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

The Moore Cottage

War of 1812 Bicentennial

— United States Capital for a Day —

The Moore Cottage Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 25, 2018

1. The Moore Cottage Marker

Inscription.
Thomas Moore built this worker's cottage, probably in the late 1790s. Moore was married to Mary Brooke, one of Deborah Thomas's sisters, and the Moores lived on a farm adjacent to Brookeville. Moore was a farmer, inventor, engineer and entrepreneur who also owned a tan yard near this cottage. Like those built at the other end of town by Richard Thomas, the house is banked into the hillside with a stone ground level kitchen and a log-constructed main level. Over the years, it was home to millwrights, shoemakers, seamstresses, and small-scale shopkeepers.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Architecture • Industry & Commerce • War of 1812. A significant historical year for this entry is 1790.

Location. 39° 10.837′ N, 77° 3.601′ W. Marker is in Brookeville, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It is on Market Street (Old Maryland Route 97) west of Water Street, on the right when traveling north. In 2023, MD 97 was shifted to a bypass to west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 309 Market Street, Brookeville MD 20833, 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 walking distance of this marker: Murphy House (within shouting distance of this marker); Valley Mill House (within shouting distance of this marker); Margaret Brooke House (within shouting distance of this marker); Brookeville (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); August 26, 1814 (about 400 feet away); Newlin’s Mill Millstone (about 400 feet away); A Refuge (about 400 feet away); Brookeville Academy (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brookeville.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 25, 2018

2. The Moore Cottage Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 465 times since then and 62 times this year. Last updated on February 19, 2026, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 25, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.