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It was built about 1925 as a mail order and retail warehouse for Montgomery Ward on an 11 acres (4.5 ha) site adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks. [2] The complex was one of nine large warehouses built by the company in the United States. [3]
It encompasses an area of approximately 25 city blocks situated directly north of downtown Baltimore and includes 630 buildings. The district, which has a roughly triangular-shape, consists of late-19th-century row housing , commercial storefronts from the early 20th century through the 1950s, large industrial buildings, several older theaters ...
The city is named after Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, [24] an English peer, member of the Irish House of Lords and founding proprietor of the Province of Maryland. [25] [26] The Calverts took the title Barons Baltimore from Baltimore Manor, an English Plantation estate they were granted in County Longford, Ireland.
In a screengrab from video, City Council President Michael Lilliquist discusses the city’s rental registration and inspection program in a committee meeting Monday, April 24, 2023, at City Hall ...
The Baltimore City Archives has been receiving more support from city government, enabling it to move to a new location. The Archives came under the auspices of the Maryland State Archives in 2009 through a five-year agreement [4] whereby the State Archives receive additional storage space in exchange for preservation services. [5]
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[1] There are 91 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. As an independent city, the city of Baltimore is entirely separate from Baltimore County; its National Register-listed properties and districts are listed separately.