Baltimore City Stone Faces
Above are the stone faces of Buckler and Fenhagen . They are located on the entranceway of Baltimore City College in Northeast Baltimore City.	Both are located on the front of Baltimore City College, located at 33rd and the Alameda.
Not quite sure who this is ? Anyone ?
The owl, the symbol of knowledge, being embraced by the gargoyle, on the front of Baltimore City College.	The trim of the building has what appear to be squirrels eating nuts.
	The kindly gargoyle again seen on the front trim of Baltimore City College.
Here the gargoyle is beating on a parrot, the symbol of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a school rival.	Once housed in front of Eastern High School on 33rd Street, this monument was moved in recent years to the campus of Lake Clifton High School.

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.	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.
	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.
	At the roof line, just above the date stone of the building, is this wild face.
Several blocks north of the Guilford Avenue factory are several old four story rowhouses, one which has this stonework on the front of same.	Monumental Life Building on East North Avenue.  Just above the doorway are two stone knights, watching over you.
This stone lion face is located in West Baltimore, on Eutaw Place.
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.	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.
The very first house inthe block on East Oliver Street has this stone face. CAn't telll if he's laughing or in pain.	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.
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 ?	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.
A nice pattern on a stone in the block of East Oliver Street.	Sadly, these homes aren't always well kept up. You can clearly see the stone on this boarded up house in the block .
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.	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.
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.

My web site, www.Kilduffs.com has been committed for the past three years to keeping an online memory of Baltimore Movie theatres and what has  happened to those buildings. In traveling around Baltimore City, I can't help but see some much more that is located around Baltimore City. Adam Paul has an excellent Baltimore forum and web page for all types of Baltimore tidbits. Hope you enjoy the above page and check out Kilduffs and the Baltimore Sights for much more !