29/27 MavlmdMine(1867)

Falls Rag&aard M a h k u r BoulcvaPd

The Mavlmd Mine i s an autsiar-tdiagreminder of tke naeticfrxwide gold fiver tkat pabbed county
residents in the mid-IgOas,This mine was the Bsst of sever& gofd mines in the county to be
commercially explsieed. The Mary1md Mine was discovered in 4 861 by a fom~el:California gold
pmweetsr md opened in 5867, O f the 14 gold mines in the Bolawac aea, it was the bni;;est lived,
until 1"35
operatiazg intarmit-~entXy Mwland Mine, which Xike other Mantgomev Calinty go id
mines is part o f an Appalachim gold beft extending from Alab%mato Mqlancl, is said to haye been
OR^ afthe largest gold miaes i%r 'tile Eastern United Sratcs.

This gald mine site includes the only gold mine-~lacedsmctures on a G~rsnt:y~desipt& &jsbGc
site, Structures at the miae indude a reconstructed bailer hawe, water tower oan 0x3-gid cemenz
suppafis, m~alga~natisn mill ruins, md tllrce mine shafts.

T k e mine is impa&aat far rqresenting a type alzd rne~hodof canstmction, and as an a s a i i s h d and
visusd f ~ ~ d n l wfa>c.afed
k at the eatrmce to Great. Falls Park. The Maryland Mine is owned by the
National Pmk Service, which has installed an ina~pretivedisplay on-iiite,

Enviralmental Setting: Approximately l 2 acres sumzoding the limits sf thc sitc andl borde~ng
MaWtBur Boulevad,
29/33 Rock Rtvxl Gold Miae (1 887)
Watts Brmch Regionat Pwk

Rock Rm Cold M i a s an scheokagical site, provides an excdlerat exmplc; of small-scde goXd

mining rsperdiuns which were nmersus in the Po&oina~ m a in the late 1800s. In conkast to tohe
Iage-scale com~allcialnature ofthe Mamylarnd Mine (Site #299127f, the Rock Run Mine wals a hmd-
dug, folk entevrise. Praspectjng here took place im tohe 1S68s, d%oxb@fom~alexplomt-Ian didn'r
be@ mtil1883, under the ledeehip of W,T,S. Kirk, an. expefienced Gccsrgim miner kuxd an mtute
businasm.

The Rock Run hfille$ i ~ ~ lthe d d Eagle, Resave, snnd Ima Mincs. Minixrg at the Resewe
~ Sawyer,
M k c was csnducted with a sluice box, being a series ofattahed descending sicvcs p l a ~ within
d
a s b ~The , other mines were worked througl a hfl,

The largest o f the mines wm the Sawpr Mine whicla used an inclined milmad ta kmspoft ore. (Over
$20,000 in gold was o b t a i ~ din &e fiat year o f operatiaxx, Most of mhe profits were lost howeverT
in a lawsuit brou&t by Iocaf f1mm whasc cattle died fmm &ira%c;ing&e cyanide runo8generated
by mining operatian,

Envimmcntat S~cehg:This Emwce is located in the Watts Bml~X1.RegionaX Park, The setking
imludes the limit8 sf the site*incfudinghmd-dug mines, a ~ open
d trenc41e6.
2958 Dr. Ceghm Willett House fc1870)
10029 Gable Mmor C o w

Built about 1870for focal plnysicim Gepha Willett, this house is believed to be the oldest r e m a ~ n g
d~~elling in Psto~nacVillage, A fine exmple of a Gothic Revival s@Iedwelling, the Willeg House
is claaractel-izeci by h d w m e bageboard or gingehxead detailing in the front gable mct cutwork
porch brackets.

When he built his house, Dr, Ce'phas I"', Wi3lett was 53 yews old, In 18"r9,Mrilleg was ane of ma
rfaebrs with a practi~eIn Patomac Village (titen haw1 as OKu'ttk Crossmadsf, Hk: lived in &is
rmiden~auntil his cleaah in 1880. His wife EElis&eth sold the property t h e e y e m later trr Malthew
O'B~ern,a Patoma@Village: blxk?stnitk,whasa fiasnily owned &t= pxvpem uurtil 1945.

