On East North Avenue (U.S. 1) east of North Calvert Street, on the right when traveling west.
"You didn't go to Poly, you joined it." Such is the proud attitude of many Baltimoreans associated with this school, long considered to have one of the best college preparatory programs in the country. Conceived in 1883, the school opened its . . . — — Map (db m135068) HM
On West Lanvale Street, on the right when traveling east.
From 1894 to 1899, this house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, a German immigrant who revolutionized the art of printing with his invention of the Linotype. Previously a typesetter searched for a single character, then placed it in a line . . . — — Map (db m6582) HM
On North Paca Street (Maryland Route 129), on the left when traveling north.
In 1791, at the invitation of Bishop John Carroll, the first bishop in the United States, Sulpician priests came to Baltimore from France to found St. Mary's Seminary, the nation's oldest Catholic seminary. After establishing the seminary in a . . . — — Map (db m219570) 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
Near North Charles Street north of West Oliver Street, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Greenspring Avenue north of Pimlico Road, on the left when traveling north.
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
On South Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2) at East Baltimore Street, on the left when traveling north on South Calvert Street. 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
On South Eutaw Street at West Lombard Street (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling north on South Eutaw Street.
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
On Water Street east of Commerce Street, on the left when traveling east.
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
On North Calvert Street at Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling north on North Calvert Street.
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
On North Charles Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Commerce Street south of Holliday Street, on the left when traveling south.
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
On North Charles Street at West Lexington Street when traveling south on North Charles Street.
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
On North Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2), on the right when traveling north on North Calvert Street.
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
On Cathedral Street at West Mulberry Street (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling south on Cathedral Street.
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
On Cathedral Street just north of West Mulberry Street. 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
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
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
On West Saratoga Street, on the right when traveling east.
"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
Near West Baltimore Street at North Hanover Street, on the right when traveling east. 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
On North Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2), on the right when traveling north.
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
On North Charles Street at East Saratoga Street, on the right when traveling north on North Charles Street.
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
On North Charles Street just south of East Saratoga Street, on the right when traveling north. 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
On North Howard Street at West Saratoga Street, on the left when traveling north on North Howard Street.
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
On North Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2) at East Fayette Street, in the median on North Calvert Street.
Built 1815-1825 to commemorate those who fell in the British attack on Baltimore in September 1814, the Battle Monument stands on the site of Baltimore’s first courthouse. When Calvert Street was leveled in 1784, the courthouse was raised on an . . . — — Map (db m237126) HM
On North Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2) at East Fayette Street, on the left when traveling north on North Calvert Street. Reported permanently removed.
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
On North Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2) at East Fayette Street, on the left when traveling north on North Calvert Street.
The Equitable Building, designed in 1889 in the Richard-son-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 in . . . — — Map (db m232408) HM
On East Redwood Street at South Street, on the left when traveling west on East Redwood Street.
This 13-story building, completed in 1913, was designed by Baltimore architects J. B. Noel Wyatt and William G. Nolting. Reflecting a mixture of styles, this transitional building combines the Chicago windows, flat wall panes and flat skyline . . . — — Map (db m7040) HM
On N Holliday Street, on the left when traveling south.
The race to invent a gasoline-powered motor vehicle began in earnest in the 1890's. Most investors started with the modest idea of a two-seater, but William Thomas Harris, an engineer of this city, was more ambitious. He proposed a 15-passenger bus. . . . — — Map (db m6309) HM
On West Mulberry Street (U.S. 40). Reported permanently removed.
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
On West Mulberry Street (U.S. 40) just east of Cathedral Street, on the right when traveling east.
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 and John H. . . . — — Map (db m166954) HM
On South Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2) at East Fayette Street, on the right when traveling north on South Calvert Street.
When this structure was completed in 1911, it was Baltimore's tallest office building. Of steel construction, faced with Bedford limestone on the lower floors, and brick and terra cotta above, the building stands as a monument of sorts to the whims . . . — — Map (db m7319) HM
On North Holliday Street, on the left when traveling south.
