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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4AM_the-garrett-building_Baltimore-MD.html
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 char…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4AK_the-lovely-lane-meeting-house_Baltimore-MD.html
Upon this site stoodfrom 1774 to 1786The Lovely Lane Meeting Housein which was organizedDecember 1784The Methodist Episcopal Churchin The United States ofAmerica
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4AJ_wendel-bollman_Baltimore-MD.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3U6_the-equitable-building_Baltimore-MD.html
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 o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3U5_continental-trust-building_Baltimore-MD.html
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.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3QF_the-harris-bus_Baltimore-MD.html
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 bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3QD_the-municipal-museum-of-the-city-of-baltimore_Baltimore-MD.html
This house was built by Rembrandt Peale in 1814 as a Natural History Museum and Gallery of the Fine Arts. Robert Carey Long was the Architect. Purchased by the City of Baltimore, 1830, Jacob Small being Mayor, it was occupied as the City Hall from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3QC_peales-baltimore-museum_Baltimore-MD.html
A pioneer art historical and scientific museum.Erected 1818 by Rembrandt Peale.Gas lighting demonstrated june 13 1816. Occupied as city hall 1830-1875. Rembrandt Peale1778-1860Distinguished Maryland artist, naturalist and technologist founded t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3QB_the-peale-museum_Baltimore-MD.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3QA_peales-baltimore-museum-1814_Baltimore-MD.html
Has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric Landmark Under the provisions of theHistoric Sites Act of August 21, 1935.This site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating or illustratingthe history of the United States U.S. Department …
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