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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Montgomery County, Maryland
Rockville is the county seat for Montgomery County
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On Sunday, June 28, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and an estimated 5,000 cavalrymen arrived in Rockville en route to Gettysburg. Armed with a list of Union supporters, Stuart’s men planned to arrest John T. DeSellum as he left Presbyterian . . . — — Map (db m1709) HM
The completion of the railroad in the 1870's brought increasing prosperity to Gaithersburg. As the town grew so did the need for protection from the ever present dangers of fire. In September of 1892, a committee of volunteers formed the . . . — — Map (db m3352) HM
General Edward Braddock in April 1755, accompanied by Gov. Horatio Sharpe of Maryland, traveled this road in a coach and six horses, on his way to Frederick, Md. to meet Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, to arrange for teams for the Fort . . . — — Map (db m1012) HM
The original Goshen Mills consisted of a three-story brick merchant mill and a smaller frame grist mill. The facility was constructed after 1737 by Ignatius Pigman to serve this small farming community. It relied on water supplied by the Goshen . . . — — Map (db m72556) HM
Granary means a place for grain. This is where the oats and corn would be stored after harvest until it would be fed to the animals or ground into flour or corn meal at the mill. Some grain would be kept here as seeds for the next planting. These . . . — — Map (db m197902) HM
The Grusendorf Log House is one of a few remaining pre-Civil War structures in the Germantown/Gaithersburg area.
The Cabin was relocated to its present site next to the Seneca Creek State Park Visitor Center in the 1990s to preserve it from . . . — — Map (db m70455) HM
The Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory was constructed in 1899 as one of the original four stations selected by the International Geodetic Association to carry out systematic observations to measure the variations in latitude cause by the Earth's . . . — — Map (db m128813) HM
According to an 1880’s newspaper report, John A. Belt was the proprietor of the largest mercantile establishment in Montgomery County. Belt’s store and upstairs hall, known as Norman Hall, became the pivotal structure of Gaithersburg’s social, . . . — — Map (db m99502) HM
The Gaithersburg International Latitude Observatory is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been declared a National Historic Landmark. The designation includes the Observatory, the Meridian Mark Pier, and the five monuments. . . . — — Map (db m56966) HM
This park occupies seven parcels of land in Montgomery county used by the U. S. Army for the air defense of Washington D.C. from the mid-1950's to the mid-1970's
In the early days of the Cold War, the Soviet Union produced high-speed high-altitude . . . — — Map (db m61671) HM
This building was built and occupied by Forest Oak Lodge #123, Knights of Pythias, Domain of Maryland, from October 2 1911 until November 11, 1970. The building was designed by Architect H. S. Kinsley, and was built by Hezekiah Day, General . . . — — Map (db m99496) HM
The house that would one day become City Hall was built for Henry Miller, an active businessman in early Gaithersburg, and his wife Rosa. In 1913, the house was bought by Edward P. Schwartz, a Washington, DC real estate broker. Here he established a . . . — — Map (db m3312) HM
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross posthumously to Second Lieutenant William J. Christman, III, United States Marine Corps Reserve, for service as set forth in the following Citation:
For extraordinary . . . — — Map (db m331) HM
In 1893, Dr. Elisha C. Etchison purchased the northwest corner property at Diamond and Summit Avenues from John B. Diamond and opened a pharmacy / drug store. Although the business at this site has changed owners several times over the years, there . . . — — Map (db m3354) HM
Summit Hall, a 251-acre ridge-top farm in the heart of Gaithersburg, was officially named and patented in 1857 by John T. and Sarah DeSellum. The topography and 500-foot elevation with its panoramic view has attracted settlers since colonial . . . — — Map (db m201418) HM
This outbuilding located on the ridge of Summit Hall Farm is treasured as the oldest complete historic structure within the City of Gaithersburg. Historically known as the smokehouse, its notched logs and chinked mortar serve as a modern day . . . — — Map (db m57606) HM
