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Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library: Enoch Pratt's Library for "Rich and Poor"

By The Explore 91视频 team

"My library shall be for all, rich and poor without distinction of race or color, who, when properly accredited, can take out the books if they will handle them carefully and return them." These were鈥�

Old Otterbein Church

By Johns Hopkins

Old Otterbein Church, built in 1785, is one of the oldest churches still standing in Baltimore. With its classic brick and white trim tower (with bells brought over from Germany), the church shows off鈥�

Mount Vernon Mill No. 1: At the heart of textile manufacturing along the Jones Falls

By Kyle Fisher

Mill No. 1 sits on the site of Laurel Mill, a late 18th-century flour mill originally owned by prominent businessman and abolitionist Elisha Tyson. In 1849, the newly chartered Mount Vernon Company鈥�

Mother Seton House

By Johns Hopkins

On June 16, 1808, Elizabeth Bayley Seton arrived at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore on the same day that Bishop John Carroll, the first bishop in the Unites States, dedicated the seminary's newly鈥�

Lovely Lane United Methodist Church

By Johns Hopkins

In 1784 during the "Christmas Conference" at the Lovely Lane Meeting House in Baltimore, American Methodist was born. Surprisingly, this predated the organization of the Methodist community in England鈥�

Lloyd Street Synagogue

By The Explore 91视频 team

Built in 1845 at the center of what was a thriving Jewish community in East Baltimore, the Lloyd Street Synagogue was the first synagogue erected in Maryland and today is the third-oldest standing鈥�

Irish Railroad Workers Museum: Labor and Immigration at 918 and 920 Lemmon Street

By Johns Hopkins

Small in size but featuring a nationally significant story, Baltimore's Irish Railroad Workers Museum on Lemmon Street offers a rare glimpse of immigrant home life in America in the middle of the 19th鈥�

Homewood House

By Johns Hopkins

In 1800, Charles Carroll of Carrollton (the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence and the wealthiest signer to boot) decided to give his son (also Charles) and bride, Harriet Chew, a鈥�

Evergreen House

By Johns Hopkins

With 48 rooms, a soaring portico, and a Tiffany designed glass canopy, Evergreen House stands out as one of Baltimore's best Gilded Age mansions. The house was originally built in 1857 by the鈥�

Enoch Pratt House

By Johns Hopkins

Enoch Pratt was a wealthy Baltimore merchant and major benefactor of many Baltimore institutions, including the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore, the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, and of course the鈥�

Cylburn Arboretum

By Johns Hopkins

With a Civil-War era mansion and a brand new visitor's center, Cylburn Arboretum is bustling with history and energy. Cylburn began as the private estate of Jesse Tyson, president of the Baltimore鈥�

Crimea Estate at Leakin Park

By Johns Hopkins

The Crimea Estate is the former summer home of Thomas DeKay Winans, a chief engineer of the Russian Railway between Moscow and St. Petersburg in the 19th Century. The estate features Winans'鈥�

Poole & Hunt Foundry and Machine Works: Industry and Adaptive Reuse at Clipper Mill

By Nathan Dennies

At its peak in the late nineteenth century, the Poole & Hunt Foundry and Machine Works employed over 700 people, making it one of the largest employers in the Jones Falls Valley after the textile鈥�

Baltimore City College

By The Explore 91视频 team

Founded in 1839, City College is the third oldest public high school in the United States. Through an act of the Baltimore City Council in 1866, the school became known as "The Baltimore City鈥�

Carroll Mansion

By Johns Hopkins

Step inside this grand residence and find 18-foot ceilings, a spiral staircase, and ornate chandeliers. Few Americans could have afforded the Carroll Mansion in the early 1800s when Charles Carroll,鈥�

B'Nai Israel Synagogue

By Johns Hopkins

Incorporated in 1873 shortly after the end of the Civil War as the "Russian Congregation B'nai Israel of Baltimore City," B'Nai Israel was formed by Eastern European Jews living at a hub of Jewish鈥�

Westminster Burying Ground

By Johns Hopkins

Opened in 1786 by Baltimore's First Presbyterian Church, the Westminster Burying Ground is the resting place for many of early Baltimore's most notable citizens, including merchants, mayors, and鈥�

Basilica of the Assumption

By Johns Hopkins

Built primarily between 1806 and 1821, the Baltimore Basilica was the first Cathedral erected in the United States. Bishop John Carroll, America's first bishop and a cousin of Charles Carroll of鈥�

Druid Hill Park

By The Explore 91视频 team

Druid Hill Park was established on the eve of the Civil War by Baltimore Mayor Thomas Swann on October 19, 1860. Much of the park started as part of "Auchentorlie," the estate of George Buchanan, one鈥�

Henry Thompson's Clifton Mansion

By Johns Hopkins

Henry Thompson was born in 1774 in Sheffield, England and came to Baltimore in 1794, where he became a member of the Baltimore Light Dragoons. He was elected captain of this company in 1809, six years鈥�

Patterson Park Observatory

By Friends of Patterson Park

In 1890 Charles H. Latrobe, then Superintendent of Parks, designed the Observatory. The structure was intended to reflect the bold Victorian style of the day. From the top of the tower one can view鈥�

Morgan Millwork Company: Former Factory Turned MICA Graduate Studios

By Eli Pousson

The Morgan Millwork Company, now known as the MICA Graduate Studio Center, is a product of Baltimore's once vibrant industrial development and a clear reflection of how industry has struggled in鈥�

Centre Theatre: Bright Marquee Lights and a Restored North Avenue Landmark

By Eli Pousson

The Centre Theatre opened on a February evening in 1939 with a Hollywood-style opening as "a thousand invited guest walked through the glare of spotlights while newsreel photographs turned their鈥�

Parkway Theatre

By Elise Hoffman & Eli Pousson

Occupying a busy corner at Charles and North, the magnificent Parkway Theater entertained audiences in Central Baltimore for decades with everything from vaudeville and silent movies to nightly live鈥�

Public School 32: 19th Century School Reused as a 21st Century Charter School

By Eli Pousson

Built in 1890, Public School No. 32, now better known as home to the Baltimore Montessori School, is a rare historic community school building, one of scores built in the late 19th century to support鈥�

Howard Street Bridge

By Eli Pousson

Built in 1938, the Howard Street Bridge is nearly 1,000 feet long with two steel arches spanning the Jones Falls Valley. This award winning bridge (voted one of the most beautiful by the American鈥�

Perkins Square

By Eli Pousson

As early as the 1840s, a small oasis of green known as Perkins' Spring became a popular destination at the edge of the rapidly growing city. The park's unique value to local residents came from the鈥�

H.L. Mencken House

By The Explore 91视频 team

"As much a part of me as my own two hands," is how Henry Louis Mencken described his house at 1524 Hollins Street and his personality can be seen in everything from the parquet floors to the garden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�

Franklin Square

By The Explore 91视频 team

Franklin Square Park is one of the oldest parks in the city, with its origins in the estate of Dr. James McHenry, who lived at a home known as Fayetteville located near Baltimore and Fremont Streets鈥�

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