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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2V_haiti-martins-lane-community_Rockville-MD.html
Haiti-Martin's Lane Community. Rockville, Maryland. This neighborhood was established in the 1830s by Samuel Martin, a free black man. Between 1864 & 1901, Margaret Beall deeded parcels of land south of Martin's Lane to her former slaves. Descenda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2U_mattie-j-t-stepanek-peace-garden_Rockville-MD.html
Mattie J.T. Stepanek Peace Garden. . "Peace is possible ... it can begin simply, over a game of chess and a cup of tea." Mattie J.T. Stepanek July 17, 1990 - June 22, 2004. Mattie enjoyed public speaking and worked with Former President and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22NE_preserving-a-community-resource_Rockville-MD.html
In 1896, after the election of Mayor Joseph Reading on the Water Works ticket, the Mayor and Council of Rockville approved plans and specifications for a waterworks and electric light plant. The plant was intended to supplement and eventually repl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21RU_woottons-mill_Rockville-MD.html
You are standing on the tract of land where Wootton's Mill once stood near Watts Branch stream. The gristmill was constructed and began operations in 1821. The saw and gristmill was powered by an overshot wheel, in which the weight of water conduc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21PK_saint-marys-catholic-church_Rockville-MD.html
1817
Historic
Saint Mary's
Catholic Church
and
Cemetery
Original cost: $4,000.00
Renovations:
1885 │ 1929
1889 │ 1981
No. 4
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21OW_rockville-station_Rockville-MD.html
1873
Rockville Station
Metropolitan Branch
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21O8_rockvilles-pump-house_Rockville-MD.html
The Pump House was built in 1897 under the guidance of Mayor Joseph Reading, the town druggist who was elected on the "Water Works Ticket." Known as "Rockville Electric Light and Water Works," it was an important step in the gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21O6_typhoid-in-rockville_Rockville-MD.html
During the 1913-1914 holiday season, 28 cases of typhoid fever were reported in Rockville and three people died.
The new U.S. Public Health Service investigated, and identified the town's water system as the problem. Contaminated ground water f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20FJ_the-edgar-perry-house_Rockville-MD.html
When Edgar was born on May 3, 1871, his father Thomas was a partner with Winfield Offutt in a mercantile operation at the intersection of River and Falls Road, then known as "Offutt's Crossroads." By the year 1880, when "Potomac Vil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XYU_rockville-town-square-historical_Rockville-MD.html
When Montgomery County was created in 1776, the village today known as Rockville was selected as the seat of local government. Since that time, five court houses have been built in Courthouse Square. § Postal Service began in Montgomery Court Hou…