Incorporated 1898
In 1887, the Metropolitan Investment and Building Company laid out the town, named after Robert W. Garrett, President of the B. & O. Railroad. It was to be primarily residential, a short commuter train ride to Washington, D.C. Now, over one hundred years later, it remains residential with several small commercial firms located in the town-owned, Penn Place, a Post Office to which residents still come to pick up their mail, and a Town Hall, built in 1897 as a chapel. In 1975, the town was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.| HM Number | HMRV |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) series |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 28th, 2014 at 10:52pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 318826 N 4323117 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.03835000, -77.09330000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 2.301', W 77° 5.598' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 2' 18.06" N, 77° 5' 35.88" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 301 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 17727-17799 Rokeby Ave, Garrett Park MD 20896, US |
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