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Baltimore Museum of Industry
In the late 1970s, Mayor William Donald Schaefer proposed the creation of a museum to tell the story of Baltimore industry across two centuries of American history. Even before they the new museum…
Harlem Theatre
The Harlem Park Theatre was originally built as a church for a congregation that had outgrown the size of their existing building. Construction on this Romanesque-style building on Gilmore Street…
Baltimore Manual Labor School: A Free Boarding School for Indigent Boys
More than a century before UMBC situated itself on Hilltop Circle another educational institution formed here; its mission was to advance the reformation of a poor lot of "indigent boys" from…
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Libraries of Baltimore
8 Locations ~ Curated by Baltimore HeritageDiscover the city's libraries and former libraries from the Enoch Pratt Free Library's grand Central Branch in Mount Vernon to the more humble branch buildings across the city.
Baltimore County History and Landmarks
8 Locations ~ Curated by The Explore Baltimore Heritage TeamA selection of historic sites, museums, and landmark buildings in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Downtown's West Side
12 Locations ~ Curated by Baltimore HeritageFor over two hundred years this neighborhood has been a center of activity to entrepreneurs and merchants of all kinds, suffragists and civil rights protesters, and much more. Start from Lexington Market and explore the rich history of Downtown's west side. Many of these stories were created in partnership with the University of Maryland Baltimore County Department of History, Public History Track.
Historic Sites of Industry in the Jones Falls Valley
8 Locations ~ Curated by Greater Hampden Heritage Alliance & Preservation MarylandThe Jones Falls provided the power that fueled manufacturing in Baltimore in the 19th and 20th centuries. The string of mills built in the valley along the river had an indelible economic and social impact on the surrounding areas, the effect of which can still be felt to this day.
Baltimore's Public Markets: Past and Present
6 Locations ~ Curated by The Explore Baltimore Heritage TeamBaltimore's public markets have a long and sometimes controversial history. Learn more about the markets past and present!
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Explore Baltimore Heritage
A project by Baltimore HeritageExplore Baltimore Heritage helps historians, students, and residents tell the stories behind Baltimore's buildings and neighborhoods. Read on to learn more about historic parks, theaters, rowhouses and more! Do you have an idea for a story? An old photograph you'd like to share? Please get in touch.
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