Download - Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory 2018...Safety issues, invasive vegetation removal, fence removal/restoration, signage, trash, erosion, vandalism: Original church sign and footbridge

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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:

https://www.montgomerypreservation.org/historic-cemeteries/

http://www.scotlandamezion.org/

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2661844

mailto:[email protected]

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Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory Photograph Log

Cemetery Name: Scotland AME Zion Church Cemetery Inventory ID: 264

Photographer: Jane Karakashian and Ellie Hagner Date: 5/2/2018

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

11:30 am 1 Church building, facing north

2 Original church sign

3 Cemetery sign, facing east

4 Panoramic from north to east to south

5 Panoramic from west to north to east

6 View toward cemetery from Seven Locks Road, facing north

7 View from cemetery, facing south

8 Field stone and piled stones at telephone pole

9 Field stones stacked around tree

10 Piled stones at telephone pole

11 View to back of church building, facing south

1. Church building, facing north



2. Original church sign

3. Cemetery sign, facing east



4. Panoramic from north to east to south

5. Panoramic from west to north to east

6. View toward cemetery from Seven Locks Road, facing north



7. View from cemetery, facing south

8. Field stone and piled stones at telephone pole



9. Field stones stacked around tree

10. Piled stones at telephone pole



11. View to back of church building, facing south
