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Battle Monument

 

                 photography: Rachel H. Sangree

 

 Structural Form:

masonry tower
Engineer / Architect: Maximilien Godefroy
Year Built:

1815-25
Location:

Calvert Street, between East Fayette and

East Lexington Streets

Baltimore, MD  [Standalone Map]
Historical Details: The Battle Monument was built to celebrate the sacrifice of the soldiers who died defending Baltimore against the British during the War of 1812.  [more]
Technical Details:

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References:

J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p. 144. [more]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Historical Details:

 

 The Battle Monument was built to celebrate the sacrifice of the soldiers who died defending Baltimore against the British during the War of 1812.  The Battle Monument, together with the Washington Monument prompted John Quincy Adams to name Baltimore "the Monumental City". 

 
References: J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p. 144.

M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (2004), p. 80.