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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Baltimore, Maryland

 
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101 Maryland, Baltimore, Canton Industrial Area — Lifeboat Number 2
The only known remaining lifeboat from Savannah's original outfit of four lifeboats, No. 2 is a 26' long aluminum hull, oar-propelled open boat manufactured in 1959 by the Welin Davit and Boat Company of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. This . . . Map (db m145941) HM
102 Maryland, Baltimore, Canton Industrial Area — Main Reduction (Bull) Gear Segment
This segment of the main reduction gear was donated to the N/S Savannah Association in 2009 by the Southern Scrap Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. It weighs about 37,500 lbs, or nearly half of the weight of the complete gear. Notice that the hub . . . Map (db m145942) HM
103 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — 1917 – 1918
The residents of the Twenty First Ward as a lasting expression of their gratitude and affection have placed this tablet as a testimonial to the young men of this community, who in a spirit of unselfish patriotism answered their country’s call in the . . . Map (db m41354) HM
104 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Camp CarrollFrom Plantation to Federal Camp Reported permanently removed
This land was part of a 2,568-acre tract named Georgia Plantation, that Charles Carroll purchased in 1732. By 1760, his son Charles Carroll, a lawyer, had constructed a Georgian summer home, Mount Clare. the Carroll family lived here until . . . Map (db m2537) HM
105 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Camp CarrollFrom Summer Home to Federal Camp
Charles Carroll, whose father of the same name was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, constructed the summer home, Mount Clare, that you see before you. The Carroll family could not have imagined that their peaceful fields would play a . . . Map (db m220062) HM
106 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Carroll Park
Baltimore’s Park Commission purchased portions of the Mount Clare estate between 1890 and 1907 to provide a large landscaped park for the city’s southwestern neighborhoods. The Olmsted Brothers firm helped the city develop plans to protect the . . . Map (db m41430) HM
107 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Carroll Park at the Golf CourseGwynns Falls Trail
Native Americans once traversed this stream where nearby at Gwynns Run in 1669, Richard Gwinn, the stream’s namesake, established a trading post. Next to the trail today is the nine-hole executive Carroll Park Golf Course, one of the five operated . . . Map (db m41426) HM
108 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Carroll Park at the Historic Pigtown NeighborhoodGwynns Falls Trail
For more than one hundred years Carroll Park has served the historic Washington Village/Pigtown neighborhood, whose rowhouses once provided lodging for workers employed at the B&O Railroad, streetcar maintenance barns across the street (now used . . . Map (db m220061) HM
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109 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Carroll Park Golf Course
Carroll Park Golf Course, a city-owned course, was purchased in 1923 for White golfers only. A group of avid African American golfers challenged the city for access through several legal actions. After much persistence, these golfers gained full . . . Map (db m220066) HM
110 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership2000 - 2001
The trees of Carroll Park are a treasured legacy. In 1888 The Baltimore Park Commission purchased the first 20 acres surrounding Mount Claire Mansion for Carroll Park and began planting trees "in great numbers." By 1900 the park was 64 acres and . . . Map (db m220063) HM
111 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Mount Clare
This outstanding Georgian mansion, built between 1754 and 1768, was the home of Charles Carroll, Barrister and framer of Maryland’s first Constitution and Declaration of Rights. Carroll and his wife Margaret Tilghman made Mount Clare a center of . . . Map (db m3152) HM
112 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Mount Clare
1754–1914. This oldest colonial structure of Baltimore was built in 1754 upon the estate known as “Georgia Plantation” by Charles Carroll, Barrister 1723–1783 One of the foremost patriots of . . . Map (db m41351) HM
113 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Mount ClareFreedom Seekers at Georgia Plantation — National Underground Railroad-Network to Freedom —
In 1760, Mount Clare was built as the summer home of Charles Carroll, Barrister. Mount Clare was the center of Georgia, Charles Carroll’s 800-acre Patapsco River Plantation. The estate supported grain fields and grist mills along the Gwynn’s Falls, . . . Map (db m61209) HM
114 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Mount Clare, the Georgia PlantationGwynns Falls Trail
