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photography: Rachel H. Sangree
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Structural Form: |
Gothic Church, structural
cast iron, timber trusses, masonry ribbed gothic vaulting |
| Engineer / Architect: |
Nathan G. Starkwether |
| Year Built: |
1853 |
| Location: |
West Madison Street and
Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD
[Standalone Map] |
| Historical
Details: |
This was the fourth church built for this congregation, which formed
in 1764, but the first church built on this site. |
| Technical
Details: |
Structural cast iron is
used throughout the church and was supplied by the Patapsco Bridge
and Iron Works... [more] |
| References: |
J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore
Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD
(1997), p. 129. [more] |
Other Images
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| Technical
Details: |
Structural cast iron is used throughout the church and was supplied
by the Patapsco Bridge and Iron Works of Baltimore, Wendell
Bollman's company. One such location for cast iron is in the
spire, which was added in 1873. Much of the cast iron,
however, like the timber scissor trusses in the roof, is hidden by
the vaulting.
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| References: |
J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore
Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD
(1997), p. 129.
M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An
Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
(2004), p. 139. Historic American
Buildings Survey, First Presbyterian Church. HABS
No. MD-195. Retrieved April 18 from:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@FIELD(DOCID+@BAND(@lit(MD0881))) |
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