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.
Garrett Park, MD. Incorporated 1898. In 1887, the Metropolitan Investment and Building Company laid out the town, named after Robert W. Garrett, President of the B. and 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.
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.
Location. 39° 2.053′ N, 77° 5.687′ W. Marker is in Garrett Park, Maryland, in Montgomery County. Marker 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.
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
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
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, May 8, 2017
5. The Town Hall Bell
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, May 8, 2017
6. Town Hall, 1892
Needlepoint seat cushion in the Garrett Park Post Office
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