Thier is a street in Bethesda, MD which got it's name Melrose Ave in
1894.  It was called Melrose Ave for many years until it was changed
to Cordell Ave in December of 1952. I am trying to find out why it was
changed and where did they get the name from.

Hi stephenh - sorry you're still trying to track down the elusive
Cordell.

For the benefit of any researchers who haven't looked into this yet,
here is what has already been dug up on this topic:

Senator Cordell and the Street named after him 
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=20733 

Street name cordell Ave 
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=23533 

Eugene F Cordell 
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=24495 

cordell Ave # 4 
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=32484 


grimace