of the streets depicted in northwest D.C. did not yet exist.

The Chevy Chase Land Company is a real estate holding and development company based in suburban Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1890 by Francis G. Newlands to develop all-white residential suburbs,[1] it continues to operate today as a privately held firm.[2] Among the company's developments are the Village of Chevy Chase; other parts of Chevy Chase, Maryland; and the Chevy Chase area of Washington, D.C.

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  2. ^ "History - Mixed-Use Real Estate Developers | Chevy Chase Land Company". CCLC. Retrieved 2022-05-19.