The Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery is a historic area located in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. This area combines 19th century residential scale buildings with a tree-lined narrow street, country church, weathered headstones, Victorian 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 Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

, and

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...

. The area was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1978. St. Mary's Church is significant as the County's first brick

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

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 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularize ...

, his wife

Zelda Fitzgerald Zelda Fitzgerald (; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, dancer, and socialite. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, she was noted for her beauty and high spirits, and was dubbed by her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

and their daughter Frances Fitzgerald.

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File:St. Mary's Cemetery Rockville.jpg, St. Mary's Church Cemetery. Author

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