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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: Scotland AME Zion Church Cemetery Inventory ID: 264 Alternate name: Address: 10902 Seven Locks Road, Potomac Website: http://www.scotlandamezion.org/ GPS coordinates: Latitude: 39.034370 Longitude: -77.160015 FindaGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2661844 BURIAL SITE TYPE Category: Religious Community Family African American Other: Methodist 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.) • Cemetery has a few field stone with no markings. No headstones. • Some stones are piled around base of trees and telephone pole. • Property is maintained and mowed. BURIAL SITE CONTACT Name: Scotland AME Zion Church Relationship to burial site: Owner Advocacy contact: [email protected] Address: 10902 Seven Locks Road Phone: 301-299-5226 City: Potomac State: MD ZIP Code: 20854 BURIAL SITE SURVEYOR Name: Ellie Hagner Survey Date: 5/2/2018 Time spent: 20 min Email: Photographer: Jane Karakashian and Ellie Hagner COMMENTS Suggestions for follow-up: • Contact church for more substantial information about burial records. Safety issues, invasive vegetation removal, fence removal/restoration, signage, trash, erosion, vandalism: • Original church sign and footbridge in very poor condition. Anything of significance about this cemetery? • Church was established in 1905. First building completed in 1926. Replaced in 1955. SOURCES Cite sources used and resources available:
