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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT6L_montgomery-avenue-and-washington-street_Rockville-MD.html
Rockville grew from a convenient crossroads meeting place in the 1750s to become the legal and market center of the county. The tiny village was selected as the seat of local government in 1776 for its central location and the presence of taverns …
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After the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and Congress created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands to aid newly freed African Americans. By the time it closed in 1872, the Bureau had provided assistance to four million former slaves ma…
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Montgomery County's third courthouse. Built in 1891 the "Old Red Brick Courthouse" has become the symbol and architectural monument of old Rockville. Designated a historic building on July 19, 1965 by the Montgomery County Historical Society, Inc.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP4T_rockville-baptist-church-and-cemetery_Rockville-MD.html
In 1823, the deacons of the Bethel Baptist Church church acquired a half-acre lot at this site to erect a church and provide a burial ground. The original church was replaced in 1864, but a half century later, the Baptists demolished it and built …
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From his home, E. Barrett Prettyman, a prominent Rockville citizen and educator, watched approximately 5,000 Confederate cavalrymen ride into Rockville in three columns on Sunday, June 28, 1863. Like many other Montgomery County residents, Prettym…
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Early Sunday morning, June 28, 1863, 5,000 of Confederate Gen J.E.B. Stuart's cavarlymen rode into Rockville and arrested Union supporters. They sought merchant John H. Higgins at his home, but he had already left for Christ Episcopal Church (acro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHD_jerusalem-mount-pleasant-church-and-parsonage_Rockville-MD.html
Racial tensions between African American and white church members peaked immediately before the Civil War. Pro-slavery parishioners joined the M. E. Church South in 1863. By 1868 the predominately African American M. E. Church North owned this pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHC_snowden-funeral-home_Rockville-MD.html
A hearse drawn by four white horses was a hallmark of the Snowden Funeral Home, the first African American-owned funeral home in Montgomery County.George Russell Snowden started the family business in 1918 in Howard County. In 1926, he brought it …
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After being made to wait while five white patrons who came in after him were served, George "T." Johnson opened Mr. T's as a store catering to African American clientele.
Taverns in Rockville were the only businesses that were allowedto remain …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM609_rockville-academy_Rockville-MD.html
In 1805, the Maryland General Assembly appointed a commission to raise money for a school lot and a fire engine for Rockville. The Rockville Academy was chartered and authorized to hire teachers in 1809. In 1812 and 1813, a number of lots were pur…