MONTGOMERY COUNTY CEMETERY INVENTORY REVISITED · Name: Carmack Family Cemetery [POSSIBLY FOUND ]...

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MONTGOMERY PRESERVATION INC P.O. Box 4661 | Rockville, Maryland 20849-4661 | www.montgomerypreservation.org

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CEMETERY INVENTORY REVISITED

BURIAL SITE INFORMATION Name: Carmack Family Cemetery [POSSIBLY FOUND] Inventory ID: 258

Alternate name:

Address: 2115 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD 20902

Website:

GPS coordinates: Latitude: 39.042935 Longitude: -77.046971

FindaGrave:

BURIAL SITE TYPE Category: Religious Community Family African American Other:

BURIAL SITE EVALUATION Setting/location description: Rural Urban Suburban Wooded Other:

General condition (See conditions sheet): Excellent Good Fair Poor None

Is there a formal entrance? Yes No Accessibility: Inaccessible By foot By car

Is cemetery active (recent burials)? Yes No Is there a cemetery sign: Yes No

Is cemetery being maintained? Yes Minimal No (If yes, note caretaker’s name below)

Are there visible markers? Yes No Approximate number of burials/visible markers: N/A Date ranges: N/A

Description: (markers, materials, arrangement, landscaping/vegetation, fence, paths and roads, etc.)

• Located on property with the WTOP radio tower.

• This area seems undisturbed. The rest of the property was excavated in the late 1930s.

BURIAL SITE CONTACT Name: Hubbard Radio Washington DC, LLC

Relationship to burial site: Owner Advocacy contact: Nancy Bradbury

Address: 3415 University Avenue, SE Phone:

City: Minneapolis State: MN ZIP Code: 55414

BURIAL SITE SURVEYOR Name: Gerri Kochan / Barb Garren Survey Date: 4/23/2018 Time spent: 15 min

Address: Phone:

Email:

Photographer: Kochan & Garren

COMMENTS Suggestions for follow-up:

• Contact Hubbard Radio WDC to gain access to cemetery.

• GPR to identify boundaries of the burial area.

Safety issues, invasive vegetation removal, fence removal/restoration, signage, trash, erosion, vandalism:

Anything of significance about this cemetery?

SOURCES Cite sources used and resources available:

• http://www.adsw.org/buildings/wtop-transmitter

• https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Montgomery/M;%2031-12.pdf

This is a suggested location, but no trace of the cemetery exists.

Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory Photograph Log

Cemetery Name: Carmack Family Cemetery Inventory ID: 258

Photographer: Gerri Kochan / Barb Garren Date: 4/23/2018

Time Photo No. Description and direction you are facing (Ex: detail of wall around Carr plot facing North)

~ 1 Aerial map (Google) with possible cemetery area highlighted in red.

1:02 pm 2 Entrance to bike path from Amherst Avenue, facing east

| 3 View to wooded area from bike path, looking south

| 4 View to wooded area from bike path, looking south

| 5 View to wooded area from bike path, looking west

1:42 pm 6 Panoramic from east to south to west

1. Aerial map (Google) with possible cemetery area highlighted in red

2. Entrance to bike path from Amherst Avenue, facing east

3. View to wooded area from bike path, looking south

4. View to wooded area from bike path, looking south

5. View to wooded area from bike path, looking west

6. Panoramic from east to south to west

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