In the late 1760’s, the Mount Clare mansion was built by Charles Carroll, Barrister and his wife, Margaret Tilghman, as their summer home. The mansion was located on the grounds of the original plantation, Georgia, and included an orangery, . . . Map (db m2533) HM
115 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Of Fords, Felles, and FallsGwynns Falls Trail
The Susquehannock and Algonquian Indians had long traveled through this area when Captain John Smith explored and mapped the Chesapeake Bay region in 1608. As the Susquehannocks went from Pennsylvania to the bay, they crossed the Gwynns Falls . . . Map (db m6390) HM
116 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Restoring Water QualityGwynns Falls Trail Reported permanently removed
After centuries of abuse, the Gwynns Falls is being restored as a healthy stream. Government, civic groups, and scientists monitor water quality here and work together to implement restoration projects. Volunteers pick up trash, plant trees and . . . Map (db m6389) HM
117 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — The Baltimore Ecosystem StudyGwynns Falls Trail
Metropolitan Baltimore is a human-dominated ecological system. The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), part of the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Network, conducts research to understand how this system changes over . . . Map (db m220064)
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118 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll-South Hilton — Bridging Gwynns Falls
The lofty, triple-arched Baltimore Street Bridge was built here in 1932 to provide better access across the Gwynns Falls Valley to the city's rapidly developing west side. Earlier, the Frederick Turnpike crossed farther south on a relatively . . . Map (db m6351) HM
119 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll-South Hilton — Ellicott Flour Mills
The Ellicott Driveway portion of the Gwynns Falls trail follows the route of a millrace that carried water to a flour-milling complex owned by the Ellicott family. In the 1800s, 26 gristmills along the Gwynns Falls and other on the Jones Falls . . . Map (db m5533) HM
120 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll-South Hilton — Gwynns Falls Park at Frederick AvenueGwynns Falls Trail
Here at this narrow point in the Gwynns Falls the historic Baltimore and Frederick Turnpike crossed the Gwynns Falls. The Ellicott family built the road to connect Baltimore with the wheat fields and mills to the west. The Ellicotts acquired the . . . Map (db m102586) HM
121 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll-South Hilton — Gwynns Falls ValleyFrom Work to Play — The Historic National Road - The Road That Built The Nation —
As the Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike twisted and turned westward, it passed one of the centers of early city industry. A three mile long millrace on the Gwynns Falls provided power for over twenty mills that sawed wood, ground flour, wove . . . Map (db m167307) HM
122 Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll-South Hilton — Mt. Olivet Cemetery
The burial place of Methodist pioneers including Bishops Francis Asbury, Enoch George, John Emory and Beverly Waugh, also Robert Strawbridge, first preacher in Maryland and Jesse Lee, founder in New England. Site of 1966 Methodist Bicentennial time . . . Map (db m33697) HM
123 Maryland, Baltimore, Charles North — Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Station dates from the Gilded Age of architecture, when railroads were the economic force of the city and train stations were monuments of civic pride. This station, designed by Kenneth M. Murchison, opened the night of September 14, . . . Map (db m135066) HM
124 Maryland, Baltimore, Cherry Hill — Gwynns Falls TrailMiddle Branch Park at Waterview Avenue
The Gwynns Falls Trail at Middle Branch Park is a splendid place to do some birdwatching, learn to row, try your luck fishing, and relax while enjoying views of the city’s skyline and harbor activities. To the north, under I-95, the Gwynns Falls . . . Map (db m65304) HM
125 Maryland, Baltimore, Cherry Hill — Hippocrates' Platanus (Sycamore)
This tree was grown from a seed of the Tree of Hippocrates, 5th century B.C., that still exists on the Greek Island of Cos. The seed was germinated in the Druid Hill Conservatory in Baltimore and the sapling planted here on October 21, 1981. . . . Map (db m212962) HM
126 Maryland, Baltimore, Cherry Hill Park — Cherry Hill
Part of the city but green as a suburb, Cherry Hill is a distinctive African American planned community. Cherry Hill was established to provide housing for blacks who moved to Baltimore to work in industries during World War II. Originally it . . . Map (db m114590) HM
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127 Maryland, Baltimore, Cherry Hill Park — Gwynns Falls TrailMiddle Branch Park at Hanover Street Reported damaged
