Doors Open Baltimore
On Saturday, October 22, 2016, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation, in partnership with AIA Baltimore, will present the third annual Doors Open Baltimore! Le…
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The Maryland Center for Historical and Culture (formerly the Maryland Historical Society)location_fillIn January 1844, a group of Maryland residents gathered in the offices of the Maryland Colonization Society at…
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Enoch Pratt Houselocation_fillEnoch Pratt was a wealthy Baltimore merchant and major benefactor of many Baltimore institutions, including th… -
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Aisquith Street Meeting Houselocation_fillIn 1775, Patapsco Meeting, in what was then Baltimore County recorded that they wished to move their Meeting t… -
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AIABaltimore at 11 1/2 W. Chase Streetlocation_fillFounded in 1871, the Baltimore Chapter of The American Institute of Architects is the third oldest in the coun… -
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Jim Rouse Center of the American Visionary Art Museumlocation_fillBuilt in the 1930s, the simple brick exterior housed an intricate timber framework to support the whiskey barr… -
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Old Mount Washington Librarylocation_fillBaltimore Clayworks occupies the former Mount Washington Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library that opened at… -
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Locust Point Immigrant Houselocation_fillBaltimore’s Locust Point was a rapidly growing neighborhood between the Civil War and 1920. One major factor i… -
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Baltimore Museum of Industrylocation_fillIn the late 1970s, Mayor William Donald Schaefer proposed the creation of a museum to tell the story of Baltim… -
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Baltimore Streetcar Museumlocation_fillBaltimore welcomed public mass transit in 1859 as the city ballooned to 170,000 people and the need for afford… -
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War Memorial Buildinglocation_fillIn 1919, the Governor of Maryland and the Mayor of Baltimore appointed a War Memorial Commission that initiate… -
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Basilica of the Assumptionlocation_fillBuilt primarily between 1806 and 1821, the Baltimore Basilica was the first Cathedral erected in the United St… -
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Brown Memorial Presbyterian Churchlocation_fillDedicated on December 4, 1870, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church stands as a monument both to George Brown, w… -
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Carroll Mansionlocation_fillStep inside this grand residence and find 18-foot ceilings, a spiral staircase, and ornate chandeliers. Few Am… -
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Cathedral of Mary Our Queenlocation_fillA fire erupted on the morning of February 7, 1904, in the dry goods firm of John E. Hurst & Co., on what is no… -
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Church & Companylocation_fillWorkers laid the cornerstone of the Hampden Presbyterian Church in 1875 and dedicated the building two years l… -
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Henry Thompson's Clifton Mansionlocation_fillHenry Thompson was born in 1774 in Sheffield, England and came to Baltimore in 1794, where he became a member … -
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Corpus Christi Churchlocation_fillCorpus Christi Memorial Church was built in 1891 in memory of Thomas and Louisa Jenkins by their children. The… -
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The Pattersonlocation_fillThe first Patterson Theater to occupy 3136 Eastern Avenue opened in 1910. In 1918, Harry Reddish purchased the… -
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Davidge Halllocation_fillDavidge Hall, on the University of Maryland Medical School Campus, is the oldest medical facility building in … -
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The Duchess of Windsor at 212 East Biddle Streetlocation_fillThe Duchess of Windsor, born Bessie Wallis Warfield, moved into the three-story brownstone at 212 East Biddle … -
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Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Centerlocation_fillThe Eubie Blake Blake Cultural Center has owned and operated from a historic building at 847 N. Howard Street … -
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Appold-Faust Buildinglocation_fillThe Appold- Faust Brothers Building at 307-309 West Baltimore Street is one of a handful of surviving cast-iro… -
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Peabody Institutelocation_fillEstablished in 1857, the Peabody Institute is the second-oldest conservatory in the United States and a landma… -
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Saint James' Episcopal Churchlocation_fillFounded in 1824, St. James’ Episcopal Church is the nation’s second oldest African Episcopal congregation and … -
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Housewerkslocation_fillTracey Clark and Ben Riddleberger purchased the 1885 gas valve building, historically known as the Chesapeake … -
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Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatorylocation_fillEstablished in 1888 as the Druid Hill Conservatory, the Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory has grown from the ori… -
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Institute of Notre Damelocation_fillOriginally established in 1847 as the Collegiate Institute of Young Ladies, the Institute of Notre Dame High S… -
