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This Week!

The History and Preservation of Brick and Stone Masonry
with Brien Poffenberger, President of Gruber-Latimer Restoration
Thursday, August 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Brick and stone masonry has changed little over the past six thousand years. The basic construction of your garden wall would be familiar to the folks who built the Pyramids or The Great Wall of China. And yet, there are things going on in historic masonry that escape our notice. How does water move through a wall? Are all bricks created equal? How do masonry techniques “date stamp” a building? Why is the mortar in my stonework turning to dust? (And what do I do about it!) Brien Poffenberger, Architectural Historian and owner of Gruber-Latimer Restoration, will cover the basics of historic masonry, how to maintain it, and – when necessary – what to know about repairing it.
Next Week! - Rewind!

A World War I Soldier's Story
with Ed and Nancy Bodmer
In this presentation from the 2017 Montgomery County History Conference titled A World War I Soldier’s Story, Ed and Nancy Bodmer recount Charles Roszier Bodmer’s heroic experiences in World War I with his uniform, helmet, letters, and pictures.
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Germantown Museum of Banking
Share your stories
The Germantown Historical Society is creating a Museum of Banking History inside this historic bank building which closed in 1988. They are looking for stories from bank customers and employees, photos of the interior and exterior, and artifacts – any items related to this bank. Please contact The Germantown Historical Society office at germantownmdhistory@gmail.com or 301-972-0795.
This photo in our collection from the 1920s shows trucks at Stoneyhurst Quarry, once located near River Road and the 495 interchange. Used for occasional excavation since 1832 when owned by Captain John Moore, the land primarily yielded gneiss and mica schist rock. Stoneyhurst Quarry was first opened as a full time business by Moore's granddaughter, Lilly Moore Stone, in 1924. At the time a widow in her 60s, Lilly was the first woman to run a quarry in Maryland. In the 1950s (when she was in her 90s), the business was passed on to her son; it was later sold out of the family and eventually went out of business in 2006. Stone was also the founder of the Montgomery County Historical Society in 1944, operating today in its 79th year as Montgomery History.
Which of these D.C. area landmarks did NOT use stone from the Stoneyhurst Quarry?
Old Bethesda Post Office on Wisconsin Ave
The Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle)
The elephant house at the National Zoo
The National Cathedral
Answer from last week
Fifty percent of you knew that James Gleason was the first and only Republican elected as Montgomery County Executive. He was the first County Executive ever elected and served in office December 1970-1978. Gleason became Montgomery County’s first County Executive in 1970, and he served two terms in that position. During his tenure, he was responsible for transitioning Montgomery County away from the County Manager system. He also established new departments, including the Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Protection, as well as various new commissions and services within the county. Image from the collection of Montgomery History's Jane Sween Research Library.
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