Founding of Takoma Park Marker

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Takoma Park in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Founding of Takoma Park

By Allen C. Browne, August 12, 2012

1. Founding of Takoma Park Marker

Inscription. Erected by the citizens in commemoration of the founding of Takoma Park by Benjamin F. Gilbert November 24, 1883 Dedicated July 4, 1939

Location. 38° 58.713′ N, 77° 1.102′ W. Marker is in Takoma Park, Maryland, in Montgomery County. Marker is on Piney Branch Road near Eastern Avenue & Takoma Avenue. Click for map. The maker is at the east end of Upper Portal Park in Takoma Park Maryland at the DC line. Marker is in this post office area: Takoma Park MD 20912, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Walt Penney Field (approx. 0.2 miles away); Belle Ziegler Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Metropolitan Branch and Takoma Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Living in Takoma Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Early Takoma (approx. 0.4 miles away); Roscoe (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jesup Blair House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Walter Reed Army Medical Center (approx. 0.6 miles away in District of Columbia). Click for a list of all markers in Takoma Park.

More about this marker. The marker is a plaque on a schist boulder pulled from nearby Sligo Creek.

Regarding Founding of Takoma Park. The town of Takoma Park is a Tree City, Azalea City and a Nuclear Free Zone.

By Allen C. Browne, July 2, 2011

2. Founding of Takoma Park Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 13, 2012, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 84 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 13, 2012, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.