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B-More Ghosts Website
Your webmaster would like to share excerpts from a message received recently from the webmaster of the above-mentioned website:
"I was just poking about the net looking for info on Peabody Heights when I found your site.
"I currenty operate a website that memorializes bits of old Baltimore that are still among us today. I just added a page detailing the old lanes that once existed where much of Peabody Heights is built today. You can feel free to check it out at:
http://www.btco.net/ghosts/streets/diagpea/peabody.html
" The entire site can be accessed by visiting:
"Hope you enjoy it!
" Regards,
"Adam Paul Webmaster - B-More Ghosts"
This is a fascinating and wonderful website -- a "must see" in its entirety for anyone interested in Baltimore"s past.
Charles Rollins, Webmaster
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A Late Nineteenth Century Attraction
"The suburban country of Baltimore is extremely beautiful, and no portion surpasses that lying to the north of the city. That section extending from Druid Hill Park to Clifton, the seat of Johns Hopkins University, and Lake Montebello, is one of the most picturesque in America. It is a panorama of uninterrupted beauty, diversified with almost every variety of scenery, to which man has contributed the works of art and industry.
"Graceful villas crown its heights, luxuriant gardens repose on its valleys and hill sides, lakes and streams sparkle amid its emerald fields. In the midst of this scene and on one of its crowing heights, the property of the Peabody Heights Company is situated.
"....Overlooking the city, if affords comprehensive views of it and the surrounding country."
"Upon the grounds are the handsome residences of Messrs. Holmes and Ulman, and in the near vicinity are the country seats of many of our most prominent and cultivated citizens....Thus by its situation and surroundings it is truly beautiful."
The Maryland Historical Society, -The Monumental City, Its Past History and Present Resources, Peabody Heights (date).
Alliance Street Grid and Points of Interest
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(1) 3034 St. Paul Street: Former home of Otto Ortmann, musician, teacher, composer, theorist, Head of the Peabody Institute, world leader in both experimental music and instruments; built in 1911. (2) N. Calvert and 31st Streets, southwest corner: Calvert Court Apartments (co-op); built in 1915. (3) 2900 block N. Charles Street: Town homes in grand art nouveau style, the most expensive homes built in the area, interiors in excess of 6000 square feet; built in 1909. (4) 2901 N. Charles Street: Former home of Mrs. M. S. West, currently the Unity Church of Christ; built in 1910. (5) 2900 St. Paul Street: Individual "rural cottage"; former home of W. Stewart Polk; built 1879. (6) 2901 to 2947 St. Paul Street: Built with a mix of "swelled", flat, and bay fronts, unified by continuous cornices; built in 1899 by Francis Yewell. (7) 2910 N. Calvert Street: Once home to sculptor Mary Ann Mears; built in 1905. (8) 2900 N. Calvert Street: Originally, mansion of Dr. Melville H. Carter, inventor of the patent medicine, Resinol; built in 1901. (9) N. Calvert and 30th Streets, southeast corner: The Peabody Apartments, the neighborhood's first apartment building; built in 1906 by Francis Yewell. (10) 2800 block N. Charles Street, west side: Seton High School for girls and convent, formerly the St. Joseph's House of Industry (currently used for other purposes); architects Tormey and Leach, red brick exterior; built in 1907. (11) 2800 block of N. Charles Street, east side: Site of mansion of A. J. Ulman, home of the Marston University School for Boys, razed in 1927, currently the Church and rectory of Sts. Philip and James Catholic Church; cornerstone laid in 1928, dedicated in 1930, built of limestone in the Greco Roman style, architect Theodore Wells Pietsch. (12) St. Paul and 29th Streets, southwest corner: Once home of John T. Stone, founder of the Maryland Casualty Company; built in 1905. (13) 2840 St. Paul Street: Formerly, family home of Maryland Governor O'Conor (1934 to 1947) and U. S. Senator (1947 to 1953) ; built in 1905. (14) 2800 block St. Paul Street, west side: "Lilliandale", site of estate home of William Holmes until c. 1905. Much of the Peabody Heights land came from the farming land of this estate. (15) 2801 St. Paul Street: Once home to the Fettings, long prominent in Baltimore jewelry, also home of Baltimore Mayor Hays; built