This structure is the oldest museum building in the United States. Designed by Robert Cary Long, Sr. for Rembrandt Peale, the museum opened to the public in 1814 as "an elegant Rendezvous for taste, curiosity and leisure." For a 25-cent admission . . . — — Map (db m6305) HM
On East Lexington Street, on the right when traveling east.
"It is a fearful thing to lead this great, peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than the peace, and we shall fight . . . — — Map (db m6294) HM
On South Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2), on the left when traveling north.
Wendel Bollman, one of a handful of men who transformed bridge-building from an art into a science, was born on this site to German parents on January 21, 1814.
Largely self-educated, Bollman acquired his engineering knowledge and experience at . . . — — Map (db m7038) HM
On East Lexington Street at Holliday Street, on the left on East Lexington Street.
Founder in 1755, Zion Church is the oldest Lutheran congregation in Maryland. German Lutherans began settling in Baltimore Town shortly after it was laid out in 1730. Relying on itinerant preachers from Pennsylvania, the small struggling community . . . — — Map (db m2714) HM
On North Caroline Street, on the right when traveling north.
First Baptist Church, the oldest Black Baptist church in Maryland, was founded amidst turmoil in 1836, five years after Nat Turner's Rebellion in Virginia. Alarmed at the Rebellion, Maryland and other slave states passed laws restricting the . . . — — Map (db m7564) HM
On East Cross Street, on the right when traveling west.
In July 1846, a battered and storm-tossed hulk, the William Penn, was moored at the pier at Light Street wharf across from what is now the McCormick building. A ship chandler, a rigger and other local merchants with interests in the . . . — — Map (db m7076) HM
On South Dallas Street, on the right when traveling south.
"Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation are those who want crops without plowing up the ground - they want rain without thunder and lightning." - Frederick Douglass
Born in February, 1818, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, . . . — — Map (db m7562) HM
To escape the intolerable heat of Baltimore summers, Thomas Dekay Winans built this country house on land which he had purchased in 1855. Winans had recently returned from Russia, where he made a fortune supervising construction of the . . . — — Map (db m6404) HM
This stately rowhome at 828 North Carrollton Avenue has served a number of purposes since its construction in 1880. Over the years it has been used as a private residence, office space, and briefly as a retirement home. Its most notable resident . . . — — Map (db m101638) HM
The Perkins Square Gazebo harkens back to the grandeur of Baltimore’s 19th century architectural and landscape heritage. In 1871, the gazebo was built as a spring shelter, the centerpiece for a new park. The land for the park was once part of . . . — — Map (db m101927) HM
On West Baltimore Street just west of South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
This land was once the magnificent estate of Thomas Dekay Winans, an engineer who made a fortune during the 1840's supervising the construction of the first Russian transcontinental railroad. The engineer named his estate "Alexandroffsky," in . . . — — Map (db m166997) HM
On South President Street just south of Fleet Street, on the right when traveling south.
Completed in 1851, the President Street Station is an icon of railroad architecture, featuring Classical Revival elements and incorporating a barrel vault roof design—the first for a railroad station. Its history is also tied to significant . . . — — Map (db m145578) HM
In the 1840's, William Wilkens, a German immigrant, founded the Wilkens Brush Company. Wilkens was a pioneer of large-scale industrial production in Baltimore. The Wilkens Building was constructed with a cast-iron front manufactured by Bartlet . . . — — Map (db m10007) HM
On Art Museum Drive. Reported permanently removed.
This monument was a gift from prominent Baltimore banker J. Henry Ferguson, who left funds in his will for the City of Baltimore to create a monument to his childhood heroes, Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. Ferguson . . . — — Map (db m103158) HM
The building's on the south side of this block have changed dramatically to meet the needs of an ever-changing city. First built a private homes, since the late 19th century they have housed community institution devoted to the spiritual, cultural, . . . — — Map (db m97356) HM
On North Asiquith Street at East Fayette Street, on the right when traveling north on North Asiquith Street.
