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
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
This plaque commemorates Robert Bannaky, the colonial African American father and farmer. He purchased this historic land in 1737, with the sale of 7,000 pounds of tobacco. Robert was from Guinea (present day Ghana/Nigeria region of Africa), . . . — — Map (db m78504) 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
Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership was inspired by the German artist Joseph Beuys' 7000 Oaks tree planting project (1982-87). The visionary program transformed Kassel, Germany with the planting of thousands of oak trees.
After the . . . — — Map (db m212973) HM
Named in honor of George and Betsy Sherman, in recognition of their sustained generosity and deep commitment to making a difference through education. Their philanthropy in the Baltimore community has helped serve at-risk children and families, and . . . — — Map (db m145235) HM
Named in honor of Baltimore's legendary civic leader and his wife, Sondheim Hall and the Janet and Walter Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program affirm UMBC's connections to Baltimore and the university's mission to integrate research, teaching . . . — — Map (db m145236) HM
Named in honor of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, whose commitment to nurturing the potential of others launched the Meyerhoff Scholarship program at UMBC and established the University as a leader in achieving both excellence and diversity. Their . . . — — Map (db m145233) 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
Rain falls onto the Museum roof, parking lot and other hard surfaces where it cannot soak into the ground. Instead, rain runs off these hard surfaces quickly, picking up pollution and eroding away soil. Gullies form, trails wash out and valuable . . . — — Map (db m306040) 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
Rebecca Anne Meyers
Swimming events
2012 Paralympic Games, London, England
1 silver medal
1 bronze medal
Rebecca Anne Meyers
Swimming events
2016 Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3 gold medals
1 silver medal . . . — — Map (db m248798) HM
Dedicated to veterans of Baltimore County who served in Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom and in memory of those who gave their lives.
Capt Michael S Lawlor USMC 2004 Iraq •
LCpl Anthony P . . . — — Map (db m249418) HM WM
Originally constructed as a log cabin in 1833, St. John’s Chapel and land adjacent thereto served the local black community as a house of worship and burying ground. Services had been held in the present chapel since its construction in 1886. The . . . — — Map (db m2286) HM
Dedicated to the
citizens of
Baltimore County
who served their
nation in
Southeast Asia
1957 - 1975
In memory of those who gave their lives
Harvey C. K. A. Au •
Charles J. Armstrong •
Leland Bailey •
James H. Baker, Jr. • . . . — — Map (db m83691) HM WM
(preface)
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent 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, . . . — — Map (db m188720) 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
South Inscription:
The Congress of the United States has caused this Monument to be erected on the site of the Battle of Cowpens as a testimonial to the valor and in appreciation of the services of the American Troops on this field in . . . — — Map (db m11186) HM WM
This high ground serves as a monument to Benjamin Banneker, the free African American who charted the stars for the first survey of Washington, DC. Banneker was 60 years old when he hired on to assist surveyor Andrew Ellicott. A tobacco . . . — — Map (db m130909) HM
1st Battalion, 175th Infantry RegimentSFC Bowen died as a result of injuries he received when the Humvee he was riding in was ambushed in Khost Province, Afghanistan. His vehicle encountered an IED and he was instantly burned over 50% of his body. . . . — — Map (db m242008) HM WM
Here in 1830, passengers on B&O horse-drawn cars stopped to eat at the Relay House.
Meanwhile, the relays of horses were changed for the remainder of the 13 mile journey between Baltimore and Ellicott’s Mills, hence the name Relay.
In 1835, a . . . — — Map (db m2502) HM
To honor the memory of
AARON WHITAKER
A soldier of the Revolution
Son of James Whitaker and his wife Catherine
Pioneer settlers about 1767 whose farm included this borough which bears their name.
* * *
Whitaker
James . . . — — Map (db m255981) HM
Lynching in America
At least 6,500 Black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1865 and 1950. After the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for African Americans and an ideology of white . . . — — Map (db m174864) HM
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early’s corps from Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter’s army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded Maryland to . . . — — Map (db m75747) HM
Storekeeper David Lee was troubled as he opened the doors in front of you on the morning of July 11, 1864. Rumors were spreading that large groups of Confederate raiders were roaming this part of Maryland. Mr. Lee was right to be concerned. He . . . — — Map (db m210773) HM
Life Member Program History
The university's first alumni organization was created in 1892 at what was then known as the Maryland Agricultural College. A similar group formed at the professional schools in Baltimore. In 1948, the alumni . . . — — Map (db m240934) HM
At Hobkirk’s Hill the American army numbered between 1,200 and 1,500 men. Col. Otho Holland Williams’s brigade held the left of the line. It consisted of two Maryland Continental regiments commanded by Col. John Gunby and Lt. Col. Benjamin Ford, . . . — — Map (db m48268) HM
Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832), the last surviving, and only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, wintered here during the last twelve years of his life.
