Bethesda History on the Web
Walter Tuckerman
Walter Tuckerman (1881-1961) was the most important civic leader in shaping early 20th-century Bethesda. In 1912, he purchased 183 acres of farmland which he developed into the Edgemoor neighborhood of downtown Bethesda.
Tuckerman served as a founder and first president of the Bank of Bethesda in 1919, a pivotal institution in the area’s rapid growth which facilitated substantial local development with its loans. Here’s a detailed biography written by Bethesda historian Bill Offutt.
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Bethesda History on the Web
Community Paint and Hardware
Wilson’s Store and its successor Community Paint and Hardware served the hardware and household needs of Bethesda residents for nearly one hundred years through the community’s evolution from a hamlet to a modern city. Over the years, it also functioned as the site of Bethesda’s only telephone, as a library and as a post office. The store closed in 1986 and the building, the oldest surviving commercial structure in Bethesda, was later moved a few blocks away to its current location on Middleton Lane. Community Paint and Hardware was owned and managed for 55 years by generations of the Broadhurst family. In this video, Allen Broadhurst reminisces about his family and the store where he worked as a youth.
YouTube video “Remembering Community Paint & Hardware” by Montgomery Municipal Cable
History of “Community Paint and Hardware Store (Wilson’s Store)” on The Clio website