Adam Robb's Tavern

Historical marker location:

100 S Washington St, Rockville, Maryland

( Marker is on East Jefferson Street (Maryland Route 28) east of South Washington Street, on the right when traveling east.)

W. Jefferson St. between S. Washington and Maryland Ave.. Rockville's African American Heritage Walking Tour.

Maryland was a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.