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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
MONTGOMERY PRESERVATION INC P.O. Box 4661 | Rockville, Maryland 20849-4661 | www.montgomerypreservation.org
This is a suggested location, but no trace of the cemetery exists.
MONTGOMERY PRESERVATION INC P.O. Box 4661 | Rockville, Maryland 20849-4661 | www.montgomerypreservation.org
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
MONTGOMERY PRESERVATION INC P.O. Box 4661 | Rockville, Maryland 20849-4661 | www.montgomerypreservation.org
2. Entrance to bike path from Amherst Avenue, facing east
3. View to wooded area from bike path, looking south
MONTGOMERY PRESERVATION INC P.O. Box 4661 | Rockville, Maryland 20849-4661 | www.montgomerypreservation.org
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