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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BM_glen-echo-park-chautaugua-c-1891_Glen-Echo-MD.html
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. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BL_glen-echo-park-aerial-view-c-1954_Glen-Echo-MD.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BK_glen-echo-park-spanish-ballroom-c-1943_Glen-Echo-MD.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BJ_glen-echo-park-protest-years-1960_Glen-Echo-MD.html
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., final…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM32V_beall-dawson-house_Rockville-MD.html
Gettysburg CampaignIn April 1862, Congress abolished slavery in Washington, D.C. District slaveholders were eligible for monetary compensation when they manumitted (freed) their slaves. Because the Beall sisters held several slaves who worked in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM32U_oakley-cabin_Olney-MD.html
This log structure, acquired as part of Reddy Branch Stream Valley Park, was once part of Oakley Farm. Built before or just after emancipation, the cabin is representative of slave or tenant housing and is a rare surviving example. Reddy Branch, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZB_original-federal-boundary-stone-ne-1_Washington-MD.html
This plaque marks the siteof theDistrict of ColumbiaNorth-EastBoundary Stone No. 1originally placed here1791 - 1792Presented byThe Mary Washington ChapterDaughters of the American RevolutionandUnited States Department of the InteriorThe National P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2X2_john-a-belt-building_Gaithersburg-MD.html
Built 1903. 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'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UO_original-federal-boundary-stone-north_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Original Federal Boundary StoneDistrict of ColumbiaPlaced 1791-1792Protected by Maryland ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution1916
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UA_washingtons-farm_Dickerson-MD.html
519 acres owned 1794-1799 by the First President
Thomas Sprigg, Jr., patented in 1725 as "Woodstock" 1,102 acres here, inherited in 1782 by Sprigg's three granddaughters, Sophia, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. Sophia married John Francis Mercer (later…