Downtown Silver Spring

by Jerry A. McCoy and Silver Spring Historical Society

Book Overview

Take a tour of the dynamic central business district of Silver Spring, Maryland, and its surroundings.

In 1840, journalist and politician Francis Preston Blair discovered a sparkling mica-flecked spring that would serve as the centerpiece of his country estate, Silver Spring. In just over a century, this bucolic woodland, located across the border from Washington, D.C., became known as downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. Author Jerry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738586315
• ISBN13: 9780738586311
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"