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Old East Baltimore Historic District is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a mainly residential area of Baltimore City that grew up northward from the original mid-18th century settlement east of the Jones Falls , known as Jones Town, or Old Town.
Baltimore was originally called New Market, and under the latter name was laid out in 1824. [5] A post office called Baltimore has been in operation since 1829. [6] Baltimore became a qualified Tree City USA as recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation in 2011. [7]
Historic Ships in Baltimore, created as a result of the merger of the USS Constellation Museum and the Baltimore Maritime Museum, is a maritime museum located in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. USS Constellation, docked in Baltimore. The museum's collection includes four historic museum ships and one lighthouse:
Courtesy of Visit Baltimore There are two things you must do in Baltimore: eat Maryland's famous blue crabs and visit the Inner Harbor, a historic seaport now lined with museums and other attractions.
The pub closed in 2016 after being founded and run by the same family since 1847. [12] The Bayard Station valve house at 1415 Bayard Street, built in 1885 by the Chesapeake Gas Company to distribute coal gas in Baltimore, now serves as home to Housewerks, an architectural salvage store. [13]
Harborplace was designed by Benjamin C. Thompson and was built by The Rouse Company near the former Light Street site of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company's steamship terminal and docks. Because the land was owned by the city and was in an area designated as a park in the city charter, a citywide referendum was required to proceed with the ...
Old Town is an area of East Baltimore, Maryland, mostly in zip code 21202, [2] bounded roughly by the Jones Falls Expressway (JFX) on the west, Orleans Street to the south, Caroline Street to the east and Monument Street to the north. [3] One of the area's main features is the Old Town Mall. [4] The Baltimore riot of 1968 occurred here. The ...
Jonestown is a historical section of southeast Baltimore established in 1732 that was laid out on 10 acres (40,000 m 2) divided into twenty lots on the east side of the Jones Falls. The district is a mix of industrial, commercial and residential buildings.