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Carderock Springs Historic District is a national historic district located at Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland. The district encompasses 275 modernist houses located northwest of Bethesda.
- Keyes, Lethbridge and Congdon; Bennett, Edmund
- 146 acres (59 ha)
- Modern Movement
- 1962
As Carderock basks in the glory of its placement on the National Register of Historic Places, it seems appropriate to look at the history of Carderock Springs and the men who made it all possible: builder/developer Edmund Bennett and his architectural team of Keyes, Lethbridge & Condon, AIA.
Feb 12, 2014 · Woodside model, floorplan Carderock Springs brochure, c 1962. More Resources and Information. Learn more about the architects who designed Caderock Springs. Learn more about the Caderock Springs National Register of Historic Places listing and other modern subdivisons in Montgomery County.
- Mid-Century Modern Before It Was Even A Thing
- Our Architects: Keyes, Lethbridge, and Condon
- Arthur Keyes: Studied with Giants of Modern Architecture
- Francis Lethbridge: Dean of Local Architecture
- David Condon: Focus on Environmental Design
The developer Edmund Bennett is certainly a well know name in Carderock Springs. He developed our community of Mid-Century Modern (MCM) homes back in the early 1960s. The term MCM wasn’t even invented until 1984! In fact, in the original brochure advertising Carderock Springs, the word "modern" or "modernism" cannot be found. Words like unique, sit...
Keyes, Lethbridge, and Condon (KLC) was the go-to architectural firm for the developer Bennett. It was one of the most formative and influential in the Capital region in the 1960s. They won 25% of the awards given by the Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Their partnership was a blend of many complementary talents and b...
Arthur Keyes was the principal partner in KLC. He pursued architecture as an undergraduate at Princeton, where Beaux-Arts classicism dominated. He then joined the Frank Lloyd Wright group in Taliesin. Finding that too much of a cult, he went to Harvard School of Design in 1939 to study with Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, both of Bauhaus fame and...
Francis Lethbridge was considered the dean of local architecture, able to blend his modernistic tendencies with historic preservation. He did not consider this contradictory or regressive. He was a graduate of the Yale school of Architecture. Like Keyes,the Navy brought him to this area.
David Condon, the third partner, joined the firm in 1958. He got his degree in architecture from UC Berkeley, where the emphasis was on environmental design. Condon then worked for Charles Goodman for four years as his lead designer before joining KLC. Charles Goodman had designed other MCM communities such as Hollin Hills and Hammond Wood about 10...
Sep 8, 2021 · Turning 60 looks good on Carderock Springs, the West Bethesda, Md., neighborhood known for its 400 mid-century modern homes that only get better with age. Built in 1962 by developer Edmund...
Mar 16, 2024 · Carderock Springs appears on the National Register of Historic Places as a prime example of Mid-Century Modern/Situated Modernism Architecture — a style where modern houses complement and blend in with the natural landscape.
Signage Analysis 2020 for Carderock Historic District; Correspondence about Beltway/I-270 widening: ... Carderock Springs Citizens' Association P.O. Box 237 Cabin ...