in 1897. (16) 2800 to 2846 N. Calvert Street: First block of porch front homes in the neighborhood; built in 1902. (17) 2836 N. Calvert Street: Former home of Dr. Ernest O. von Schwerdtner; built in 1902. (18) 2845 N. Calvert Street: Home of Gustav Strube, founder and first conductor of the Baltimore Symphony, teacher at the Peabody Conservatory; built in 1906. (19) 2710 Maryland Avenue: Home of Dr. Kemp Malone, Johns Hopkins professor, world famous philologist; built in 1906. (20) 2701 Maryland Avenue: The Peabody Heights Academy, parochial school of Sts. Philip and James Catholic Church, currently senior apartments; built in 1917. (21) 2700 block N. Charles Street, west side: Original mansion became the Bredler and Sellman Sanitarium, and later the location of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, the Doctors Hospital, North Charles General Hospital, the Homewood and Doctors Hospital, Mariner Health Systems Nursing Home, currently Future Care Nursing Home. (22) 2705 to 2707 N. Charles Street: Former Sts. Philip and James Catholic Church, later the Church Apartments, later Red Cross Building, currently home of the Johns Hopkins Press; built of gray granite in 1897. (23) 2700 block St. Paul Street: First block built by the Peabody Heights Company in 1897; following established covenants it incorporates 20-foot front yard setbacks and the largest back gardens in the area; built of glazed Roman brick with rounded, flat, and square facades with marble and Seneca stone trim and tile rooftops. 2740: Home to Wilbert Robinson, Oriole catcher, Brooklyn Dodgers manager, Hall-of-Famer. 2738: Home to John McGraw, Oriole third baseman, New York Giants manager, Hall-of-Famer. With McGraw and Robinson, the Baltimore Orioles won four consecutive National League pennants. 2728: Home to Capt. William Eliason, founder of the Tolchester Steamship Company, later home to his son, Capt Henry C. Eliason. 2716 and 2718: The first structures built on Peabody Heights Company land; built in 1870-1871. (24) 2700 block Guilford Avenue: Home to famous singer Earl Cranston Wrightson; built in 1914. (25) 2600 block Maryland Avenue (and surrounding area): The site of the Civil War Post, Camp Bradford. (26) N. Charles and 27th Streets, southwest corner: Home of George Thomas, founder of the New Amsterdam Casualty Company; built in 1905. (27) St. Paul and 27th Streets, southwest corner: St. John's United Methodist Church, Gothic style in gray granite with roof gargoyles; built in 1900. (28). 2600 block St. Paul Street, west side: Freestanding "Little Georgetown Row"; houses built in 1869 to 1870s; home to local historian, Journalist, author Jacques Kelly. 2617 Lovegrove Street (Alley): Carriage House, studio of sculptors Elsa Hutzler and Simone Brangler Boas, who lived at 2616 with her husband, Dr. George Boas. 2612: At one time, the home of bon-vivant and radio/TV personality, Cal Schumann. 2610: Home to the cold war spy, Whitaker Chambers and later to journalist, critic, novelist, R. P. Harriss. (29) 2600 block St. Paul Street, east side: Margaret Brent School; built in 1896-1897, annex in 1930; a new school of that name now stands on that site. one time, home to U. S. Senator Butler and author William Manchester, whose biography of H. L. Mencken, Disturber of the Peace, and the novel based on Baltimore, City of Anger, were written here. (30) 2500 block N. Charles Street: At(27) St. Paul and 27th Streets, southwest corner: St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church, Gothic style in gray granite with roof gargoyles; built in 1900. (31) 2500 block St. Paul Street, east side: Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch; built in 1896, whimsical "cottage" style, renovated in 1999-2000 as The Village Learning Place. (32) 2500 block N. Calvert Street, west side: Home of Madelain Murray O'Hare when she won the Supreme Court battle ending prayer in public schools; built c. 1890. (33) 2523 N. Calvert Street: Home of Wasyl Palijcaquk, Ukrainian-born teacher, sculptor, painter; built in 1906. (34) N. Calvert and 25th Streets, northeast corner: Home to Confederate veterans Dr. James McHenry Howard, Harry Carroll Howard, David Ridgley Howard, and William Ross Howard, all grandsons of John Eager Howard, built in 1865, one of the area's older structures. (35) N. Charles and 25th Streets, southwest corner: The old Warfield family residence, home to the grandparents of Wallace Warfield Simpson, later the Duchess of Windsor. (36) Guilford Avenue and 25th Street, southeast corner: Site of Union Park, early home of the Baltimore Orioles. Note: We request your additions and corrections to the above information. |
