Silver Spring, Maryland - Big Acorn

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Silver Spring, MD [Show Map]
Directions:
I-495 exit 31B. South on Georgia Ave./Hwy 97. Go under the railroad bridge and then turn right on Blair Mill Rd. One block past the intersection of East-West Highway.
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Acorn gazebo. Silver Spring, Maryland - Big Acorn

A Gazebo shaped like a giant acorn. Looks much larger than the "world's largest acorn" from your listings. You can get married in it. [Douglas McCallum, 06/02/2001]

[RA: The giant acorn gazebo, built before the Civil War, is in Acorn Park, natch. February 2008: Photo added.]

Silver Spring, Maryland - Acorn-shaped shelter

A small urban park dominated by a huge acorn shaped shelter. Many folks think this is the location of the "ORIGINAL" Silver Spring, but the water fountain spouts pure filtered Potomac River, courtesy Washington Sub. San. Commission. The actual Silver Spring was located under the present day Blair Mill Towers apartment complex. [James Lehman, Jr., 04/08/2001]

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