Built circa 1808, the mansion is the grandest . . . — — Map (db m3204) HM
You are standing on what was once part of Benjamin Banneker's farmstead. Mary and Robert, Benjamin's parents, purchased a 100 acre parcel in 1737 for 7,000 pounds of tobacco. Benjamin was a small child when he moved from the Elkridge area to this . . . — — Map (db m265057) HM
Who Dies for Country, doth not yield
To death’s uncompromising sway
He soars Immortal from the field
And dwells untouched by time’s decay
Wm. M. Marine
This one-acre of the North Point Battlefield . . . — — Map (db m294798) 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
The first County Seat of Baltimore County, 1659 to 1700, was located on Bush River. In 1683 it was made a Port of Entry by the Maryland Assembly. — — Map (db m1230) HM
On May 5, 1861, U.S. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler occupied Relay, Maryland, with the 8th New York and 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments and Cook's Boston Battery of light artillery. Their mission was to prevent Confederate sympathizers from . . . — — Map (db m5876) 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 . . . — — Map (db m107314) HM
The area we now call Baltimore County is the ancestral land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock Indigenous peoples. York and Joppa Roads grew out of trails used by these people as they traveled through present-day Towson to hunt, fish, quarry . . . — — Map (db m249413) HM
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent 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 invaded . . . — — Map (db m201629) HM
Covered bridge: Originally constructed in 1865, the Jericho Covered Bridge is the last remaining covered bridge in Baltimore and Harford counties, and one of only six remaining in Maryland. It has a Burr Arch through truss design, . . . — — Map (db m271947) HM
Granite was quarried in the Guilford area beginning in the 1830s and continuing until 1925 - a span of almost a century. As the nearby cities of Baltimore and Washington expanded, there was a need for quality building stone for structures and . . . — — Map (db m20501) HM
Origins of Elkridge
The first mention of the Elkridge Hundred can be found in the 1702 Baltimore County Tax List. In 1733, the Maryland Assembly passed an act authorizing the establishment of a town, called "Jansen-Town," located "at and about . . . — — Map (db m150573) HM
Nathan Towson, born 1784 in the area named for his family, served in the U.S. Army for 42 years. He enlisted in 1812 when war with Britain seemed imminent. As an artillery captain, Towson distinguished himself in nearly every major engagement on the . . . — — Map (db m83413) HM
Here beside Bush River was county seat of Baltimore County, then largely wilderness including what is now Harford County. By 1676 Courthouse had been built. About ¼ mile south of surviving cemetery of Phillips family. (Here is buried Martha Paca . . . — — Map (db m149109) HM
First native born Methodist local preacher, born November 13, 1738, Baltimore County, Maryland. Died October 7, 1786, Leesburg, Virginia and was buried on this spot.
He was converted under the ministry of Robert Strawbridge and Received on . . . — — Map (db m1581) HM
A Royal Dispute
Throughout much of the 17th and 18th centuries the landscape around what is now the Zimmerman Center for Heritage was at the heart of a long border dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania. In 1632, England's King Charles . . . — — Map (db m242835) HM
On April 18-19, 1861, a week after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, Confederate sympathizers attacked U.S. Army forces en route to Washington in Baltimore, 35 miles southwest of here. On the second day shots were fired and soldiers . . . — — Map (db m145865) HM
"…it is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature,…to extend their power and influence to relief of every part of the human race…"
—Benjamin Banneker, 1792
The basin in front of you and the house beside you are remnants of the Baltimore County Water and Electric Company that operated here from 1910 to 1922. the company, founded by Victor G. Bloede, supplied pressurized water to parts of Baltimore city, . . . — — Map (db m8844) HM
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
Brother of Andrew, born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 12th month, 28th, 1739 and removed with his brother Andrew from their mills in Bucks Co., 5th month, 16th, 1771, • to Baltimore County, Maryland •
Here they built mills and settled this . . . — — Map (db m112434) HM
In 1774, William Duke, a young preacher from Baltimore County, Maryland, arrived in Alexandria on his itinerant circuit at a time when there were fewer than twenty methodist preachers in the British colonies. Duke had been personally . . . — — Map (db m316213) HM
When Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led his cavalry division north across the Potomac River into Maryland in June 1863, about 400 Federals and civilians were captured and then paroled in Brookeville. At the same time, Confederate Gen. Fitzhugh . . . — — Map (db m268209) HM
[Marker is damaged and not legible.]