Gaithersburg began as an agricultural community. With the coming of the railroad in the late 1800's, markets in Washington, D. C. and Baltimore were opened to area farmers. Wheat, vegetables, fruits, meats, dairy products, and cider could be easily . . . — — Map (db m128821) HM
As the area's agricultural community flourished and the railroad was introduced, Gaithersburg soon became the commercial hub of the mid-county region. The Gaithersburg town center shifted from Frederick Avenue to Diamond Avenue near the train . . . — — Map (db m3349) HM
The Chandler Wobble is a small motion in the Earth's axis of rotation relative to the Earth's surface, which was discovered by American astronomer, Seth Carlo Chandler, Jr., in 1891. It is one of several wobbling motions that the Earth undergoes as . . . — — Map (db m56968) HM
Before the arrival of the first European settlers, the area that is now the City of Gaithersburg was a land of dense forests and gently rolling hills. Frederick Avenue was a well-traveled path for the Piscataway and Tuscarora Indians, who hunted the . . . — — Map (db m3346) HM
The original Gaithersburg High School was formerly located where Gaithersburg Elementary School now stands at 35 North Summit Avenue. Built in 1904, the school initially provided two general levels of education under the same roof: an elementary . . . — — Map (db m128822) HM
You are standing on the historic site of The Gaithersburg Wye, situated on 2.25 acres adjacent to the Metropolitan Branch of the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This railroad is currently known as the CSX.
The Gaithersburg Wye . . . — — Map (db m141319) HM
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Assistant, Edwin Smith or Rockville, Maryland, was assigned to oversee construction and operations at the Gaithersburg Observatory. Original plans for the Ukiah and Gaithersburg Observatories, prepared by the Central . . . — — Map (db m128814) HM
The building that now houses Gaithersburg's City government offices and Council chambers was originally a private residence built in 1895 by Rosa and Henry Miller. In 1913, this five-acre estate was purchased by Edward P. Schwartz, a successful . . . — — Map (db m128820) HM
Built in 1881, the Summit Hotel was regarded as a trendy spring and summer resort for those fortunate enough to take a holiday from the hustle and bustle of Washington, D. C. The hotel was located at the northeast corner of Summit and Frederick . . . — — Map (db m128823) HM
Historical Background of the Canning Industry:
In 1812, Thomas Kensett introduced the canning process to America with a small plant in New York, which canned oysters, meats, fruits, and vegetables. However, historians generally agree that . . . — — Map (db m245543) HM
The Land
Francis Cassatt Clopper began assembling The Woodlands in 1812 by purchasing a patchwork of neighboring farms. An assessment of Montgomery County properties in 178 listed a variety of framed houses, log cabins, and tobacco and corn . . . — — Map (db m70452) HM
In Honor and Memory Of
William J. Christman III
Charles Richard Dale
Clayton Eugene Fraley
John Ault LeCompte
Frederick Richard Neff
Francis Frank Novello
James W. Prather
James Paul Purkey
who gave their lives in action . . . — — Map (db m137365) WM
The Wells-Robertson House is sited on land that was once part of the 1723 land grant known as Deer
Park. William R. Hutton, a well-known engineer, and his heirs began dividing and selling the land
during the last half of the nineteenth century. In . . . — — Map (db m101668) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
circa 1793 — — Map (db m133982) HM
North of this monument, Robert Ober, a wealthy merchant built his home. A long tree-lined approach adds prominence to this 1˝ story brick Georgian-style residence. This Tidewater style of architecture is rarely found in Montgomery County. . . . — — Map (db m72538) HM
In 1989, this passenger waiting room was taken down from its location in Landover, MD., and brought to this site and re-assembled by the Montgomery County Conservation Corps. On behalf of the citizens of Garrett Park, the Mayor and Town Council . . . — — Map (db m219) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m103292) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m218) HM
Black Rock Mill was the center of a diverse farming community extending along Black Rock Road.
