Hampden Reservoir (c. 1900)

ID: 777 ~ Source: Baltimore County Public Library, Peale Museum, 25690078 ~ Date: c. 1900
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Hampden Reservoir (c. 1900)

An early 20th century view of the Hampden Reservoir. The steeple of Saint Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church, on 1008 West 37th Street, and temple-like Greek Revival façade of the Hampden Methodist Protestant Church on 3500 Falls Road are both visible on the right side of the image.

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By Eben Dennis
Only long-time residents of Baltimore can remember the Hampden Reservoir, buried since 1960 under debris from the construction of the Jones Falls Expressway and used as Roosevelt Park. The Hampden Reservoir was completed in 1861 three years after…