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

....................................... ...........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 Mt Vernon , Baltimore City Charles Street  & Monument Street .............. .......................................................... Postcard View Circa 1914	...................................         ..........................................................................   Postcard View
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Battle Monument Calvert and Fayette Streets Downtown Baltimore City ........................................................................................ ..................................................................................................................................................

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Fallsway Monument Fallsway Avenue and Chase Street ..................................................

Before the JFX expressway came along 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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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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Indian Monument - Clifton Park " On The Trail " by Edward Berge  -  circa 1900's ................................ .........................................................................................................................     Have you ever had the feeling you were being watched ?  Deep inside Baltimore's Clifton golf course, you can find the statue of a Indian looking out of the bushes. This monument can be found just off of Belair Road, inside of the Lake Clifton Golf Course.

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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. ................ ...................................................................................................Postcard View

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. ........................................ ................................................................... .......................  ................................................................................................Postcard View

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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Confederate 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. .................................. .....................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 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

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Mt Royal Avenue just south of West North Avenue ..................

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War Monuments............. .................... .................................................Above, War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore Maryland.

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...........................................................Spanish American War Monument ...........................................................East Fayette Street ......................................................................

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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 to the Baltimore Zoo.

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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.

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.

...............  Baltimore's Govans WWII Monument - Thomas Paul Photos 2007

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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 II.

.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.	..........................
Weldon Avenue and Falls Road ( Weldon Circle ) ....................................................	Sientz Field in Irvington World War II Monument     Located on Frederick Road in Irvington, just across the street from the old Irvington Theatre, and a little to the West.

1315 Poplar Grove - ( Marble Tablets )    Not quite in the best shape, this monument is located in a rougher area of Baltimore. I believe this monument was the eastern end of Ellicott Driveway, a once popular scenic drive through Leakin Park. There is another stone tower identical to this one on Frederick Road, also in poor condition.

Keswick and 33rd Streets.    On the southeast corner of Keswick Road at 33rd Street , you can find the monument for WWII soldiers who were killed in WWII. The monument is located on  Keswick Road and follows out to a City Park as you walk East. Esskay Park    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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The World War II Monument located on the corner of Edison Highway and Monument Street , in East Baltimore.  The monument can be found by the flag pole next to it. The  condition of this monument in East Baltimore 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. .................... Monument to the left can be found in the park near Wilkens Avenue, and across the street from the Southwestern Police District House on Font Hill. Below, a War World II Memorial located in Essex Maryland, on Eastern Avenue. .............. ..............................................

Still Looking for :	34th And Roland Avenue I have  been advised it was taken down. Falls Road and Roosevelt Park ........................................................... Park Heights and Belvedere I've been by this location several times. Anyone know where it might be ? Still Asking ( Feb 2010 )
	Please feel free to email Kilduffs with any questions or comments . 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.

........ ............. ............ .........Old Home Week Monument - 1907.....O'Donnell Monument - Canton - Baltimore...............Elk Monument Monument , Baltimore ?

There is plenty more coming on this topic........ .........................................................

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