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

Sidney Lanier

1842-1881

Photographed by Christopher Busta-Peck, March 24, 2008

1. Sidney Lanier Marker

Inscription. Poet, musician and scholar, "The Sweet Singer of the South." First writer-in-residence at Johns Hopkins University. Teacher at Eutaw Place School. Author of The Boys' King Arthur.

Erected by Bolton Hill Historic District.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education. In addition, it is included in the Maryland, Bolton Hill Historic District series list.

Location. 39° 18.283′ N, 76° 37.646′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Madison Park. It is on Eutaw Place, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1404 Eutaw Place, 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

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Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Howard A. Kelly, M.D. (a few steps from this marker); Early Civil Rights Era (within shouting distance of this marker); Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum (within shouting distance of this marker); Florence Hochschild Austrian / Robert Austrian (within shouting distance of this marker); St. James Court (within shouting distance of this marker); Daniel Coit Gilman (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Md. Prince Hall Masons (about 500 feet away); Francis Scott Key (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Biography of Sidney Lanier. (Submitted on October 17, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio.)

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 11, 2015

2. Sidney Lanier Marker

Sidney Lanier house image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Christopher Busta-Peck, March 24, 2008

3. Sidney Lanier house

Sidney Lanier image. Click for full size.

Internet Archive

4. Sidney Lanier

From American Authors, A Handbook by Mildred Lewis Rutherford, 1894.

Sidney Lanier Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, April 25, 2009

5. Sidney Lanier Monument

on North Charles Street at Johns Hopkins University, Homestead Campus.

Sidney Lanier's Grave<br>Greenmount Cemetery<br>“I am Lit with the Svn.” image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 1, 2014

6. Sidney Lanier's Grave
Greenmount Cemetery
“I am Lit with the Svn.”

Credits. This page was last revised on June 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,728 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 24, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. 2. submitted on June 1, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 3. submitted on March 24, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. 4. submitted on June 1, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 5. submitted on April 26, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 6. submitted on June 1, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.