Temple Hills, Maryland: Mercury Cougar Statue
1960s relic at a former Mercury car dealership. The big cat sits on the ground, where visitors can appreciate it up close.
- Address:
- 4700 Branch Ave., Temple Hills, MD
- Directions:
- Capital Beltway/I-495 exit 7B in Maryland. Drive north a half-mile on Hwy 5/Branch Ave. You'll see the cougar on the right, at the corder of Auth Way.
- Admission:
- Free
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I found another one of those 1960s-era Mercury Cougar statues at a dealership called DARCARS. The salesman that I talked with out in the lot confirmed that DARCARS had once been a Lincoln-Mercury dealership. He also told me that until a few years ago, the big cat had been on the roof of the building and was something of a local landmark.
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