National Register Listing

Polychrome Historic District

a.k.a. M:32-5

9900 and 9904 Colesville Rd., 9919, 9923, and 9925 Sutherland Rd., Silver Spring, MD
Local significance of the building:
Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
About National Register Listings

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