Mountain Lake Park, Maryland
[4] Mountain Lake Park was founded in 1881 as Maryland's original Chautauqua resort community along the B&O Railroad.The Railroad Evangelist, Jennie Smith, was a frequent speaker and resident of Mountain Lake Park, where she owned and operated the Grace Hotel.Due to the variety of rural resort architectural styles, the National Register of Historic Places recognized the district.Many buildings feature porches adorned with scroll-sawn balustrades, cornices, and brackets used in fanciful ways.They negotiated to add a depot with B&O Railroad President John Work Garrett, after which the county is named.Among the founders was John Franklin Goucher, who helped found the college in Baltimore that bears his name.Goucher served as the last interim president of the Mountain Lake Park Association before it was sold to the Board of Foreign Missions.The original clay tennis courts, which the Women's Civic Club began, have been maintained and are used today.
CreedmoreCountryUnited StatesMarylandCountyGarrettIncorporatedTime zoneEastern (EST)ZIP codeArea code(s)301, 240FIPS codeGarrett County2020 censusMountain Lake Park Historic DistrictNational Register of Historic PlacesWilliam Howard TaftWilliam Jenning's BryanBenjamin HarrisonCarter the GreatChautauqua, New YorkJohn Work GarrettJohn Franklin GoucherUnited States Census Bureaucensuspopulation densityAfrican AmericanNative AmericanHispanicLatinomarried couplesPacific Islanderper capita incomepoverty lineU.S. Route 219U.S. Route 50Maryland Route 39Maryland Route 42U.S. Route 40Interstate 68Maryland Route 135Maryland Route 560National Park ServiceGarrett County, MarylandCounty seatOaklandAccidentDeer ParkFriendsvilleGrantsvilleKitzmillerLoch Lynn HeightsBloomingtonCrellinFinzelGormanHuttonJenningsSwantonUnincorporatedcommunitiesAltamontAsher GladeBittingerEast VindexFairviewKeysers RidgeMcHenryRedhouseSand SpringSang RunSelbysportShallmarWest VindexWilsonGhosttownSchell