Other Local History on the Web

(Looking for contact information for local historic and preservation groups? Click here.)

Interested in other stories and histories from around the county?  Check out these sites:

Towns and Communities

Chevy Chase history online exhibits, from the Chevy Chase Historical Society

Gaithersburg, Then and Now

The Lincoln Park History Project, hosted by the MCPL site in partnership with the Lincoln Park Historical Foundation, MCHS, Peerless Rockville, the City of Rockville, and many others

Institutions, Businesses and Organizations

A history and timeline of the Montgomery County Public Libraries (this link takes you to the MCPL site, where the downloadable Word doc is available)

The history of Reed Brothers Dodge, 1915-2012

A timeline of the history of Montgomery General Hospital, Olney, founded in 1918

A brief history of the Olney Theatre , opened in 1938 

A brief history of Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, opened in 1943

The history of Montgomery College, which held its first classes in 1946

Historic Buildings

"Montgomery Modern," a look at mid-century modern buildings and communities in the county, from Park & Planning - the page includes information on specific architects, developments, and buildings, as well as a list of sources

National Register of Historic Places: Maryland Historical Trust website includes photos and descriptions of Montgomery County properties on the Register

Several stories about the history of Strathmore Hall, including the historic Corby Mansion

The history of Falling Green, now part of the Olney Boys & Girls Club park, and currently under restoration

Cemeteries

The history of Aspin Hill Memorial Park, the second oldest pet cemetery in the U.S., now owned by the Montgomery County Humane Society

A thorough, and on-going, investigation into the history of every person buried at Beallsville's Monocacy Cemetery on findagrave.com

Locational index for the Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory (Montgomery County Historic Preservation Office, M-NCPPC)

Index to Montgomery County gravestone transcription projects, hosted by usgwarchives.com

Maps

Interactive GIS map of the county's historic resources (Montgomery Planning)

Interactive GIS maps of Rockville, including historic districts and historic buildings (City of Rockville)

Have a website you'd like us to link to?  Email us to let us know, and we'll put it under consideration!