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After a brief stint in New York, Ogden Nash returned to Baltimore in 1934 and wrote: "I could have loved New York had I not loved Balti-more."

H.L. Mencken and Sarah Haardt on Cathedral Street

By Ryan Artes

Mencken lived in an apartment at 704 Cathedral Street for five years with his wife, nee Sara Haardt. The third floor apartment鈥檚 east windows faced Mount Vernon Place, and the inside was decorated鈥�

John H.B. Latrobe House

The John H.B. Latrobe House is the only surviving site associated with the "Saturday Morning Visiter" writing contest that launched Edgar Allan Poe's literary career. On an evening in October 1833,鈥�

Greater Rosemont and the Movement Against Destruction

By Dr. Edward Orser

Today, the parking lot of the West Baltimore MARC Station and the concrete highway lanes to the east dominate this site, symbols both of the weight of the past and prospects for the future. In the鈥�

Union Memorial United Methodist Church

Organized in 1875 by Samuel H. Cummings at Gilmore and Mulberry Streets, the Harlem Park Methodist Episcopal Church relocated to Harlem Park in 1880 under the leadership of John F. Goucher. The church鈥�

St. Mark's Institutional Baptist Church: The Former Immanuel Reformed Church

At a ground-breaking ceremony for the Immanuel Reformed Church on June 24, 1922, twelve trustees, including Charles C. Zies, Sr. and John H. Weller, signed a contract for the construction of the new鈥�

Perkins Square Baptist Church

By Preservation Alliance of Baltimore County

Perkins Square Baptist Church has been an institution on Edmondson Avenue since the mid-1950s occupying a grey stone church that began in 1913 as Emmanuel English Evangelical Lutheran Church. The鈥�

2500 block of Harlem Avenue

By Dr. Edward Orser

In 1967, the Baltimore Afro-American called the home in the 2500 block of Harlem Avenue "a typical slice of Baltimore:" "The 2500 block of Harlem Avenue is a microcosm of middle-class Baltimore. . .鈥�

James Mosher Elementary School

By Dr. Edward Orser

James Mosher Elementary (#144) was built in 1933. The original brick structure, facing Wheeler Avenue, was constructed in simple Art Deco style. In an era of segregation, it was designated a 鈥渨hite鈥濃€�

Saint James' Episcopal Church

By The Explore 91视频 team

Founded in 1824, St. James鈥� Episcopal Church is the nation鈥檚 second oldest African Episcopal congregation and the first Episcopal church organized by African Americans south of the Mason-Dixon line.鈥�

Old St. Paul's Church

By Auni Gelles

One of the thirty original Anglican parishes in Maryland, St. Paul's parish has been a fixture of Baltimore since the city's incorporation. Many influential citizens attended this church, including鈥�

Fort Carroll

Fort Carroll is a 3.4 acre artificial island and abandoned fort located within the shadow of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The fort was designed by then Brevet-Colonel Robert E. Lee, and construction鈥�

Elisha Tyson's Falls Road House

By Johns Hopkins

Originally the summer home of industrialist and abolitionist Elisha Tyson in the early 1800s, 732 Pacific Street is a classic Federal style house built with native granite two feet thick. Among many鈥�

Dashiell Hammett and the Continental Trust Company Building

Dashiell Hammett found inspiration for his great detective novels like "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man" by working at the Pinkerton Detective Agency in what was then known as the Continental鈥�

Mercantile Trust and Deposit Building

By The Explore 91视频 team

The highly ornamented Mercantile Trust Building was constructed in 1885 by architectural firm Wyatt and Sperry. The architecture conveys a sense of impenetrability, characterized by its massive, heavy鈥�

Furness House

A slice of English architecture, the Furness House was built in 1917 by architect Edward H. Glidden. Glidden also designed the Washington Place Apartments in Mount Vernon and the Marlboro Apartments鈥�

Gayety Theater: A Venerable Keystone of "The Block"

By Laurie Ossman

Built in the aftermath of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, the Gayety Theatre opened on February 5, 1906鈥攎aking this building the oldest remaining burlesque theater in Baltimore. While the theatre鈥�

Zion Lutheran Church

The Zion Lutheran Church is a piece of German-American history that dates back to 1755. Originally known as the German Lutheran Reformed Church, it served Lutheran immigrants coming from Germany. The鈥�

Alex. Brown & Sons Company Building

By Christopher Joyce & Nathan Dennies

This small building sits squarely inside the area decimated by the Great Baltimore Fire and surprisingly survived. It was built in 1901 for Alex Brown and Sons: the oldest investment banking firm in鈥�

Garrett Building

Robert Garrett was the original owner of the thirteen-story Garrett Building. Among other things, Garrett was a banker, Olympian, collector of medieval manuscripts, and a leader in the development of鈥�

Vickers Building

The Vickers Building represents a shift in downtown Baltimore architectural design that occurred directly after the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 and is one of the largest buildings to utilize brick as鈥�

American Building

The American Building was home to Baltimore News-American, a newspaper that traces its lineage back to 1773.

Battery Babcock

Few places demonstrate the radical transformation of the Baltimore waterfront from the early nineteenth century through the present as vividly as the site of the Battery Babock, a short distance south鈥�

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse

By William Dunn

In 1885, Baltimore City set out to build the most beautiful Courthouse in the country. Fifteen years, and $2.2 million later ($56 million adjusted for inflation), that goal was realized. On January 6,鈥�

Stafford Hotel

The Stafford was once an elegant hotel serving the elite of Baltimore and the many high-profile figures visiting the city. The hotel was designed by founding member of the Baltimore AIA chapter鈥�

Stirling Street

Built in the 1830s, the 600 block of Stirling Street was home to free working people, both African-American and white, living in modest Federal style rowhouses. Some residents worked in the industrial鈥�

Great House of Isaac Benesch and Sons

Once a bustling department store complex on North Gay Street, the Great House of Isaac Benesch and Sons has been vacant for over a decade as the Old Town Mall waits on the progress of long stalled鈥�

Null House

Located on Hillen Street, the Null House is a rare eighteenth century home dating from around 1782. Once common throughout the city, only a handful of these small wood frame houses remain, largely in鈥�

Engine House No. 6