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	Riverdale Historic Survey	July 1991	Report		This report details the findings of a historical/architectural survey of the Town of Riverdale, requested by the Mayor and Town Council. The goal of :he project was to document and analyze the age and architectural character of III residential buildings within the Town's two older subdivisions. The report is divided into two primary sections: Background and methodology, and Findings. Background and Methodology includes a brief historical statement about the development of the area that became Riverdale 'beginning with the establishment of the Riversdale Plantation in 1801, the rival of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the 1830s and the sale of the plantation and the platting of Riverdale Park in the 1880s. It also includes n explanation of the project's research methodology which involved a questionnaire to residents, the collection of archival tax assessment data, a comprehensive field survey, photography and the detailed analysis of a elected group of buildings. The section on Findings includes an expanded statement of the development and architectural character of the survey area in he twentieth century, a discussion of commonly found building forms and a apprehensive mapping of buildings by construction date and architectural arm. The report is supplemented with maps, plats, tables and photographs.	35		Riverdale Historic Survey July 1991.pdf