| 词条 | Pen Mar, Maryland |
| 释义 |
|official_name = Pen Mar, Maryland |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Maryland and Pennsylvania |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Washington and Franklin |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = 1322 |coordinates = {{coord|39|43|04|N|77|30|22|W|type:city_region:US|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 21719 |area_code = 301 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 24-043 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 590993 }} Pen Mar is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of the border towns in the United States with a portmanteau name. Pen Mar came to prominence in the 20th century due to the construction of Pen Mar Park by the Western Maryland Railroad. The construction of the Pen Mar resort caused the area to become a destination for many people. While the resort has long been dismantled, the area still has some significance in Maryland, since it is the northern starting point for the Maryland section of the Appalachian Trail. HistoryThe Pen Mar area became prominent in the late 19th century with the development of a formal resort there in 1877.[1] Colonel John Mifflin Hood rightly believed that a resort area in the Blue Ridge Mountains would encourage the public to use his trains from the Western Maryland Railroad to travel to the area.[2]{{rp|7}} Not only did the Western Maryland Railroad develop a resort but also an amusement park that included a scenic lookout, roller coaster, movie theater, dance pavilion, picnic shelter, miniature train, photo studio, concession stand, carousel with a penny arcade, dining hall and children's playground.[3] The park was a huge success with thousands of visitors taking the 71 mile trip from Baltimore to Pen Mar. The single day park attendance reached close to 20,000 visitors.[2]{{rp|8}} The growth of the park naturally led to the growth of the village of Pen Mar. The town of Pen Mar was officially incorporated in 1920[4] with an act to add new sections to Article 22 of the code of public laws of Maryland. The town had a post office, many hotels and over 100 boarding houses during this time of growth. Yet, strangely enough, the act to incorporate the town was repealed in 1922.[4] The end of the 1920s started the demise of the once glorious park. By the end of the decade "virtually no one travelled here by train."[5] By 1929 the park was not turning a profit for the Western Maryland Railroad. The park was subsequently leased to a private investor who was able to keep the park going until 1943.[6] With the fall of the park, the fall of the surrounding area came as no surprise. The Pen Mar post office officially closed in the 1960s and the area slowly dwindled in size and stature within the state of Maryland. In 1953 a petition was circulated in the Pen Mar community, in support of creating a state park at the former resort site.[7] Pen Mar was designated a state park in 1963-64. However, for unknown reasons the park was never made into a Maryland state park.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} The park was sold to Washington County and turned into a county park, which opened in 1977. Additions to the park since then have included a scenic overlook and a multi-use pavilion.[3] In 1978 a nomination form was prepared to describe a "Pen Mar Historic District" for the National Register of Historic Places, but no further actions on this nomination are noted.[8] GeographyPen Mar is located at {{Coord|39|43|4|N|77|30|22|W|type:city_region:US}} (39.7178725, -77.5063788).[9] Pen Mar is located on the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania on South Mountain. The village is at an altitude of {{convert|1322|ft}} above sea level. The area overlooks one of the breaks in the mountain range giving views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. To the south of Pen Mar Park is High Rock, a recreational site within South Mountain State Park.[10] The site is close to the Appalachian Trail, features a popular overlook and is used as a hang glider launch site. See also
References1. ^{{cite book |title=The Placenames of Maryland, Their Origin and Meaning |last=Kenny |first=Hammill |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1984 |publisher=Maryland Historical Society |location=Baltimore |isbn=978-0-938420-28-6 |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}} 2. ^1 {{cite book |title=Images of America: Pen Mar |last1=Woodring |first1=Franklin P. |last2=Woodring |first2=Suanne K. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |publisher=Arcadia |location=Charleston SC |isbn=978-0-7385-1760-5 |url= |accessdate=}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.washco-md.net/parks_facilities/p-PenMarPark.shtm |title=Pen Mar Park |author= |date=2016-03-02 |website=Division of Public Works |publisher=Washington County, Maryland}} 4. ^1 Archives of Maryland, Volume 0539, Page 0282 - Session Laws, 1920 5. ^{{cite book |title=Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State |last1=Arnett |first1=Earl |last2=Brugger |first2=Robert J. |last3=Papenfuse |first3=Edward C. |author-link3=Edward C. Papenfuse |year=1999 |publisher=JHU University Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=978-0-8018-5980-9 }} 6. ^Greater Emmitsburg Historical Society. "Pen Mar Park." Thurmont Scrapbook. Accessed 2011-06-05. 7. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Would Restore Pen Mar Park |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OmgmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nv8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=754%2C5760284 |newspaper=Gettysburg Times |location=Gettysburg, PA |date=1953-08-03}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/022000/022700/022703/pdf/msa_se5_22703.pdf |title=Pen Mar Historic District; National Register of Historic Places; Registration Form |author= |date=July 1978 |website=Inventory of Historic Properties |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust |location=Annapolis, MD |id= WA-IV-19}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://dnr2.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/western/southmountain.aspx |title=South Mountain State Park |author= |website=Maryland Park Service |publisher=Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources |access-date=2016-08-13}} External links{{Commons category}}
2 : Unincorporated communities in Maryland|Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Maryland |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。