The Stonestreet Museum Of 19th Century Medicine

This one-room doctor's office was built in 1850 for Dr. Edward Elisha Stonestreet of Rockville, who had just graduated from the University of Maryland medical school; he served as one of the town's doctors until his death in 1903. During the fifty-one years of Dr. Stonestreet's practice, medical knowledge and technology underwent many radical changes. The Stonestreet Museum contains a small office vignette, and changing exhibits that highlight our extensive 19th and early 20th century medical collections including books, instruments and tools, pharmaceutical items, and more.

The office was originally situated in the front yard of the Stonestreet home on East Montgomery Avenue. Some years after the doctor's death the office was moved to the Rockville fairgrounds (now Richard Montgomery High School), and it was thus spared demolition during the city's urban renewal project in the mid 20th century. In 1972, Dr. Stonestreet's office was donated to the Montgomery County Historical Society and moved to the grounds of the Beall-Dawson House.