Sheltered by a center, cross-gabit=soof chamcrcrjstic of the Gothic Revival style, the &meFViilea
Mouse rests ion a stone fourtclatiaat, In 1874, the resideslce vva dascl"ibad a having tern roonzs and ti
cellar. At that rirnc, the faur-acre prapefly included a rncat house, hen lxousc, stable lmge elaough for
six har~esGO^ crib, gmw, mdwagion shedrA water pump wm located IWW the door to the hausa,

The Wille;tt Hawse is now hsll;o~orat@d

into the Pstomg Mews stlbdit~ision,

Entsk~rmcntatSetting: k t ISI Biock A (4,278 square feet) md out1o-t:mela, 'Pace! C.

Post-CiviX War Houses

2917 Capt. John Mc.DonaM House (c 18'73)

1.0500River R o d

The McDanafd House was built by Captain Johr McDonald, ;%n innuatid local figure, McDonald
was a Civil W w V ~ e mwho ~ t i to~ &his d Poeormnac in 1870 and becmxe a psarni~~ei~t
poiit-icia~ activist. Elected to the S$akLegislaturn i4.l 1882 and.State C~mptY.ofler
and eo~mxki~ty in
1891, McDandd becm~ethe first Republicax Coazgesmxa1 from the Sixth Distlict, in 1886,

McDonald is best known Iocafly far succasfally petitioning for a post affier: in the. area, itad iFor
from Off~tt'sCrossrods Potnrma. He was alsa ac;t.ivein
c h g i n g Qe name oftfrc c;ommu~i"cy
the Grmge Movement md the C ~ r n t yAgricetl~alSociety. f i e p p e m wa% owned by the
McDonaBd f m i l y until 1941.

The fiimW ~ e~t8blished

S in the early 1800s by TPloma k v i Qffutt, a member of the f m i l y &at kd
o~ginaltysettitxi the aea, Zt was inheeled by Thoma h4ashall Offatt who operat& a stare at the
hi~rscctionof Falls md River Roads. The original Offutf House was destsayesl by fire in X 8T3,
McDonald replac& the 0ffutr EIouse wiQ the present hawe soon after :sthe fire.

Regtoration o f the M c D o d d Mouse in 1995 included reconsbxuctioa a f a full-width front porch md

insMtation of a center cross ,&le. A past and been b a adjacent to ftle house, dating fmm the
Mslllonald o m e ~ h i pwas
, bulPt ~1890-19 X 0,
Envirom~entalSetting: Lsh 42, Block D,qpmximately two acm, incl~&ngthe hawe md b m ,

Apprvvd uad drdupdd, Aprd 2Ol)ht

Post-Civil Ww Fam~s

2519 n Ada W& F m x (c f 885)

W ~ s s and
13501 TralpiI& Woad

The Hmigon md Ada Ward Farm w&Bm s hmdsctme p ~ A n af

g canter cmss g&le house mdbm
stractml; with not@\v8fikyCXSS~CBI wichite~~~ral details. The substtzntial home featmes rr ikippd-
roof tiawes, fi~hscaleshingles, md wrap-aound porch. The bank b m , prominently located on the
edge of Travilh Rot& is remakable for a fevet of wchite~tw~l detail wcammon in ari a@cultwal
outbuitding: pdimented louvered w i n d ~ ~ocular ~ s ) window^, md w d e n cupolas with turned
fimials. 11 is ane of the f a vJ
id I r m s in the cola;nry buil~with rt mass-ggble roof$a form uguaXly
f
found only in fmbotnses,

The house was built, probably c1 885, By H d s a n Gilmore Ward md Ada M, Thrift Ward, who
r&sd seven chifdmax here, The WM& were well-respect& mmxlsess of the focd community,
instmentntal in the fom&ng of %haTmviZah Halt Company md sctive in tbc D m a & w n
P~sbpariam.Ghwh, The W a d Farm prospered from its proximity to Pennyfield Lock on the C&Q
Gand -to which crops were haul&. Far some 65 years the Wwds famed herc, first operating a
gcraesal farm, pawing wheat, mmt, a1d hay, 5m63 later spwializing in ddsy cows. 101 ad&tioxa to the
fmhsuse md bmk barn, $tisto~cstmctuses inclxtde a corn c ~ &and ra boad md batleri wage.

Envi~.smenldfSca-fiag:Block 22,k t 1O (4.02 acres), The envirwnzea$a3seftillg i s x~stto be redtrcsd

j l the
~ future.
2911 H&ss Farm Spgnghouse (late 1800s)
Cold Spring Court

The spfin@ouse, one of the laa reraadaxing spic~lturalera s&ut;*turesin he No&k Potomdc area,
represmls the si&ficax:lce of fmling in the late 1800s in this region, Used is tarm era before
refigergtio~,q~aghauses,built .over a spring or strem, mead a wpztinusus supply of asold water to
keep milk, produce, and other goods. The stszictures were tsicaiiy built of stone, thou& some brick
exm~p'iesare also huad in Montgormeq Colmty,

John Henry. Bjlarriss operated a 26.0-acre fmn, fmnting an Falls R o d in thc North Potomae
bewecn 1879 m d 1909. The propeTty remailled as apm~fmx3md mtif f 967 whea tfie Kettler
Brothers tlcvcloged the Copeth~versubdivision.

