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Charles Village - Abell Historic District

Located directly north of Mount Vernon Place, the Charles Village-Abell Historic District is a transitional neighborhood, between the heavily urbanized neighborhoods to the south and the garden suburbs to the north. The well-landscaped front lawns are rare for Baltimore rowhouses, ...

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Lovely Lane Methodist Church

During the 18th century, Methodist congregations were found only in scattered groups around the country. In 1784, representatives of these groups came together for a conference at the Lovely Lane Meeting House where they organized the Methodist Episcopal Church of ...

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American Brewery

The American Brewery is not only a monument to the development of brewing, one of Baltimore's major industries, but also to the Germans who worked and lived in the area. John Frederick Wiessner, a German immigrant, leased the land in ...

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Public School No. 109 (Male and Female Primary School)

Built in 1876, the interior of Public School #109 (Male and Female Primary School) featured an "open plan" with classes separated by multi-paned glass partitions. J. J. Husband developed the "open plan" design in 1868 after a reformist movement sought ...

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Fells Point Historic District

William Fell, a Quaker, settled and built his first storehouse some time before 1763, an area that later became known as Fells Point. This bustling harbor settlement was incorporated into Baltimore Town, in 1773. The Fells Point Ship Yard produced ...

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Eastern Female High School (Public School No. 116)

Public School No. 116, or Eastern Female High School, was founded in 1844 as one of the pioneer public high schools in the country devoted to secondary education for young women. The innovative programs of the school prepared female students ...

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Old Town Friend's Meeting House and McKim's School

The Old Town Friends' Meeting House (also known as the Aisquith Street Meeting or Baltimore Meeting), is one of Baltimore's few remaining 18th-century buildings and the oldest religious building in the city. The Meeting House is a two-story, brick, rectangular ...

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Lloyd Street and Chizuk Amuno Synagogues

The Lloyd Street Synagogue, constructed in 1845 with an 1876 addition, was the first synagogue in Maryland. The Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, incorporated on January 29, 1830, worshiped at several locations until the Lloyd Street Synagogue was constructed. The synagogue, designed ...

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Shot Tower

The Shot Tower was a lead shot manufacturing facility in operation from 1828 to 1892. Molten lead was dropped from a platform at the top of the tower through a sieve-like device and into a vat of cold water. When ...

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Carroll Mansion

The Carroll Mansion, built circa 1811, was the final home of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832), the longest-living signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1832, Carroll died in the house he had financed for his daughter and son-in-law, Richard ...

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