https://www.brunswickmdhistory.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=File%3A22_The_town_between_the_tracks.jpgFile:22 The town between the tracks.jpg - Revision history2026-06-04T11:14:17ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.8https://www.brunswickmdhistory.com/index.php?title=File:22_The_town_between_the_tracks.jpg&diff=66845&oldid=prevHistoryCommission2: ccording to James R. Castle in his new book listed below, William Lynch Gross purchased land from Sarah Birmingham at the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue and built a store in 1893. It was a prime retail location in the "town between the tracks." See the b...2019-11-20T22:42:49Z<p>ccording to James R. Castle in his new book listed below, William Lynch Gross purchased land from Sarah Birmingham at the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue and built a store in 1893. It was a prime retail location in the "town between the tracks." See the b...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Summary ==<br />
ccording to James R. Castle in his new book listed below, William Lynch Gross purchased land from Sarah Birmingham at the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue and built a store in 1893. It was a prime retail location in the "town between the tracks." See the buildings on the other side.<br />
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The building housed a drug store (on left) and a dentist’s office inside. The building even had an elevator that operated by a rope pulley system.<br />
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When he died in 1930, W.L. Gross's body lay in state in the front window of the store for passersby to view.<br />
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For more history on the Gross Store, click ahead to the next photo in the "Brunswick Beginnings" album.<br />
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Names listed on the reverse side of the photo are Adam Wrench, Bud Ferrell, Hammond Gross, Grandma Gross, Lizzy Jennings, and father.<br />
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(Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries; information from "History in our Attics: Photos and Documents of Brunswick, MD - Volume II")<br />
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Abbie Strawsburg Ricketts: Interesting about the pulley elevator. The big pulleys still hang in the back second floor of our store and there is a big square hole that is covered where the elevator or dumb waiter went from the first to second floor. I have sometimes wished it was still in use to move stock up and down!<br />
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