The Friends Meeting House is the oldest religious building in Baltimore. In 1781, the Patapsco Friends Meeting, formerly located on Harford Road two miles north of the Inner Harbor, moved to this site. In 1784 a group of Quakers established a school . . . — — Map (db m6282) HM
A survival from the 18th century, this house was built in the section of the city known as “Jonestown.”
Designed and built in the 1790’s in the Federal style, 9 North Front Street was once part of a neighborhood of merchants, . . . — — Map (db m2726) HM
On Lloyd Street, on the right when traveling north.
The B'nai Israel Synagogue, erected in 1876, is the longest actively-used synagoue in Baltimore. It was built by Congregation Chizuk Amuno ("Strengthening of the Faith"), whose members had seceded from the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in 1870 to . . . — — Map (db m7074) HM
On Front Street, 0.1 miles north of Lombard Street, on the left when traveling south.
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
On Lloyd Street at Watson Street, on the right when traveling north on Lloyd Street.
The Lloyd Street Synagogue, dedicated in 1845, is the first synagogue erected in Maryland and the third oldest surviving synagogue in the United States. A simple, elegant building in the popular Greek Revival style, it was designed for the Baltimore . . . — — Map (db m7072) HM
On East Baltimore Street at North Aisquith Street on East Baltimore Street.
Before Baltimore's public school system opened in 1829, education was the concern of charitable and religious organizations. An early leader in the education movement was the McKim Free School, established through a bequest of Quaker merchant . . . — — Map (db m7071) HM
On Fayette Street at Front Street, on the right when traveling east on Fayette Street. Reported missing.
Built in 1828 by the Phoenix Shot Tower Company, this soaring 215 foot structure is the last remaining shot tower of the three that accented Baltimore’s skyline in the 19th century. Shot pellets used as ammunition for muskets was produced by . . . — — Map (db m2598) HM
On North Front Street at Fayette Street, on the right when traveling south on North Front Street.
St. Vincent de Paul Church is the oldest Catholic parish church in the city. The church was built in 1840-1841 to accommodate the growing Irish Catholic population east of the Jones Falls. Its gleaming white Georgian tower has long been recognized . . . — — Map (db m2600) HM
On East Pratt Street, on the left when traveling east.
The Flag House was the home of Mary Pickersgill and the site where she sewed the Star-Spangled Banner.
Mary Pickersgill moved into the Flag House in 1807 with her mother, Rebecca Young, and her daughter Caroline, and set up a flag making shop.
. . . — — Map (db m2723) HM
On North Haubert Street north of Key Highway East, on the right when traveling north.
Over 1.2 million European immigrants disembarked near this site, on piers six through nine, as part of the "Great Wave" immigration period from 1868 to 1914. The majority of these immigrants came on ships of the North German Lloyd Steamship . . . — — Map (db m131174) HM
On Madison Avenue at Mosher Street on Madison Avenue.
Since the establishment in 1930, American Legion Federal Post No. 19 has served as a faithful steward to Baltimore’s African American veterans and the larger community. Members from this post worked within the larger American Legion organization . . . — — Map (db m102337) WM
On Eutaw Place, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
"God opened my mouth and no man can shut it." With this firm belief in God and herself, "Ma" Jackson achieved extraordinary success in securing equal rights for blacks in Baltimore and Maryland. Born in 1889, she began fighting for black equality . . . — — Map (db m6562) HM
On East Chase Street, on the right when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m6017) HM
On Cathedral Street at West Read Street, on the left when traveling south on Cathedral Street.
Emmanuel Church held its first service an dedication in October of 1854.
Fifty years thereafter, a series of architectural changes and additions began. The chancel was enlarged to provide choir seating and an organ. Above a marble altar, a . . . — — Map (db m183387) HM
On Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
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
On West Monument Street at Park Avenue on West Monument Street.
The Maryland Historical Society (MdHS) is the state's oldest continuously operating cultural institution. Founded in 1844, it was first located in the Athenaeum at St. Paul and Saratoga Streets. In 1919 it moved to its current location on W. . . . — — Map (db m10249) HM
On Mount Vernon Place at North Charles Street on Mount Vernon Place.
