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

Coordinates: 39°4′56″N 77°8′44″W / 39.08222°N 77.14556°W / 39.08222; -77.14556
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Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery
St. Mary's Church
Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery is located in Maryland
Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery
Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery is located in the United States
Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery
LocationVeirs Mill and Old Baltimore Rds., Rockville, Maryland
Coordinates39°4′56″N 77°8′44″W / 39.08222°N 77.14556°W / 39.08222; -77.14556
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1817 (1817)
Architectural styleItalianate, Queen Anne, Georgian
NRHP reference No.78001476[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1978

The Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery is a historic area located in 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. The area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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 their daughter Frances Fitzgerald.

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  • St. Mary's Church Cemetery. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald is buried there along with his wife Zelda
    St. Mary's Church Cemetery. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald is buried there along with his wife Zelda
  • Fitzgerald grave
    Fitzgerald grave
  • The old Wire Hardware Store
    The old Wire Hardware Store

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Anne Cissel; Mead Karras; Eileen McGuckian & 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 January 1, 2016.

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