Nicholas Dorsey Offutt, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and a successful businessman and merchant, purchased the mill in 1866 and built a . . . — — Map (db m131606) HM
Milling Comes to Great Seneca Creek
In 1811 Thomas Hilleary purchased 355 acres of land here on Great Seneca Creek. Four years later he opened Black Rock Mill. an inscription on the east side of the mill reads "Black Rock Mill T.H. 1815." . . . — — Map (db m131605) HM
Black Rock Mill was powered by a water wheel. Water falling onto the wheel from above caused the wheel to rotate. The turning wheel powered a millstone.
The millstone had two parts: a moving top stone, and a fixed bottom stone. Both stones had . . . — — Map (db m131608) HM
“Feed the Liberty Way” was the slogan of Liberty Milling Company, mainstay of the little farming community of Germantown for many years. In its heyday, Liberty Mill put out 24,000 lbs. of flour each day and 9,000 lbs. of cornmeal each . . . — — Map (db m69289) HM
This hill was once a railway bed, and it includes some of the last original pieces of Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad in this area. The recreated culvert built into this hill represents an original culvert that was removed during the . . . — — Map (db m126712) HM
This lane of trees once led to the Madeline Waters House, built by Lloyd Dorsey in 1902 (see historic marker on Wisteria Drive north of Maryland Route 118). This house was typical of villa-style homes built on the outskirts of rural railroad towns . . . — — Map (db m69348) HM
The Germantown Bank was built in 1922 and was established by Augustus R. Selby, part-owner and manager of the Liberty Milling Company, and Andrew H. Baker, local entrepreneur and head of the A. H. Baker Insurance Company of Washington. Selby was . . . — — Map (db m126711) HM
This little family plot was once on the farm belonging to William Musser. William Musser came to Germantown from Lancaster County, PA as the leader of a group of migrating Germans in 1832. He was the son of George Musser & Anna Maria Graff. The . . . — — Map (db m126713) HM
In the 1780s, the Waters family acquired acreage known as the William and Mary tract, described in tax records as “wooded saplin land, 30 miles from Georgetown.” Around 1810 Zachariah Waters built a saw and grist mill on a portion of the . . . — — Map (db m99466) HM
Clara Barton's property was a reflection of her personality: practical, thrifty, and just a bit eccentric. Visitors to her home frequently commented on the utilitarian grounds filled with fruit trees and rows of vegetables instead of formal gardens. . . . — — Map (db m103973) HM
The Coaster Dips came to the park in 1921. Higher climbs and deeper dips added over the next 48 years guaranteed the ride remained a favorite. The roller coaster was dismantled after the park closed in 1968. — — Map (db m3214) HM
The Dentzel carousel came to the park in 1921 as a replacement for a smaller carousel. Built in the Philadelphia style, the hand-carved, wooden animals create a menagerie type featuring rabbits, ostriches, a giraffe, a lion, a tiger and a deer in . . . — — Map (db m3224) HM
Beyond the trees stands a Victorian House as unique as its owner. This house was built for Clara Barton in 1891 by Edward and Edwin Baltzley as part of the National Chautauqua at Glen Echo. With 30 rooms serving as offices, bedrooms, and storage, . . . — — Map (db m45000) HM
"You have never known me without work;
while able, you never will." —Clara Barton
Clara Barton lived a life that transcended limitations. She built a career of humanitarian service in a society that did not grant her full rights . . . — — Map (db m45245) HM
Development of Trolleys. Electric trolleys were introduced to the United States in 1888 in Richmond, Virginia, and quickly became the predominant mode of public transportation used throughout the first third of the 20th century. These vehicles . . . — — Map (db m306) HM
Known in the 1920’s as The Skooter and in the 1930’s as the Dodgem, Glen Echo Park’s bumper car ride was one of the first in any amusement park in the world.
The Art Deco facade was added in the 1930’s.
