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Photographer: Tom Fuchs
Taken: January 28, 2006
Caption: National Guard Armory Mural
Additional Description: The plaque beneath the mural reads:
    The first decades of this century saw Silver Spring transformed from a 19th century rural village into an early 20th century residential community and center of commerce. Major E. Brooke Lee and Captain Frank L. Hewitt, returning World War I veterans, were influential in laying out the first subdivisions in Silver Spring during the 1920s and establishing major commercial and civic institutions.
    One of the earliest and most substantial buildings to be constructed along Georgia Avenue was the first National Guard Armory. It was built in 1914 for Company K of the 1st Maryland Infantry. It has been remodeled and now houses the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Department.
Submitted: February 5, 2006, by Tom Fuchs of Greenbelt, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p215
File Size: 2.655 Megabytes

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