Bordered by Northwest Branch Park, there are 156 homes in the community. Bordered by Northwest Branch Park, there are 156 homes in the community, most of which were built between 1948 and 1974. Each lot is a little over an acre, and the oldest home is the original farmhouse built in 1853 near the entrace of the Subdivision where Quaint Acres Drive and Apple Grove Road intersect. The homes are grea
t examples of custom mid-century modern houses and no two are alike. Quaint Acres is a quiet neighborhood, where you can still find homes set back from the street on gorgeous, large, wooded lots, and well-manicured lawns. Rachael Carson, this pioneer environmentalist who generated a lot of controversy with her book "Silent Spring," wrote the book in her house--a 1957 rambler on Berwick Road in the Quaint Acres Subdivision. A Conservation park in Brookville and an elementary school in Gaithersburg are named after Carson. The first female senator, Margaret Chase Smith, also lived in the Quaint Acres neighborhood, not far from the Carson residence. Her home, a mid century modern style house with lots of glass sits on 1.05 Acres and was built in 1951. After many years of moving, Senator Smith finally found a permanent home in the Washington suburbs. In 1952 she began renting the lower level of a house located in Quaint Acres, and owned by her Executive Assistant, William C. Senator Smith continued to live there until she left Congress in 1973. In subsequent years, she stayed at the home during travels to Washington. She inherited the house in 1982, following the death of Bill Lewis. Senator Smith donated the property to Northwood University. The house has since been sold a couple of times and appears unaltered to date.
