Walking Tour of Silver Spring's Original "Main Street," Georgia Avenue
Saturday, November 7, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Join SSHS president Jerry A. McCoy on a historical walking tour of downtown Silver Spring's "Main Street," Georgia Avenue. McCoy is the author of "Historic Silver Spring," published in 2005 by Arcadia Press.
Tour participants will meet at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, 8100 Georgia Avenue (at Sligo Avenue). Limited free parking is available in front of the station. The 2-hour tour proceeds north up the west side of Georgia Avenue to Bonifant Street and returns on the east side of Georgia Avenue to the railroad station. Cost is $10.00 per person. Children under 13 free. Free for SSHS members with membership card. Friendly dogs are welcomed!
Reservations are NOT required. For additional information email sshistory@yahoo.com or call (301) 565-2519. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station Open House
Saturday, November 7, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Silver Spring Historical Society and Motgomery Preservation Inc. sponsor a FREE open house at the historic 1945 B&O Railroad Station, 8100 Georgia Avenue (at Sligo Avenue) in downtown Silver Spring, MD. Featured will be historic area railroad photographs taken by Robert Davis.
Limited free parking is available in front of the station (please do not park next door at the fire station!) with ample street parking and a parking garage available nearby. The railroad station is also an easy four block walk from the Silver Spring Metro station on the Red Line. The station is the only building in downtown Silver Spring listed in the National Register of Historic Places (although others ARE eligible!). Information (301) 495-4915.
Jerry A McCoy (center) points out architectural detailing on the 1936 Silver Spring Post Office to attendees of the Fall 2008 Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference meeting, held November 6-8, 2008. Photo by George French.
