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34-443: The Wiley-Ringland House is a historic home in the Town of Somerset , Montgomery County , Maryland , United States . It is named for its original owner / builder Harvey Washington Wiley and longtime owner / resident, Arthur Cuming Ringland . The house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story Queen Anne -style frame building built about 1893. A fire in 1978 virtually destroyed the house, but it

68-510: A zoning change. After the family was denied, the Bergdoll Estate held three auctions in 1946 and 1947 for the land which became part of Somerset. This land would become unofficially known as Lower Somerset or New Somerset and the expanded street grid added Falstone Avenue, Grantham Avenue, Trent Street, Uppingham Street, and Greystone Street. The original street grid would unofficially become known as Upper Somerset or Old Somerset. The lots of

102-617: A 211-acre portion of that tract, dubbed Friendship, was owned by Richard Williams, a farmer. In 1890, John Beall and Ralph Walsh sold 50 acres to five scientists who worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture : Charles A. Crampton, Harvey W. Wiley , Daniel E. Salmon , Miles Fuller, and Horace Horton, who had established the Somerset Heights Colony Company. Their plans were described in the Washington Evening Post 's May 17, 1890, issue: "...the scientific men of

136-503: A makeshift sewage system, and the absence of local fire protection and schools. These problems prompted the local citizens to petition the State of Maryland for incorporation into a township so that taxes could be levied to provide these basic services. The Town Charter was issued on April 5, 1906, forming the community of Somerset Heights and the surrounding areas into the Town of Somerset. 54 of

170-476: A state school. Charter can be used as a synonym for "hire" or "lease", as in the "charter" of a bus , boat or plane . A charter member (US English) of an organization is an original member; that is, one who became a member when the organization received its charter. A chartered member (British English) is a member who holds an individual chartered designation authorized under that organization's royal charter. Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from

204-427: A university. The form of charter used varies by period and jurisdiction. A charter of " Inspeximus " (Latin, literally "We have inspected") is frequently a royal charter, by which an earlier charter or series of charters relating to a particular foundation (such as a monastery or a guild) was recited and incorporated into a new charter, usually in order to confirm and renew its validity under present authority. Where

238-549: The English language from the Old French charte , via Latin charta , and ultimately from Greek χάρτης ( khartes , meaning "layer of papyrus"). It has come to be synonymous with a document that sets out a grant of rights or privileges. The term is used for a special case (or as an exception) of an institutional charter. A charter school , for example, is one that has different rules, regulations, and statutes from

272-652: The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 ; Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry and discoverer of salmonella , who built Clover Crest ; Fuller, chief clerk of the Bureau of Animal Industry and the partnership's business manager; and E. A. deSweinitz, chief of the Biochemic Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry, who took over Horton's shares. The house built by Wiley and later owned by Arthur Cuming Ringland would be named

306-676: The Wiley-Ringland House and added to the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The home built by Salmon, later named the Salmon-Stohlman House , was added to the National Park Services' National Register of Historic Places in 2002. By 1905, there were 35 residences. Marketed as an area of "tranquility and refinement", the original Town was plagued by inadequate water drainage,

340-563: The early medieval period in Britain which typically make a grant of land or record a privilege. They are usually written on parchment , in Latin but often with sections in the vernacular, describing the bounds of estates, which often correspond closely to modern parish boundaries. The earliest surviving charters were drawn up in the 670s; the oldest surviving charters granted land to the Church , but from

374-406: The terms of reference ) is provided by the sponsor to formally authorize the existence of a project. It provides a preliminary delineation of roles and responsibilities, outlines the project purpose and objectives, identifies key stakeholders, and defines the authority of the project manager. It serves as a reference of authority for future planning of the project. The project scope is developed from

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408-505: The 8th century surviving charters were increasingly used to grant land to lay people . The British Empire used three main types of colonies as it sought to expand its territory to distant parts of the earth. These three types were royal colonies, proprietary colonies , and corporate colonies. A charter colony by definition is a "colony chartered to an individual, trading company, etc., by the British crown ." Although charter colonies were not

442-562: The Dept. of Agriculture...selected a tract of 50 acres of rolling land adjoining the property of General Drum just across the DC line in Mont. County . The Company will begin operations by providing the property with good system of sewerage, a bountiful supply of water and electric lights from Georgetown and Tenallytown Electric Railway Company. The lots are to contain not less than one acre...suburb fashioned after

476-550: The District of Columbia. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,216 people, 407 households, and 347 families living in the town. The population density was 4,342.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,676.8/km ). There were 423 housing units at an average density of 1,510.7 per square mile (583.3/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 91.7% White , 0.7% African American , 3.9% Asian , 1.0% from other races , and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.8% of

510-585: The Town limits, and Maryland Route 355 (Wisconsin Avenue) is located just east of the town limits. Both connect southeastward to Washington, D.C. , and northwestward to the nearest Interstate highway , Interstate 495 (the Capital Beltway). Roughly half a mile away is the Washington Metro's Friendship Heights Metro Station . Charter A charter is the grant of authority or rights , stating that

544-420: The age of 18 living with them, 74.1% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.05. In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.1% under

578-463: The age of 18, 3.5% from 18 to 24, 16.5% from 25 to 44, 32.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 144,523, and the median income for a family was $ 149,057. Males had a median income of $ 100,000 versus $ 80,762 for females. The per capita income for

