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True Grit Statue: Nitty Gritty, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever in Bronze
On a blustery winter day in December 1987, a small crowd of spectators gathered around the Field House at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). They had assembled for the unveiling of a…
Saint James A.U.M.P. Church: Towson's Second Oldest Church and the East Towson Black Community
The origins of this two-story frame church on Jefferson Avenue began in 1861 when a group of Black Baltimore County residents established the Saint James African Union First Colored Methodist…
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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Landmarks from the Movement
26 Locations ~ Curated by Baltimore HeritageBaltimore’s Civil Rights Heritage: Looking for Landmarks from the Movement is an ongoing project to research and document the historic context for the long Civil Rights movement for African Americans in Baltimore. This tour features significant places associated with Baltimore's Civil Rights movement including several that are currently threatened with neglect or demolition.
A Sampling of Baltimore's Olmsted Parks
7 Locations ~ Curated by Baltimore Heritage and Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks and LandscapesTake this tour to explore some of Baltimore’s green spaces that continue to showcase the Olmsted Brothers' visionary landscape designs!
Not until 1904 did Baltimore adopt a comprehensive park plan for the region. That year, landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and John Charles Olmsted published "The Report Upon the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore," which stressed the need to treat parks as a connected system of green spaces. The Olmsted Brothers plan, practical…
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!
Along the Gwynns Falls
7 Locations ~ Curated by Gwynns Falls Trail CouncilAlong the Gwynns Falls was produced in partnership with the Parks & People Foundation and the Gwynns Falls Trail Council featuring audio excerpts from from the Gwynns Falls Trail Audio Tour produced by Ed Orser and Steve Bradley, University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Baltimore Sites & Sounds
6 Locations ~ Curated by Baltimore Heritage and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive (MARMIA)Discover the history of Baltimore's recent past through highlights from the WJZ-TV archival collection of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive.
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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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