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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YN6_moving-up-to-cathedral-hill-three-centuries-of-change_Baltimore-MD.html
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 S…
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Here at Interstate 70, this hiking and biking trail runs 15 miles through nearby Franklintown and the Gwynns Falls valley to the Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore and the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. The…
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Norman Reeves, a member of the Baltimore City Council, was an active opponent of the expressway. A Leaking Park trail is named in his memory.—Barbara Mikulski, an activist social worker and Fells Point resident, and later City Council member…
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From picnic and playground facilities to sports fields and courts, Leon Day Park serves as a gathering place for people of all ages in the Rosemont-Franklintown Road neighborhood. Formerly called Calverton, the area contained mills and slaughterho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YDK_mount-royal-station_Baltimore-MD.html
With the 1960s renovation completed, the station became a point of pride once again-for Baltimore and for MICA. It was an important factor in the college's regional accreditation and the further growth of its enrollment and reputation. The renovat…
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By the middle of the twentieth century, the Mount Royal Station fell victim to the rise of the automobile and the decline of passenger rail service nationwide. The historic building's deterioration threatened the future of the Mount Royal area, an…
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This memorial is erected in honor of those young me from this community who made the supreme sacrifice during World War II. Joseph F. Althoff · Calvin Calp · Earl Foreman · Richard Fuller · Floyd Hall ·…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YB2_mount-royal-station_Baltimore-MD.html
A monument to the golden era of rail travel, the Mount Royal Station enjoys a special place in the history of Baltimore and the nation—the home of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad and birthplace of American railroading. The history of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YAP_frederick-douglass-sculpture_Baltimore-MD.html
Frederick Douglass is one of the best-known Americans of the 19th century. Schools, churches and other community buildings across the United States have been named after him. Known for bravery, vision and insightfulness, Douglas fought for the rig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YAO_the-marine-railway_Baltimore-MD.html
During the early 1800s, shipyards dotted Baltimore's Harbor. Many of them drew vessels in need of repair from waters up and down the Atlantic coast. Repairs ranged from minor sail mendings to complicated restorative hull work rendered by skilled s…
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