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The Washington Monument, Baltimore. This view of Mount Vernon Place, circa 1848, shows the home of Charles and Phoebe Key Howard ot the right of the monument.
Conceived as a "Cathedral of Methodism" the Mount Vernon Place . . . — — Map (db m7948) HM
On St. Paul Street (Maryland Route 2) at East Read Street on St. Paul Street.
This imposing townhouse, built in 1853, was the home of Samuel Shoemaker, organizer of the Adams Express Company. The company that began in 1840 with one man and a satchel grew into a Goliath in the next few decades, serving every state and . . . — — Map (db m6015) HM
On North Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2), on the left when traveling north.
St. Ignatius Church opened August 15, 1856. Designed by Henry Hamilton Pittar and Louis L. Long, it was the second unit to be completed in the block-long complex that stretches from Madison to Monument Streets. In 1855, the porticoed central section . . . — — Map (db m6125) HM
On West Monument Street at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Monument Street.
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
On West Franklin Street (U.S. 40) at North Charles Street, on the right when traveling west on West Franklin Street.
In 1817, when Baltimore Town boasted 60,000 inhabitants and Mount Vernon Place was still a forest, a group of leading citizens met in the home of Henry Payson "to form a religious society and build a church for Christians who are Unitarian and . . . — — Map (db m7168) HM
On Monument Street at N. Charles Street, on the right when traveling east on Monument Street.
Established in 1857 by the philanthropist George Peabody, The Peabody Conservatory of Music was the first institution in America for the education of professional musicians. The list of those who have taught or studied here reads like a “Who’s . . . — — Map (db m2411) HM
On Mount Vernon Place, on the right when traveling east.
Philanthropist George Peabody founded the Institute in 1857 as a cultural center for the city's residents. In addition to establishing the first academy of music in America, the Institute originally comprised a public library, a lecture series, and . . . — — Map (db m7950) HM
On East Mount Vernon Place at N. Charles Street, on the right when traveling east on East Mount Vernon Place.
In 1857, George Peabody’s founding letter dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation for their “kindness and hospitality.” The Massachusetts-born philanthropist eventually moved to London where he built . . . — — Map (db m2410) HM
On Washington Place at West Centre Street, on the left when traveling north on Washington Place.
William T. Walters (1819-94) made his fortune in the liquor trade and in East Coast railroads. He assembled a splendid collection of 19th century European painting and Asian art. When William died, he bequeathed his collection to his son Henry . . . — — Map (db m145804) HM
The Washington Monument, constructed between 1815 and 1829, was the nation's first formal tribute to the leader of the United States. Following the custom of the day, the design was chosen in a competition and the cost defrayed by a public lottery. . . . — — Map (db m170980) HM
Near Smith Avenue west of Greely Road, on the right when traveling west.
In 1853, the Reverend Elias Heiner and George Gelbach, Jr. purchased several hundred acres called "Edwards and Wills Valleys and Hills" in Mt. Washington to establish a female college and German Reformed church.
Reverend Heiner and architect . . . — — Map (db m212274) HM
Near Woodbourne Avenue east of Purdue Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
"There's no use going in there, brother. You won't get a damned crust." Thus was Enoch Pratt, a leading 19th century capitalist and philanthropist, warned away from his own estate by an irate tramp. Although famous for his lucrative involvement . . . — — Map (db m137481) HM
On North Caroline Street at East Oliver Street, on the right when traveling north on North Caroline Street.
Dedicated on February 21, 1864, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church was the first black parish in the U.S. The church originated in the 1790s due to the efforts of the Sulpician Fathers and the Oblate Sisters of Providence to provide education and . . . — — Map (db m7563) HM
On Amity Street, 0.1 miles north of Fayatte Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
“The little house in the lowly street with the lovely name.” This was how Edgar Allan Poe described 203 Amity Street, where he lived from 1832 to 1835 with his grandmother, aunt, and cousin Virginia, whom he married in 1836.
