The Marlborough

By Eli Pousson

The Marlborough Apartments is an eleven-story landmark well-known for its architecture and as the home to the famous Baltimore art-collecting Cone Sisters. Before the construction of the Marlborough,鈥�

The Maryland Building

By Sarah Evans

When the first official World鈥檚 Fair in the United States 鈥� the Centennial Exhibition 鈥� closed in Philadelphia in November 1876, the Maryland delegation chose not to abandon their state exhibit hall.鈥�

The Maryland Center for Historical and Culture (formerly the Maryland Historical Society)

By The Maryland Center for History and Culture

The Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) collects, preserves, and interprets the history, art, and culture of Maryland. Originally founded as the Maryland Historical Society in 1844, MCHC鈥�

The National Aquarium

By Mary Zajac

How the National Aquarium came to be in Baltimore is the story of three different aquariums that, over time, became one. Our story begins in the middle. In the 1970s, Baltimore mayor William鈥�

The Office of John H. Murphy, Sr

By Francesca Cohen

From the humblest of beginnings, John H. Murphy Sr. rose to become the founder of the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper, which had an office here at 1336 N Carey St in the 1910鈥檚. Murphy was born鈥�

The Patterson

By Sierra Hallmen

The first Patterson Theater to occupy 3136 Eastern Avenue opened in 1910. In 1918, Harry Reddish purchased the building to renovate and redecorate it. He reopened it two years later and renamed it the鈥�

The Quad at UMBC: A Place for Quadmania and More

By Stephanie Smith & Sarah Huston

University of Maryland, Baltimore County shares in a unique American college phenomenon of open or green spaces. Campus open spaces鈥攑laces set aside for students, faculty and staff to gather鈥�

The Rennert Hotel: Ambitious Hospitality and the Culinary Creations of Henry Cummings

By Sydney Kempf

At the corner of Saratoga and Liberty Streets, people will find an unassuming parking lot. While this parking lot does not appear interesting at first glance, this lot used to be the center of鈥�

The Rotunda

By Nathan Dennies

The construction of the Rotunda in 1921, designed by architects Simonson & Pietsch in the neo-Georgian style, marked a radical change in the design of business campuses in the twentieth century.鈥�

The Severn

By Eli Pousson

"Huge and, alas! we must say ungainly," is how the Baltimore Sun described The Severn in 1907. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972, few locals would still dismiss the grand Severn鈥�

The Three Sisters Ponds: Of Fish and Sea Lions

By Sarah Evans

At the edge of the Disc Golf Course in Druid Hill Park where the greens give way to weeds and woods, you might notice a set of stone steps that lead nowhere. Trace their path downward through the wild鈥�

The University Center: The Center of a Cohesive Community

By LaQuanda Walters Cooper & Sarah Huston

When the University Center, known on campus as 鈥渢he UC,鈥� opened its doors in 1982 it definitively moved student life to the academic center of UMBC鈥檚 campus with a goal of cultivating a cohesive,鈥�

The Violet Hill Whyte House

By Tyler Wilson

The white two-story house at 2702 Elsinore Ave was once the home of Violet Hill Whyte, the first African-American police officer in the Baltimore City Police Force. It was through her service as an鈥�

The W.E.B. Du Bois House

By Aim茅e Pohl

In 1939 sociologist, activist, author, and cofounder of the NAACP, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois, had a house built at 2302 Montebello Terrace in the neighborhood of Morgan Park. Barred鈥�

The Walbert

By Eli Pousson

The Walbert building stands out in the Station North skyline with a bright coat of paint and rich Beaux Arts details.

The Wilson Line: Standing Up Against Segregation

By Sydney Kempf

In the twentieth century, Pier 8 in Baltimore鈥檚 Inner Harbor and then Broadway Pier in Fells Point used to be the launching point for the steamboats of the Wilson Line. The Wilson Line extended from鈥�

Thomas Kemp House

By Preservation Society of Fell's Point and Federal Hill

Built around 1800, 1706 Lancaster Street was home to Thomas Kemp, a 24-year-old shipbuilder from St. Michaels on Maryland鈥檚 Eastern Shore, from 1803 to 1805 on the eve of the War of 1812. During the鈥�

Tochterman鈥檚 Fishing Tackle: A Family Selling Reels, Rods, Bloodworms, and More

By Richard F. Messick

Tochterman鈥檚 ostensibly sells fishing tackle but owners Tony and Dee Tochterman鈥攖he third generation of the Tochterman family to run this Eastern Avenue institution鈥攁re part of a hundred year long鈥�

Trinity Baptist Church: A Center of Civil Rights Activism in the Early 20th Century

By Eli Pousson

Trinity Baptist Church at the corner of Druid Hill Avenue and McMechen Street tells the story of Baltimore's connections to the national civil rights movement and radical Black activism in the early鈥�

True Grit Statue: Nitty Gritty, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever in Bronze

By Jen Wachtel & Sarah Huston

On a blustery winter day in December 1987, a small crowd of spectators gathered around the Field House at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). They had assembled for the unveiling of a鈥�

Tudor Arms Apartments

By Burkely Hermann

Tudor Arms Apartments on University Parkway is one of the few cooperative housing apartments in Baltimore. It is composed of two buildings, which sit within the Roland Park Historic District. The鈥�

Turner Station

By Rachel Donaldson

Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Baltimore County, and separated from the rest of Sparrow鈥檚 Point by a creek, Turner Station is where many African American workers at Bethlehem Steel and鈥�

TV Hill: WBAL, WJZ, WMAR, and the Tallest Broadcast Tower of 1958

By Chuck Howell

For over sixty years, tall broadcasting towers have stood high above the old homes in Baltimore鈥檚 Woodberry neighborhood. The two tallest towers now standing on聽Television Hill beam out the signals of鈥�

U.S. Marine Hospital: From Sick Sailors to the Hopkins Homewood Campus

By Eli Pousson

The former U.S. Marine Hospital on Wyman Park Drive near the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus was built in 1934鈥攂ut the Marine Hospital Service itself dated back over a century earlier. In鈥�

UMBC Research Park

By Chelsea Mueller & Sarah Huston

In 1990, Catonsville resident Charlie Kucera discovered an illegal garbage dump at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where the bwTech@UMBC Research and Technology Park is located today. The鈥�

UMBC Silo: A Memory of Spring Grove Farm

By Talbot Anne Mayo & Sarah Huston

Visitors and students driving onto the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus often wonder about the unexpected white silo that stands near the entrance to I-95. The silo is one of few鈥�

Union Baptist Church

By 91视频 & Maryland State Archives

Union Baptist Church traces its origins to 1852 and a group of fifty-seven worshipers meeting in a small building on Lewis Street. It was the fifth oldest African American congregation in Baltimore鈥�

Union Memorial United Methodist Church

By Eli Pousson

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�

Union Mill

By The Explore 91视频 team

Originally known as Druid Mill, Union Mill was built between 1865 and 1872. At the time, it was the largest cotton duck mill in the United States. A unique feature of the mill's construction is the鈥�

Union Square: The Willowbrook estate becomes an urban oasis

By The Explore 91视频 team

Union Square began as part of Willowbrook, the John Donnell Federal-period estate, which he purchased in 1802 from Baltimore merchant and later Mayor Thorowgood Smith. In 1847, the Donnell family鈥