The sp.ringhouse, the only remginirag stmcfure from the Mafiss F&m,is located irz the nine-=:
con~munitycenter park, maintained by a homeownem assmidion, with a mm-nlade lake, tennis
mrn%s,m d 0pex.n=eras,
Environmental Setting: One %re of park l a d imx~ediatelysu~oundingthe ~ s o w c e .
2918-2 Perry Store (1888)
9900 Fdts Rotid (XQ2lTRiver Road)

The Peny Store is the o d y 19*' Nnt;wry w m m e ~ i a b~lrding

l re~~ainiragin the comnxmity grme
howmn z s 65Rutt'~Crossroab, tod~y%P~otom&cVillage. Pmmine~tlyXocafed at the intr;r:xct.ianof
'Fails ar~dRiver Rmds, tfie brick stmcture serves as ;khist;tori;icai?Focalpoint. Etalianate details inciude
the omate, ovcrsiza comice bracke:& a1d the s e g ~ a ~ t dit~cIr&
iy windows.

The stam was builn in f 880 by Thomas Perry, P e q , born in f 845, had bean a pa-tner in the X 83%
with !Viafield OEfutt in he operation af a store built by OfE"w8,The p&nership dissoIvd asld Persy
h i l t his awn siare an the apposite side uE Fails R o d &om &e OEutt store.

The two story stmcture, divided ingo two units, was ~ons%rwtd of C O I ~ bond~ O brick
~ with B staae
fo~ovtadation.The southern section.of the Perry buil&rap;c o n ~ n e the
d stare7whife 'Ehenofihern swtisn
C , post office moved from the Offutt store 1-0Ithe Perry store in 1881 when
wa tthc Perry Y M ~ ~ ~ P S GThe
Thomasbife, Marim, was appointed postmistscJss. The same yew the town nmle officiallycbmged
fhlXl%0 f f ~ t ~C' ST O S S T O ~Po~o~J%%,
S

AAer Thorns Perry%death gt 339 in 1.$84, Ihe tarasi~egswas operated by M&an mi%their 14 yea old
san Edgar. Edga ulantinud to 0pa%dkethe store m m ilxlddult, md n k kis mrstflzer3$ddeatb ia 1908, He
said the propekt:y oat o f the fmidy in 1928, Jn 14136, Chevy Chase Savkags and Loan gcqltti~dthe
bdldiag, moved Jt 21 feet rs albw the widening o f Falls Road, md rwt?s~dit for us@as a bmk,

Ermvironmental Setting: Parcel P270 (2 1,03 1 square feet),

29537 Hem~onPresb9sian Ckurch (1874)
780 1 Pershmon Tree Lme

'She Hemon PresbFeriatx Church i s 8rchiXrsclurally gimifieant &$ one of the finest ;xncf earliest
wmpXes of ecclesiastical Gothic Revival in the Cemty. QYersizebflia~ketsthat visually supparl:the
twf md painted a r ~ windows
h are halimarks of this a ~ c h i t a h wstyle
t popular in the Post-Civil War:
era The centraf cntrrmcc tower has rn open beXfry capped by a py*rm~i&ihipped rooE Focal points
of the erltraacc we a bracket& door hood smnoax~tedby s ahrw-pm stained glass window,

Built in 1874, this chw~his impafla~thistoAt.i@allyss iwr ewly Presbfle~anchurch 6x1 %hisplrst ofthe
Com2.y.Before its csx~$mctioxr, membet3 ofthis faith had to m&e Isng trips, in this pre-%utomabite
era, ta Kockvilfe, Bethesda, or GmrgeIow~~ fo attend church, The Hemon Presbyre.rmianChwch is
xu~xl& for Mount Nermaxx, a 9,80Q-fsst nzoumtain 0x1 the SHa-kbansn border which has long been
recog~izedas a swwd f a u d ~ ~ in
a kaxcient Palestine,

The Hem~xlPcesbfle~anchwlch was orgmized ealy in 18'74 ixlt the Pr;asimmsa Tree Road h s a ~ a
sfM;fi~~bCathe~ncMofmes Milmder Caficr, a direct descmdant of Ninisz Beall, who is known as
the father of"Presbyt-e~mismirt M ~ l m dThc
. church was creC;teCf the 68018 year OR ;a, 3l4 acre dte
don&& by Tfaotms and Dowling, The c;omplet& chmt:h was dedicated on Nave~~bex 8,
1874. The original 100-ha&spire WEB deestmyed by a 1902 stom md replaced by the presea belf"~.

