Downtown Silver Spring

Download or read book Downtown Silver Spring written by Jerry A. McCoy and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Librarys Washingtoniana Division and Peabody Room, offers readers a tour of this dynamic central business district and surrounds.