World Building
World Building is an office building in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland which is located on Georgia Avenue. World Building is situated nearby to Silver Spring Fire Station 1, as well as near the government office Consulate of Guatemala.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Silver Spring station and Nora School.
Silver Spring station
Railway station
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Silver Spring station is a former train station on the Metropolitan Subdivision in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland. It was built in 1945 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the foundation of a previous station, a Victorian-style brick structure built in 1878. Silver Spring station is situated 430 feet southwest of World Building.
Nora School
School
The Nora School is a private progressive college-preparatory high school in Silver Spring, Maryland. A nonprofit school with 501 status, it was formerly known as The Eberhard School, Washington Ethical Society School, and Washington Ethical High School. Nora School is situated 390 feet southeast of World Building.
Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library
Library
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library, formerly the Silver Spring Library, is part of the Montgomery County Public Libraries System. It opened to the public in 1931 and is currently located at 900 Wayne Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library is situated 1,500 feet north of World Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silver Spring and Shepherd Park.
Silver Spring
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silver Spring is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is considered to be an "edge city". It sits next door to Washington, DC, and had about 82,000 residents in 2018.
Shepherd Park
Neighborhood
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Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.
Colonial Village
Neighborhood
Colonial Village is an area in northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.
World Building
- Type: Office building
- Address: 8121 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
- Categories: building and office
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.99109° or 38° 59′ 28″ northLongitude
-77.02609° or 77° 1′ 34″ westLevels
10Height
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
87C4XXRF+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 88456612OpenStreetMap feature
building=office
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