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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...
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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.
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 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. I believe the very first water drinking
fountain was actually located in Mount Vernon Park.
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| Washington Monument Mt Vernon , Baltimore City Charles Street & Monument Street  Postcard View
Circa 1914
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| Battle Monument Calvert and Fayette Streets Downtown Baltimore City .. .
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The Battle Monument was built in honor of those who
fought in the War of 1812, and the British attack on
Baltimore ( 1814 ) . The second image below
shows the Battle Monument before the City Circuit
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Fallsway
Monument
Fallsway Avenue and Chase Street ...
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came along in the 1960's, it was The
Fallsway that was 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 today 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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Francis 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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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 Armistead 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
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, before 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 Moved 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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& 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 Cemetery to the monument in in the mid 1850's. ..................................  .....................Old Postcard View - Wells McComas Monument - East Baltimore City |
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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 public government buildings, and the monument was moved to the Hamilton Section of Baltimore. From what I can gather, the old Ready School and Columbus Monument actually faced North Avenue and was 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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Monument ( Circa 1951 ) Revolutionary War Patterson Park Southeast Baltimore City , Maryland |
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| War Monuments All around Baltimore, there are War Monuments for the wars over the years. Many of the older neighborhoods have memorials for those who served and were lost in World War I and World War II, as well as the Spanish American War and the Korean War. Below, see how many of these monuments we have found so far, and please, if you see one missing, let just know.... |
Below, Baltimore's War Memorial Building, located at Gay and Lexington Streets, right across from Baltimore's City Hall. The land was donated in 1920 by the City to honor those who served in War World I. The building was completed in 1925, and remains to this day as one of the more interesting buildings in downtown Baltimore. |
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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
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 One of
the interesting things about locating these
monuments is that you can find them almost anywhere,
and there is little guide as to where to find them.
A good example is the tablet you see above,
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 Parkville and Carney
Area. I actually noticed it while sitting at a red
light on Hamilton Avenue, and had never noticed it
or heard of it before that.
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 Hammann
- Costin Monument - Howard Street & Preston
Streets
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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. (
Below )
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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.
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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 "
modern apartment building " now on that site.
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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 II. 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
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| . In Wyman Park, just across from 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, and the building was torn down a few years back. 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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The World War II Monument
located on the corner of Edison Highway and t
Street , in East Baltimore. The monument can
be found by the flag pole next to it.  |
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condition of this monument in East
Baltimore (
above ) on Wolfe Street, on
the southwest corner of Clifton Park is in sad
shape. The nameplate that once listed the names
of those lost is missing and the monument sits
on the corner, and appears to have been
forgotten.
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the left can be found in the park near
Wilkens Avenue, and across the street from the
Southwestern Police District House on Font Hill.
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located in Essex Maryland, on Eastern Avenue.
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 In working on the
Kilduff's website, I've gone through hundreds of old
Baltimore area high school and college yearbooks, and
just about every book had the above tribute for Ensign
C. Markland Kelly Jr. While not a
monument of stone as seen elsewhere on this page, it
is certainly a monument for which we must make
mention.
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Monument for all
Wars, for those lost from Brooklyn, Fairfield and
Curtis Bay.
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Baltimore for those lost in Curtis Bay
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the Kilduff's Website only focuses on Baltimore before
1950 ( for the most part ) , we had to show the
tribute for those lost in the Vietnam War and
the Monument in their Honor just south of the Hanover
Street Bridge.
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found around town .. ..Old Home Week Monument - 1907.....O'Donnell Monument - Canton - Baltimore...............Elk Monument Monument , Baltimore ? |
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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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McHenry - Baltimore Maryland 2011
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current photos taken by Thomas Paul of Kilduffs.com
between 2005 and 2017
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