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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM701_evolution-of-fort-mchenry_Baltimore-MD.html
After the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, Fort McHenry continued as a military post for more than a hundred years. The U.S. Army constructed buildings outside the star fort and modified existing structures to serve the needs of the time.
During th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6ZX_remember-1814_Baltimore-MD.html
Fort McHenry protected the water approaches to Baltimore for more than a hundred years, but was attacked only once. On September 13-14, 1814, British ships fired rockets and mortars at the fort for twenty-five hours. Fort McHenry withstood the bom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LP_the-enoch-pratt-house_Baltimore-MD.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LO_maryland-historical-society_Baltimore-MD.html
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. Monum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LN_walters-art-museum_Baltimore-MD.html
William T. Walters (1819-94) made his fortune in the liqour trade and in East Coast railroads. He assembled a splendid collection of 19th cenutry European painting and Asian art. When William died, he bequeathed his collection to his son Henry (18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6G1_wilkens-building_Baltimore-MD.html
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 and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6G0_baltimore-infirmary_Baltimore-MD.html
On this site in 1823 the faculty of the University of Maryland College of Medicine erected the Baltimore Infirmary, the first teaching hospital associated with a degree-granting school of medicine and the original residency program in medical educ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5AG_the-negro-heroes-of-the-united-states_Baltimore-MD.html
Dedicated to the memory of the Negro Heroes of the United States."Sleep in Peace, slain in thy country's wars."
A gift to the city of Baltimore by an anonymous donorSculptor - James E. Lewis 1971.
(Sash held by figure contains the dates of a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YR_the-peabody-institute-and-george-peabody-library_Baltimore-MD.html
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, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YQ_mount-vernon-place-united-methodist-church_Baltimore-MD.html
[photo caption]The Washington Monument, Baltimore. This view of Mount Vernon Place, circa 1848, shows the home of Charles and Phoebe Key Howard to the right of the monument.
Conceived as a "Cathedral of Methodism" the Mount Vernon Place United …