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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1992

Page

17

Sugar Loaf Mountain saga ties Strong family to Wright plans

The Sugar Loaf summit story traces the Strong family's 1900s to 1950s land purchases, Stronghold estate, and a proposed Frank Lloyd Wright entertainment complex atop the mountain. Louise Strong persuaded Gordon Strong to reject Wright's massive spiral design, favoring preservation. Remaining landmarks include Mt Sugar Loaf’s 1282 foot peak, early land grants, and the Stronghold development with public access aims. The piece notes Wright later built a smaller spiral at Guggenheim and mentions ongoing regional picnic and sightseeing interest amid a crowded modern era.

Frederick County Monadnock Sugar Loaf Mountain Louise Strong Gordon Frank Lloyd Wright Pain de Sucre Baron de Graffenreich Park Mills Black Acre Furnace Branch Sugar Loaf William Griffith Stoney Hive James Pearce Montgomery County Annapolis Prince George’s County Thomas Bordley Maryland Thomas Johnson James, Baker Roger U.S Frederick Loudoun U.S. Senate House of Representatives Roger Johnson Elizabeth Thomas Richard Johnson Bank of the U Balwick Johnson Land Monocacy Montgomery Willey James Henry Gordon Strong Chicago Georgetown University Catoctin Mountains Boston Lake Geneva Phillips Exeter Academy Harvard New England University of Heidelberg Germany Strong Franklin Roosevelt Shangri la Camp David Gordon Strong Cuba Henry Louise Snyder Burlington Louise A.N Margaret Snyder Thomas C. White Little Worth Greenfield Mills Ida J. Cronenburg John W. Collier Bank of the U.S William A Washington William W. Corcoran William T. Jones Bordley High Knob Nicholas Biddle Philadelphia Strongs Stronghold Stronghold, Inc Riggs National Bank of DC Stronghold Inc Wright Mark Reinberger Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Soundings Potomac River Basin Consortium Ture Solomon B. Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art Fifth Avenue New York City Pittsburgh Baltimore Gambrill Park Catoctin Parks Antietam Gettysburg Monocacy Valley Braddock

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