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Irish American Museumlocation_fillAn avalanche of Irish immigrants hit Baltimore in the 1840s and1850s, many escaping Ireland's Great Hunger Fam… -
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Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museumlocation_fillBorn in 1889, Lillie Carroll was the seventh of eight children in her family. Her father was Methodist Ministe… -
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Lithuanian Halllocation_fillLietuvių Namai first opened in 1914 in three West Barre Street rowhouses. A growing population of Lithuanian i… -
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Lovely Lane United Methodist Churchlocation_fillIn 1784 during the "Christmas Conference" at the Lovely Lane Meeting House in Baltimore, American Methodist wa… -
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Maryland Art Placelocation_fillThe Maryland Art Place is a local cultural institution occupying a five-story Richardsonian Romanesque industr… -
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McKim's Free Schoollocation_fillThe 1833 McKim Free School building is one of Baltimore’s most important landmarks with deep roots in the city… -
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Meadow Milllocation_fillBaltimore industrialist William E. Hooper built Meadow Mill in 1877 during one of the most prosperous periods … -
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Montgomery Parklocation_fillBuilt in 1925, the eight-story tall Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store is one of nine monumental distr… -
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Motor Houselocation_fillBuilt in 1914 for Eastwick Motors, Baltimore’s first Ford dealership, 120 West North Avenue has been home to a… -
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Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Churchlocation_fillCompleted in 1872 as a “Cathedral of Methodism,” the Norman-Gothic Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church … -
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Druid Hill Park Superintendent's Houselocation_fillThe Superintendent’s House in Druid Hill Park dates to 1872 and was designed by architect George Frederick (wh… -
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Peabody Heights Brewerylocation_fillThe site of Peabody Heights Brewery, also home to RavenBeer, Public Works Ale, and Full Tilt Brewing, was the … -
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Peale Museumlocation_fillOn August 15, 1814, almost exactly one month before the Battle of Baltimore and the bombing of Ft. McHenry in … -
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Phoenix Shot Towerlocation_fillThe Shot Tower, when it was built in 1828, was the tallest structure in the United States until 1846. Once the… -
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R. Houselocation_fillR. House was built on the southwest corner of the intersection of Remington Avenue and West 29th Street in 192… -
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Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History & Culturelocation_fillThe 82,000 square-foot Reginald F. Lewis Museum opened in 2005 and immediately made history as the first major… -
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Robert Long Houselocation_fillJust around the corner from the busy shops and restaurants of Thames Street is the Robert Long House at 812 So… -
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Saint Ignatius Churchlocation_fillStretching along Calvert Street between Madison and Monument Streets, stands a massive Italianate palace, buil… -
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Saint John's in the Villagelocation_fillThe Episcopalian congregation of Saint John's Church has worshiped together on the same site in Waverly since… -
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Mother Seton Houselocation_fillOn June 16, 1808, Elizabeth Bayley Seton arrived at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore on the same day that Bish… -
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Schuler School of Fine Artslocation_fillBaltimore is a city known for its sculptures. John Quincy Adams famously toasted "Baltimore—the monumental cit… -
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Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Churchlocation_fillThe congregation at Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church began in 1787, the first African American Me… -
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S.S. John W. Brownlocation_fillDuring World War II, the SS John W. Brown belonged to a fleet of 2,700 Liberty Ships transporting war materiel… -
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Flag Houselocation_fillIn this small brick house on East Pratt Street, Mary Young Pickersgill designed and fabricated the Star-Spangl… -
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Union Milllocation_fillOriginally known as Druid Mill, Union Mill was built between 1865 and 1872. At the time, it was the largest co… -
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Walters Art Museumlocation_fillThe Walters Art Museum, so named for William Walters and his son Henry, began as a private art collection. Bor… -
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Whitehall Cotton Milllocation_fillBefore the rise of textile mills, the fast-flowing water of the Jones Falls instead powered gristmills supplyi… -
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9 North Front Streetlocation_fill9 North Front Street is the former residence of Thorowgood Smith, a successful merchant and Baltimore’s second…
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