Welcome to the Gwynns Falls Trail, Baltimore's Greenway to the Chesapeake Bay. From here the trail runs 15 miles through 2,000 acres of stream-valley parklands to the I-70 Park & Ride near historic Franklintown and alternatively through Solo . . . Map (db m212961) HM
128 Maryland, Baltimore, Cheswolde — Carroll Hunting Lodge
This stone house, commonly known as the “Carroll Hunting Lodge,” is one of the oldest in the Mount Washington area, dating from about 1790. It stands on what was once a vast tract owned by Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Carroll was on the four . . . Map (db m114584) HM
129 Maryland, Baltimore, Clifton Park — Mounted MessengersStar-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
Captain Henry Thompson, Clifton Mansion’s original owner, formed the First Baltimore Horse Artillery unit in 1813. General John Stricker chose Thompson’s troop to report on enemy movements at the August 1814 Battle of Bladensburg. Selected as . . . Map (db m79744) HM
130 Maryland, Baltimore, Clifton Park — The Samuel and Anne Hopkins Grand Staircase and Tower Restoration, Clifton Mansion
Clifton Mansion was the summer residence of Quaker merchant Johns Hopkins. In founding the Johns Hopkins University, Hospital, and Medical School, Hopkins transformed higher education, medicine, and the City of Baltimore. He became the first . . . Map (db m189862) HM
131 Maryland, Baltimore, Cold Spring — Ruscombe
“Ruscombe” (meaning brown hill) was built in 1866 by James Wood Tyson, the younger brother of Jesse Tyson who built the nearby Cylburn Mansion. By the 1860’s, the Tyson dynasty, long one of Baltimore’s pre-eminent Quaker and . . . Map (db m114587) HM
132 Maryland, Baltimore, Coldstream - Homestead - Montebello — Neil Abraham's Gateway GardenCommunity Open Space and Stormwater Management
A Growing Baltimore—Your Stormwater Fee at Work The Growing Green Initiative is a City-led effort to green vacant lots. Transforming lots improves neighborhood life while protecting our environment. Vacant lands become assets. The City . . . Map (db m220058) HM
133 Maryland, Baltimore, Coldstream - Homestead - Montebello — Patapsco Friends Meeting House
On this site was erected Patapsco Friends Meeting House 6th Mo. 12th, 1681 is the earliest record of this meeting. Removed to Aisquith & Fayette Sts. Baltimore Town 2nd Mo. 22nd, 1781.Map (db m65715) HM
134 Maryland, Baltimore, Curtis Bay — Brooklyn-Curtis Bay Veterans
This memorial is dedicated to all the Brooklyn-Curtis Bay veterans living and deceased by Brooklyn-Curtis Bay Post 187 American Legion, Department of Maryland.Map (db m114582) WM
135 Maryland, Baltimore, Curtis Bay — Veterans Memorial
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136 Maryland, Baltimore, Douglas Homes — Church Home and Hospital“I am a Massachusetts woman”
Church Home and Hospital, formerly Washington Medical college, was where Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849, and where many doctors were trained who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. On April 19, 1861, Adeline . . . Map (db m218178) HM
137 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — A Tribute to Our Unsung Heroes
The heroes walk program was established by Mayor William Donald Schaefer in 1986, to honor those persons who have unselfishly given their time, labor and talents to help improve the quality of life in our community without ever seeking reward or . . . Map (db m2709) HM
138 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Alex Brown Investment Banking Company — Historic Site — Reported permanently removed
On this site in 1900 was constructed the banking headquarters for the Alex Brown Investment Banking Company, America's oldest banking house in continuous operation. This building survived the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 with evidence of . . . Map (db m7042) HM
139 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Alex. Brown & Sons Company Building Reported permanently removed
This building was home to Alex. Brown & Sons Company, founded in 1800, the first and oldest continually operating investment banking firm in the United States. The building represents the firm's and Baltimore's importance in the financial world of . . . Map (db m7041) HM
140 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — American District Telegraph (ADT)
At this site on August 14, 1874, the American District Telegraph Company of Baltimore city was founded to provide messenger services to homes and businesses. Customers used a call box to summon a messenger boy who delivered and responded to . . . Map (db m237127) HM
141 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore Arts Tower
Once known as the Bromo Seltzer Tower, this building is a monument to Captain Isaac Emerson, the imaginative chemist who developed a famous headache remedy, and named it after Mt. Bromo - an active volcano in Java. Emerson came to Baltimore in . . . Map (db m6982) HM
142 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore Chamber of CommerceBaltimore City Landmark
