George Washington Riggs (July 4, 1813 – August 24, 1881) was an American businessman and banker. He was known as "The President's Banker." He was a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Peabody Education Fund .
19-449: 39°7′42″N 77°1′33″W / 39.12833°N 77.02583°W / 39.12833; -77.02583 The Rachel Carson Greenway is a planned 25-mile stretch of trails, spanning from the historic Adelphi Mill in Prince George's County north through eastern Montgomery County, Maryland to Patuxent River State Park , and incorporating existing Northwest Branch trails. The greenway
38-827: Is a character in the historical novel Forty-Ninth by Boris Pronsky and Craig Britton. A few letters in the Lib. of Cong.; information from his son, the Rev. T. Lawrason Riggs, New Haven, Conn., and from the Riggs National Bank, Washington; Third Record of the Class of 1833 in Yale College (1870); Report of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1866, 1882; Grace King, Mount Vernon (1929); A Hist. of . . . Washington . . . by The Washington Post (1903), ed. by A. B. Slauson; W. B. Bryan, A Hist. of
57-677: Is located on the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River at 8401 & 8402 Riggs Road in Adelphi, Maryland . It was built in 1796, and originally operated by two brothers, Issacher and Mahlon Schofield. It was given the name "Adelphi" after the original land patent title. The mill was used to both grind grain and card wool. In the early-19th century, ships came up the Northwest Branch to deliver raw goods and pickup finished materials. In
76-485: Is now part of Washington, D.C. , the son of Elisha Riggs and his first wife, Alice ( née Lawrason) Riggs. After his mother's death in 1817, his father remarried to Mary Ann Karrick with whom he had several more children, in 1822. His grandfather was silversmith Lt. Samuel Riggs, and his great-grandfather was John Riggs, who was mentioned in a will in Anne Arundel County, Maryland , as early as 1716. George
95-533: Is rustic and designated hiking only except for the stretch between Valley Brook Drive and the trail connection to the Northwest Branch Trail, where equestrian riders are also permitted. Adelphi Mill The Adelphi Mill is the only surviving historic mill in Prince George's County, Maryland . It is the oldest and largest mill in the Washington, D.C. area. The Adelphi Mill and Storehouse
114-531: The last rites of the Catholic Church . He is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery , near Riggs Road in Washington, D.C. His grandniece, Kate Cheeseman Riggs, married Edward Newton Perkins, the grandson of U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator William M. Evarts and the brother of famed editor Maxwell Perkins ; uncles of Watergate Scandal special prosecutor Archibald Cox . George Riggs
133-582: The Rachel Carson Greenway. As of 2011, the Greenway included three trail systems: The Rachel Carson Conservation Park is a 650-acres park located near Laytonsville , in Montgomery County, Maryland. The park contains over six miles of existing hiking and equestrian trails, and Hawlings River traverses the park. The conservation area was named in 1977 for noted environmentalist Rachel Carson ,
152-747: The Sandy Spring and then on to a 300-year-old Champion White Ash tree. This trail is a member of the National Park Service 's Underground Railroad Network to Freedom . Between the Burnt Mills Dam trailhead on U.S. Route 29 (Colesville Road) and Kemp Mill Road near Wheaton Regional Park the Rachel Carson Greenway Trail follows the east side of the Northwest Branch, across the creek from the Northwest Branch Trail . The trail
171-483: The author of Silent Spring , who lived nearby. The park includes 50.6 acres acquired by Montgomery County in 2004. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission prepared a master plan for the park in 2000. The Underground Railroad Experience Trail, located in Sandy Spring, Maryland, commemorates the Underground Railroad and Quaker traditions. The trail extends north from Woodlawn Manor Park to
190-456: The firm, to which, however, his younger half-brother Elisha succeeded so that the firm name remained the same. When Corcoran retired in 1854, Riggs bought his interest. Under the firm name of Riggs & Company (since 1896 Riggs Bank ), he directed the business until his death. From 1855 to 1862 he served on the Levy Court of Washington County. The Levy Court acted as County Commission for what
209-558: The mercantile firm of Riggs, Taylor & Company in New York City. In 1840, William W. Corcoran took him into partnership in the banking firm of Corcoran & Riggs at Washington, D.C. The firm was immediately successful; it was able to obtain a major share of the loans required by the federal government, acquired a reputation in financing the Mexican–American War , and made large profits. In 1848 he gave up his connection with
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#1732855660838228-682: The mid-19th century, the mill was part of the Green Hill estate of George Washington Riggs and renamed Riggs Mill. The mill was operated by the Freeman family until 1916. In the early 1920s, it became part of the Langley Park estate of Leander McCormick-Goodhart . In 1950, Mr. McCormick-Goodhart transferred the mill and surrounding 34 acres (140,000 m ) to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC). The mill
247-599: The money to maintain Mount Vernon until the return of peace should make it possible for the society again to raise funds. On June 23, 1840, he was married to Janet Madeleine Cecilia Shedden, the daughter of Thomas Shedden of Glasgow , Scotland. They had nine children, including: Riggs died at his home, Green Hill, in Prince George's County, Maryland . The Green Hill estate included suburbs northeast of Washington, D.C., including Adelphi , Chillum , and Lewisdale . Although an Episcopal Protestant in early life, he received
266-757: The present (1934) form of government that vests all authority in Congress. He built and owned the Riggs House, a famous hotel of his time, and was one of the organizers of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company . He was a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the Peabody Education Fund . He was for many years the treasurer of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. In 1864 he advanced
285-540: Was brought up in Baltimore , to which his father removed after he took George Peabody into partnership and established the firm of Riggs & Peabody there. He went to the Round Hill School kept by George Bancroft and Joseph Green Cogswell at Northampton, Massachusetts , and entered Yale College in 1829, but left some time in his junior year. He traveled abroad, and, returning to America, worked for his father in
304-453: Was by then all of Washington, DC. He was a member of the board of aldermen of the District of Columbia, in 1873 was chairman of a committee to present to Congress a petition asking for an investigation into the conduct of the board of public works, helped to obtain a committee report favorable to the abolition of the existing territorial form of government, and was active in the establishment of
323-581: Was officially renamed as the Rachel Carson Greenway on March 20, 2004. The largest section of the greenway consists of a network of unimproved hiking trails through the Northwest Branch stream valley gorge in Burnt Mills, Maryland. A Sandy Spring Heritage Trail is being considered as part of the greenway trail system. In 2008, Montgomery County approved plans to extend the Rock Creek Park trail system north to Rachel Carson Conservation Park and connect with
342-614: Was proposed as part of a 1998 Countywide Park Trails Plan. A plan for the greenway was approved by the Montgomery County Planning Board on June 15, 2005. The Rachel Carson Greenway would include a set of three existing trails, including the Northwest Branch trail in Silver Spring , Woodlawn Manor trails in Sandy Spring and Rachel Carson Conservation Park trails near Laytonsville . The Northwest Branch Trail Corridor
361-525: Was subsequently restored and reopened in 1954, as a community center with the old machinery and grinding wheels on display. It is also known as the Adelphi Mill Recreation Center, M-NCPPC. Also on this property is the small stone storehouse built into the slope on the opposite side of the road at 8401 Riggs Road." George Washington Riggs Riggs was born in Georgetown, D.C. , which
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