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Planters of pine forest in Euclid Park’s “red desert” in 1973Boy Scout Troop 257See the timeline and photo.
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African-American subdivision, founded 1916, on which Euclid Park (“pool park”) standsNorth KenilworthMore about North Kenilworth.
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Year Cheverly United Methodist Church building opened1944The church was originally called the Cheverly Community Church; the congregation dates from 1942.
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Date “Old Ward Four” became part of CheverlyApril 18, 1931Upon incorporation, the "Tuxedo Colony," founded in 1904, joined with the Cheverly subdivision to form the Town of Cheverly.
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Year American Legion building opened1941The answer appeared in the Legion's ad in the Cheverly Day booklet, page 20.
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One of several Cheverly slogansThe suburb beautifulAnother slogan was "the out-in-the-country" suburb.
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House shown on the Cheverly sealMount HopeFielder Magruder, who built the house ca. 1839, called it Mount Hope; Robert Marshall, developer of Cheverly, called it Crestlawn.
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Date Cheverly was incorporated as a townApril 18, 1931The date appears on the town seal.
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Number of wards in 19314There were no wards before the town was incorporated with its own government.
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Year that the Cheverly subdivision was founded1918The first advertisements for land sales in Cheverly appeared in 1918; the first plats were recorded 1919.
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One of two earlier names for Cheverly AvenueLe Blond AvenueAnother former name for the street is Norman Avenue.