Today’s rehabilitated Bumper Car . . . — — Map (db m3230) HM
In the midst of the Great Depression, the Crystal Pool provided a haven. It was big enough for 3,000 swimmers and featured a sand beach. The Art Deco style of the pool became Glen Echo’s new look. — — Map (db m3229) HM
Clara Barton House has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United . . . — — Map (db m70672) HM
On June 30, 1960 African Americans Gwendolyn Greene (Britt), William Griffin, Michael Proctor, Marvous Saunders and Cecil Washington Jr. were arrested when they attempted to ride Glen Echo Park's Dentzel Carousel and were charged with trespassing on . . . — — Map (db m30484) HM
For more than 100 years this land, now Glen Echo Park, has been dedicated to the people: first in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly, a center where people could participate in the sciences, arts, languages, and literature; second in 1899 as a . . . — — Map (db m380) HM
Fun is where you find it...
Glen Echo Park, the Washington DC Metro area's premier amusement park from 1898 to 1968, is the only amusement park preserved by the National Park system. In the early 1890's this was a National Chautauqua . . . — — Map (db m130060) HM
The Park Carousel
A park highlight is the 1921 Dentzel Carousel. In 1960, the park's first Civil Rights protest occurred on the Carousel. After Glen Echo Park became a national park unit, local residents raised $80,000 in one month to keep . . . — — Map (db m131203) HM
The entrance to Glen Echo Park has undergone many changes. The 1940 art deco design has been restored, but prior entrances included a stone entrance in the 1890's with the early trolley lines in front and the 1911 entrance, which featured numerous . . . — — Map (db m5754) HM
Among the familiar structures in this aerial photo are old attractions - the Fun House, Coaster Dips, Crystal Pool, and Flying Scooter. Still present in the park today are the Ballroom, the Arcade and the Dentzel Carousel as well as other smaller . . . — — Map (db m5752) HM
The Chautaugua Program at Glen Echo opened June 16, 1891 and offered classes and lectures in all areas of the liberal and practical arts. The education program ran for only one year, but the buildings were used by the amusement park for decades. The . . . — — Map (db m5753) HM
On June 30, 1960 local university students and citizens began a sit-in confrontation and picket line to challenge the long-standing segregation policies at the Park. Their efforts succeeded in 1961 when the Park's private owner, Rekab, Inc., finally . . . — — Map (db m5750) HM
Social dancing has been an important attraction at Glen Echo since the 1890's. The Spanish Garden Ballroom, built in 1933 in the Spanish Mission Revival style of architecture, boasted a 7,000 square-foot maple dance floor, colorful columns and red . . . — — Map (db m5751) HM
For the trolley parks of the 1900’s, pools were important, lucrative attractions. They provided a place for people to swim without having to travel the long miles to the beach. One such pool, Kennywood Park Pool in Pittsburgh, opened in 1925 and . . . — — Map (db m3227) HM
Beginning in 1940, a new Art Deco arcade was added to Glen Echo park. Designed by the firm of Edward Schoeppe of Philadelphia, also the chief architect of the Crystal Pool and Spanish Ballroom, the arcade was constructed in stages from 1940 to . . . — — Map (db m3231) HM
This deep ravine and rocky creep are typical of streams in the Potomac River Valley. Today Minnehaha Creek flows freely through Glen Echo Park. Changes made to the creek during the past 100 years mirror the history of Glen Echo Park.
The . . . — — Map (db m131202) HM
Lost Attractions.
