The Community of Seneca at Violette's Lock
The community’s first church, Potomac Grove Colored Church, was built on Violettes Lock Road in 1893 by a community formed by workers at the local stone quarry, near the C&O Canal.
Too Precious to Lose: A Memoir of Family, Community & Possibility
Book talk, Jason Green, Feb. 23, 2026 at peoples books in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Brownstown Then and Now
The Brownstown community was founded in 1868 by William Brown, who bought ten acres here.