The Northern Central Railway was a major conduit for the transportation of troops and supplies from the North to the Virginia Theater. Early in the Civil War, raiding parties destroyed bridges along . . . — — Map (db m205750) HM
African American Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial
The Medal of Honor takes its place in our country as the highest award for military valor. The honor, awarded by the President in the name of Congress, may only be accorded an . . . — — Map (db m173924) HM WM
Demands for cleaner drinking water in Baltimore City and County compelled Catonsville banker and philanthropist Victor G. Bloede to organize and Baltimore County Water & Electric Company in 1909.
In 1910, Bloede's company purchased the . . . — — Map (db m8843) 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
Carver High School was one of the three schools built simultaneously in 1939 by Baltimore County to educate colored students in grades 8 through 12. Previously, those students were sent to Baltimore city for high school. The Carver School . . . — — Map (db m226653) HM
The Towson Academy, better known as the Towson Armory, was built in 1933 on the former site of the Smedley House, a popular hotel frequented by Baltimore families around 1900. The building is one of thew last military armories built in Maryland . . . — — Map (db m249417) HM
31. Walter Simonds Franklin (1836-1911): Slightly to your right is the burial site of Walter Franklin. A brother of Union General William Buel Franklin, he graduated from engineering school at Harvard and married Mary Campbell Small . . . — — Map (db m205685) HM
You are standing on land that long ago was part of an area folks called "Stout". In 1737, when Benjamin Banneker was six years old, his father, Robert, purchased 100 acres from Richard Gist for 7,000 pounds of tobacco and put young Benjamin's . . . — — Map (db m103477) HM
Benjamin Banneker was born to free parents on November 9, 1731, in Baltimore County, Maryland and spent his childhood on his family's farm. His grandmother taught him to read and write. He later attended a one-room school. Banneker worked a . . . — — Map (db m211190) 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
"There is much to be discovered [indistinguishable] way of beautiful scenery inaccessible on account of lack of trails and [indistinquishable] time this park will be one of the nicest in this part of the county." - Tell W. . . . — — Map (db m8845) HM
Hilton
Circa 1825, 1917
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Hilton
Estate . . . — — Map (db m128247) HM
"Twenty-five years have changed everything, except the undying… spirit which makes us feel that if our country is worth loving, it is worth defending." Captain Benjamin C. Howard, keynote speaker, September 12, . . . — — Map (db m294799) 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 . . . — — Map (db m131332) HM
This modest roadside way station grew into a town center for the farms and estates of northwest Baltinore County and Carroll County. By 1900, Reisterstown was home to some 1,000 people. Descendants of early residents shaped town life as owners of . . . — — Map (db m274872) HM
On April 18-19, 1861, a week after the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., Confederate sympathizers attacked U.S. Army forces en route to Washington in Baltimore, 35 miles southwest of here.
On the second day, shots were fired . . . — — Map (db m304314) HM
Commons originated in England as open areas within settlements where people could graze their livestock. In colonial American, these areas became known as "village greens" where people assembled, troops drilled and games were played. Later, . . . — — Map (db m128068) HM
(East Face) In Commemoration of the “Christiana Riot” September 11, 1851, and the Treason Trials Sept. 29 – Dec. 17, 1851.
(North Face) Indicted for Treason U.S. Circuit Court E.D. PA. Aug. 1 1851:
1. Gastiner . . . — — Map (db m117273) 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 m213339) HM
The Rock Run Mill was built in 1794 by John Stump, a prominent businessman, on land originally known as “Land of Promise.” The mill was in continuous operation until 1954. It is one of the oldest mills still standing in Harford County.
The . . . — — Map (db m188608) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