City/Area-Wide Points of Interest
[This very incomplete list represents only a sampling of what is available]
[All distances shown are from the Peabody Heights Area, and are approximate]
[Reference map to be added]
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Churches of Significant Interest Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - less than 2 miles Cathedral Church of the Incarnation; Episcopal - 6 blocks north Cathedral of Mary Our Queen; Roman Catholic -1 ¾ miles First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church - 1 1/2 miles First Unitarian Universalist Church of Baltimore - 1 ½ miles Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation - 1 ½ miles Lloyd Street and Chizuk Amuno Synagogues - 2 ½ miles Lovely Lane United Methodist Church & Museum (Mother Church of US Methodism) - 3 blocks south of Peabody Heights Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church - less than 1 ½ miles St. John's Episcopal Church, Waverly - 6 blocks east St. Mark's Lutheran Church - 5 blocks south of Peabody Heights Historic Places of Interest Annapolis - 25 miles southeast Edgar Allen Poe grave and home - 2 ½ miles Fells Point - less than 3 miles Mt. Vernon Place, including George Washington Monument (1815 first monument to George Washington) and other historic sites - less than 1 ½ miles Green Mount Cemetery (4th oldest "garden" cemetery in the US and grave sites of many prominent historic figures, including John Wilkes Booth) - less than 1 mile Hampton Mansion National Historic Site - 5 miles US Naval Academy - 25 miles southeast USS Constellation and Baltimore Maritime Museum - 2 ½ miles Washington, DC - 35 miles south Museums Babe Ruth Museum and Birth Place and Official Orioles Museum - 2 ½ miles Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum - 3 miles Baltimore Museum of Art - adjacent to Peabody Heights area Baltimore Street Car Museum - 1 mile Contemporary Museum - less than 1 ½ miles Fire Museum of Maryland - 5 miles Great Blacks in Wax Museum - 1 ½ miles Jewish Museum of Maryland - 2 ½ miles US Lacrosse National Hall of Fame and Museum - adjacent to Peabody Heights neighborhood Maryland Historical Society - less than 1 ½ miles Maryland Museum of Science and Industry - less than 3 miles Maryland Science Center - less than 3 miles National Museum of Dentistry - 2 ½ miles Star Spangled Banner Flag House and Museum - 1 ¾ miles Visionary Art Museum - less than 3 miles Walters Art Museum - less than 1 ½ miles Other Points of Interest Baltimore's Famous Inner Harbor - 2 ½ miles The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at the Myerhoff - 1 mile The Baltimore Zoo - 1 ½ miles The Conservatory at Druid Hill Park - 1 ½ miles Evergreen House (1858 Classic Revival & Grounds) - less than 1 ½ miles Homewood House (the Mansion at Johns Hopkins University, including "The Barn" Theatre - adjacent to Peabody Heights area Lyric Opera House - 1 mile Morris A. Mechanic Theater - 2 miles National Aquarium in Baltimore - 2 ½ miles Olmsted Lands (driving tour of 1904 green spaces designed by the Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects; principles derived from the late 19th century premier landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.) - adjacent to Peabody Heights area Penn Station (with light rail connections to BWI Airport and 45-minute Amtrak service to Washington DC and to NY/Boston - 1 mile Pier 6 Concert Pavilion - 2 ½ miles Pride of Baltimore - 2 1/2 miles (when in port) Sherwood Gardens; world famous Spring Tulip Display - less than 1 mile Sports Complexes Baltimore Arena - 2 miles Baltimore Orioles and Oriole Park at Camden Yards - 2 ½ miles Baltimore Ravens and PSI Net Stadium - 2 ½ miles Pimlico Race Course - 3 miles Universities and Institutes of Higher Education College of Notre Dame of Maryland - 1 ½ miles Coppin State College - 1 ½ miles Goucher College - 5 miles Johns Hopkins University - Medical School and Hospital - 2 ½ miles Johns Hopkins University - Homewood Campus - adjacent to the Peabody Heights area Loyola University - 1 ½ miles Maryland Institute College of Art - 1 mile Morgan State University -1 ½ miles The Peabody Institute - 1 ½ miles Towson University - 4 miles University of Baltimore - 1 mile University of Maryland, Baltimore (medical, pharmacy, dental, social work, and law schools) - 2 ½ miles |
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