Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation, Ltd.

03/13/2026

An additional public hearing has been scheduled for Rockville’s FY 2027 proposed budget! Residents can share input during Mayor and Council meetings on Monday, March 23 and the newly added hearing on Monday, April 13.

Can't make it to a hearing? Fill out the community budget survey and explore the budget at rockvillemd.gov/budget.

Learn how to participate in public hearings at rockvillemd.gov/hearings.

03/09/2026

The Glenview Mansion-Peerless Rockville speaker series will present “The History of Baseball in Rockville,” from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at Glenview Mansion, 603 Edmonston Drive. Register: tinyurl.com/5e2ed5jd.

01/07/2026

Seats are available! Join us tomorrow!

This Thursday at Glenview Mansion: Join Croydon Creek Nature Center’s Supervisor for an inside look at the history and mission of Croydon Creek Nature Center. Presented by The Glenview Mansion-Peerless Rockville Speaker Series. Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/5zk9ccfv.

12/31/2025

This year, Peerless Rockville brought you an extraordinary range of lectures, tours, and exhibits about the people and events that shaped our community.

Your donation to Peerless Rockville will be anonymously matched up to $7,000 through December 31st!

Together, we explored Marquis de Lafayette's triumphant return to America in 1825; the history of Lincoln Park, Rockville's housing development for African Americans; the archaeology of Hungerford's Tavern, where colonial patriots voiced support for independence; the story of Josiah Henson, an enslaved man in Rockville who became world famous; Maryland's 1864 Constitution, which ended slavery by referendum; the evolution of Rockville's downtown through the first half of the 20th century; Urban Renewal forever changing the face of our city; and more!

Help us bring you new lectures, tours, and publications in the upcoming year.

12/24/2025

Peerless Rockville will be closed December 25 and 26th for the holidays.

12/24/2025

Give a gift to Rockville's history! Your gift supports our archives and collections, the largest depository of Rockville's historic photographs, documents, and artifacts. With your help, we have launched on-line exhibits, digitized rare old photographs, and made our collections more accessible than ever before.

Peerless Rockville curates thousands of historic images and documents and ensures that Rockville's history is available to homeowners, researchers, students and professionals alike. Help us protect and share our resources.

This season, your donation to Peerless Rockville will be anonymously matched up to $7,000 through December 31st!

12/19/2025

Give to preservation in your community!

https://peerlessrockville.org/support/

Rockville's history lives not only in its buildings, but in the people who have called this city home for generations. Every day, Peerless Rockville works to protect our city's most meaningful places while uplifting the stories of our shared past.

This year, we kept you up to date on the City of Rockville's plans to revitalize the King Farm Farmstead Park, and advocated for the local historic designation process to remain protective, efficient, and transparent. We highlighted the importance of sites and buildings to Rockville's heritage and to the City's present and future identity.

Peerless Rockville helps to connect you to Rockville's unique sites and stories, and does important work to make sure that they continue to be recognized, valued, and shared.

Please give today. This season, your donation to Peerless Rockville will be anonymously matched up to $7,000 through December 31st!

https://peerlessrockville.org/support/

12/10/2025

Peerless Rockville is excited to see steps taken that will reactivate this iconic historic property!

Rockville's Mayor and Council have approved the King Farm Farmstead Master Plan, a vision that preserves the historic property and transforms it into a vibrant hub for community life, with new spaces for large gatherings, performances, arts, recreation and more. Read the full news release at tinyurl.com/2nu53cxb.

12/02/2025

This giving Tuesday, you can support Peerless Rockville and help sustain our mission with an anonymous donor matching gifts up to $7,000 through December 31st. Link to our donation page in comments!

In a year marked by reduced grants, lower City funding, and unexpected expenses from vandalism at the 1909 Montrose Schoolhouse, your contribution makes a real difference. Your gift supports our extensive educational program, strengthens our archives and collections, and helps Peerless Rockville work to protect Rockville's special places and share its stories.

11/14/2025

Thank you to Professor Andrew K. Diemer and the 40+ guests who joined us at Glenview Mansion Weddings and Special Events for his lecture on the life of William Still, an Underground Railroad operative who assisted with the escape of Ann Maria Weems from Rockville, as well as a thousand others from slavery. Peerless Rockville will continue to have this powerful book available for sale in our gift shop. Contact us to get your copy!