The 1700 block of
Guilford Avenue has several old stone faces to look at. Just two blocks
south of North Avenue, the old factory building has the above face
staring at you from the trim.
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What could best be
described as a Mayan Indian look, this stone face is also on the front
of the old factory in the 1700 block of Guilford Avenue, in East
Baltimore.
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This stone face is
just above the loading dock on the building. It's not the years that
has made this face so scary looking, but it was likely intended to keep
unwelcome vistors out of the building.
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At the roof
line, just above the date stone of the building, is this wild face.
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Several blocks
north of the Guilford Avenue factory are several old four story
rowhouses, one which has this stonework on the front of same.
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Monumental Life Building on East North Avenue. Just above the
doorway are two stone knights, watching over you.
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This stone lion
face is located in West Baltimore, on Eutaw Place.
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Also located in
West Baltimore is this stone monk, at the right side of the entrance of
the old Frederick Douglass High School on Calhoun Street. The monk
appears to be writing while holding a candle.
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On the left side
of the doorway at the old Douglas High School, this barefoot stone
subject appears deep in reading. Several other Baltimore City schools
from the era also have stone tablets, including Baltimore City College
on 33rd Street, and the old Western High School on Gywnns Falls
Parkway.
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The very first house
inthe block on East Oliver Street has this stone face. CAn't telll if
he's laughing or in pain.
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The final house on
the block has this much relieved looking face. I tend to wonder if the
stones tell a story. Just across the street is the old East Oliver
Water plant, long since converted to storage buildings.
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One of the
patterns from the middle of the block. End houses have always costs
more, as you get a bigger lot and side windows, but could the stones
have also been a selling point for these houses ?
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Another of the
mid-block stones. Several of the homes are vacant, and it appears one
stone has already been taken, or atleast is currently missing.
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A nice pattern on
a stone in the block of East Oliver Street.
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Sadly, these
homes aren't always well kept up. You can clearly see the stone on this
boarded up house in the block .
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A
keyhole doorway, minous the fancy corner stone, located in West
Baltimore City. This is the only one on West Baltimore I have been able
to locate, so far.
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East Oliver Street
in East Baltimore has an entire block with the keyhole
entranceways. Each doorway also has a " fancy stone", each with a
different pattern on it.
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Close up of the
squirrel on the front of Baltimore City College. The front of the
building actually has several of these at the roof line.
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