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In 1872 Baltimore鈥檚 historic Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church purchased land in Southwest Baltimore to establish a place for Black families to bury their dead. Today it is called Mount鈥�

The W.E.B. Du Bois House

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�

Bolivar in Bedford Square

Tiny Bedford Square in Guilford, at the intersection of St. Paul and North Charles streets, hosts a life size bronze bust of Sim贸n Bolivar. Also referred to as the 鈥淕eorge Washington of South鈥�

Henry Highland Garnet Park

Amidst the grand old houses, some vacant and in disrepair, and important civil rights historic sites in Historic Marble Hill in West Baltimore sits the Henry Highland Garnet Neighborhood Park. It is a鈥�

The Brumbaugh House: "Dr. B" and the Elkridge Heritage Society

By Alan Gibson & Eli Pousson

The handsome Victorian on Elkridge鈥檚 Main Street now known as the Brumbaugh House was built around 1870 and began serving as a doctor's office in the nineteenth century. The home鈥檚 most famous鈥�

Elkridge V.F.D. Station One: Former Home of the "Best Homemade Fire Truck in America"

By Alan Gibson & Eli Pousson

In April 1942, less than six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, a group of Elkridge residents established a new volunteer fire department. The new fire department was one of鈥�

Maryland School for the Blind

By Alex Runnings

The Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) was established in 1853. Formal education for blind people in the U.S. and western Europe was still a relatively recent invention. In 1765, Henry Dannett鈥�

Roosevelt Park and the FRP

By Allen Hicks

Today, Roosevelt Park is a quiet, green space with mature trees, playing fields, gardens, a recreation center, and a community skate park. The park dates back to the late nineteenth century when it鈥�

Richard Wagner Memorial Bust

By Allyson Schuele

Dedicated in 1901, the Richard Wagner Bust was donated to the city by the United Singers of Baltimore who received the monument as the first prize trophy for the annual S盲ngerfeste choral competition.

Grove of Remembrance Pavilion

By Allyson Schuele

The Grove of Remembrance Pavilion has stood nestled amongst the trees on Beechwood Drive near the Maryland Zoo for nearly a century. Designed by architect E.L. Palmer, the rustic pavilion鈥檚 placement鈥�

Karl Shapiro at the Enoch Pratt Free Library

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Karl Shapiro was a true Baltimorean. As a young man in the 1920s and 1930s, Shapiro fed his literary ambitions with the city's rich cultural history; for instance, writing鈥�

John Dos Passos at the Peabody Library

Heralded as "the greatest writer of our time" by philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, John Dos Passos spent time in and out of Baltimore from his birth in 1896 and lived here from 1950 until his death in鈥�

Gertrude Stein on East Biddle Street

A novelist, playwright, poet, and essayist, Gertrude Stein is remembered as a literary innovator who fearlessly experimented with language in the early twentieth century. Today, Gertrude Stein is鈥�

Carl Sandburg at the Old St. Paul's Rectory

In 1934, Carl Sandburg wrote to Sally Bruce Kinsolving, "The years go by and I don't forget ever the long evening of song with you... at your house and faces and stories and moments out of that visit鈥�

Highfield House: Midcentury Modernist Landmark by Mies van der Rohe

By Sierra Hallmen & Anne Bruder

The Highfield House is an outstanding example of International Style architecture totaling 265,800 square feet in fifteen stories. The Highfield House apartment building was designed by Architect鈥�

South Broadway Baptist Church

This church is the oldest in the Upper Fells Point Historic District, completed in 1848. Originally dedicated as a 鈥渕ariner鈥檚 church,鈥� it has been home to several community institutions over the past鈥�

Hokahey Indian Trading Post

In 1975, Earl Brooks (Lumbee) purchased a storefront building at 207 S. Broadway and opened Hokahey Indian Trading Post with his friend, Solomon Maynor (Coharie). The store primarily sold silver and鈥�

Baltimore American Indian Center

The original portion of this building was constructed in Greek revival style, in 1843, for a sea captain and his family. The captain and his wife placed it into trust for their daughter, who willed it鈥�

Baltimore American Indian Center Inter-Tribal Trading Post

The Baltimore American Indian Center purchased the building at 118 S. Broadway in 1983, with assistance from the Religious Society of Friends. The front part of the first floor was a museum and gift鈥�

Storefront Church Pre-South Broadway Baptist

The oldest congregation in Baltimore City founded by Lumbee Indians (presently known as South Broadway Baptist Church) rented this storefront for approximately one year, just prior to moving to 1117鈥�

Hunt鈥檚 Service Station

Claudie and Mabel Hunt (Lumbee) purchased the Sinclair service station at 100 S. Broadway, ca. 1967. It had a three-bay garage and six gas pumps. After about a year, the station was converted to BP.鈥�

Vera Shank Daycare / Native American Senior Citizens

The commercial property at this location actually spans 1623 鈥� 1633 E. Lombard where there were once 6 individual houses. The current structure was built in the late 1960s and served as a blood bank,鈥�

Inter-Tribal Restaurant

The Baltimore American Indian Center opened the Inter-Tribal Restaurant at 17 S. Broadway, during the tenure of Director Barry Richardson (Haliwa Saponi), ca. 1989. Board members of the Indian Center鈥�

Moonlight Restaurant

The Moonlight Restaurant was Greek-owned. It was one of the first restaurants in which many Lumbee Indians arriving from the Jim Crow South could sit down and eat. Much of the planning for what would鈥�

East Baltimore Church of God

East Baltimore Church of God began in 1955, under the leadership of a Lumbee woman, Rev. Lounita Hammonds. It was originally known as the 鈥淯pper Room鈥� Church because services were held above Gordon鈥�

Hartman鈥檚 BBQ Shop

1727 E. Baltimore Street housed a series of ethnic food establishments from the turn of the century through the early 1960s, reflecting greater migration patterns in the neighborhood. In 1917, it was鈥�

Sid鈥檚 Ranch House Tavern

Sid鈥檚 Ranch House Tavern occupied a building that had been converted into a movie theater during the first part of the twentieth century. It had been the Teddy Bear Parlor ca. 1908 鈥� 1919, and the鈥�

Revel's Grocery Store