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

Garrett Park, MD

Incorporated 1898

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 8, 2017

1. Garrett Park, MD Marker

Inscription. In 1887, the Metropolitan Investment and Building Company laid out the town, named after Robert W. Garrett, President of the B. & O. Railroad. It was to be primarily residential, a short commuter train ride to Washington, D.C. Now, over one hundred years later, it remains residential with several small commercial firms located in the town-owned, Penn Place, a Post Office to which residents still come to pick up their mail, and a Town Hall, built in 1897 as a chapel. In 1975, the town was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Postal Mail and Philately series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1887.

Location. 39° 2.053′ N, 77° 5.687′ W. Marker is in Garrett Park, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It is on Kenilworth Avenue, on the right when traveling south. In front of the Garrett Park Town Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10814 Kenilworth Ave, Garrett Park MD 20896, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Garrett Park, Md. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Garrett Park Waiting Room (approx. 0.3 miles away); Carlton R. Sickles (approx. half a mile away); Newport Mills (approx. 0.6 miles away); Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge Abutment (approx. 0.6 miles away); Edith Throckmorton (approx. 0.8 miles away); "The Linden Oak" (approx. 0.9 miles away); Photos of Historic Kensington (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Garrett Park.

More about this marker. An identically worded marker with a image of the Town Hall stands at the Garrett Park Post Office (HMdb #218)

Also see . . . Town of Garrett Park. National Register Nomination Form. (Submitted on May 9, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 8, 2017

2. Garrett Park, MD Marker

Garrett Park Town Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 8, 2017

3. Garrett Park Town Hall

“Completed in 1897, this building was built by subscription of townspeople as an Episcopal Chapel and meeting hall. In 1953 it was purchased by the Potomac Conference Corporation of Seventh Day Adventists and remained as a church until the Town purchased the building as its town hall in 1968.” — National Register Form

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 8, 2017

4. 1898

The Town Hall Bell image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 8, 2017

5. The Town Hall Bell

Town Hall, 1892 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, May 8, 2017

6. Town Hall, 1892

Needlepoint seat cushion in the Garrett Park Post Office

Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2017. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 598 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 9, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.