From its beginnings as a National Chautauqua to its years as an amusement park, Glen Echo has experienced countless changes. Some of the old Glen Echo Park remains, but much of it has not survived. Many old amusements, like . . . — — Map (db m3228) HM
Early headquarters of the American Red Cross and home of Clara Barton, founder and First President, who lived here until her death in 1912. Located just south of this marker, the house had an unusual interior of Steamboat Gothic design with railed . . . — — Map (db m303) HM
Did you know a heroine lived right here in Glen Echo, Maryland? Fearless, selfless. and determined, Clara Barton dedicated her life to helping others. Know as the “Angel of the Battlefield” during the Civil War and founder of the . . . — — Map (db m104015) HM
Yurts Around the World. These interesting and unusual buildings function as studios and classrooms in Glen Echo Park. Yurts have a long history. In Mongolia, yurts have been practical homes for thousands of years. In fact the word yurt . . . — — Map (db m37571) HM
If you were in this spot in 1891, you would have seen a two-story building nestled in trees overlooking the Potomac River and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The Hall of Philosophy was part of the National Chautauqua Assembly at Glen Echo, which offered . . . — — Map (db m104011) HM
Roller Coasters.
The first primitive version of a roller coaster called the “Flying Mountain” emerged in Russia in the 1400’s. Americans encountered their first taste of a roller coaster-like thrill ride in 1827 when Josiah . . . — — Map (db m3226) HM
The Early Trolley Park.
In 1888 in Richmond, Virginia, Frank Sprague revolutionized American travel with his invention of the electric trolley. A new fast and economical transportation dawned. Suburban communities, like Glen Echo, soon opened . . . — — Map (db m24185) HM
The roadside village of Hyattstown became the front line when Confederate cavalry stationed to the north in Urbana clashed with Union cavalry reconnoitering from Clarksburg to the south. On the evening of September 8, 1862, Maj. Alonzo W. Adams and . . . — — Map (db m1727) HM
A number of grist and saw mills operated on this site from the late 1700s to the mid 1930s. Due to seasonal changes in the water level, Little Bennett Creek proved unreliable as a constant source of power to turn the water wheel. Milling efficiency . . . — — Map (db m94355) HM
This twisted and scarred piece of steel from the point of impact at the World Trade Center on September 11,2001 memorializes the 2976 persons lost on that day in New York City, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA. It also serves as an enduring . . . — — Map (db m79931) WM
Across Beach Drive, three hundred yards from this recreation building is a stone abutment, all that remains of a Bollman truss bridge, originally 450 feet long and 70 feet high, used by America's first railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio. Chartered . . . — — Map (db m184470) HM
Clum-Kennedy is a one-acre park, with walking paths curving past mature trees, azaleas, lilacs, and boxwood. An arbor near the Frederick Avenue entrance supports a large grape vine that produces tasty grapes in late summer. The property was . . . — — Map (db m238353) HM
In 1924, steps to construct a park on town-owned lots was initiated by the
Woman's Club of Kensington. Blanche Armstrong, chair of the Civic Committee, deemed this location ideal, since the park “would serve as an attractive introduction to our . . . — — Map (db m195211) HM
The millstone is from a private mill which was located on the stream along Kensington Parkway. The home was located south of Saul Road. — — Map (db m116021) HM
Originally built in 1774 by Thomas Johns, a colonel during the American Revolution, and Thomas Richardson, a prominent Georgetown merchant, large flour mills continued to exist on this site along Rock Creek until the 1870s. Richardson, appointed by . . . — — Map (db m184468) HM
1. c. 1901 Kensington B & O Railway Station. [Photo by Frank Chapman] The Kensington Train Station was built in 1891 and still services the Metropolitan branch of MARC Trains.
2. c. 1949 3758 & 3762 Howard Avenue These buildings were renovated . . . — — Map (db m116023) HM
Abraham Faw built a grist mill here on Seneca Creek about 1790. By 1795 the mill had four pairs of grinding stones. There was also a saw mill and a tavern on the site. The mills were bought in 1797 by James McCubbin Lingan who named the area . . . — — Map (db m2804) HM
A water-powered grist mill was located here on Seneca Creek as early as 1783 on property known as Gray’s Neck owned by Adin Gray. In the mid-19th century, it was operated first by Levi Snyder, then by Remis Snyder as both a grist and saw mill and . . . — — Map (db m121234) HM
The following is a list of the translations, transcriptions, and sources for the texts on the screen
John Smith 1612 AD "There is but one entrance by sea into this country, and that is at the mouth of a very goodly bay, 18 or 20 miles . . . — — Map (db m113848) HM
On this building,
11333 Woodglen Drive,
the first
"Green Roof"
in Montgomery County
was built in 2004.
