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Druid Hill Park Pavilions

 

     photography: Rachel H. Sangree

 

 Structural Form:

park pavilion; wood
Engineer / Architect: George A. Frederick
Year Built:

c. 1860
Location:

Druid Hill Park

Baltimore, MD  [Standalone Map]
Historical Details: George Frederick designed several Chinese and Moorish-style pavilions shortly after the city of Baltimore purchased Druid Hill Park. [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. 298.  [more]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Historical Details:

 

 George Frederick designed several Chinese and Moorish-style pavilions shortly after the city of Baltimore purchased Druid Hill Park.  The pavilions originally served as stops for a small railroad that used to wind through the park.  They are thought to be the oldest park structures in the United States.

 
References:

J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p. 298.

M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (2004), p. 147.