Waverly Five and Dime / George Elmore and Elmore v. Rice

Waverly Five and Dime)

The Waverly Five & Dime, located here until about 1957, was managed 1945-48 by George A. Elmore (1905-1959), the African American plaintiff in a landmark voting rights case soon after World War II. Elmore ran this ...

Waverly

W. 5 mi. Built 1852 by Col. Geo. Young, who used own plant for gas lighting. In Civil War housed refugee girls from Memphis and New Orleans. Site of organization of National Fox Hunters Association.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Waverly

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Waverly has been one of Columbia’s most significant black communities since the 1930s. The city’s first residential suburb, it grew out of a 60-acre parcel bought by Robert Latta in 1855. Latta’s widow and children sold the first ...

Waverly

The forested land was patented in 1726 by Daniel Carroll of Upper Marlboro, who called it "The Mistake". Earliest part of house was built c. 1760 by Nathan and Sophia Dorsey. In 1786 Edward Dorsey sold 650 acres, including "The ...