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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Baltimore County, Maryland
Adjacent to Baltimore County, Maryland
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Built here in 1896 to defend Baltimore from possible naval attack. Named for Col. John Eager Howard, Revolutionary hero. Five coastal artillery batteries bore names of Col. Davis Harris; Francis Scott Key; Judge Joseph H. Nicholson; Brig. Gen. John . . . — — Map (db m68401) HM
At 3 a.m. on September 12, 1814, British began landing troops and supplies here from ships anchored in Old Road Bay. By 6:30 a.m., columns formed on Long Log Lane (now Old North Point Road) when bugles sounded at 7 a.m., 4700 British soldiers, . . . — — Map (db m2127) HM
This building originally contained the electrical generating and power distribution equipment for the fort's searchlights, used for night illumination of the river. — — Map (db m68694) HM
Transport ships carrying a British invasion force arrived in Old Road Bay, September 11, 1814. Before dawn the next day, troops were ferried to this landing site to begin the 15-mile march to Baltimore. Reinforced by navy warships, they expected . . . — — Map (db m79775) HM
Thomas Todd settled here from Gloucester County, Virginia, in 1664. Homestead has remained in Todd Family for more than three centuries. Farm once contained 1,700 acres. 17th Century brick house was burned by British Soldiers September 14, 1814, as . . . — — Map (db m2123) HM
Todd’s Inheritance is a lasting symbol for Americans land especially Baltimoreans) who stood their ground when attacked by invading forces. Throughout the War of 1812, settlements around the Chesapeake Bay fell to British raiders who had superior . . . — — Map (db m79874) HM
Manufacturing village started in 1827 on site of Isaiah Linton`s 1772 Jericho Lower Gristmill by Dean Walker and members of Shaw and Tiffany families. Town acquired in 1838 by James Mahool. The first cotton mill burned in 1881. Second cotton mill . . . — — Map (db m152209) HM
Freeland, Maryland is the last of the small rural villages in Northern Baltimore County that flourished along the route of the Northern Central Railroad during the late 1800's and early 1900's. It is located just 1-1/2 miles south of the Mason/Dixon . . . — — Map (db m131332) HM
A frontier parish church authorized by Act of Assembly 1742 as “a Chapel of Ease for the Forest Inhabitants” of Saint Paul’s Parish (Baltimore). Reverend Thomas Craddock inducted as first minister January 14, 1745. — — Map (db m2070) HM
Named for free school of Trentham, Staffordshire, England, where Reverend Thomas Craddock had taught. When he married High Sheriff John Risteau’s daughter, this estate was her dowry. They built a house in 1746 and in 1747 he opened a boy’s boarding . . . — — Map (db m2069) HM
Levi Hollingsworth built a mill here to roll and fabricate refined blocks of copper that were shipped to Baltimore from Wales and hauled to the mill by oxcart. The copper used for the roofing of the original dome of the Capitol was rolled and . . . — — Map (db m152193) HM
Authorized by the Maryland Legislature in 1816 to open a road from Baltimore City with two branches, one through “Belle Air” to the Susquehanna at Rock Run, and the other to Susquehanna Bridge at McCall’s Ferry, Pennsylvania. — — Map (db m21524) HM
Founded in 1868 for the purpose of promoting the cause of morality and religion by holding camp meetings under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Incorporated 1871 and reincorporated 1884 under present name of the Emory Grove . . . — — Map (db m2066) HM
By 1860 the Western Maryland Railroad reached this site. In 1871 Dr. Charles A. Leas employed Augustus Bouldin, surveyor, to plan the town. The railroad and ideal climate encouraged the early development as a resort center with Victorian summer . . . — — Map (db m2067) HM
The Western Maryland Rail Road Station at Glyndon was built in 1895 of Baltimore County white marble with a red tile roof. Destroyed by fire on December 24, 1903, the building was replaced in 1904 with the present brick structure. On June 7, . . . — — Map (db m82281) HM
Some of the finest granite on the North American continent was quarried in this area for over a century. The village of Granite was first named Waltersville after the Walters/Blunt family who founded the local quarrying industry, circa 1820. The two . . . — — Map (db m154452) HM
The Gwynns Falls Trail begins near Franklintown at the abrupt end of Interstate 70 and passes by two of the community's landmarks, a mill and an inn. The gristmill operated on Dead Run from 1761 to 1934. Franklintown Inn accommodated patrons of a . . . — — Map (db m115238) HM
"Baltimore Farm Where They Raise — Good, Honest Citizens",
"Just outside the pretty little village of Arbutus, about seven miles from Baltimore, there is a farm whose principle product for 60 years has been men. It is a beautiful farm, too, . . . — — Map (db m145239) HM
On this site in 1830 a hotel with a waiting room and ticket office was built to serve passengers of the B & O Railroad. Here horses were changed for the final 5-mile trip to Ellicott Mills. Hence the name Relay House. As the B & O Railroad grew the . . . — — Map (db m103010) HM
Built in 1797 by Nicholas Foster and Christopher Walker. This mill was once the hub of an agricultural community. It is now a private residence within Gunpowder Falls State Park. — — Map (db m98209) HM
The first paper maker in Maryland was William Hoffman. In 1775 he built his first mill on Gunpowder Falls a quarter mile upstream from the present Hoffmanville Bridge. In September 1776 Congress adopted watermarked paper for its currency. . . . — — Map (db m1871) HM
First Roman Catholic Church in (present) Baltimore County founded in 1822. One and one half miles southeast of Sweet Air, one half mile northeast of Manor Road. Building destroyed by fire February 25, 1855. Parish relocated to present site. First . . . — — Map (db m1929) HM
When one of Harry Gilmor’s Confederate Cavalrymen (on July 11, 1864) pulled down his Union Flag, Day shot him and then escaped to the woods. They burned his house and barn. — — Map (db m1927) HM
The old church here standing was built by Edward Day at his own expense and consecrated in 1817 to replace Saint John’s at Joppa Town which, built in 1725, lay in ruins. — — Map (db m1921) HM
Called for a branch of that name on which Native Americans practiced a spiritual purification ceremony. Still done today, by generating steam from heated rocks in a sacred lodge while prayers are made. — — Map (db m1923) HM
This church is a monument to one Civil Wary veteran’s love for his comrades. Charles W. Hull and his wife, Mary A. Hull, gave the land and the building as a memorial to the men who fought to preserve the Union. The deed stipulated that a memorial . . . — — Map (db m115237) HM
This memorial
is humbly dedicated
to all who ever fought to preserve the freedom and dignity we now enjoy and to those at home who also made many sacrifices and anxiously prayed for and awaited their return. — — Map (db m131346) WM
Civil Engineer, graduated West Point 1822. Among engineer officers sent to assist railroad companies, surveyed first route of B&O, 1827. Resigned commission to pursue distinguished railroad career. Enlisted in Confederate Army after Baltimore riots, . . . — — Map (db m40864) HM
Patented to Richard Smith, Jr. 10th August 1684 for 2500 acres. Daniel Dulaney acquired 1250 acres of this tract 19th November 1724, after which it was called “Dulaney’s Valley.” — — Map (db m2080) HM
Tucked safely beneath the MTA Light Rail tracks sits a line of undisturbed marble track bed. This is one of the two oldest extant segments of the Baltimore & Susquehanna (B&S) Railroad Line, which stretched north from Baltimore into Pennsylvania's . . . — — Map (db m150004) HM
Built by Charles Carroll of Carrollton for his daughter, Mary Caton. Site of the first Maryland Hunt Cup and Grand National Races.
Owned successively by John Cockey, Charles Carroll, George Brown, Captain Isaac Emerson and Saint Paul's School . . . — — Map (db m2273) HM
Mining operations a the Greenspring Quarry began in the mid 1800s, and the stone was used to build railroad beds for the transportation of supplies during the Civil War. In later years the mined materials were used for construction of the Baltimore . . . — — Map (db m131337) HM
Congratulations! You are helping to protect the environment. By choosing to ride the Light Rail instead of driving a car to your destination, you are conserving fuel, decreasing emissions, and reducing pollutants in the air and water.
Many . . . — — Map (db m8483) HM
Lutherville, named for Martin Luther, was founded, 1852, by Dr. John G. Morris, a Lutheran clergyman, as the location of Lutherville Female Seminary. The planned village, centering around the Lutheran Church and Seminary, was surveyed into 118 lots . . . — — Map (db m2298) HM
Built in 1759 by Charles Ridgely (the Elder) of Hampton and two sons, the iron foundry operated for 70 years on Spring Branch of Patterson’s Run. It furnished cannon and shot for the Revolution as well as other supplies: “300 kettles” . . . — — Map (db m2079) HM
In 2005, Beazer Homes and Obrecht Properties acquired this 230 acre parcel from Florida Rock (successor to the Arundel Corporation) and after months of planning the property was subdivided into residential and commercial components for development . . . — — Map (db m131338) HM
Pioneer of the Maryland Baptist denomination. Only eternity, interpeted by God, can make known the moral, mental and spiritual work of the “Mother Church” of the Baptists of Maryland. Founded by Henry Sater 1690–1754. Resolute and . . . — — Map (db m2278) HM
On land granted by the Fifth Lord Baltimore, Henry Sater, gentleman planter, founded this first church of Baptists in Maryland. To the congregation he deeded a plot and chapel “forever to the end of the world.” — — Map (db m2276) HM
East of this point is mile stone 46 on the line marked by English surveyors and astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. From 1763-1768 Mason and Dixon used innovative methods to settle a boundary dispute between the colonial proprietors. Each . . . — — Map (db m96072) HM
The base of the original mile stone 46, carved in Portland, England, and set by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1766, is located 480 feet east of this stone.
This replica stone was set by the Maryland Society of Surveyors in 2015. — — Map (db m115246) HM
Legend relates that the name originated with an Indian attempt to plant gunpowder in the hope that a crop could be raised.
Big Gunpowder Falls flows through Baltimore County, joins the Little Gunpowder Falls at Day’s Island to form Gunpowder . . . — — Map (db m115247) HM
Located near the corner of Orems Road and Glider Drive; adjacent to the West side of the Orems Methodist Church Cemetery. Built for the education of local students from Stemmers Run and Middle River. Originally a one-room log school house. . . . — — Map (db m141242) HM
Surveyed April, 1705 for Charles Carroll, Lord Baltimore’s Attorney-General of his Province of Maryland 1688. In 1822 Henry Carroll, great-great grandson of Charles Carroll built Clynmalira house. — — Map (db m49267) HM
Sometimes called "Lord Baltimore's Gift"
Surveyed 26 August, 1713
and granted by Charles 2d Lord Baltimore
to his fourth and last consort Margaret,
Baroness of Baltimore, Daughter of
Thomas Charleton of Hexham, Esq.,
with all the . . . — — Map (db m15110) HM
In 1713 Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore gave to his wife, Margaret 10,000 acres known as My Lady;s Manor. In 1731, Thomas Brerewood was engaged to manage the land. During the Revolution the property was confiscated by Maryland and in 1782 sold . . . — — Map (db m70923) HM
Established 1750 as a Chapel of Ease in the Parish of St. John’s of Joppa. In a brick chapel 60 x 30 feet, now the transept, was finished on this site “in the fork of the Gunpowder River” at the cost of 790 pounds. In 1770 by Act of the . . . — — Map (db m2054) HM
The Trolley Trail runs on the track bed built for the #9 Route that connected Ellicott City to Catonsville and Baltimore. Many used the line to get to work or shop in Baltimore. "I could tell by the color whether to board the front or the . . . — — Map (db m144720) HM
Buried in an unmarked grave near here lies the remains of Benjamin Banneker, distinguished son of Maryland, who was born, lived, and died in this area. — — Map (db m66604) HM
The rock looming in this cut here on the #9 Trolley Trial was once liquid magma that squeezed into a fault between pieces of the Earth's crust, then cooled to form Ellicott City granite. In the mighty construction project of 1898, workers . . . — — Map (db m144722) HM
A world apart, Oella is a time capsule of vanishing Americana. Here rose the first manufacturing company ever chartered by the State of Maryland. The year was 1808. For a brief period the Union Manufacturing Company was the largest cotton . . . — — Map (db m144718) HM
The first streetcar service to Overlea began on July 14, 1903. Overlea and many other Baltimore suburbs developed when streetcar lines were extended from downtown. These lines allowed workers to live away from the noise and crowds of the city and . . . — — Map (db m114579) HM
Before the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920, American women were not guaranteed the right to vote. The National American Woman Suffrage Association organized a large parade in Washington, DC. for March 3, 1913. On February 12, a group of women . . . — — Map (db m74356) HM
290 acres, purchased from Dolfield estate October 29, 1919, from hunter's license fund for the purpose of breeding game in captivity for propagation purposes.
Surgeon General United States Navy, born in Baltimore, Maryland May 21, 1809 and died at Owings Mills, Maryland March 1, 1880. He served his country well.
And in memory of Rosemary Carson, his wife, born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania November 9, . . . — — Map (db m2071) HM
Dedicated to all Jewish men and women of Maryland who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America during War and Peace.
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American Revolution
Civil War
Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
Korea . . . — — Map (db m131335) WM
In Memory of Lieutenant Milton Ernest Ricketts, United States Navy, August 7, 1913-May 8, 1942.
Lieutenant Ricketts of Baltimore County was killed in action during World War II, aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Yorktown (CV 5), in the battle of the . . . — — Map (db m72402) WM
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of America’s entry into World War II, December 7, 1941, this bell tower carillon is dedicated in memory of all Maryland veterans and to those who made the supreme sacrifice while serving in the Armed Forces of . . . — — Map (db m62832) WM
Chrome was first discovered in the United States in Baltimore County circa 1808. Isaac Tyson, Jr. operated chromite mines at Soldiers Delight and in other serpentine barrens and from 1828 to 1850 his mines produced almost all the world’s chromium. . . . — — Map (db m2073) HM
"...preservation is simply having the good sense to hold on to things that are well designed, that link with our past in a meaningful way, and that have plenty of good use left in them."
Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic . . . — — Map (db m143009) HM
Maryland State Veterans Cemetery, Garrison Forest, Maryland. To all veterans, living and dead who served in the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard. World War II, The Korean War, The Vietnam Conflict, The Persian Gulf War
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m109384) WM
The spot where you are standing was once one of the busiest centers for the Northern Central Railroad in the state of Maryland. There were two 90 railroad car sidings, two crossover switches, three locomotive sidings for repairs and storage, a wye . . . — — Map (db m152205) HM
Highly effective undercover agent during WWII. Declared by Gestapo the most dangerous Allied spy. Grew up at Box Horn Farm nearby. Hunting accident forced partial amputation of leg, barring her from a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. She played a . . . — — Map (db m122150) HM
This memorial is dedicated in honor of those from Parkville who served in all wars and as a constant admonition that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. — — Map (db m103976) WM
Baltimore County Historic Landmark-Dedicated by Simon J. Martenet 1874.
This plot of land is Parkville’s namesake and was given to the people of Parkville by Simon J. Martenet with the stipulation that it always remain a park. Martenet, a notable . . . — — Map (db m115244) HM
Upper Plaque-Dedicated to those men and women who make the supreme sacrifice to keep our nation free. Dedicated by BG Joseph John Skaff, Chief of Staff First United States Army. May 30, 1984.
Lower Plaque-In Memory of Past Post Commander William . . . — — Map (db m126363) WM
During the Colonial Period this was one of the most navigable stretches of the Gunpowder Falls. A Ferry operated here between 1754 and 1759. The Nottingham Forge and Gunpowder Furnace built metal products and battleship parts from 1759 to 1858, when . . . — — Map (db m152190) HM
The site of camp meetings between 1776 and 1807, when a log chapel was built. Methodist leader Francis Asbury visited frequently. — — Map (db m9581) HM
After the Civil War, dozens of immigrant families moved into the area. The village of Germantown started here, later known as Perry Hall. — — Map (db m24516) HM
Wildlands are state designated small areas that retain their wilderness character. They have unique ecological, geological or scenic resources, and may provide a home for rare plant and animal species.
Established in 1995, the Sweethouse Branch . . . — — Map (db m152191) HM
The founder of Perry Hall, Gough owned a 1,300 acre estate that bordered the Gunpowder Falls. He dominated commerce in Northeast Baltimore County during the colonial period. An active supporter of the Methodist church, he sheltered Francis Asbury . . . — — Map (db m9611) HM
The founder of Perry Hall, Gough and his wife Prudence sheltered Methodist leaders at the Perry Hall Mansion between 1775 and 1808. — — Map (db m18235) HM
One of the largest houses in Maryland. Begun in 1773 by Corbin Lee. Completed in 1776 by Harry Dorsey Gough. East wing of the Mansion partially burned in 1824. Repaired by Harry Dorsey Gough Carroll ca. 1825. Restored by the owners in 1967. — — Map (db m152192) HM
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In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen .Jubal A. Early’s corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter’s army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early . . . — — Map (db m75287) HM
Early romantic suburb designed in 1889 by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., father of landscape architecture in America. On 204 acres of James Howard McHenry’s “Sudbrook” estate. Olmsted designed a naturalistic landscape with curvilinear roads . . . — — Map (db m2266) HM
Built about 1695 as headquarters for a troop of mounted rangers to patrol paths from the Patapsco to the Susquehanna as a protection against hostile Indians. It was nine miles from nearest white inhabitants when built. — — Map (db m2265) HM
Originally an Indian trail, then used by the Rangers from the Garrison Fort to keep back the Indians. Later used as a road to the Court at Joppa Town, the County Seat of Baltimore County from 1712 to 1768 and the rival of Baltimore. — — Map (db m2270) HM
Built in 1816 after the close of the War of 1812 as an arsenal. Removed to a point of safety beyond Baltimore. Used during the War between the States and later as a Confederate Home. Now the property of the State of Maryland (1935). — — Map (db m2322) HM
Mt. Paran Church was incorporated September 18, 1841. The chruch was called Soldier’s Delight prior to 1841 and that congregation began circa 1776. The oldest legible tombstone is that of Robert Gilchrist, dated October 17, 1767. The oldest known . . . — — Map (db m122235) HM
Built in 1802 by Robert Ward, the tavern served traffic to and from the west. This was an early Methodist preaching place until 1845. Woodstock Seminarians held Catholic Services here in 1875 for Chrome Mine workers of Soldiers Delight. Holdbrook . . . — — Map (db m2098) HM
First Sgt. Augustus Walley, a Reisterstown native, awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery at Cuchillo Negro Mountain, New Mexico. Dedicated on the 100th anniversary of The Spanish-American War July 13, 1998. — — Map (db m7196) HM
Chief of the Confederate States Army Signal Corps and Secret Service Bureau, 1862–1865. Appointed Commissioner of Prisoner Exchange with rank of Colonel in April 1865. The Norris Home, “Bookland,” stood 2½ miles south of this . . . — — Map (db m2064) HM
Oldest Episcopal Boarding School for girls in the United States. Mrs. Ann Van Bibber Neilson gave three acres of land at this location and $10,000 to found and academy for girls. The academy became the Diocesan School for the Episcopal Diocese of . . . — — Map (db m65292) HM
Patented for 4200 acres, August 6, 1719, to William Nicholson, gentleman of Anne Arundel County. Subdivided into 1757 into four equal parts by Byron Philpot, Junior, Corbin Lee, Kinsey Johns and Roger Boyce. — — Map (db m2077) HM
Franklin Academy founded January 10, 1820 by an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland. On January 25, 1849 became a public school. Was Reisterstown High School from 1874–1896. Became Franklin High School in 1897. — — Map (db m2062) HM
In memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice
Dedicated this bicentennial year to Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States of America who have served their country to preserve Freedom and Democracy for their . . . — — Map (db m155345) WM
Beginning in 1873, the picturesque Viaduct Station Hotel complimented the Thomas Viaduct. The Viaduct Hotel was built in the town of Relay as a rural vacation spot and a comfortable place for passangers to change trains. The hotel was a forerunner . . . — — Map (db m8833) HM
To remember those of this locality who gave their lives in the Great War 1917-1918
Clifton R. Faith, James Flood, Luther Williams (colored)
And to honor those who served
David Allen, Norman F. Andreae, Millard Barnes, William . . . — — Map (db m8767) HM
Before you stands the thomas Viaduct, named after Philip E. Thomas, the first president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. This unique bridge has become an enduring symbol of the B&O Railroad and the Patapsco Valley, surviving several floods and . . . — — Map (db m8834) HM
Created in 1830 as a change point, or "relay," for horses hauling the first scheduled railroad cars in the U.S. The first rail link to nation's capital began here. Thomas Viaduct carries the track across Patapsco gorge; completed in 1835, it is the . . . — — Map (db m8764) HM
Front
Commenced, July 4th, 1833.
Finished, July 4th, 1835.
Rear
Johnathan Knight,
Chief Engineer
Caspar W. Wever,
Superintendent of Construction.
Designed by
Benjamin H. Latrobe. . . . — — Map (db m127) HM
To honor and commemorate those of us who served in the Armed Forces
Andersen, Alber T.; Andrews, Kenneth S.; Arnold, Lester e.; Bailey, Charles W.; Baker, Wilfred E.; Baquol, Calvin L.; Barbaro, Joseph R.; Barnes, Beverly L.; Barnes, . . . — — Map (db m8768) HM
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
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