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Hans Schuler’s Centennial Eagle at City Hall
Hans Schuler’s Centennial Eagle, created for the centennial celebration of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, is displayed on City Hall’s second floor. The sculpture, dedicated in 1914, was...
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Black Soldiers Statue at War Memorial Plaza
100 N Holliday Street (Street View) GPS: 39° 17′ 27.21″ N 76° 36′ 36.05″ W History Dedicated on May 30, 1972, this monument to African-American servicemen slain in the protection of their country is...
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A Tribute to Our Unsung Heroes
In 1986, William Donald Schaefer had a small plaque placed at the west end of War Memorial Plaza. The monument honors the members of the Baltimore community who have “unselfishly given their time,...
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Baltimore City Hall Statues
City Hall’s second floor has numerous memorial sculptures and tablets on display. Two statues, one of Thomas Gordon Hayes and one of William Pinkney Whyte, dominate the group. The former Baltimore...
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Holliday Street Theatre Tablet at War Memorial Plaza
The Holliday Street Theatre used to be located directly across from Baltimore’s City Hall, at the present site of War Memorial Plaza. Junius Brutus Booth, the father of John Wilkes Booth, made his...
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Baltimore City Hall
Baltimore City Hall was dedicated on October 25, 1875. It replaced the Peale Museum, the forty-six year temporary home for city employees, and was an important step in Baltimore’s development as a...
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Engineer Wendell Bollman
The Baltimore born Wendell Bollman (1814-1884) designed the first iron truss bridge in the United States. In 1847, working under the engineer Benjamin Henry Latrobe II, son of the U. S. Capitol’s...
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