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Child labor at J.S. Farrand Packing Company in Baltimore, 1909. Photo by Lewis Hine. The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 destroyed 70 blocks and 1,526 buildings in the downtown and led to systematic urban renewal programs. Baltimore was a poorly managed city in 1890, despite its economic vitality.
Frank Novak Jr., Gertrude Herr. Frank Joseph Novak Sr. (March 17, 1877 – October 11, 1945) was an American architect, real estate developer and builder. Active in Baltimore, he was known for constructing many of East Baltimore's famous rowhouses with marbled steps. He was the most prominent builder in Baltimore's Czech-American community.
The Phoenix Shot Tower, also known as the Old Baltimore Shot Tower, is a red brick shot tower, 234.25 feet (71.40 m) tall, located near the downtown, Jonestown (also known later as Old Town), and Little Italy communities of East Baltimore, in Maryland. When it was completed in 1828 it was the tallest structure in the United States .
March 17, 1983. Designated BCL. 1975. Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company is a historic bank building in Baltimore, designed by the Baltimore architectural firm of Wyatt and Sperry and constructed in 1885. It has a brick-with-stone-ornamentation Romanesque Revival structure, with deeply set windows, round-arch window openings, squat columns ...
July 3, 2013. The American Ice Company is a historic ice manufacturing plant located at 2100 West Franklin Street in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a large industrial brick building designed by Mortimer & Company and constructed by Fidelity Construction in 1910-11 [2] for the American Ice Company, a business that manufactured and ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 18th century. 1729 - Town of Baltimore founded. 1752 - 25 houses and 200 inhabitants. 1763 - Mechanical Fire Company organized. 1767 - Baltimore designated county seat. 1770 - Henry Fite House built.
Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc., also known as Meadow Mill, is a historic cotton mill complex located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a three-story, Italianate brick structure that features a square tower structure with a truncated spire-like roof having an open bell cupola. It was erected in 1877 as one of five mills which ...
Baltimore Heritage, Inc. was founded in 1960, and Baltimore's nonprofit historic preservation advocacy organization. The organization has two staff members, thirty three volunteer board members and a host of volunteers who work to preserve and promote Baltimore's historic buildings and neighborhoods. [1]