Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery

Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery

St. Mary's Church
Location Veirs Mill and Old Baltimore Rds., Rockville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°4′56″N 77°8′44″W / 39.08222°N 77.14556°W / 39.08222; -77.14556Coordinates: 39°4′56″N 77°8′44″W / 39.08222°N 77.14556°W / 39.08222; -77.14556
Area 7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built 1817 (1817)
Architectural style Italianate, Queen Anne, Georgian
NRHP Reference # 78001476[1]
Added to NRHP November 20, 1978

The Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery is a historic area located at 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 era when the station served as the gateway to Rockville. In addition to Victorian Gothic, architectural styles used in residential buildings include Queen Anne, Georgian, and Colonial Revival. St. Mary's Church is significant as the County's first brick Roman Catholic church, and the handsome hardware store is the area's last surviving cast-iron brick commercial structure.[2] The Old St. Mary's Church Cemetery is the final resting place of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, his wife Zelda Fitzgerald and his daughter Frances Fitzgerald.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Anne Cissel, Mead Karras, Eileen McGuckian, and Michael Patterson (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

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