Woodside (Silver Spring, Maryland)

Woodside is a neighborhood located in Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States.

Location

Woodside is located in Silver Spring at 39°0′6″N 77°2′14″W / 39.00167°N 77.03722°W / 39.00167; -77.03722, one of the oldest suburbs of Washington, DC. Its boundaries are roughly Georgia Avenue (State Route 97) on the east, Spring Street to the South, 16th Street (State Route 390) to the north and the Red Line (Washington Metro) to the west. It borders the neighborhoods of Woodside Park and North Woodside. It also shares a boundary with the Silver Spring business district.

Landmarks

Woodside Urban Park is a 2.3-acre recreational park located on the southern edge of the neighborhood. The park was renovated and expanded in 2010 and contains picnic tables, a large children's play area, tennis courts, a bronze statue of a man on a unicycle, and a water fountain that provides a soothing counterpoint to busy Georgia Avenue. Also contained within the boundaries of the neighborhood are the Woodside United Methodist Church, part of the Silver Spring Cooperative Parish, and the Montgomery County Health and Human Services building (http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS-Program/Maps/8818GeorgiaAve-M4.html). The DHHS building occupies the site and the renovated building of the former Woodside Elementary School.

Purple Line

The future Woodside stop on the Purple Line (Maryland) is proposed to be built in Woodside, on 16th Street.

History

Sligo Village Methodist Church (later renamed Woodside United Methodist Church) was built on a plot of land donated in 1872 by the new subdivision of Woodside. Due to dangerously close location of the Washington Woodside and Forest Glen Railway, the congregation decided to move the building. The church was placed on rollers and pulled by a team of horses to its current location on the opposide side of Georgia Avenue in 1897.^[1]

References

• Woodside Demographics

Coordinates: 39°0′6″N 77°2′14″W / 39.00167°N 77.03722°W / 39.00167; -77.03722