Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-12-07
Housing Body Proposes
Sites For Five Projects
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stream bl-sectlng that farm, which
| portion of the farm includes the
house, barn and all outbuildings.
The total option price is SIS, 100000
which is $223.00 per acre.
| A second option for Is acres
owned by ]. Forest Walker on
the Gaithersburg side of the 81
acres above described is under
consideration at a price of
100000 of $4,000 per acre.
FALKLAND:
About one mile from the Fair
land Junior High School and the
Falkland Elementary School and
about four-tenths of mile south
of the main state highway be-
tween White Oak and Laurel,
facing a well improved county
road. An option on approx
mately " acres of the 100 acre
farm of Albert r. and Sarah E.
Roby is under consideration at
$4,000 per acre. The II acres
available is the portion of the
farm fartherest from the White
! Oak Laurel state highway and
HOUSING ALTHOR. Gal. Ta0o
does not include the house, barn
and outbuildings.
POOLESVILLE:
| The farm of DIR. Samuel S.
Milford containing approximately
$50 acres with all buildings and
improvements at $1,000 or $500
per acre.
The Milford farm is approx
mately one mile from the Pooles-
vile high school and the CONSOLE
dated elementary school. This
site is located north of and
beyond the houses that face the
north side of the main street of
Poolesville and is entered by a
county road from the east and
an old street of Poolesville from
the west center. 1t does not
front on the Poolesville Daw-
sonville, Poolesville Beallsville or
any other state highway. It is
not only conveniently short walk
ing distance to the schools but is
even closer to the business section
of Poolesville.
Groups OF Homes For
Occupancy By COlOred Families
EMORY GROVE:
An option is under considera-
ton from w. r. Winslow for the
front half (150 acres) or the
front 120 acres of the former Wal
ter Plummer farm at $125.00 per
acre, which for $50 acres would
be $18,750.O0, or for the 12O
acres would be $15,000.00. This
location faces the Gaithersburg :
Laytonsville state highway oppo-
site the present colored school at
Emory Grove, and opposite the
houses now occupied by approx
maHely 80 colored families.
On the same side of the state
highway adjacent to this property
lis the colored churc h
and camp meeting grounds and
another large group of colored
houses. On the county road which
is the southern boundary of this
site is located another group of
approximately 20 houses now
occupied by colored families.
NORBECK:
62 acres on the south side OF
the Norbeck Norwood Corner
road, beginning approximately
1000 feet east from the Brook
vile Pike Georgia Avenue Elk
tended) consisting of both Guilt
waited fields and woodland. Houses
occupied by colored families are
located on both sides of the state
road connecting this location with
the Brookville Pike and Norbeck.
Opposite this location are ap-
proximately 20 other homes now
occupied by colored families and
the site now owned by group
of colored people who propose to
build a colored hospital. On the
cast side of this property is a
county road faced by five homes
occupied by colored families and
Immediately to the east in the
wooded section extending east
ward towards the Layhill Pike
are the homes now occupied by a
score of additional colored FAM
lilies.
At Norbeck on the opposite side
of the Brookville Pike at the
. intersection of the Rockville :
Redland state roads is an addi-
tional colored settlement. church