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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZID_bussard-farmhouse_Gaithersburg-MD.html
The main house was built by Thaddeus Bussard in 1908 on the foundations of an original house that had been built by Nathan Magruder around 1778. The oldest part of the structure is the kitchen wing to the right, thought to date to the early 1800s.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZGA_farming-and-labor-in-montgomery-county_Gaithersburg-MD.html
Local farmers attempted to maintain their agricultural operations despite disorder caused during the Civil War. Out of necessity, planters paid particular attention to weather and planting information provided by Almanacs and newspapers. The Rockv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6Z_the-thomas-cannery-historical_Gaithersburg-MD.html
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 the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6S_chestnut-meem-historic-district-historical_Gaithersburg-MD.html
Designated November 17, 1997
By the City of Gaithersburg
Historic District Commission
Martha Meem's 200 Acres, part of the 1793 Zoar Land Grant, was further subdivided as Meem's subdivision in 1896. The district preserves late 19th and 20th cen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2I_wells-robertson-house-historical_Gaithersburg-MD.html
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. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2G_dnc-building-historical_Gaithersburg-MD.html
This current building, developed by Inter-Continental Group (owned by the Blessing Family), stands on a site that has been a part of Gaithersburg's mercantile history since before 1894.
This 2-story building was built circa 1915 by JL Burns and w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VL0_pythian-temple-historical_Gaithersburg-MD.html
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 Contra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DL6_goshen-mills_Gaithersburg-MD.html
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 br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3W_grusendorf-log-house_Gaithersburg-MD.html
The Grusendorf Log House is one of a few remaining pre-Civil War structures in the Germantown/Gaithersburg area. Built circa 1840.
The Cabin was relocated to its present site next to the Seneca Creek State Park Visitor Center in the 1990s to pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3T_the-woodlands_Gaithersburg-MD.html
The LandFrancis 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 sheds e…