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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A35_enticing-business_Silver-Spring-MD.html
In 1945, John H. Hunter sold his hardware business to Lawrence B. Maloney, Sr. a former International Harvester Co. branch manager from Richmond, Va. Maloney was assisted in his new position by sons Lawrence (Larry), Jr. and Leonard. Renamed Malon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2B_african-americans-and-quakers-in-sandy-spring_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Sandy Spring has had large Quaker and African American populations since its founding in the 1720s. Encouraged by their regional and national Religious Society, most Sandy Spring Quakers had freed their slaves by about 1820, creating a significant…
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…