Carroll County (Md.); Cemeteries Maryland; Church buildings; Frederick County (Md.); Westminster (Md.);
Sepia-toned photograph (albumen print) of the Old Union Church (Old Union Meeting House) located in Westminster Cemetery in Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. Built in 1760 in what was then Frederick County, Maryland with funds raised by...
Baltimore panorama, a view of the rebuilt city after the 1904 fire, as seen from the Harbor. Several buildings can be seen dotting the skyline, including: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Building (designed by Parker and Thomas, built in 1906) at...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Silversmiths--Maryland; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken of Sergeant Cagle of Troop A of the Maryland National Guard, J. A. Robinson (who contributed this photograph), and H. C. (Henry Child) Kirk, Jr. standing before the smoking ruins of Samuel Kirk and Son located at number 106 East...
Baldwin, Ephraim Francis, 1837-1916; Building, Fireproof; Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891; Clocks and watches, Electric; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;...
Photograph taken looking northeast from the unit block of East Baltimore Street at three office buildings that survived the fire: the Calvert (left), Equitable (left center), and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Headquarters (right center)...
Photograph taken looking northeast from the unit block of East Baltimore Street at the shells of buildings still standing. Among the structures that survived the fire are the Calvert Building (tall structure to left), the Chesapeake and Potomac...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building near Fayette and Calvert Streets at fire fighters spraying water on embers in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Headquarters Building (left center) on North Calvert Street....
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Building, Fireproof; Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Sperry,...
Photograph taken of damage to the upper floors of the Equitable Building. Located on the southwest corner of Fayette and Calvert Streets, this ten-story building, designed by Carson and Sperry and built in 1891, was once considered Baltimore's...
Photograph taken looking northeast at the burnt district from the unit block of West German Street. Standing amid the rubble are several buildings that survived the fire: the Union Trust Building (tall building, left center) located on the...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Building, Fireproof; Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Sperry, Joseph...
Photograph taken looking west at the ruins of the Hotel Rigbie (left foreground) and at the Equitable Building (right background) as a crowd walks along East Fayette Street. Located at 211 East Fayette Street, the Hotel Rigbie was situated in the...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
Postcards--Maryland--Catonsville; Richard Gundry Home (Catonsville, Md.); Psychiatric hospitals--Maryland--Catonsville; Catonsville (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Mary M. Gundry and her son, Dr. Richard F. Gundry, opened in 1891 a home for treating nervous and mental diseases in Catonsville. They called it Richard Gundry Home in memory of Dr. Richard Gundry, Sr. The complex consisted of five buildings, one...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Maryland Institute, Renaissance revival (Architecture)--Maryland--Baltimore; Corbett, Harvey Wiley, 1873-1954; Pell, Francis Livingston, 1873-1945; Gothic revival (Architecture)--Maryland--Baltimore; College of Art;...
View of the main building of the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts and the Schools of Art and Design, as it was then known (in 1959 changed its name to Maryland Institute, College of Art). Designed by architects Pell &...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Patterson Park (Baltimore, Md.); Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of the observatory (commonly known as the Pagoda) and old fortifications in Patterson Park. A public park in the eastern part of Baltimore city, Patterson Park preserves within its grounds, on Hampstead Hill, the original earthworks thrown by...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Courthouses--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Office buildings--Baltimore (Md.)--1900-1910; Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore...
An aerial view of the Baltimore city center and panorama. The Baltimore courthouse can be seen at its location on Monument Square. Built by noted local architects, J. B. Noel Wyatt and William G. Nolting, it opened in 1900. Behind the courthouse,...
