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 (United States), county in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 1,062,061, increasing by 9.3% from 2010. The county seat is Rockville, Maryland ...

. 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 literatur ...

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 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 arch ...

. The area was listed on the

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in 1978.

St. Mary's Church St. Mary's Church, St. Mary the Virgin's Church, St. Mary Church, Saint Mary Church, or other variations on the name, is a commonly used name for specific churches of various Christian denominations. Notable uses of the term may refer to: Albania ...

is significant as the County's first brick

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

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), widely known simply as Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and exces ...

, his wife

Zelda Fitzgerald Zelda Fitzgerald (; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, and socialite. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, to a wealthy Southern family, she became locally famous for her beauty and high spirits. In 1920, she marri ...

and their daughter Frances Fitzgerald.

Gallery

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

References

External links

*, 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.
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