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Historical Markers in Sparks Glencoe, Maryland
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Sparks Glencoe is in Baltimore County
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ADJACENT TO BALTIMORE COUNTY
Anne Arundel County (476) ►
Baltimore (1212) ►
Carroll County (211) ►
Harford County (204) ►
Howard County (143) ►
Kent County (102) ►
York County, Pennsylvania (445) ►
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1 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Sparks Glencoe — Gorsuch Tavern — ![]() |
On York Road (Maryland Route 45) 0.1 miles north of Upper Glencoe Road, on the left. |
At “19 mile stone” on York Road built in 1810 by Captain Joshua Gorsuch, a shipbuilder. The tavern was the meeting place of the Baltimore Countians who went to Pennsylvania to reclaim their slaves, thus bringing on the Christiana Riot of 1851. — — Map (db m2057) HM |
2 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Sparks Glencoe — Scott's Quarry — ![]() |
On Western Run Road at Tanyard Road, on the right when traveling west on Western Run Road. |
Marble from this quarry, located nearby, was used to build the Washington Monument in Baltimore. Designed by architect Robert Mills and erected between 1815 and 1829, this was the first public monument erected to George Washington. The construction . . . — — Map (db m36850) HM |
3 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Sparks Glencoe — Sparks — ![]() |
On Sparks Road, 0.6 miles east of York Road (Maryland Route 45), on the right when traveling east. |
In 1835, the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad constructed a track through Baltimore County which included a siding and switch near a large tract of land owned by the Sparks family. Railroad officials gave the name Sparks to the switch and soon . . . — — Map (db m95687) HM |