Silver Spring Shopping Center

Silver Spring Shopping Center (HM1FSR)

Location: Silver Spring, MD 20910 Montgomery County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 59.37', W 77° 1.733'

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Silver Spring's heyday as a commercial center began in 1938 with the opening of the Silver Theatre and Shopping complex, designed by John Eberson. These streamlined buildings housed a wide variety of shops, as well as a 1,100 seat movie theatre, and were among the first in the region that were built to accommodate the use of automobiles.


Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the county's population exploded and Silver Spring grew into a major shopping district with large department stores like Hecht's, J.C. Penney's and Jelleff's. The monumental growth made Silver Spring not only a major suburban community, but also an important economic center for the entire state.
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HM NumberHM1FSR
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Date Added Thursday, October 9th, 2014 at 8:08am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 324281 N 4317569
Decimal Degrees38.98950000, -77.02888333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 59.37', W 77° 1.733'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 59' 22.2" N, 77° 1' 43.98" W
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Area Code(s)240, 301, 202
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8060 Newell St, Silver Spring MD 20910, US
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