June 2008
by Jerry McCoy
For me the best part of conducting historical research is the serendipity of discovering a really interesting piece of information while looking for something completely unrelated. Such was the case recently while scanning through newspaper microfilm of the 1946 Silver Spring Standard. I was looking for stories about the opening of Tastee Diner that year when I came across "Silver Building Gleams in Glass At the Busy Bonifant Corner" on the front page of the April 19th issue.
by Jerry McCoy
For me the best part of conducting historical research is the serendipity of discovering a really interesting piece of information while looking for something completely unrelated. Such was the case recently while scanning through newspaper microfilm of the 1946 Silver Spring Standard. I was looking for stories about the opening of Tastee Diner that year when I came across "Silver Building Gleams in Glass At the Busy Bonifant Corner" on the front page of the April 19th issue.
The article was about the tenants occupying 8248 Georgia Avenue; a two-story commercial structure originally built in 1927 but, according to the article, newly remodeled and renamed the Silver Building. The building is no longer extant. Sometime around 1972 the structure was heavily damaged by fire and razed. Today the lot is occupied by a playground and parking lot owned by the Bethel World Outreach Ministries International.
954, 956, and 958 Thayer Avenue, the last being the only original store front remaining of the three businesses located in the 1946 structure. (Photo by Jerry A. McCoy)
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