Downtown Silver Spring

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 A. McCoy, founder and president of the Silver Spring Historical Society and a special collections librarian at the D.C. Public Library's Washingtoniana Division and Peabody Room, takes you inside of how it came to be.

About the author

Author Jerry A. McCoy, founder and president of the Silver Spring
Historical Society and a special collections librarian at the D.C. Public Library's Washingtoniana Division and Peabody Room, offers readers a tour of this dynamic central business district and surrounds.

Product details

• Authors: Foreword by George Pelecanos, Jerry A McCoy, Jerry A. McCoy, Silver Spring Historical Socie, Silver Spring Historical Society
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2010
• EAN: 9780738586311
• ISBN: 978-0-7385-8631-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 231 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Then & Now (Arcadia); Then And Now; Then & Now (Arcadia)
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous