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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Baltimore, Maryland
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| | "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 |
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Built for Grace Church in 1852, this was one of the first Gothic Revival churches in the South to use Connecticut brownstone. St. Peter's Church, founded in 1802, and Grace Church, founded in 1850, were united in 1912. This union is symbolized by . . . — — Map (db m6013) HM |
| | This site and these buildings were presented to the Maryland Historical Society as a memorial to my husband H. Irvine Keyser of Baltimore. Obit May 7, 1916. A member of the Society 1873 to 1916. — — Map (db m2527) HM |
| | At home in the city credited with helping to turn the tide for Americans in the War of 1812, the collections of the Maryland Historical Society preserve evidence of the people who live this history. The Center for Maryland History has the nation’s . . . — — Map (db m79842) HM |
| | This park and sculpture commemorates Revolutionary War hero, benefactor and statesman John Eager Howard. Howard entered the Revolutionary Army at age 24, and soon gained military fame for his skillful and heroic use of the bayonet in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m5985) HM |
| | King Gambrinus originally stood in a niche above the door at John Frederick Wiessner and Sons’ Baltimore brewery. It is the earliest surviving zinc sculpture of this popular icon of the brewing industry in the United States.
In the second half of . . . — — Map (db m60959) HM |
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This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m131340) HM |
| | Our nation never had more at risk than it did in September 1781. The American Revolutionary War—the War for independence—had raged for nearly six years.
More than 4,000 American and French troops, allied in their fight against the . . . — — Map (db m60958) HM |
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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 |
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This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m115206) HM |
| | Baltimore’s wealthy not only created the rich architectural setting of Mount Vernon Place, but pioneered modern philanthropy. With the founding of the George Peabody Institute in 1857, George Peabody influenced many other wealthy Baltimoreans . . . — — Map (db m79854) HM |
| | Maryland toll roads helped revolutionize American travel. The Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike began with a tollgate, placed near this corner in 1807. For
a few cents, you could head west on a “smooth” road that was the ancestor of . . . — — Map (db m5700) HM |
| | Enoch Pratt (1806-1896) moved to Baltimore in 1831 to launch a wholesale hardware business on South Charles Street. By 1851 he had invested in western Maryland coal mines and iron foundries in the Baltimore neighborhood of Canton. He made his own . . . — — Map (db m10250) HM |
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The Westside of Downtown Baltimore boasts an astonishing variety of architectural styles from early 19th century Federal townhouses to Reconstruction-era cast-iron facades to Art Deco storefronts. The one-time heart of the City, the Westside's . . . — — Map (db m115207) HM |
| | During the Civil War, Baltimore and its environs exemplified the divided loyalties of Maryland's residents. The city had commercial ties to the South as well as the North, and its secessionist sympathies erupted in violence on April 19, 1861, when . . . — — Map (db m79687) HM |
| | Captain John O’Donnell, the founder of the Canton Community, was a man of great vision and accomplishment. He initiated trade between Canton, China and Baltimore in 1785 operating his own merchant sailing vessels. This public square once the site of . . . — — Map (db m62256) HM |
| | The mouth of Harris Creek was once part of Baltimore’s thriving maritime industry. David Stodder began building ships here in the 1780s.
The first U.S. Navy frigate, Constellation, launched from Stodders Shipyard in 1797 and played an active role . . . — — Map (db m79670) HM |
| | Through the efforts of the Canton Improvement Association this old and densely populated ethnic neighborhood was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The two-story red brick row houses are especially noteworthy for their hand . . . — — Map (db m2430) HM |
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"We here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain."
1941 World War II 1945
Michael P. Angelonga U.S.A.
Joseph Balek U.S.A.
Jess Barton U.S.A.
Andrew Baumer U.S.A.
Kilian J. Buettner U.S.A.
Carroll L. Caples . . . — — Map (db m145466) WM |
| | This branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library was built in and opened for use in 1886, one of four given to the city of Baltimore by Enoch Pratt, a great philanthropist of that era. It is the only one of that group still in use as a library. Pratt . . . — — Map (db m2450) HM |
| | [Left plaque]
On this site stood
The Old Police Station
Erected 1879
Commissioners
William Carmichael
E.W. Stiefel
J.H. Millender
G.W. Bucher Builder
G.A. Boyden Architect
Rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m128744) HM |
| | This memorial is dedicated to those Marylanders who served and died in the "Forgotten War"
Korea
June 25, 1950-July 27, 1953
[Names listed] — — Map (db m128743) WM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 1852.
. . . — — Map (db m2537) HM |
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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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 stream . . . — — Map (db m6390) HM |
| | 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 |
| | (Panel on the left) This Memorial honors the men and women of the State of Maryland who served in the Armed Forces of our nation in the Vietnam War, with special tribute to those who lost their lives or who remain missing in action. Their names . . . — — Map (db m65317) WM |
| | 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 |
| | “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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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. Dedicated May 28, 1995. — — Map (db m114582) HM |
| | This structure, now the east building of Church Hospital, was erected in 1836, to house the Washington Medical College. Edgar Allan Poe, author, and poet, was brought here, ill and semi-conscious, on October 3, 1849 and died four days later. In . . . — — Map (db m2426) HM |
| | 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 |
| | In 1903, the Belvedere Hotel became the crowning architectural achievement in the neighborhood. Its signature thirty-five-foot mansard roof has become the symbol for upper Mount Vernon. In the late 1970s, the building was rehabilitated into . . . — — Map (db m102915) HM |
| | 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 that event . . . — — Map (db m7042) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Dedicated to the Members of the Baltimore City Fire Department, Past, Present and Future. — — Map (db m2704) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | [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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
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This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m127233) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Davidge Hall, constructed in 1812, is named for the first dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. John B. Davidge. Noted for its unique classical appearance, it is the oldest building in the country used continuously for medical . . . — — Map (db m15057) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | The inscription on the main text is not legible.
(The inscription under the images on the left) 1st image For more than a century the Holliday Street Theater entertained Baltimoreans from a site across the street from City Hall. The original . . . — — Map (db m102450) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Dr. William V. Lockwood was the first Vice President Emeritus of Baltimore Community College. His vision, uncompromising work ethic, and life long devotion to educational advancement made him instrumental in transforming the dream of the Harbor . . . — — Map (db m115221) HM |
| | 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 |
| | The development of the nation depended on transportation, and Baltimore led America in building the first long-distance railroad, one of the earliest commuter rail systems, and one of the first electric streetcar systems. Baltimore also contributed . . . — — Map (db m102865) HM |
| | “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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 m5563) HM |
| | Lived here with her brother Leo Stein while a student at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine from 1897 to 1900. — — Map (db m109372) HM |
| | The circular stone church is one of the most unusual buildings in Baltimore. Designed by Charles E. Cassell in Romanesque style with Byzantine touches, it was built for the Associate Reformed Church in 1889. Eighteen polished granite columns support . . . — — Map (db m102335) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m6003) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | This complex, once three separate structures built between 1886 and 1905, hosed a wide variety of industries. These included a shoe manufacturer, the nation's leading straw hat company, (M.S. Levy), one of the largest lithographers in the south, . . . — — Map (db m6984) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 m2703) HM |
| | 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 American — — Map (db m102377) HM |
| | On an evening in October, 1833, three of Baltimore's most discerning gentlemen were gathered around a table in the back parlor of this house. Fortified with “some old wine and some good cigars,” John Pendleton Kennedy, James H. Miller . . . — — Map (db m4939) HM |
| | [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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 Parish; . . . — — Map (db m92305) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | To the glory of God and in honor of the 581 men and women from St. Alphonsus Parish who served their country in the Second World War 1941-1945.
(Listing of the men and women)
“Eternal rest grant unto them; O Lord, and let perpetual light . . . — — Map (db m103778) WM |
| | Battle of North Point, 12th September, A.D. 1814, and of the Independence of the United States, the thirty-ninth
Bombardment of Fort McHenry, 15th September, A.D. 1814, and of the Independence of the United States, the thirty-ninth.
James . . . — — Map (db m89172) HM |
| | This Monument
was erected by the citizens of Baltimore under the management of the Committee of Vigilance and Safety
in honor of the gallant defenders of this City and Nation who fell in the Battle of North Point
and during the . . . — — Map (db m89203) HM WM |
| | Host to the mighty, famous, and infamous, the Belvedere Hotel has welcomed a steady stream of celebrities since it opened in 1903. Rudolph Valentino, Sarah Berhardt, Al Jolson, and Mark Twain are only a few of the notables who have swept through the . . . — — Map (db m6017) HM |
| | This building stands on the site of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Building circa 1880 — — Map (db m131343) HM |
| | From 1936 - 1960, the Candler Building served as the operational headquarters of the U.S. Social Security system.
It was here that the first Social Security numbers were issued, the records were kept and the benefits computed for millions of . . . — — Map (db m145463) HM |
| | This building, designed in 1889 in the Richardson-Sullivan tradition by Charles L. Carson and Joseph Evans Sperry, was considered the first skyscraper to be erected in Baltimore. It is the oldest of the existing structures on Monument Square and . . . — — Map (db m6443) HM |
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