612-494: The former Bergdoll tract were placed under racial covenants barring their sale to non-white people. Such racist restrictions were rendered unenforceable by the Fair Housing Act of 1968 . William F. Betts was elected mayor in 1954, followed by Frederick W. Turnbull in 1956, and Warren jay Vinton in 1958. Vinton was followed by Jerald F. Goldberg in 1969, Walter J. Behr in 1975, A. Eugene Miller in 1982, and Walter J. Behr who

646-494: The granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty ), and that the recipient admits a limited (or inferior) status within the relationship, and it is within that sense that charters were historically granted, and it is that sense which is retained in modern usage of the term. In early medieval Britain, charters transferred land from donors to recipients. The word entered

680-495: The laws of the state or province in which they are located. Often, this event is marked by the award or declaration of a municipal charter, a term used because municipal power was historically granted by the sovereign, by royal charter . Charters for chivalric orders and other orders, such as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta . In project management , a project charter or project definition (sometimes called

714-462: The legal fiction that the King had granted it "voluntarily, and by the free exercise of [his] royal authority", in the manner of medieval charters. At one time a royal charter was the only way in which an incorporated body could be formed, but other means (such as the registration process for limited companies ) are generally now used instead. A university charter is a charter issued to create or recognise

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748-837: The most prevalent of the three types of colonies in the British Empire, they were by no means insignificant. A congressional charter is a law passed by the United States Congress that states the mission, authority, and activities of a group. Congress issued federal charters from 1791 until 1992 under Title 36 of the United States Code . A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body , including (but not necessarily limited to) cities , counties , towns , townships , charter townships , villages , and boroughs . Municipal incorporation occurs when such municipalities become self-governing entities under

782-627: The original residences now form the Somerset Historic District located within the Town. 31 of these residences are considered primary resources having been built prior to 1905. This Historic District has gone through four phases of development that represent the changing styles of the Town. 1893-1904 was marked by large frame Victorian and Queen Anne houses, 1900-1915 by smaller bungalows and craftsmen houses, 1915-1940 by brick and frame Colonial Revival houses, and 1940-present by Modern and Neo-Colonial houses. The first Town Council

816-438: The population. There were 407 households, of which 44.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.2% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 14.7% were non-families. 10.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

850-469: The project charter. In medieval Europe, royal charters were used to create cities (i.e., localities with recognised legal rights and privileges). The date that such a charter was granted is considered to be when a city was "founded", regardless of when the locality originally began to be settled. The Charter of 1814 , France's constitution during the Bourbon Restoration , was thus called to promote

884-421: The town was $ 82,368. None of the families and 2.7% of the population were living below the poverty line , including no under eighteens and none of those over 64. Montgomery County Public Schools serves Somerset. Residents are zoned to: No state highways directly serve Somerset. The most significant road within the Town limits is Little Falls Parkway. Maryland Route 190 (River Road) passes just southwest of

918-461: The town. The population density was 4,001.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,544.8/km ). There were 419 housing units at an average density of 1,491.5 per square mile (575.9/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 94.04% White , 0.89% African American , 3.38% Asian , 0.89% from other races , and 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.94% of the population. There were 406 households, out of which 38.7% had children under

952-482: The very pleasant ones of Boston and other northern cities." Five early streets were arranged; they remain to this day: Dorset Avenue, Warwick Place, Surrey Street, Cumberland Avenue, and Essex Avenue, after the English counties. The first home was built in 1893 on Dorset Avenue and occupied by Crampton, assistant chief of the Bureau of Chemistry . He was followed by Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry and father of

986-645: The west by the Kenwood neighborhood of Bethesda . The District of Columbia is less than a mile to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Town has a total area of 0.28 square miles (0.73 km ), all land. The town is drained by the Little Falls Branch and its tributary, Willetts Branch, flowing to Dalecarlia Reservoir and the Potomac River just inside the border of

1020-428: Was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.18. The median age in the town was 45.5 years. 31% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 13.4% were from 25 to 44; 33% were from 45 to 64; and 17.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.5% male and 51.5% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,124 people, 406 households, and 326 families living in

1054-499: Was constructed on the last large undeveloped woodlot in Somerset, and construction had been blocked by legal challenges for over two decades. The current mayor of Somerset is Jeffrey Z. Slavin who was elected in 2008. Somerset is located in southern Montgomery County. It is bordered to the north by Village of Drummond , to the east by Chevy Chase Village , to the south by Village of Friendship Heights and Friendship Heights , and to

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1088-517: Was elected on May 7, 1906, and Crampton was elected as the first mayor. Crampton was succeeded as mayor by Jesse Swigart, elected in 1910; Warren W. Biggs in 1912, and Charles S. Moore in 1916. Moore was followed by J. William Stohlman in 1919, W. B. Horne in 1938, and Irvin M. Day in 1940. The Bergdoll family based in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania owned a large tract of land directly south of Somerset and in 1943 sought to build apartments by seeking

1122-541: Was reelected in 1986. In 1988, Town residents voted in a referendum to de-annex a parcel of land containing three large apartment buildings under construction, to avoid having the Town Council and services shift from representing the single-family homeowners to becoming representative of a condo community. Residents of the Somerset House complex would have out-numbered the single-family home dwellers by 3–1. The complex

1156-644: Was restored between 2001 and 2002 by new owners. The Wiley-Ringland House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. This article about a Registered Historic Place in Montgomery County , Maryland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Somerset, Maryland The land that would become Somerset was originally a part of the 3,124-acre Friendship Tract patented by Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore , to Col. Thomas Addison and James Stoddart in 1711. By 1811,

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