Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Maryland Building
Historic Maryland Zoo
The Maryland Building was originally constructed in Philadelphia as Maryland's state exhibition hall for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, the first World's Fair held in the United States.
After the fair, the building was disassembled, transported in pieces to Baltimore, and reassembled on top of the hill where it now stands. It was used as a natural history museum, then a storehouse, then a natural history museum again before being absorbed into the Zoo in 1967. Early on, it featured "curiosities that have been gradually collecting in one of the basement rooms under the portico of the Pavilion [Mansion House]." In its second incarnation as a museum, it showcased exhibits on local flora, fauna, geology, and archaeology. Stretching the length of the Center Hall was a 30-foot-long reconstruction skeleton of a baby blue whale that had washed ashore in Crisfield, Maryland in 1876. The whale skeleton and other curiosities have long since been removed, and the Maryland Building now houses the Zoo's Education Department
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Education • Notable Buildings
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Location. 39° 19.467′ N, 76° 38.8′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Druid Hill Park. It can be reached from Safari Place north of Beechwood Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mary Ann and George (here, next to this marker); 1876 / 150 Years and Counting (within shouting distance of this marker); The Elephant House (within shouting distance of this marker); 1925 (within shouting distance of this marker); Polar Bear Zoo
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 26, 2021
2. Maryland Building Marker
The building stands up the hill.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 336 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
