Downtown in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Peale's Baltimore Museum

Photographed By Christopher Busta-Peck, March 16, 2008

1. Peale's Baltimore Museum Marker

Inscription. A pioneer art historical and scientific museum.
Erected 1818 by Rembrandt Peale.
Gas lighting demonstrated june 13 1816.
Occupied as city hall 1830-1875.

Rembrandt Peale
1778-1860
Distinguished Maryland artist, naturalist and technologist founded the first gas company in America June 17, 1816.

This tablet commemorates
the
1816 - American Gas Centenary - 1916

Erected 1916 by Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company of Baltimore.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is June 13, 1935.

Location. 39° 17.51′ N, 76° 36.613′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Downtown. Marker is on North Holliday Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 225 North Holliday Street, Baltimore MD 21202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Peale Museum (here, next to this marker); The Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore (here, next to this marker); Peale's Baltimore Museum - 1814 (here, next to this marker); The Harris Bus (a few steps from this marker); Zion Lutheran Church

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Hiltgunt Margret Zassenhaus (within shouting distance of this marker); Discover Holliday Street: A Stage for Culture, Politics, and Worship (within shouting distance of this marker); Baltimore City Fire Department (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Also see . . . Peale Museum. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on December 5, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Peale's Baltimore Museum aka Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore image. Click for more information.

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2. Peale's Baltimore Museum aka Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore

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Marker location, inside an alcove, just to the right of the front door image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Christopher Busta-Peck, March 16, 2008

3. Marker location, inside an alcove, just to the right of the front door

Peale's Baltimore Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Christopher Busta-Peck

4. Peale's Baltimore Museum

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, September 27, 2015

5. Wisdom

Relief Sculpture by Robert McGill Mackall donated to the museum in 1931 by the Baltimore Gas & Electric Company.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, September 27, 2015

6. Peale's Baltimore Museum

Rembrandt Peale image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Wikipedia

7. Rembrandt Peale

Self Portrait

Credits. This page was last revised on December 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 16, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,661 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 16, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. 2. submitted on December 5, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on March 16, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. 5, 6, 7. submitted on October 4, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.