Homes
Churches
Schools
Businesses and Other Institutions
Early Mills
Underground Railroad
Civil War
Haunted Houses
Outbuildings
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Old Sandy Spring
Early Families at Work and Play
Crossroads Communities
Time Line
About Our Museum
Montgomery Mutual Ins. Co./Sandy Spring Bank
Fire Department
Montgomery General Hospital
Olney Inn
Telephone
Sandy Spring Store
Jones' Store
Olney Theatre

Businesses and Other Institutions:
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A stately new Home Office for the Insurance Company opened its doors on Meeting House Road in 1977. It is modeled after the renowned Wren building of William & Mary College in Williamsburg. To keep pace with growth, a new wing doubled its size in 1991.

Caleb Stabler, brother of Insurance Company president Edward Stabler, served as a director and general agent, traveling the state by horse and buggy. An early company record shows his recipe for axle grease: "10 lbs. Lard Oil, 5 lbs. Bees-wax, 1 lb. Resin." Farmer Stabler pioneered the use of fertilizers to reclaim exhausted farmland, operated a lime kiln on the Patuxent, championed construction of the Colesville turnpike (today's New Hampshire Avenue), and served as first president of the Savings Institution.