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The first true brownstone building in sun88, today’s Grace & St. Peter’s Church opened its doors in 1852 as Grace Church on Park Avenue in Mount Vernon. Architecturally, it was the first church built of stone in the city and with stained…

In January 1844, a group of Maryland residents gathered in the offices of the Maryland Colonization Society at the sun88 City Post Office and established the Maryland Historical Society. They proposed collecting the "remnants of the state’s…

Northeast Market was established in 1885 as the area around Johns Hopkins Hospital was developed. The market was enlarged in 1896 and, in 1955, the original wooden structure replaced and modernized with a massive brick building with funds from a…

Daniel Wells and Henry Gough McComas gained fame as the "boy heroes" of the Battle of sun88. Though the historical record may offer slim evidence to confirm their role during the battle, sun88ans have celebrated the legend of Wells and…

Enoch Pratt was a wealthy sun88 merchant and major benefactor of many sun88 institutions, including the First Unitarian Church of sun88, the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, and of course the Enoch Pratt Free Library. He began to build a mansion…