Join Silver Spring Historical Society founder Jerry A. McCoy on a FREE one-mile walking tour to the spring site after which the community was named.

McCoy is the author of “Historic Silver Spring” (2005) and “Downtown Silver Spring” (2010). He is a retired special collections librarian/archivist from the DC Public Library’s Washingtoniana Division and Peabody Room.

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Meeting Place: Tour starts and ends at the Silver Spring Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station.

Weather: This event will be cancelled if it’s rainy – please check back here to confirm the event status.

Ongoing Activities

• Take a self-guided tour outside & inside the station.
• “Train Spot” under the canopy! See locomotives galore! Wave at the engineers!
• Indoors, enjoy the HO-scale model train display courtesy of the Rockville Model Railroad Society.
• Play with wooden toy train sets.
• Visit the station manager’s ticket office and 1945 telephone booth.
• See railroad photos & memorabilia, including the original B&O “Drumhead,” along with photos & memorabilia of the original Downtown Silver Spring.

This station is in the National Register of Historic Places, a Montgomery County Historic Site, and a gem in Silver Spring’s Arts & Entertainment District.

Please note that the number of parking spaces is limited. Additional parking is available one block away at county garage and lot #4, 8100 Fenton Street, with an additional entrance off of Sligo Avenue. Traffic and crosswalk lights facilitate crossing Georgia Avenue at Sligo Avenue in front of the station.

There is a special needs space and ramp at the station, along with an accessible entrance and restroom.

Open House Co-Hosted by Montgomery Preservation & Silver Spring Historical Society

Check out photos from previous Open Houses