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Montgomery County ENCHANTED WITH THE SPOT, BLAIR BUILT HIS SUMMER HOME, ALSO CALLED "SILVER SPRING", NEAR THE SITE.
THE COMMUNITY OF SILVER SPRING DERIVES ITS NAME FROM A MICA FLECKED SPARKLING SPRING WHICH EXISTED IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND IS NOW COMMEMORATED IN THIS PARK. FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIT, WHO CAME TO MARYLAND FROM KENTUCKY TO PUBLISH A NEWSPAPER IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON, FOUND THE SPRING WHILE HORSEBACK RIDING IN 1842. THE RUSTIC ACORN-SHAPED GAZEBO IS TYPICAL OF LAWN STRUCTURES DATING FROM EARLY TO MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ON BLAIR'S ESTATE. RESTORED IN 1997, THROUGH A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THE PARK WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE BEAUTY IN THE COMMUNITY OF SILVER SPRING. (Montgomery County, Department of Park and Planning)
Silver Spring is an unincorporated community of 71,452 making it Maryland's fourth largest city.
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