The Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery is a historic area located in Rockville,

Montgomery County, Maryland Montgomery County is the most populous county in the state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 1,062,061, increasing by 9.3% from 2010. The county seat and largest municipality is Rockville, although the census-design ...

. This area combines 19th century residential scale buildings with a tree-lined narrow street, country church, weathered headstones,

Victorian Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign ** Victorian architecture ** Victorian house ** Victorian decorative arts ** Victorian fashion ** Victorian literature ...

Gothic railroad station, and a brick cast-iron front commercial structure, to create an atmosphere that evokes the era when the station served as the gateway to Rockville. In addition to Victorian Gothic, architectural styles used in residential buildings include Queen Anne, Georgian, and Colonial Revival. The area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. St. Mary's Church is significant as the County's first brick Roman Catholic church, and the handsome hardware store is the area's last surviving cast-iron brick commercial structure. The Old St. Mary's Church Cemetery is the final resting place of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, his wife Zelda Fitzgerald and their daughter Frances Fitzgerald.

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File:St. Mary's Cemetery Rockville.jpg, St. Mary's Church Cemetery. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald is buried there along with his wife Zelda File:F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald grave.png, Fitzgerald grave File:Wire Hardware Store.jpg, The old Wire Hardware Store

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*, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
Boundary Map for Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery, Montgomery County"Gatsby author's final resting place is at St. Mary's Cemetery, Rockville," ''My Catholic Standard,'' by Carol Zimmermann, July 20, 2010.
{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Roman Catholic cemeteries in the United States Historic districts in Montgomery County, Maryland Gothic Revival architecture in Maryland Victorian architecture in Maryland Georgian architecture in Maryland Colonial Revival architecture in Maryland Queen Anne architecture in Maryland Buildings and structures in Rockville, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland Religion in Rockville, Maryland