Buy a Home in 1925 Silver Spring
What did homes look like in 1920s Silver Spring? This advertisement promotes “growth now has brought modern, rapid transportation.”
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What did homes look like in 1920s Silver Spring? This advertisement promotes “growth now has brought modern, rapid transportation.”
This is a bizarre and disappointing article that we dug up in The Washington Post. It was printed on April 2nd, 1977. Montgomery County school officials have learned that a small group of children–six sixth-graders and a third-grader–were smoking marijuana and
And check this out … the building being constructed in 1927 is still there! [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?cbp=12,69.66,,0,-5.87&cbll=38.993972,-77.026795&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=38.993972,-77.026795&spn=0.007088,0.008647&t=m&z=17&panoid=OoNF6fv99mYlKOMa9xOXNg&source=embed&output=svembed]
Why is it named Silver Spring? Francis Preston Blair (i.e., Blair House near the White House) came across a mica-flecked spring in Acorn Park.
Here is an excellent old advertisement from the Washington Times real estate section. This is way back in 1906. Click on the ad to read it close up. Related articles Congress Heights: The Healthiest and Most Delightful Suburb of Washington
