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The estimated number of books at The Book Thing is 200,000, [needs update] and they come from a variety of sources including people, businesses, and organizations. The Book Thing was incorporated by a board of neighborhood volunteers. The Book Thing is only open one day each month [2] and is run by around 30 volunteers. [3]
The Enoch Pratt Free Library is the free public library system of Baltimore, Maryland.Its Central Library is located on 400 Cathedral Street (southbound) and occupies the northeastern three quarters of a city block bounded by West Franklin Street (U.S. Route 40 westbound) to the north, Cathedral Street to the east, West Mulberry Street (U.S. Route 40 eastbound) to the south, and Park Avenue ...
Harry S.Cummings was elected to the Baltimore City Council in 1890 from the 17 ward. He was the first black to hold the office. [4] He notably defeated Louis Davenport 288 to 50 in 1907. [5] He secured a scholarship to the Maryland Institute for Harry S. Pratt. [4]
In its day it was "the most important structure in Baltimore," even hosting the offices of Baltimore City Hall for a time. [6] The federal government acquired most (but not all) of the building with purchases in 1853 and 1857. [3] Before the American Civil War there was a hotel on the Gay Street side. [4]
At this time Baltimore City was still a part of Baltimore County and had been served by the sheriff for the entire County of which Baltimore Town and later City was the county seat (since relocated in 1767 from old Joppa) and the central location of the courts and other law enforcement activities in Baltimore County since it was "erected ...
The Maryland Constitution of 1851 was the second constitution of the U.S. state of Maryland following the revolution, replacing the Constitution of 1776. [1]The primary reason for the new constitution was a need to re-apportion Maryland's legislature, the Maryland General Assembly.
The library’s collections include 60,000 books, 800,000 photographs, 5 million manuscripts, 6,500 prints and broadsides, 1 million pieces of printed ephemera, extensive genealogy indexes, and more, reflecting the history of Maryland and its people. These collections are accessible to visitors on-line and at the MCHC campus in Baltimore.
The house, a magnificent example of Gilded Age architecture, sits on a 26 acres (11 ha) landscaped site in Northern Baltimore and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The initial design was a more modest Italianate house but, with the Garretts, it became a 48-room mansion with a 23-karat gold plated bathroom, a 30,000-book library ...