Until the 1850's, Baltimore's grain trading took place in "counting rooms" of individual merchants or on Bowley's Wharf where an effort was made to standardize corn and grain prices by displaying grain samples on barrel heads and window ledges. . . . Map (db m127236) HM
143 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore City Courthouse
This “noble pile” as it was described at the dedication of January 8, 1900, is the third courthouse built on Monument Square. When Calvert Street was leveled in 1784, the original courthouse—site of the May 1774 Stamp Act Protest . . . Map (db m89370) HM
144 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore City Fire Department
Dedicated to the Members of the Baltimore City Fire Department, Past, Present and Future.Map (db m2704) HM
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145 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
This tablet erected by the Maryland State Dental Association marks the original site of the Baltimore College of Dental Survery Founded in the year 1840 the first dental college in the world.Map (db m7037) HM
146 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore Equitable Society21 North Eutaw Street
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the InteriorMap (db m115208) HM
147 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building39 West Lexington
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the InteriorMap (db m166948) HM
148 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore's City Center
City Center, also known as Charles Center, was transformed in the 1950's to be Baltimore's central business district. City Center has been the fastest growing residential neighborhood since 2000. Learn more about the Resident Life at the City Center . . . Map (db m210766) HM
149 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore's Great Fire
Started 10-48 A.M. February 7 1904 Under control 11-30 A.M. February 8 1904 Property destroyed - $100 000 000 Insurance paid - $32 000 000 Acres covered - 140 Lives lost - none Beginning at Liberty and German Streets the fire . . . Map (db m7321) HM
150 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Baltimore's Holocaust MemorialDedicated October 6, 1997
Recalling the elaborate rail system used during the Holocaust to transport millions of people to their deaths, the concrete monoliths symbolize two abandoned rail cars. Haunting messages, written by a survivor, are the only freight these rail . . . Map (db m183360) HM WM
151 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Has been designated a National Historic Landmark. This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.Map (db m5787) HM
152 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Beehler Umbrella Factory
On this site, from 1886-1908, stood the Beehler Umbrella Factory, the oldest umbrella house in America. Founded in Baltimore by Francis Beehler in 1828.Map (db m4895) HM
153 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Boundary Lines of Baltimore Town1729
[This marker portrays the subject in a pictorial manner. It shows the major streets of Baltimore in 1729. The six stars on the map represent the locations of this and five other identical markers.]Map (db m7483) HM
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154 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Brown’s Arcade
Named for the governor who developed it, Brown's Arcade is a unique and early example of adaptive reuse in Baltimore. The four buildings that make up the Arcade were originally constructed as rowhouses in the 1820's. After the Great Fire of 1904, . . . Map (db m5565) HM
155 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Brown's Loft Apartments
The building Brown's Loft Apartments, located here at 300 N Charles St, was built in 1875. Historically the building served many functions, most notably housing the YMCA. The mixed-use building now features 39 stunning loft style apartments and . . . Map (db m210767) HM
156 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Building a City and a Nation: At the CrossroadsMount Vernon Cultural Walk
Twice in the 20th century, Baltimoreans completely reinvented their downtown-by necessity in the early 1900s and by plan mid-century. In 1904, Baltimore’s downtown vanished when 140 acres were destroyed by fire. Within ten years, Baltimore had . . . Map (db m103262) HM
157 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Building Atop the Burying Ground
When leaders of First Presbyterian Church decided to build an new church atop their 18th-century burying ground, they hoped to serve Baltimore’s growing west end and protect their burial place from being diverted to other uses. Construction . . . Map (db m2413) HM
158 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Canton House300 Water Street
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Map (db m127233) HM
159 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Cecilius Calvert1606   1675 — Fovnder of Maryland —
