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1. ROCKTS_121225_48.JPG: In 1784, William Prather Williams divided part of his farm into 85 building lots, making "Williamsburgh" the first subdivision in Rockville. More than 15 cemeteries can be found within Rockville's borders. The oldest known burial -- that of John Harding -- is fated 1752. As early as 1830, Martin's Lane served as the entrance to Samuel Martin's farm. Glenview, farmed by the Bowie family starting in the 1830s, was purchased by the City in 1957 for use as a civic center. From 1848 to 1932, the Richard Montgomery High School property was the site of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair.
2. ROCKTS_121225_56.JPG: Between 1865 and 1967, black and white residents lived in separate neighborhoods. The block bounded to day by Middle Lane, Beall Avenue, Washington Street and Hungerford Drive was for nearly a century the location of a thriving black community. Large areas were annexed to Rockville in the 1820s, 1880s, 1890s, 1949, 1950s, 1960s, and 1990s to develop new residential neighborhoods. The subdivision of West End Park, Hungerford, Fallsgrove, King Farm, Montrose, Twinbrook, Janeta, North Farm, Rockcrest, Woodmont Park, and others were once productive farmland.
3. ROCKTS_121225_59.JPG: Lincoln Park was developed in the 1890s as a development for black residents. By 1920, most Rockville homes had electricity and running water, but no telephone service. Rockville built a modern system of water and sewer facilities to accommodate the rapid residential growth of the 1950s. Lincoln Terrace, the first public housing project in Montgomery County, opened in 1959. From 1950 to 1980, 16 new public schools and two new public libraries opened in Rockville. In the early 1960s, Woodley Gardens became Rockville's first planned community with the developer using an innovative multi-use zoning technique.
4. ROCKTS_121225_67.JPG: New Mark Commons opened in 1967 as a distinctive contemporary planned community. In 1971, the Americana Centre apartments opened its part of the redevelopment of Rockville's Town Center. The first historic districts in Montgomery County were designated by the Mayor and Council of Rockville in 1971. By the year 2000, Rockville claimed more than 60 distinct neighborhoods. In 2006, Rockville can boast that 13 percent of its land is in public parks and open space.
5. ROCKTS_121225_73.JPG: Rockville's African American Heritage Walking Tour Site #16 Father Divine Birthplace Middle Lane Father Divine was an influential and charismatic religious leader and founder of the International Peace Mission Movement. Father Divine was born in 1879 on Middle Lane as George Baker, Jr. and attended the Rockville and Jerusalem M.E. Church. He later relocated to New York, calling himself Reverend Major Jealous Divine or Father Divine. He believed he was God manifest and preached in churches, houses and on street corners. While Father Divine's religious views were radical, his efforts at supporting the needy and challenging racial barriers were successful. He was an early proponent of racial equality, pushing for anti-discrimination legislation in Congress in the 1940s. The Peace Mission Movement is still in existence and strives to help people in need. They operated a number of model farms and hotels throughout the country, some of which still exist. The Peace Mission's headquarters are at the Woodmont Estate (see photo above) in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania.
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Wikipedia Description: Rockville Town Center
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Rockville Town Center is a town centre in Rockville, Maryland. Opened in 1995, it replaced the recently demolished Rockville Mall..

History

In 1962, Rockville became the first small city in Maryland to undertake a federal urban renewal program. Forty-six acres in the town center were bought; old and new buildings were demolished, and street patterns were changed. In their place rose the residential Americana Centre, more county buildings, high-rise offices, and a large shopping mall with 1,560 spaces of underground parking. A decade after the project began, the 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2), 40 shop Rockville Mall opened in 1972, on 13 acres (53,000 m2).

Although designed originally to have Sears and JC Penney as the two anchors, no second lease was ever signed. The sole anchor at opening was a branch of the Washington, D.C.-based Lansburgh's department store chain. Within a year, Lansburgh's closed and was replaced briefly with a branch of Lit Brothers, followed by a W. & J. Sloane furniture clearance center and Franklin Simon & Co. store. Those stores closed with the bankruptcy of City Stores in 1979.

The mall was renamed in 1978 as the Commons at Courthouse Square and by 1981, 35 of the 55 store fronts were vacant. That year, despite the opening of the adjacent Montgomery County Executive Office Building, tenancy eventually dwindled to a handful, the property's New York-based owner, Rockville Development Associates, went bankrupt, and the mall was closed.

In 1983, Eisinger-Kilbane of Gaithersburg, Maryland, spent $50 million attempting to redevelop it as a more entertainment-oriented facility. It was reopened as Rockville Metro Center, reflecting the connection at its east end to the newly opened Rockville Metro station across Maryland Route 355. This renovation brought in the late 1980s a large United Artists theater complex and "Breakers," a billiards parlor. Though these businesse ...More...
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