A modern color photograph of a building is inset in the foreground against a large, black-and-white historical photo of the same structure.

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In honor of the 80th anniversary of the 1946 opening of Silver Spring&rsquo;s Canada Dry Bottling Plant on East-West Highway, join Silver Spring Historical Society founder Jerry A. McCoy for an illustrated talk about its history and how a portion of the plant was adaptively reused for housing. Saturday, November 14, 2026, 11AM-noon, Baltimore &amp; Ohio Railroad Station, 8100 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. This event is presented by Silver Spring Town Center Inc. in collaboration with the Silver Spring Historical Society and Montgomery Preservation. ABOUT THE PRESENTER JERRY McCOY is president of Silver Spring Historical Society and a member of the Board of Montgomery Preservation. He was a Special Collections Librarian/Archivist for the District of Columbia, dividing his time between the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library and the Georgetown Neighborhood Library&rsquo;s Peabody Room. Since moving to Silver Spring in 1992, he has conducted research to uncover and collect Silver Spring&rsquo;s history. Jerry founded the Silver Spring Historical Society to document and promote downtown Silver Spring&rsquo;s history and preserve its architectural heritage. He was chief historical consultant for a local Emmy-nominated PBS documentary on Silver Spring and has published two books about Silver Spring &quot;Historic Silver Spring&quot; (2005) and &quot;Downtown Silver Spring&quot; (2010). Jerry holds a BA in Visual Communication from American University and an MA in Library Science from Catholic University. About SILVER SPRING HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The mission of the all volunteer 501(c)(3) SSHS is to create and promote awareness and appreciation of downtown Silver Spring&#39;s heritage through sponsorship of educational activities and the preservation and protection of historical sites, structures, artifacts and archives.&nbsp; Very limited parking on site.

In honor of the 80th anniversary of the 1946 opening of Silver Spring’s Canada Dry Bottling Plant on East-West Highway, join Silver Spring Historical Society founder Jerry A. McCoy for an illustrated talk about its history and how a portion of the plant was adaptively reused for housing. Saturday, November 14, 2026, 11AM-noon, Baltimore &amp; Ohio Railroad Station, 8100 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. This event is presented by Silver Spring Town Center Inc. in collaboration with the Silver Spring Historical Society and Montgomery Preservation. ABOUT THE PRESENTER JERRY McCOY is president of Silver Spring Historical Society and a member of the Board of Montgomery Preservation. He was a Special Collections Librarian/Archivist for the District of Columbia, dividing his time between the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library and the Georgetown Neighborhood Library’s Peabody Room. Since moving to Silver Spring in 1992, he has conducted research to uncover and collect Silver Spring’s history. Jerry founded the Silver Spring Historical Society to document and promote downtown Silver Spring’s history and preserve its architectural heritage. He was chief historical consultant for a local Emmy-nominated PBS documentary on Silver Spring and has published two books about Silver Spring "Historic Silver Spring" (2005) and "Downtown Silver Spring" (2010). Jerry holds a BA in Visual Communication from American University and an MA in Library Science from Catholic University. About SILVER SPRING HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The mission of the all volunteer 501(c)(3) SSHS is to create and promote awareness and appreciation of downtown Silver Spring's heritage through sponsorship of educational activities and the preservation and protection of historical sites, structures, artifacts and archives.  Very limited parking on site.

Silver Spring Town Center Inc

The Silver Spring Canada Dry Bottling Plant--A History Talk with Historian Jerry McCoy

8100 Georgia Ave

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