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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Q5_john-h-b-latrobe-house_Baltimore-MD.html
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. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2P5_beehler-umbrella-factory_Baltimore-MD.html
On this site, from 1886-1908, stood the Beehler Umbrella Factory, the oldest umbrella house in America. Founded in Baltimore by Francis Beehler in 1828.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IL_carroll-mansion_Baltimore-MD.html
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 Federal era …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H8_mt-clare_Baltimore-MD.html
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 e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Q_9-north-front-street_Baltimore-MD.html
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, artisans and "gent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15N_the-flag-house-and-star-spangled-banner-museum_Baltimore-MD.html
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.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15L_baltimore-city-courthouse_Baltimore-MD.html
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 and the Jul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15F_zion-lutheran-church_Baltimore-MD.html
Founded 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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15D_dr-hiltgunt-margret-zassenhaus_Baltimore-MD.html
July 10, 1916 Hamburg, GermanyNovember 20, 2004 Baltimore, MDPhysician, Humanist, AuthorWorking as an interpreter with Scandinavian political prisoners held by the Third Reich during World War II, she bravely afforded many medical aid and spiritua…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15B_a-tribute-to-our-unsung-heroes_Baltimore-MD.html
The heroes walk program was established by Mayor William Donald Schaefer in 1986, to honor those persons who have unselfishly given their time, labor and talents to help improve the quality of life in our community without ever seeking reward or r…