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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12F_st-vincent-de-paul-church_Baltimore-MD.html
St. Vincent de Paul Church is the oldest Catholic parish church in the city. The church was built in 1840-1841 to accommodate the growing Irish Catholic population east of the Jones Falls. Its gleaming white Georgian tower has long been recognized…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12D_first-baptist-church-baltimore_Baltimore-MD.html
On this site purchased in 1773,the first permanent meeting house, a dwelling for the pastor and a school house were erected and a cemetery established for the First Baptist Church of Baltimore Town. The present and fourth building of the church is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12C_phoenix-shot-tower_Baltimore-MD.html
Built in 1828 by the Phoenix Shot Tower Company, this soaring 215 foot structure is the last remaining shot tower of the three that accented Baltimore's skyline in the 19th century. Shot pellets used as ammunition for muskets was produced by pouri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM129_armistead_Baltimore-MD.html
To Col. George Armistead,April 10, 1779 - April 25, 1818,commander of this fortduring the bombardment by the British Fleet, Sept. 13-14 1814. War of 1812.
Erected Spet. 12, 1914by the City of Baltimore,Soc. War of 1812 contributing.In commemora…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM127_powder-magazine_Baltimore-MD.html
Magazines are structures designed to protect gunpowder and ammunition from moisture, sparks and impact.
In 1814, a much smaller magazine stood here. During the famous bombardment, a British shell crashed into the roof, but miraculously failed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM126_commanding-officers-quarters_Baltimore-MD.html
The rooms on the left end of this building stood as a separate structure during the 1814 period. this was the residence of Major George Armistead, commanding officer and "Hero of Fort McHenry."
It was Armistead who directed the successful defen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM124_civil-war-guardhouse_Baltimore-MD.html
Fort McHenry has had several guardhouses. This one, built in 1835 and enlarged in 1857, is one of the best preserved buildings in the star fort. Soldiers on duty in this room guarded military offenders in the adjacent cells.
During the Civil Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM122_the-guns-that-won-the-battle_Baltimore-MD.html
These cannons represent the largest guns that defended the fort during the War of 1812. Cannons from this battery fired 18 and 36 pound iron balls almost a mile and a half. Heated cannonballs or "hot shop" proved especially devasting to wooden shi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121_sailors-fighting-sailors_Baltimore-MD.html
Sailors provided the backbone of Baltimore's defense during the War of 1812. A strong detachment of U.S. Navy seamen defended trenches on the outskirts of the city while members of the U.S. Chesapeake Flotilla served Fort McHenry's largest cannons…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11N_o-say-can-you-see_Baltimore-MD.html
If you had been standing on this rampart with the American gunners on the morning of September 14, 1814, you would have had a close-up view of the dramatic scene Francis Scott Key described in our National Anthem.
About two miles downstream, ha…