THE MANSION AT STRATHMORE
10710 Rockville Pike • North Bethesda, MD 20852
301-581-5108 • www.strathmore.org/events-and-tickets/afternoon-tea
Originally built as a summer retreat outside the nation’s capital, the graceful Mansion at Strathmore now hosts a prominent center for the arts. The tract of land where Strathmore is located was included in a 1694 land grant, but little else is known about its history until the early 19th century, when a local toll road connecting Georgetown with areas to the northwest was constructed nearby. After a tollgate was built by what is now Strathmore Avenue, farmer Frank Ball opened a stagecoach station and blacksmith shop there to take advantage of what—at the time—constituted heavy traffic to and from town.
