Glenview Mansion - Peerless Rockville Speaker Series

The Glenview Mansion-Peerless Rockville Speaker Series is a bi-monthly program that features prominent Rockville figures conversing with the public about their disciplines. We will discuss local buildings, the culture of our past, and the people who made our community great. These events are always free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

From Corn to Commuters: How the Railroad Changed Montgomery County

This illustrated presentation by historian Susan C. Soderberg tells the story of how the arrival of the railroad changed the face of Montgomery County forever. Featured are the railroad stations designed by E. Francis Baldwin, extraordinary feats of engineering such as the curving trestle over Little Seneca Creek and the Bollman Truss viaduct over the Monocacy River, and new suburban and agricultural towns spawned by this catapult into the Industrial Age. The talk explores how this branch line became the mainstay of the B & O Railroad and evolved into the current commuter and freight line.