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

Thomas J. O’Neill

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 17, 2019

1. Thomas J. O’Neill Marker

Inscription. Thomas J. O’Neill 1849-1919-Founder of O’Neill & Company Department Store. He left the business to his employees. He bequeathed the funds that built Good Samaritan Hospital and the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.

Erected by Bolton Hill Historic District.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.

Location. 39° 18.606′ N, 76° 37.656′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Bolton Hill. It is on Park Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1731 Park Avenue, Baltimore MD 21217, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

in the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jacob Epstein (a few steps from this marker); Mildred Dyke Atkinson (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); George W. Rayner House (about 600 feet away); Memorial to Marylanders Killed in War with Mexico (about 600 feet away); Otto Frederick Kraushaar, Ph.D. (about 600 feet away); Jacob J. Abel, M.D. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Frances Morton Froehlicher (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hans Froehlicher, Jr. (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Regarding Thomas J. O’Neill.
Excerpt from link:
Thomas J O'Neill (born November 11, 1849) was an Irish-born American merchant and philanthropist. He was one of eight children of John and Anne Lynch O'Neill of County Cavan in north central Ireland.[1] He died on April 6, 1919 of a sudden heart ailment in Baltimore, Maryland at age 69.[2] O’Neill arrived in Baltimore from Ireland at age 16 in 1866 “with only pennies in his pocket.” [3] Immediately, he hired himself out as an apprentice in a downtown linen shop.

O'Neill's gift of a cathedral as bequeathed in his will[edit]
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Photographed by Don Morfe, November 17, 2019

2. Thomas J. O’Neill Marker

All the balance of my estate (including, after the death of my said sisters and brothers, the sum so as aforesaid put aside by my trustees to pay the annuities above mentioned) unto Most Reverend James Gibbons, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore for the time being, and his successors in the Archiepiscopal See of Baltimore, according to the discipline and government of the Roman Catholic Church, a Corporation Sole, as a nucleus for, and for the erecting of, a Cathedral Church in the City of Baltimore.... In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, and placing my signature on the margin of the four pages hereof this 10th day Of July A.D. 1912. -THOMAS O'NEILL” (7) "It is the only cathedral in the 2,000 year history of the Church that was donated by a single individual" [11][full citation needed]

Also see . . . Thomas J O'Neill - Wikipedia. (Submitted on November 27, 2019, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2019, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 619 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 22, 2019, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.