The state highway was constructed from Washington, D.C. to Silver Spring in the late 1920s on a road that has existed since the 19th century.

MD 195 heads east as a two-lane undivided street through the Takoma Park Historic District.

[1] MD 195, which closely follows the city limit to its northern terminus, crosses Long Branch and veers north out of the stream valley.

The highway gains an intermittent median and has a northbound service road, which is unsigned MD 195A, and passes the Davis-Warner House.

Carroll Avenue continues north as a county highway toward its northern end at MD 320 (Piney Branch Road).

[6] The city and state officially transferred ownership of the Flower-to-Garland stretch in an agreement dated February 16, 2013.