Chestnut Lodge Historic Site

The Chestnut Lodge Historic Site consisted of the Woodlawn Hotel, Stable and Ice House (1887-1889); Little Lodge (1929); Frieda's Cottage (1936); and 8 acres of forested lawn. The Woodlawn Hotel was built soon after the railroad line came to Rockville, and it became Rockville's largest and grandest summer resort hotel. It was designed in the Second Empire style and was rich in detail. The Woodlawn Hotel was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Dr. Ernest Bullard, a psychiatrist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased the hotel at auction in 1908. In 1910, it was converted into Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium. By the 1940s, Chestnut Lodge was a nationally renowned institution. The sanitarium became one of the preeminent private mental health facilities in the world. It closed in 2001. Tragically, the Woodlawn Hotel burned down in 2009.

Rockville, Maryland · United States