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Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower Open House
The Bromo Tower located at S. Eutaw And W. Lombard
Streets will be open to the public on Saturday, July 26th from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
During this free event, visitors will be able to see artists' studios and purchase works of art.
At the present time, more than a dozen artists have leased space in the 1911 building designed by architect Joseph Evans Sperry
for the Emerson Drug Company which manufactured the famous headache/hangover powder in blue bottles.
Basilica of the Assumption Tours
Free tours of America's first cathedral,
the Basilica of the Assumption, take place Monday through Friday at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. For Saturday tour times,
call 410-727-3565. Sunday tours begins at noon following Mass.
Mount Vernon Cultural Walk
Daily through November 2nd at Noon - This
free 90-minute walking tour begins at the Inner Harbor Visitors Center
(on Light Street just below Pratt Street) and explores the cultural heart of Baltimore from the Basilica of the Assumption
(first cathedral in the United States), to the Washington Monument, the Walters Art Museum, Peabody Institute and Mount
Vernon Place. Over 20 cultural and historic attractions make up the tour. For information, call 443-984-3089 or
visit www.starspangledtours.org.
Heritage Walk
Daily through November 2nd from the Inner Harbor
Visitors Center - This free walking tour connects 20 historic sites and museums located
in the Inner Harbor, Little Italy, Jonestown, and City Center. Sites include the Flag House, Carroll Mansion,
Shot Tower, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture, World Trade
Center, the USS Constellation, and others. Participants can choose between a "Guided Walk" that lasts about 90
minutes and a self-guided tour. Heritage Walk booklets $ are available at the Visitors
Center and at most of the sites. For more information, call 443-514-5900 or visit www.heritagewalk.org.
Patterson Park Pagoda
The Patterson Park Observatory, known to most Baltimoreans as "The Pagpoda," has
re-opened on Sundays from Noon to 6 p.m. Designed and built by Charles H. Latrobe
in 1891, it stands on Hampstead Hill and provides a magnificent view of the city. "The Pagoda" is located
on the west side of the park near the intersection of Pratt Street and Patterson Park Avenue. Admission is free. For information, call 410-276-3676.
Westminster Cemetery Tours
Located at Fayette and Greene Streets, Wetminster Cemetery was established by First Presbyterian
Church. Organized in 1761, the church relocated the graveyard to the west side of town in 1786. Originally
known as the Western Burial Ground, many of the people buired here were the early merchants of Baltimore who made
their fortunes in the flour trade. In addition there are officers from the War of 1812 including General Sam Smith,
and General John Stricker as well as writer and poet Edgar Allen Poe. Tours of Westminster take place on the first
and third Friday (6:30 p.m.) and Saturday (10 a.m.) of each month (April - November). Tours are by appointment only and can be arranged by calling 410-706-2072, or by e-mail at westminster@law.umaryland.edu. For more information visit www.westminsterhall.org.
Maryland Historical Society: Library Orientation
Sessions
These 45-minute sessions take place on the third
Saturday of each month beginning at 9:10 a.m. and are free with the regular admission
to the library. Reservations are not required. The schedule includes:
The Maryland Historical
Society is located at 201 West Monument Street. For information, call 410-685-3750 or visit www.mdhs.org.
Living History Cruises on the S.S. John
W. Brown
Launched on September 7, 1942, the John W. Brown
was the 62nd Liberty Ship built by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard. Named for a prominent east coast labor leader, the Brown
is only one of two surviving World War II Liberty Ships. The six-hours cruises $ give
participants a chance to experience life aboard a World War II Liberty Ship. Continental breakfast and lunch
are included. Reservations are required. For information, call 410-558-0164 or visit www.liberty-ship.com. Tour dates are:
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Saturday, September 6th, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
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Saturday, October 4th, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Maryland
Historical Society: Family History Workshop Series
Join Robert Barnes for this series on researching family history.
$ Each session runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and includes a continental breakfast and box lunch. Call
410-685-3750 Ext. 321 for reservations.
Jewish Museum of
Maryland Exhibit: "Voices of Lombard Street"
This year-long
exhibit that opened in October traces the history of the museum's neighborhood on Lombard Street. $ The Jewish
Museum of Maryland is located at 15 Lloyd Street and is open Tuesday through Thursday and on Sundays as well from Noon to 4 p.m. For information, call 410-732-6400 ext 14.
Green Mount Cemetery Walking Tours
The next set of walking tours through historic Green Mount Cemetery will take place on
Saturday, October 4, 11, 18, 25 - $ - Opened in 1839 as the city's first urban-rural cemetery, Green Mount is the final
resting place of Johns Hopkins, Enoch Pratt, William and Henry Walters, Mary Elizabeth Garrett, Theodore McKeldin, John
Wilkes Booth, Betsy Patterson, Walter Lord, and other famous Marylanders. Tours begin at 9:30 a.m. from the main gate
located at Greenmount Avenue and East Oliver Street, and are led by Baltimore historian Wayne R. Schaumburg. Reservations
are required. For information, call 410-256-2180 or e-mail: wschaumburg@earthlink.net.
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This Week in Baltimore's History:
July 16th: 1920: Life
guards at the swimming pools in city parks were given a $2/week raise. They would now earn $18 per week.
July 17th: 1793: Cigar
smoking was recommended as a way to prevent yellow fever.
July 18th: 1865: The sale of all portraits of Confederate
soldiers and officers as well as those of John Wilkes Booth was prohibited in Baltimore.
July 19th: 1919: An announcement was made that ferry
service between Baltimore and Love Point would begin by September 1st.
July 20th: 1902: A severe thunderstorm with high
winds tore through Baltimore damaging 517 buildings and killing 19 people.
July 21st: 1791: St. Mary's Seminary
opened under the leadership of the Sulpician Fathers. Originally located on Paca Street in Seton Hill, today the school
is on Roland Avenue near Northern Parkway and continues to be the oldest theological seminary in the United States.
July 22nd: 1883: The first telephone service
between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. went into operation.
July 23rd: 1788: A sharp rise in tides flooded wharves,
stores, and low ground near the harbor and in Fell's Point. In the process, large quantities of cargo were destroyed.
Updated on 7/16/08
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Beginning on Sunday, February 7, 1904, the Great Baltimore Fire destroyed 140 acres of downtown Baltimore along with 1,526 buildings and over 2,500
businesses. The photo above shows the intersection of Baltimore and South Streets (looking
from the northeast). The corner was the "journalistic heart" of town with the Baltimore
Sun and its chief competitor, the
Baltimore American, on opposite corners. The photo directly below is the Sun Iron building,
the first cast iron-front struture in the city's history (1851). Notice the clock located next to the building
(bottom center of the photo). The second photo shows the American building, also a cast-iron front structure from
1876. The third photo shows the remains of the American building after the 1904 fire. Again, notice the
Sun clock on the corner. The ruins of the Sun building can be seen in the photo at the top of this site along with the clock
that survived the blaze! Both newspapers were forced to publish from Washington, D.C. for an extended period
of time. The Sun would put up its new building on the southwest corner of Charles and Baltimore
Streets. The American rebuilt on its same site, and that building still stands today.
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