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The West Montgomery Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a residential area with single-family homes predominating. The majority of the properties within the district date from the 1880s, with a few older homes and somewhat more from later periods.
Part of the Ithaca Discovery Trail, 120 acres, features a six-story tree house and a seasonal butterfly garden Center for Science Teaching and Learning: Rockville Centre: Nassau: Long Island: 17 acre Tanglewood Preserve with butterfly garden, mini-zoo and museum Center for the Urban River at Beczak: Yonkers: Westchester: Lower Hudson
The Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery is a historic area located in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland.This area combines 19th century residential scale buildings with a tree-lined narrow street, country church, weathered headstones, Victorian Gothic railroad station, and a brick cast-iron front commercial structure, to create an atmosphere that evokes the ...
East of Rockville off U.S. Route 36 at Billie Creek Village 39°45′41″N 87°12′23″W / 39.761389°N 87.206389°W / 39.761389; -87.206389 ( Billie Creek Adams Township
The Clark and McCormack Quarry was established in 1907, and was the source of Rockville Pink granite. The John Clark House was built in 1924 with granite from the quarry. [ 2 ] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its local significance in the theme of industry. [ 3 ]
The 97-foot-tall (30 m) tree house and church was supported by a still-living 80 ft (24 m) white oak tree with a 12 ft-diameter (3.7 m) base, and relied on six other oak trees for support. [5] He built it using 258,000 nails with a nailgun, and about 500 pounds of penny nails driven by hand. [ 3 ]
The Beall–Dawson House was built circa 1815 for Upton Beall and his wife and daughters. Beall, from a prominent Georgetown family, was Clerk of the Court for the county, and he wanted a home that would reflect his wealth and status. In 1815, Rockville was a small rural community, despite being the county seat and an important cross-roads town.
In September 2023, the Chesapeake Bay Trust awarded the City of Rockville a $199,930 grant through its Urban Trees Award Program to support the reforestation of RedGate Park. The funds are earmarked to plant over 1,000 trees and 500 shrubs along the park’s southern tract, in line with the Mayor and Council’s approved RedGate Master Plan.