This roof provides for reduced energy consumption in the building and also provides for a natural filtration and . . . — — Map (db m113838) HM
In 2011, Queen Elizabeth received President Obama at Buckingham Palace. Among significant historic items she arranged for him to view was material related to Josiah Henson's visit with Queen Victoria in 1877. About Henson's meeting, the . . . — — Map (db m245545) HM
"Gradually the disposal of everything raised on the farm,—the wheat, oats, hay, fruit, butter, and whatever else there might be,—was confided to me, and it was quite evident that I could and did sell for better than any one else he . . . — — Map (db m174685) HM
Volunteers are the heart and soul of small community based organizations like the Bethesda Community Base Ball Club. Dedicated volunteers Becky Crowley, Tom DiMisa, Jeff Haven, and Bill Hickman are the secret sauce that make Big Train baseball at . . . — — Map (db m245286) HM
Montgomery Parks has conducted archaeological research on this property since 2009 and will continue studies to learn more about the daily lives of those enslaved here and whose experiences are not recorded anywhere else. Reconstructing the . . . — — Map (db m174689) HM
Walter Johnson, baseball's greatest pitcher, lived in Bethesda from 1925 until 1935. Called the "Big Train" because of his overpowering fastball, Johnson won 417 games in 21 seasons with the Washington Senators. His record of 110 shutouts should . . . — — Map (db m141386) HM
The fan-friendly philosophy of Bill and Mike Veeck has been the inspiration behind the success of Bethesda Big Train baseball at Shirley Povich Field. We are honored that Mike Veeck, a mentor from the very start of Big Train, whole-heartedly . . . — — Map (db m245288) HM
Bill Spencer served as the inaugural Commissioner of the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League from 2005 to 2009. An All-American and All-Atlantic Coaster Conference pitcher at the University of Virginia, Bill's eight complete games in . . . — — Map (db m199049) HM
Brett Cecil played for the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League's inaugural season of 2005. The University of Maryland standout led the Ripken League in strikeouts and was fourth in ERA. In his first . . . — — Map (db m199008) HM
Brian Dozier played for the 2006 Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League regular season champion Bethesda Big Train, batting .258 with 31 hits in 33 games as shortstop. Brian played baseball at the University of Southern Mississippi and was . . . — — Map (db m199010) HM
Bruce Adams co-founded the Bethesda Community Base Ball Club in 1998 with a mission to improve youth fields in Montgomery County and Washington, DC. the club built Shirley Povich Field and created the Big Train as the source of revenue for . . . — — Map (db m199015) HM
Cal Ripken Senior. The Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League and this Hall of Fame have been named to honor the man who personified the commitment to playing baseball the right way, the Ripken Way. Cal Senior's maxim was simple: "Perfect . . . — — Map (db m199007) HM
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Floyd E. Davis Company, the officers, directors, and employees are honored to play a role in the creation of the Shirley Povich Field at the Cabin John Regional Park.
The Davis . . . — — Map (db m199050) HM
Dean Albany co-founded the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League in 2005, giving the league instant credibility with college coaches and major league scouts. As a coach of Youse's Orioles, Dean's teams won six All-American Amateur . . . — — Map (db m199013) HM
Like much of the Riley-Bolten House, the landscape was reinforced as part of the 1930s renovation. This macadam style road, uncovered during museum construction, replaced the earlier dirt farm road. While dirt roads were common in the . . . — — Map (db m174675) HM
After the Civil War, America's cities created new transportation systems that enabled them to prosper and grow. During this time, major rail lines were built to connect Washington, D.C. with other cities. Smaller electric streetcar or 'trolley' . . . — — Map (db m219959) HM
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