Bethesda Community Store

A store existed at the site of the Community Store long before 1924, with a store called Morgans Store located at the site on an 1894 Hopkins Atlas. The store was constructed sometime later by Mr. John Moyer, although he did not own the land; the land was owned by Mr. John Huffman, who owned the land until 1937. Interestingly, the owner of the land has never operated the store on the land. Proprietors have included Mr. Owens, Mr. Ernest Brown, the Fergusons, and "Old Sweetie Williams". After Mr. Huffman sold the land, it was bought by the Bogley family, and the store was operated by Ernest and Margaret Caudill. The Hendersons took over in 1984, and Arnie Fainman was the last operator of the store before closing. Since the Moyers, not many things have changed, the store sold groceries, produce, and later became more like a restaurant, selling coffee, donuts, sandwiches, and other foods. The community store is one of the few symbols left of rural Bethesda before heavy suburbanization.

Memorandum, "Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Trusts Form, M: 35-43," n.d., accessed December 30, 2020, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/018000/018000/018073/pdf/msa_se5_18073.pdf.