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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25NS_briggs-house_Brookeville-MD.html
The Briggs House was built in 1803 for Hanna Brooke Briggs and her husband Isaac Briggs, who were still living here in 1814. The Briggses also owned a house and farm known as Sharon in Sandy Spring. Hannah, a devout Quaker, married Isaac Briggs in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25NR_thomas-house-site_Brookeville-MD.html
Richard Thomas, Jr. and his wife, Deborah Brooke Thomas, the founders of the town of Brookeville, built their large frame house here ca. 1801. In 1814, they were living here with their five children. The town was established on land that Deborah i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3S_the-millers-cottage_Brookeville-MD.html
Known as the Miller's House, this modest stone structure was likely built by the town's founder Richard Thomas, Jr. in the 1790s for the operator of his mill, which stood adjacent to this house, along Reedy Branch of the Hawlings River. The house …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3F_a-refuge_Brookeville-MD.html
Many Washington residents fleeing the British invasion in August 1814 converged on this quiet village. Brookeville also provided a haven for hungry soldiers as they headed for Baltimore following the American Defeat at Bladensburg.
On August 26,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3A_bentley-house_Brookeville-MD.html
Erected in ca. 1798, the Federal style Bentley House was the first substantial structure to be built in Brookeville. In 1814 it was the home of Caleb and Henrietta Bentley. Caleb was the town's first postmaster and merchant, and the house includes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DQQ_brookeville-schoolhouse_Brookeville-MD.html
The Brookville Schoolhouse sits upon land purchased for $300 in 1865, four years after the Maryland General Assembly established the Montgomery County public school system. At some subsequent point, the school began operation as a traditional one-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V6_newlins-mill_Brookeville-MD.html
In 1800, Thomas Moore, Jr. and his wife, Mary Brooke Moore sold to David Newlin four acres inherited from Mrs. Moore's father, Roger Brooke IV, described as "standing below Newlin's Mill dam". Initially, Newlin operated an oil mill on this site, g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UX_brookeville-angel_Brookeville-MD.html
Sculptor Stefan Saal created the Brookeville Angel over a three-month period in 1994 from a white oak tree (Quercus alba) located on the east side of Georgia Avenue (Rt. #97) south of town. "Father Don" (Donald Van Alstyne) of the Marian Fathers N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN_newlins-mill-millstone_Brookeville-MD.html
Newlin's Mill was located on the west side of Brookeville in the vicinity of Brookeville Road and Market Street (Route 97) and was operated from the early 19th century to the early 20th century. This versatile mill sawed lumber, pressed oil from c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UG_brookeville_Brookeville-MD.html
On June 28, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart left Rockville with three cavalry brigades, 125 captured Union supply wagons, and more than 400 military and civilian prisoners, arriving in Brookeville that night. At every opportunity, prisoners M…