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; Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; Clocks and watches, Electric; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Nolting, William...
Photograph taken looking east from the unit block of Baltimore Street at the International Trust Company of Maryland Building (foreground) and the Continental Trust Building (background). The one-story International Trust Company of Maryland...
Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Post office buildings--Maryland; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on Calvert Street north of Cheapside and Lombard Streets. In the foreground beyond the cleared rubble are (from left to right) several structures that survived the fire: the Maryland Trust Company...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Building, Fireproof; Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building near Fayette and Calvert Streets at the northeastern façade of the Continental Trust Building (right, tallest structure). Located on the southeast corner of Baltimore and...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Post office buildings--Maryland;...
Photograph taken looking northwest across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district. In the foreground are the ruined buildings on Smith's Wharf at the foot of Gay and Pratt Streets and the C. A. Gambrill Manufacturing Company, which...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Building, Fireproof; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Post office...
Photograph taken looking northeast across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district near the 200 block East Pratt Street between Calvert Street and Cheapside. In the foreground are the ruins of many small businesses including grocers and...
Photograph taken looking north from Lombard and Calvert Streets at the burnt district along Calvert Street. Beyond the rubble in the foreground are several structures that survived the fire (from left to right): the Maryland Trust Company Building...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Street (Baltimore, Md.); International Trust Company Building (Baltimore, Md.); Bank buildings--Maryland; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of business section of Baltimore Street rebuilt, a few years after the 1904 fire. The International Trust Company building was built in 1902 by the firm Parker and Thomas (Douglas H. Thomas, 1872-1915, and J. Harleston Parker, 1873-1930) of...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district north of Calvert and Water Streets. Beyond the rubble are (from left to right) the Maryland Trust Company Building, the Alexander Brown and Sons Building (barely visible beside the Maryland Trust...
Photograph taken looking east at the burnt district on Fayette Street from the upper stories of a building near Fayette and Hanover Streets. Among the buildings still standing are (from left to right) the Union Trust Building, the Herald Building...
Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Newspaper buildings; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street west from Gay Street. Among the buildings that survived the fire are (from left to right) the Safe Deposit and Trust Company Building (left), the Maryland Trust Company...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Building, Fireproof; Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking from the upper story of a building near Fayette and Calvert Streets at the northeastern façade of the Continental Trust Building (center, tallest structure). Located on the southeastern corner of Calvert and Baltimore...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the roof of the Calvert Building at buildings located on Calvert Street between Baltimore and German Streets that survived the fire. Among these structures are (from left to right) the Baltimore and Ohio...
Photograph taken looking north at the south face of the Maryland Trust Company Building located on the northwest corner of German and Calvert Streets. Built in 1900, this ten-story building survived the fire because of the fireproof materials used...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district along East Pratt Street between Light and Calvert Streets. Anchored on the left are the Anthony Groves, Jr., a steamboat out of Philadelphia, and the Cannan,...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Liberty and German Streets. In the left foreground beyond the rubble of many small businesses are the ruins of the Hopkins Place Savings Bank. Designed by Baldwin and Pennington and built...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Baltimore and Hanover Streets after rebuilding has begun. Streetcar service has been restored, and much of the rubble has been removed. In the background are (from left to right) several...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and Lombard Streets. In the center background of this elevated view is the Union Trust Building located on the northeast corner of Charles and Fayette Streets. Built in 1899, the...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district east on Baltimore Street from atop the Darby Building. Located on the southeast corner of Baltimore and Liberty Streets at number 131 West Baltimore Street, the six-story Darby Building is just outside...