Cecilivs Calvert Baron Baltimore of Baltimore in the Kingdom of Ireland•Absolvte Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon in America•Who on November 13, 1633 with the co-operation and assent of the first Colonists, proclaimed in . . . Map (db m89251) HM
160 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Chamber of Commerce Building
Built between 1904 and 1905, this Renaissance Revival building was once the commercial hub of Baltimore's grain trade. Standing five-stories tall and extending the length of a city block, the building was home to the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, . . . Map (db m127235) HM
161 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Charles Center & One Charles Center
The 14-block Charles Center project, begun in 1958, was the first piece of Baltimore's nationally recognized downtown Renaissance. the 33-acre project was strategically placed between the financial district on the east side and the retail . . . Map (db m88236) HM
162 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Charles H. Dorsey, Jr.(1930-1995)
Family man, attorney, civic and church leader, mentor, lover of life, thinker, stargazer Continuing the family tradition, Charles H. Dorsey made the fight for justice his lifelong vocation. As a young man, he fought for civil rights with the NAACP . . . Map (db m6292) HM
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163 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — City Hall
When City Hall was completed in 1875, it was admired as a marvel of style, elegance and technology. The Second Empire design was the first commission of 22-year old George Frederick. Wendel Bollman, a Baltimore engineer, designed the 227-foot high . . . Map (db m102322) HM
164 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Continental Trust Building
The Continental Trust Building, constructed in 1902, is the only building in Baltimore designed by Daniel H. Burnham, a major figure in the Commercial Style that developed in Chicago at the turn of the century and produced the American skyscraper. . . . Map (db m6442) HM
165 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Creating an American Culture: The Golden Age of BaltimoreMount Vernon Cultural Walk
During the early 19th century, Baltimore became, for a brief time, America’s second largest and fastest growing city. Baltimore led the world in shipbuilding, sail-cloth production, and flour milling. On Cathedral Hill, Baltimore’s business leaders . . . Map (db m107314) HM
166 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Discover Baltimore: The Monumental CityHeritage Walk
The Battle Monument was America's first public war memorial and the first since antiquity to honor the common soldier. Designed by Maximilian Godefroy, its construction began in 1815, shortly after the event it commemorates: in 1814, after the . . . Map (db m89395) HM
167 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Discover Baltimore’s Changing SkylineHeritage Walk
Baltimore’s central business district has constantly reinvented itself in response to changes in building technologies, business practices, and architectural styles. Originally, detached houses that doubled as shops and offices lined the streets. . . . Map (db m103260) HM
168 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Discover Holliday Street: A Stage for Culture, Politics, and WorshipHeritage Walk
Holliday Street was Baltimore’s original entertainment and cultural center. The Holliday Street Theater ... [The rest of the inscription on the main text is not legible.] [The inscriptions under the images on the right] 1st . . . Map (db m168771) HM
169 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Downtown
Welcome to Downtown Baltimore-a unique City with southern charm and northern distinction. Known the world over for being friendly and hospitable, it’s no wonder Baltimore is often referred to as “Charm City.” A place which takes a . . . Map (db m103921) HM
170 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Dr. Hiltgunt Margret Zassenhaus
July 10, 1916 Hamburg, Germany November 20, 2004 Baltimore, MD Physician, Humanist, Author Working as an interpreter with Scandinavian political prisoners held by the Third Reich during World War II, she bravely afforded many medical aid and . . . Map (db m2710) HM
171 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Enoch Pratt Free Library
In 1882, the merchant Enoch Pratt, wishing to make a gift to his adopted city which would benefit all of her citizens, gave Baltimore $1,058,000 to establish a public library. The original building fronted on Mulberry Street. Designed by the . . . Map (db m5561) HM
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172 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Enoch Pratt Free Library Reported permanently removed
In 1882, the merchant Enoch Pratt, wishing to make a gift to his adopted city which would benefit all of her citizens, gave Baltimore $1,058,000 to establish a public library. The original building fronted on Mulberry Street. Designed by the . . . Map (db m166958) HM
