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

Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. Memorial Fountain

1944 - 2015

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 26, 2022

1. Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. Memorial Fountain Marker

Inscription. Civil right activist, pioneering heart surgeon and a great friend of Patterson Park

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Science & Medicine.

Location. 39° 17.446′ N, 76° 35.042′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Patterson Park. It is at the intersection of South Patterson Park Avenue and East Lombard Street, on the right when traveling north on South Patterson Park Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 27 S Patterson Park Ave, Baltimore MD 21224, 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

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of this marker: Patterson Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Patterson Park Superintendent's House (within shouting distance of this marker); Prelude to War (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Patterson Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Show of Strength (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Monument (about 300 feet away); This Cannon Marks Rodgers Bastion (about 300 feet away); 122 South Patterson Park Avenue (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Also see . . . Levi Watkins (Wikipedia article). According to this article, Dr. Watkins has a dual legacy in both his civil rights activism and heart surgery. For civil rights, he marched with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s. As a heart surgeon, he was one of the first to to successfully implant an automatic defibrillator in a human patient at Johns Hopkins University, along with Vivien Thomas. (Submitted on December 26, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)

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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 26, 2022

2. The Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. Memorial Fountain

Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 433 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 26, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.