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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HP_orianda-house_Baltimore-MD.html
Orianda House, built in 1857 at a cost of $9,170.69, was designed by Niernsee and Neilson, architects. This country mansion was the summer home of Thomas de Kay Winans, a wealthy railroad entrepreneur, and his Russian-born wife, Celeste Louise Rev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HK_weiskittel-mausoleum_Baltimore-MD.html
The Weiskettel Mausoleum has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HF_the-chesapeake-campaign-the-war-of-1812_Baltimore-MD.html
A "nest of pirates"—that's what the British admiralty once dubbed Baltimore's historic Fell's Point, then one of the most important shipbuilding centers in the nation and the home port of courageous privateers who sailed speed Chesapeake Bay…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15GA_general-casimir-pulaski_Baltimore-MD.html
Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pulaski) was born in the late 1740's in Warsaw, Poland. In his native country he fought against Imperial Russia, winning fame and respect for his brilliant and daring attacks on the Russian forces attacking his country. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15FX_st-leo-the-great-church_Baltimore-MD.html
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15FJ_the-chessies-famous-big-mike_Baltimore-MD.html
"Steam's finest hour" was one railroad writer's summation of the superb locomotives built on the eve of the diesel era—-and this sophisticated brute was one of the reasons why. An excellent example of "superpower" design, it was capable of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15FI_baltimore-ohio-railroad_Baltimore-MD.html
You are standing on the site of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Mount Clare Shops, a large industrial complex critical to maintaining every aspect of the railroad's daily operations. Because of their strategic importance, the shops were among th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15FD_king-gambrinus-1879_Baltimore-MD.html
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 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15FC_on-to-yorktown_Baltimore-MD.html
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 Briti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15FB_wrestling-in-maryland_Baltimore-MD.html
Wrestling was a popular sport in Maryland in the early 20th century. Baltimore was the base for nationally known professionals Gus "Americus" Schoenlein, Frank "Shad" Link, Frank Lynch, Harry Scroggs, "Kid" Taylor and Anthony "Columbus" Wallnoefer…