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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:

N/A

Anything of significance about this cemetery?

N/A

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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6. Panoramic from east to south to west