While living . . . — — Map (db m2506) HM
For several years, Edgar Allan Poe shared this modest home with his invalid grandmother (Elizabeth Cairnes), his first cousins (Virginia and Henry Celmm), and his aunt (Maria Clemm) who was desperately poor but still willing to provide a home for . . . — — Map (db m101538) HM
On Emory Street at Dover Street, on the right when traveling south on Emory Street.
George Herman Ruth, better known to the world as Babe Ruth, baseball's famous "Sultan of Swat," was born here in the home of his maternal grandparents on February 6, 1895. Famous for his record-breaking statistics and flamboyant style, Babe was . . . — — Map (db m125679) HM
Near North Paca Street, on the left when traveling north.
This house, built around 1807, was the home of Saint Elizabeth Bayley Seton, the first American-born canonized saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in New York to a prominent Protestant family, Elizabeth Ann Bayley married William M. . . . — — Map (db m5986) HM
Near North Paca Street (Maryland Route 129) north of George Street.
Here, at the One Mile Tavern, in 1791, the Fathers of St. Sulpice (Paris, France) founded St. Mary's, the first Roman Catholic Seminary in the United States. Maryland was then a center of Catholic activity, with Baltimore having been selected at . . . — — Map (db m7186) HM
On Leadenhall Street at West Cross Street, on the right when traveling north on Leadenhall Street.
After the Civil War, a large number of black Baptists migrated to Baltimore. This church was organized in 1872 by black Baptists of the Sharp-Leadenhall area, with the help of the Maryland Baptist Union Association. It is the second oldest church . . . — — Map (db m6358) HM
On West University Parkway. Reported permanently removed.
Dedicated in 1917, this monument was part of a national movement spearheaded by the United Confederate Veterans to place a monument recognizing the sacrifices of Confederate women in the capitals of thirteen Southern states. It was founded by the . . . — — Map (db m101757) HM
Henry Louis Mencken was born on Lexington Street on September 12, 1880. His father hoped his eldest son would continue the family cigar manufacturing business, but after his father's death in 1899, Mencken headed straight for the Baltimore . . . — — Map (db m5035) HM
On Hollins Street just east of South Gilmor Street, on the left when traveling east.
"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
Mencken, 1922
"I have believed all my life in free thought and free speech — up to and including the utmost limits . . . — — Map (db m243456) HM
On South Paca Street at West Lombard Street (U.S. 40), on the left when traveling north on South Paca Street.
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
On West Fayette Street, on the left when traveling west. Reported unreadable.
Originally called the Western .... Here lie the graves of Revolutionary patriots, veterans of the War of 1812, and many of Baltimore's most distinguished … including Mayor James Calhoun, Colonel James McHenry, and General Samuel Smith. … . . . — — Map (db m6620) HM
On Druid Hill Avenue (Maryland Route 129) at West Lanvale Street, on the right when traveling south on Druid Hill Avenue.
The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal congregation is the oldest independent black institution in Baltimore. Its origins date back to the late 18th century, when blacks withdrew from the parent Methodist Church in protest against racially . . . — — Map (db m6237) HM
On Dolphin Street at Etting Street, on the right when traveling south on Dolphin Street.
Named in honor of its original location, Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church descends from the first black congregation in Baltimore. In 1797, blacks gatehred at 112-116 Sharp Street, where the Maryland Society for the Abolition of Slavery . . . — — Map (db m6239) HM
On Division Street, on the left when traveling north.
"Why, of all the multitudinous groups of people in this country, do you have to single out Negroes and give them separate treatment?" Thurgood Marshall reproached the Supreme Court with this and other questions in the landmark civil rights case . . . — — Map (db m6636) HM
On Craddock Avenue just south of East Cold Spring Lane, on the left when traveling east.
This was the home of Harry O. Wilson, African American banker, real estate developer, and founder of the Mutual Benefit Society. He was one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Baltimore—African American or white—in the early 20th . . . — — Map (db m189864) HM
