Waters House History Center

Effective July 1, 2010 the Waters House is 
CLOSED to the public.

The Montgomery County Historical Society continues to experience unprecedented reductions to its funding from all sources including a decrease in direct county funding of 50% for fiscal year 2011.  As a result, the Board of Directors of the Montgomery County Historical Society has been forced to make a number of difficult decisions, including terminating the lease with M-NCPPC to steward the Waters House History Center in Germantown. For more information about the closure of the Waters House History Center, click here 

Library Collections at the Water House History Center

12535 Milestone Manor Lane
Germantown, MD 20876
301-515-2887

Open Wednesdays and Satrudays, 10:00-4:00

The library collections at the Waters House History Center include copies of some of the resources available at the Jane C. Sween Library, including Montgomery County census transcripts , books on genealogy and local history.

Special collections at the library include:

  • William Mills/Montgomery County Public Schools Photography Collection. This extensive collection comprises approximately 350,000 images primarily dating from 1968 to 1999
  • Thomas O'Reilly Architectural Collection
  • Local authors collection
  • Over 750 county land survey plats
  • Bible Collections
  • Bound back issues of the Express Newspapers dating from 1986 to 1990.