Enuirom3enlaI Setting: Pacel P4S (1.5 acres) including chmch md cmlrateq.

280 Glen Store and Post Offree (c 1892-1894)
11530 5, Glen R ~ a d

The Clen Store and Post OfEce is a well-presfved 4:xmpfe af a mral, cunmerciaf stsuckre with
residentid q u a r f e ~&atkg from h e Vis320zian era. The tg&iil&ng,loeat& near the Watts Bra~~ch,
is
h e only suwivor o f !he Glen eomhmity, established in the em1y 18Ws around a saw and g i s t mill.

According lo trddigioxl, %bestore wits buiZt in ;elre late 1890s for George Foerxlxtair~Peters, know as
Fozdntaia, md his wife A~nnieTeev~yPeter8 who are said to have settled here sometime after their
nxdage in October 1894. Fountaio" sothcr, Lucy I. Peters, had acquired the Clen Mill 86
acres iin 1 884, His father 8ppzendy was W. T. Peters %?hadied in 1887, slzortly after rnovislg here
h m Frederick County,

A jam~atistdescribed Fountain Peten in Much 1800 as a %ew meuclza~t"with a "Bo~sfabxg

b u s h ~ s . "'The store accom&&tdred the conmunity pasf offlee, h 1892, Lucy Peters was named
po~f;mistress of the Glen Post Office. post office remain& opegl tan0i41902, The store remain&
open unfit 1937, and the B~Edingremluned in the Peters fmily mt.id1957,

Ers contrast to mother con-amercida;ltmcture~ f r h rs; m e era, the Perry Store iiat Potomac Village$the
Glen Store hm a distinctly midential desip in kcqing with its arro~:rural context. This & m e
buiidixsg with full-width p r c h f a w e s a central gable d o m a with a diamorrd-shap& pane,
25110-1 Travilah Town Hdf (l910)
12808 Gfen R s ~ d

The TmvilEah Town Hall is m early exmple o f a t o w hall building cons$mcaed far a m a i
t 1910, %issimple tectanguls baildixxg has .sstucco-.%tsishdwalls md a &ant
comunity. B ~ i l in
gable enfrmce-

'ill: fom m d %netion oftbe builtling ha$ its origins In the general store. From the w l y 1800s,
geners%aXstares were two-story, front gable buitdir~gs.While the 6nt level typically herused the:
wmm~rcial-t"umction,the second level was used for c o m ~ eveats, ~ y including meetings m d
dances.

bcl?ilrssidents formed the Travil;xh Hall Company in March 1910, The puvase of tl~ecoqoratiora
was '%hebuilding a d maiatair.ring of a hawe or halt to be usd for public purposes md .Far the
meeting o f such education& or other ~ s a c i z t i o mas may exid or be fi?nxdin the neigIt.barIt.~od.,+~'
One rsf the members of the compmy was H ~ s o C. n W=d whose f m was ane-half mile no& an
Travild3 Road (see W anisan W=d Fmx, #25/9), The ?Tzavi3& Town Wall contained one large roam
on e a h of the milt levels B E I rn one-story kjtchen, The comuaGtgr held stzla\xabrtt~
~ &@ached fegtivgk
md minskel shows 8%Lte hi32l. After 1918, the h ~ lwas l owned p~vatately,yet cointinued $0function
a-8a community center as awnem wratixxud ta host social even&,

9%e 'Pr8viZ~t.hT a m ISal represents thl: community that grew ssrclund the intersection of Travilah
Road and G1el.aRoad, ralatm &iatfed to two productive mills, Glen Miil md DuPief Mil&,By the time
the town haf 1 was built, the corm~munitysupported a gerxeral store and post office, a Baptist Church,
md.a school. The ~ a m a k t WELSy aanxed for T~ravilhClagetx, f i s t psgmatcr of the mmuzmity
(1 883). Tbe generd stleare closed in 1961, The church, l o c d d a~sosgUlc sfPeei from the town kA1,
wm built in 1894 md desboyd by 6re iin 1980.