Courthouse Square Park

Features

Courthouse Square Park is a charming 1.5-acre green space that wraps around the Grey Courthouse and the historic Red Brick Courthouse in Rockville Town Center. With its picturesque landscaping, including brick pathways lined with pleached linden hedges, this park is the perfect spot to relax and soak in the beauty. If you visit in the warmer months, you’ll be treated to the soothing sight and sound of an ornamental fountain running from spring through autumn — a true slice of serenity in the middle of it all!

The park is also home to a 9/11 memorial at the corner of East Jefferson Street and Maryland Avenue that remembers the 11 Montgomery County residents who lost their lives on Sept. 11: William E. Caswell, Dr. Gerald P. Fisher, Capt. Lawrence D. Getzfred, Michele M. Heidenberger, Angela M. Houtz, Teddington H. Moy, Lt. Darin H. Pontell, Scott A. Powell, Todd H. Reuben, Patricia J. Statz and Ernest M. Willcher.

The memorial, commissioned by the Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council and designed by artists Gene and Susan Flores, includes a grassy area circled by 11 benches – one dedicated to each victim, with an inscription related to that person’s character. It also includes a plaque, covered by two doors, bearing the victims’ names. The artists worked with astronomers to design the memorial so that on Sept. 11 the morning sun briefly illuminates each name. The City of Rockville marks the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and remembers the county residents who lost their lives with a ceremony at the park every year.

Planning a large public event? Visit the Apply for a Public Event License page to learn more about hosting an event or festival at Courthouse Square Park.