173 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Expanding the American Intellect: Icons and IconoclastsMount Vernon Cultural Walk
“My library,” Enoch Pratt said, “shall be for all, rich and poor without distinction of race or color, who, when properly accredited, can take out the books if they will handle them carefully and return them.” In 1886, with . . . Map (db m88270) HM
174 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Faust Brothers BuildingBaltimore City Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Baltimore National Heritage Area
When constructed in 1870, the Faust Brothers Building incorporated the latest innovations in building construction methods and materials. The building’s intricate front and rear facades, composed entirely in cast iron, were once common in . . . Map (db m101784) HM
175 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — First Gas Street Lamp in America
Site of the First Gas Street Lamp in America February 7, 1817 Rededicated February 7, 2017 • 200 Yrs • Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Map (db m127234) HM
176 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Fish Market
Baltimore's first fish market stood near the site of this structure as searly as 1773. The first market building, Centre Market, was authorized by act of the State legislature in 1784. It was also known as Marsh Market since it was built on Thomas . . . Map (db m7322) HM
177 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — G. Krug & Son
"There is hardly a building in Baltimore that doesn't contain something we made, even if it is only a nail." So boasted Theodore Krug, heir to the oldest continuously working iron shop in the country. For more than 170 years artisans here have . . . Map (db m6619) HM
178 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — George Washington Bicentennial Marker
This elm has watched the growth of "Baltimore Towne" for over 100 years, on former estate of John Eager Howard, Revolutionary and 1812 Officer and fifth governor of Maryland. Here, in "Howard's Woods", Count De Rochambeau's troops camped, 1782, . . . Map (db m209470) HM
179 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — German 170 MM. MinnewerferTrophy — of the World War 1917-1919 —
Presented by The War Department Washington 1925Map (db m159168) WM
180 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Harry Sythe Cummings(1866 - 1917)
Harry S. Cummings was the first African American elected to the Baltimore City Council. Born in Baltimore, Cummings received his primary education in Baltimore City public schools. He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and earned . . . Map (db m202976) HM
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181 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Holocaust Memorial
The Holocaust, the German attempt to annihilate European Jewry between 1933 and 1945, took the lives of six million Jews. Although genocide was not unprecedented, the Holocaust was unique not just in its numerical magnitude. Never before had a . . . Map (db m103226) HM WM
182 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — In Memorial1955 - 2005
Six members of the Baltimore City Fire Department died in the line of duty while fighting a fire at the Tru-Fit clothing company 507-509 East Baltimore Street on February 16, 1955. Batallion Chief Francis P. O'Brien, Fourth Batallion • Fire . . . Map (db m7320) HM
183 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Inspired WordsStar-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail — War of 1812 —
After 10 harrowing days aboard ship and witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key spent his first night ashore at the Indian Queen Tavern, September 16-17, 1814. The inn operated at this site until the 1830s. Moved by . . . Map (db m79849) WM
184 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — James Cardinal Gibbons
At this site, on July 23, 1834, was born America’s first Prince of the Church, James Cardinal Gibbons. Although world-renowned for the influence and profoundness of his thought he was always the parish priest striving for the salvation of . . . Map (db m208811) HM
185 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — James Cardinal Gibbons Monument
James Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop of Baltimore Devoted Churchman Exemplary Citizen Friend of Humanity July 23, 1834 March 24, 1921 Citizens of many faiths hereby honor a great AmericanMap (db m208812) HM
186 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Joshua Johnson Reported missing
[The majority of the text on the photocopy of the picture of the marker is unreadable. It ends as follows:] His painting now hang in many museums, including the Metropolitan in New York and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Below are two . . . Map (db m9478) HM
187 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.
