Pottery School yurt at Glen Echo Park in Maryland
Glen Echo Park Historical Buildings
As you walk from the parking lot to Glen Echo Park you pass the Yurt Village, a collection of small huts that were built in 1972. These now house the Glen Echo Pottery School. If you come on a weekend in April through December, you can purchase items created by the local artists. Get the current schedule on the school’s Gallery web page.
The Yurt Village sits on the location of the former Coaster Dips roller coaster, which opened in 1921 and was the main attraction at the park all the way up until it closed in 1968. The coaster started out with seven dips but was expanded over the years to be much bigger. Nothing remains of it today.
Coaster Dips (Glen Echo, 1928. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/npc2007018047/.)
Coaster Dips (Glen Echo Amusement Co., Maryland. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/npc2008013123/.)
Waiting in line to ride the Coaster Dips, April 1943 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-DIG-fsa-8d28117)
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Last updated on January 13, 2025
