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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1S_most-lonesome-spot_Silver-Spring-MD.html
In 1912 John H. and Thomas Hunter opened Hunter Bros., a hardware and implements business, on what John described as "the most lonesome spot between Glenmont and the city of Washington." Housed in a two-story wood frame structure, the hardware bus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19LH_24-hour-service_Silver-Spring-MD.html
From 1946 to 2000, Tastee Diner's 24-hour service could be enjoyed three blocks south at 8516 Georgia Avenue. Designated a Montgomery County Master Plan Historic Preservation site in 1994, this classic Streamline Moderne-style diner was constructe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19KG_modern-banking_Silver-Spring-MD.html
The 1958 Perpetual Building Association office at 8700 Georgia Avenue is the finest example of Mid-Century Modern architecture in Silver Spring. The University of Maryland study Modern Movement in Maryland extols Perpetual as a "pristine and super…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190S_geodetic-marker_Silver-Spring-MD.html
This geodetic mark was established to commemorate 200 years of science, service, stewardship to the nation by NOAA and its predecessor agencies and to mark the location of NOAA's 200th Celebration Time Capsule. The materials reflect the essence of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1689_heat-up-cool-down_Silver-Spring-MD.html
From Coal and Horse Feed to Ice Cream, a variety of businesses fronting Georgia Avenue have occupied the corner across Sligo Avenue from where you stand. The earliest documented business was Wilkins & Jordan dealers in flour, feed , hay, grain, wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1686_a-downtown-is-born_Silver-Spring-MD.html
The Establishment of Silver Spring's first bank and Newspaper, traditional institutions required for a community to grow and prosper, occurred on this corner with the opening of the Silver Spring National Bank in 1910 and publication of The Maryla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1683_a-community-grows_Silver-Spring-MD.html
With a burst of new development in 1927, downtown Silver Spring's commercial center — originally located around the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station (8100 Georgia Avenue at Sligo Avenue) — firmly re-established itself three blocks t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166M_springing-up_Silver-Spring-MD.html
At three stories, this was Silver Springs tallest building. Occupying the prime corner lot at 8435 Georgia Avenue was the Masonic Temple, home of the Silver Spring Lodge No. 215 A.F. & A.M. of Maryland. (Ancient and Free Accepted Mason). About thr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1614_jesup-blair-house_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Francis Preston Blair brought his family to Washington from Kentucky at the invitation of President Andrew Jackson to publish a newspaper supporting his administration. Between 1842 and 1854, the Blair family built three summer homes in Silver Spr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM137X_the-mayor-of-silver-spring_Silver-Spring-MD.html
"Don't Worry About It"The ?Mayor' of Silver Spring.Norman Lane 1911-1987.Remembering the Loving Kindhearted Forbearance of the People of Silver SpringThe "Mayor of Silver Spring" was our official town drunk. Although he was born into a prominent D…