In Honor of Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. Under the whose Leadership The Charles Center Project Was undertaken 1958 by his friends and The Citizens of Baltimore.Map (db m88296) HM
188 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Moving Up To Cathedral Hill: Three Centuries of ChangeMount Vernon Cultural Walk
Saratoga Street marks your arrival at Cathedral Hill, a neighborhood packed with three centuries of architecture. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Baltimoreans built some of their finest mansions and churches on Cathedral Hill. Today’s St. . . . Map (db m103844) HM
189 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi
We commemorate the historic election of Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, on the occasion of her visit, this day January 2, 2007, to lay a wreath at the statue of her father, Mayor Thomas J. . . . Map (db m166951) HM
190 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Old Post Office
This structure, designed by James A. Wetmore and completed in 1932, is the second post office to occupy this site. Erected at a cost of $3.3 million, the neo-classical building, with its marble halls and paneled court-rooms, contained the most . . . Map (db m6160) HM
191 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Old St. Paul's
St. Paul's Church (Episcopal) stands on the only property that has remained under the same ownership since the original survey of Baltimore Town in 1730. In that year, Lot. No. 19, the highest point in the new town, was granted to St. Paul's . . . Map (db m92305) HM
192 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Old St. Paul'sBaltimore City Landmark Reported permanently removed
St. Paul's Church (Episcopal) stands on the only property that has remained under the same ownership since the original survey of Baltimore Town in 1730. In that year, Lot. No. 19, the highest point in the new town, was granted to St. Paul's . . . Map (db m166953) HM
193 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — On This Location
On this location, from the stage of the Holliday Street Theatre, The Star Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key, was rendered for the first time publicly November 12, 1814.Map (db m2707) HM
194 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Peale's Baltimore Museum
A pioneer art historical and scientific museum. Erected 1818 by Rembrandt Peale. Gas lighting demonstrated june 13 1816. Occupied as city hall 1830-1875. Rembrandt Peale 1778-1860 Distinguished Maryland artist, naturalist and technologist . . . Map (db m6306) HM
195 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Peale's Baltimore Museum - 1814
Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. . . . Map (db m6304) HM
196 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Pope John Paul II Monument
Pope John Paul II on the occasion of his visit to Baltimore October 8 1995 Maryland holds a special place in the history of American Catholicism, indeed in the religious history of the nation. It was here that religious freedom and . . . Map (db m102379) HM
197 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Provident Savings Bank
This imposing building, appropriately designed by Joseph Evans Sperry to suggest an old treasure chest, is the home of Provident Savings bank, the father of branch banking among mutual savings banks of the nation. Incorporated in 1886 with the . . . Map (db m6653) HM
198 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Rectory of Old St. Paul’s Parish
Incorporated 1692, 37 years before Baltimore Town itself, St. Paul’s moved to this vicinity in 1731. It was City’s first place of public worship. this rectory, the “parsonage on the hill” built 1788–1791 on half acre lot given by . . . Map (db m2538) HM
199 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Rembrandt Peale1778-1860
Rembrandt Peale, founder of the Gas and Light Company of Baltimore (now Baltimore Gas and Electric Company), was a famous portrait painter from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He had a unique and groundbreaking connection to Baltimore. In 1816, to . . . Map (db m101657) HM
200 Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Saint Paul's ParishEstablished 1692
Mother Church of BaltimoreMap (db m166952) HM

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