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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I3R_finding-a-niche_Silver-Spring-MD.html
"...A Full Line of Dry Goods and Clothing" was available at Moses Sclar's Grand Leader Store (8221 Georgia Avenue), which opened in 1926 and adjoined John and Joseph Dolan's project (see opposite side) to the south. In operation for over…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HNQ_spirited-entertainment_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Silver Spring's First Movie Theater, the 500-seat SECO (Suburban Electric Company), which opened on November 7, 1927 with the silent film "Fireman Save My Child," was located at 8242-8244 Georgia Avenue. The theater, renamed Roth's Silver Spring i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3N_a-new-deal-in-town_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Silver Spring During the Civil War
If you has used our post office between 1937 and 1981 you would have seen a mural depicting a possible Civil War scenario.
Opened on March 1, 1937, the Georgian Revival style Silver Spring post office at 8412 Geo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTJ_confederate-monument_Silver-Spring-MD.html
To the Memory of
→?←
Seventeen
— Unknown —
Confederate Dead,
Who Fell in Front of
Washington, D.C.
July 12, 1864.
— By Their —
Comrades.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTE_earlys-raid-on-washington_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Washington, D.C. was raided in 1864 by 14,000 Confederate troops led by General Jubal Early. Skirmishes took place in Silver Spring and Washington, with the attack finally being stopped at Fort Stevens - just a few miles south of this site. Sevent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTC_silver-spring-armory-1914_Silver-Spring-MD.html
The first decades of this century saw Silver Spring transformed from a 19th century rural village into an early 20th century residential community and center of commerce. Major E. Brooke Lee and Captain Frank L. Hewitt, returning World War I veter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSR_silver-spring-shopping-center_Silver-Spring-MD.html
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, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FNF_silver-spring-b-o-railroad-station_Silver-Spring-MD.html
One of the most significant reasons for Silver Spring's growth was its location along the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad. The railroad line stimulated the development of outlying commuter suburbs. It also allowed the County's agriculture …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FMD_land-lumber-lyrics_Silver-Spring-MD.html
"Three ace promoters of Silver Spring in those days [1920s & 30s], they had a finger in almost every pie." So wrote editor Blair Lee III in August 29, 1947 Maryland News describing his father E. Brooke Lee, James H. Cissel and Frank L. Hewitt.
Cis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FLP_blair-house_Silver-Spring-MD.html
In 1842, Francis Preston Blair built a country house very near this park and divided his time between his 300 acre farm and his city residence "Blair House", which is now the President's official guest house in Washington, D.C. Blair was a powerfu…