Tour: Along the Gwynns Falls
Along the Gwynns Falls was produced in partnership with the Parks & People Foundation featuring audio excerpts from from the Gwynns Falls Trail Audio Tour produced by Ed Orser and Steve Bradley, University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Locations
1. Crimea Estate at Leakin Park
The Crimea Estate is the former summer home of Thomas DeKay Winans, a chief engineer of the Russian Railway between Moscow and St. Petersburg in the 19th Century. The estate features Winans' Italianate stone mansion, Orianda, as well as a gothic…
2. Carrollton Viaduct
On July 4, 1828, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence and a director of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, laid the cornerstone for the Carrollton Viaduct. He said at the time, "I consider this…
3. Carroll Park
Carroll Park is Baltimore's third oldest city park and was originally part of the enormous Mount Clare estate owned by Charles Carroll, Barrister in the mid-18th century. The park was the site of Camp Carroll during the Civil War and, in the 30…