Acorn Park
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- 8060 Newell Street
- Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
- United States
| Acorn Urban Park | |
|---|---|
| Acorn Park | |
 Acorn Park in 2008 | |
 Interactive map of Acorn Urban Park | |
| Type | Urban park |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 38°59′23″N 77°01′44″W / 38.9896°N 77.0290°W |
| Area | 0.1247 acres (0.050 hectares) |
| Established | 1942 |
| Etymology | Acorn–shaped gazebo |
| Owned by | Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M–NCPPC) |
| Administered by | Montgomery Parks |
| Open | Sunrise to sunset |
| Public transit access | |
| Website | MontgomeryParks.org/Parks-and-Trails/Acorn-Urban-Park |
Acorn Park is a 0.1247-acre (500-square-metre) urban park in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, which features an acorn-shaped gazebo and an artificial grotto.[1] The site is historically significant as it is thought to be the location of the "mica-flecked spring" that in 1840 inspired Francis Preston Blair to name his estate "Silver Spring".[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Acorn Park is located at the intersection of East-West Highway and Newell Street.
The gazebo in Acorn Park was constructed in 1842[8] by Benjamin C. King.[9] Francis Blair's son-in-law, Samuel Phillips Lee, had the stone grotto built at the site of the spring in 1894. It originally included a statue of a Greek nymph.[9] The park land was purchased by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in 1942[10] and was refurbished and rededicated in 1955.[8] A small additional tract of land was acquired by M-NCPPC in 1997, to make the current 0.1247 acres (0.05 ha).[citation needed]
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