| Baltimore Monuments
: Baltimore's best known and tallest monument has to be the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon. Located at the intersection of North Charles Street and Monument Street, the monument can be seen for miles around. But Baltimore has plenty other "lesser known" monuments around town, which we would like to present to you as well......................................................................... 3-27-2010 |
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...........When Baltimore's Washington Monument was first constructed, it was built on land offered on the crest of a tree covered hill, owned by Col. John Eager Howard. The corner stone was laid in July 1815, and in that corner stone were placed, among other things, a copper plate with inscriptions, and a sealed bottle with the likeness of George Washington, his valedictory address and several old papers. The monument wasn't actually completed until 1829. When the monument was first put up, people were afraid to built homes in the area, fearing that the monument was unstable and would come crashing down on their homes, due to it's height. Up to the mid-1880's, there had been a few actual suicides from the top of the monument, as people jumped from the top to their deaths. |
| Washington Monument
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| Battle
Monument Calvert and Fayette Streets Downtown Baltimore City ........................................................................................
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| Fallsway
Monument Fallsway Avenue and Chase Street ..................................................
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in the 1960's, it was The Fallsway covering up the stream
known as the Jones Falls, on the bottom end where the expressway
today curves around ( just south of Chase Street ). Baltimore had
a massive road & sewer project back in the 1920's known as the
Fallsway, which included a curvy roadway, with part of the roadway
still existing along side of the Expressway. When it was built, a monument
was erected on the northern part of the road. While Fallsway is little
more than a smaller downtown street today, the monument still stands
today. The image on the ( right below ) is located southeast of the monument,
next to Central Bookings, at Monument Street. Directly below,
the way the Fallsway was envisioned in 1911. ...............
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Scott Key Monument Eutaw Place and Lanvale Streets Eutaw Place in the 1920's was a boulevard which had gardens in the center and large row houses on each side. At the intersection of Eutaw and Lanvale Streets, the Francis Scott Key Monument stands. |
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Reese
Monument - Eastern High School
...For years, not far from" On The Trail " Monument, the Reese Monument sat in front of Lake Clifton High School. The monument had been located in front of Eastern High School (the 33rd Street school) for years before it was moved to it's new location at Lake Clifton. The monument was moved back to the old Eastern High School on 33rd Street in September 2009, as seen in the bottom image. The two black and white images below are from the Eastern High School Yearbook Echo, showing the Reese Monument in the years 1957 and 1959. |
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Martin
Luther Monument Hillen and 33rd Street - SE Corner Northeast Baltimore City , Maryland Located in a small park just south of Lake Montebello, a monument of Martin Luther stands, after being moved from Druid Hill Park, as a result of the building of the Jones Falls Expressway , as seen in the postcard below. ................
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| Armistead
Monument ( Circa 1828-1882
) Federal Hill Park South Baltimore City Located in Federal Hill, The Artistead Monument can be seen at the right in this turn of the century postcard. The tower seen behind the Monument has long since been torn down, which had been used to signal that ships were coming into port. ............
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Union
Soldiers and Sailors Monument 29th and North Charles Street ( Charles and Wyman Park ) Erected in 1909, this monument can be found on the Northwest corner of Charles Streets and 29th Street . It also used to be in Druid Hill Park, beofre the building of the Jones Falls Expressway. ........................................
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| Lee - Jackson Monument
( Circa 1948 ) Civil War Monument Wyman Park Drive and Art Museum Drive Baltimore City, Maryland Located on the Southeast corner of Wyman Park Drive and Art Museum Drive. ....................................
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Women's Monument Civil War Monument North Charles Street and University Parkway North Baltimore City, Maryland |
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| Wells &
McComas Monument War of 1812 Monument Monument Street and Aisquith Street The area around monument is also known as Ashland Park. Built within, are the remains of Wells and McComas, who were moved from Greenmount Cementary to the monument in in the mid 1850's. ..................................
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| Columbus
Monument Harford Road and Walther Blvd Northeast Baltimore City The Columbus Monument can be seen in the postcard below on the campus of the Samuel Ready School, on the Northeast corner of Harford Road and North Avenue. That campus was razed years ago for a Sears Store, and the monument was moved to the Hamilton Section of Baltimore. If what I can gather, the old Ready School and Columbus Monument actually faced North Avenue and were torn down for the Social Services parking lot built years ago. The Columbus Monument was just off of the 1400 block of East North Avenue, near Bond Street. ................................
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Pulaski
Monument ( Circa 1951 ) Revolutionary War Patterson Park Southeast Baltimore City , Maryland |
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and Sailors' Monument Mt Royal Avenue just south of West North Avenue ..................
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| World War I :
There are several World War I Monuments still
located in Baltimore that I have found. The image directly below is
a monument located in Carroll Park in Southwest Baltimore. The markers
below that are located in Druid Hill Park, just north of the entrance
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Found on the north side of the bank building on the Northeast corner of Harford Road and Hamilton Avenue, this tablet can be found honoring the war dead for World War One from the Pakrville and Carney Area. |
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| World War II : In the late 1940's, Baltimore City had over 50 monuments to World War II service men. The first was dedicated on April, 25 1943 at the intersection of Payson Street and Ramsey Street in Southwest Baltimore. The granite Monument has a flagpole on one side of the plot, and was in honor of men in that area who had served or been lost in the War . That monument still stands and can be seen below. ...........................................................
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| Nearby at the
intersection of Wilkens and Gilmor, a 10' tall monument was erected
and dedicated on June 17, 1945. This monument was made out of
Indiana Limestone ( We have been unable to locate that
one to date, but we are still looking ) . At the intersection of Frederick Road and Brunswick
Street, there had been a plot of land which was to serve as a monument,
but that was torn down in the late 1940's. It was replaced by a monument
, a 8' tall granite shaft, honoring Southwest Baltimore Citizens who
served or died in WWII. That monument was dedicated on April 28, 1948,
in Gywnn Falls Park, at the Dukeland Street entrance of the park, which
can be seen a photo below. The West Baltimore Post 476 VFW at 2550 McHenry Street converted the old Leydecker Mansion into a " living memorial " to the War's Dead. A recent check of that address finds a apartment building now on that site. At York Road and Bellona Avenue in Northern Baltimore City, 5 bronze plaques were put up and dedicated in July 1947, with the names of soldiers from the Govans Area. |
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| Above , the Govans Monument
to W.W. II , located at the intersection of York Road and Bellona
Avenue ( on the triangle, northwest corner ) . Erected in
1947, to those in the Govans neighborhood who died fighting War World
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the old Marine Hospital ,( right ) a monument
was dedicated on September 30, 1945, for those servicemen from
the Remington-Wyman Section of Baltimore City. It was constructed
out of Butler's Stone, which was brought in from Baltimore County.
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Believed to have been in a small park near the Esskay Meat Company building in East Baltimore City. Sorry for the fuzzy picture,but at this point, it's all I can find. I am looking for more details, and a better picture. The monument was put up by Esskay in honor of those employees who fought in World War II and lost their lives. |
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Updated 3-27-2010 |
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..................Hopkins Monument, Baltimore 1955, being moved from Charles and 34th to Charles and 33rd, and off the roadway. The monument apparently was the cause of numerous auto accidents. |
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.........Old Home Week Monument - 1907.....O'Donnell Monument - Canton - Baltimore...............Elk Monument Monument , Baltimore ? |
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