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Assateague State Park

Assateague State Park is a Maryland state park located in Worcester County, Maryland, located at the north end of Assateague Island, a barrier island bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and Sinepuxent Bay on the west. The park is bordered on both its north and south sides by Assateague Island National Seashore and is reached via the Verrazano Bridge which carries Maryland Route 611 across Sinepuxent Bay. The park offers wildlife viewing, beach activities, and camping facilities. It is managed by the Maryland Park Service of the larger Maryland Department of Natural Resources with the support of volunteers working under the auspices of the non-profit Friends of Assateague State Park. History State planners suggested establishing a state park on Assateague Island in 1940 and again in 1952. The park was finally created in 1956 when the state Board of Public Works accepted a gift of 220 ha (540 acres) from North Ocean Beach, Incorporated. Funds for further acquisitions were allocated by the General Assembly of Maryland in 1959 and 1962, with funding for facility development allocated in 1965. First Day Hikes A tradition of New Year's Day walks in the park began on January 1, 1980, the same year President Jimmy Carter proclaimed "Year of the Coast." The walk was started by two women, Ilea Fehrer and Judy Johnson, founder of the Committee to Preserve Assateague Island (now known as the Assateague Coastal Trust), who sought to celebrate the beauty of the island and rally against plans to develop areas around it. It subsequently became an annual tradition, with the 40th iteration taking place in 2020, and became very popular over time, with people driving from various other parts of the state to join in with up to 300 others. The Ilia Fehrer / Judy Johnson Memorial Beach Walk, named after the two women who started it, is now part of Maryland's roster of the nationwide offering of First Day Hikes in state parks. Wildlife Wildlife found in the park's marsh areas include deer, waterfowl, and feral Assateague horses. Activities and amenities Rackliffe House, which overlooks Sinepuxent Bay, is a restored 18th-century coastal plantation building that houses the Coastal Maryland Heritage Center. The park campground has 350 sites. See also Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge References External links Assateague State Park Maryland Department of Natural Resources Assateague Island National Seashore National Park Service
Assawoman Bay Bridge

The Assawoman Bay Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Assawoman Bay in Ocean City, Maryland. The bridge carries Maryland Route 90, a freeway, into northern Ocean City, Maryland. The bridge consists of two lanes and is undivided, but it is heavily travelled. In the summer, it is usually congested with traffic heading into and out of Ocean City, especially on Fridays and Sundays. It ends in North Ocean City at Maryland Route 528 (Coastal Highway) and 62nd Street. References External links Assawoman Bay Bridge map from Maryland Hometown Locator "Assawoman Bay Bridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
Auburn House (Towson, Maryland)

Auburn House is a historic home located on the grounds of Towson University in Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1790 by Charles Ridgely III and stayed in the family until it became part of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital property in 1944. Towson University (then Towson State College) acquired the house in 1971. The building currently serves as the home of the executive offices of the Department of Athletics. The National Register listing shows it having been built in 1849, but it also says that Rebecca Dorsey Ridgely, wife of Charles Ridgely III, lived there from 1791 to 1812. The listing calls it Greek Revival, but 1791 is well before the Greek Revival period in the United States. Towson University calls it "an important example of Italianate–Federal architecture". It is a rectangular three story stone structure faced with scored stucco. The front is three bays, with ground floor windows, six over nine, and the full height of the front door. The next story is also six over nine, but not as tall, and the top floor windows are the same size as the upper sash of the floor below. The interior is elegant, including acanthus pattern cornices, Italian marble mantels, graceful chandeliers, and a carved mahogany balustrade. The two story addition on the southwest side was built in the 1920s. Auburn House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 17, 1975, reference number 75000869. Gallery References External links "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Auburn House. Maryland Historical Trust. October 5, 2008.
Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards

Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards is a building in Baltimore, Maryland, adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It was constructed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) beginning in 1899, with later sections completed in 1905, adjacent to the B&O's Camden Station and Freight Yard, which was located at the corner of Camden and Eutaw Streets. Purported to be the longest brick building on the East Coast, the 1,116-foot (340 m) long, eight-story brick structure had 430,000 square feet (almost 40,000 m2) of floor space for merchandise storage and distribution, large enough to hold 1,000 carloads of freight at a time, the B&O advertised. The similar Longworth Hall, in Cincinnati was longer at 1,277 feet (389 m) long, but was only five stories. Railroad historian Herbert H. Harwood proclaimed it an "awesome structure ... a truly classic turn-of-the-century railroad warehouse." The warehouse was used by the B&O through the 1960s but was mostly vacant by the 1970s due to the use of trucks and newer, more efficient single-floor warehouses located in industrial parks elsewhere. The former B&O Warehouse was incorporated into Oriole Park at Camden Yards when it opened in 1992 and looms over the stadium's right field wall. The warehouse was converted to team offices, team spaces, and a private club for the Orioles. It is also used for private wedding receptions. In the entire history of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, no player has ever hit the warehouse in a game. Ken Griffey Jr. is the only player to hit the B&O Warehouse in fair territory, though it was with a non-regulation baseball in an exhibition. He did so in the 1993 MLB Home Run Derby, in which he tied Juan González before losing in a playoff. External links B&O Warehouse on Google Street View Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards References
Bachelor's Hope (Centreville, Maryland)

Bachelor's Hope is a historic house in Centreville, Maryland. Built between 1798 and 1815, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Architecture The house was built of a combination of brick and frame; the gable ends are of brick, while the sides are frame. The five-bay structure is one-and-one-half stories tall, and two rooms deep. The house has a single chimney, centered on the gable, at each end; each chimney is fed by double fireplaces in each gable wall. All of the brick construction, including the foundation, was laid in five-course common bond. The house has its entrance in the central bay; unusually, the door is flanked by 2/2 sidelights on each side. The rest of the main facade, which faces south towards the old road to Queenstown, is arranged symmetrically; on the first floor, two 9/6 sash windows may be found on either side of the door. Above these are three gable-roofed dormers with 6/6 sash. The facade also has a modern, three-bay porch. The back facade of the house is similar to the front; the paneled door in the center bay has no sidelights, but is flanked on each side by 6/6 windows. Three gable-roofed 6/6/ sash dormers sit above the central door. The house's interior is an unusual variation on the central hall Georgian plan in which each of the rooms differs in size from the others. Both front rooms contain fireplaces, each centered on the gable wall. The one in the southeast room retains a mantel from the early nineteenth century and fine examples of an interior cornice and raised paneling below the south windows; the baseboard and chair rail are all original. Similar trappings - baseboard, chair rail, and paneling - remain in the southwest room as well. The room to the northwest, by comparison, seems plain; its mantel dates to the late nineteenth century, as does its window trim. The northeast room has been modernized, and now serves as a kitchen. To the rear of the first story is a hall, adjoining which is an enclosed winder stair; this gives access to the second floor. Nearly all of the trim on the second story is original, including window and door architraves, fireplace surrounds, and raised panel doors. Significance Bachelor's Hope is considered important because of the unusual features combined in its design; it is believed to be a unique house on the central Eastern Shore of Maryland. The technology used to build it, combining brick gable ends and frame sides, is rarely seen today in surviving buildings. The double pile floor plan is unusual for a house of this size, as is the rarely seen variation on the Georgian central-hall plan. Adding to its historic value, the structure is fairly close to its original condition, some alterations to the first floor notwithstanding. Much of the early fabric remains intact; in addition to the above-noted items may be seen original horizontal beaded wainscoting in the northwest room and the first floor's rear hall, and all of the original woodwork on the second story. References External links Bachelor's Hope, Queen Anne's County, including photo from 1980, at Maryland Historical Trust
Baitur Rehman Mosque

Baitur Rehman Mosque (House of the Gracious) is located in Silver Spring, Maryland in the United States. The mosque was inaugurated by Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the late head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on October 14, 1994. The mosque is run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. An estimated 5,000 Ahmadis and guests from across the United States attended the opening ceremony. See also Islam in Maryland List of mosques in the United States Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya in the United States List of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community buildings and structures References External links Photo of Mosque on Panoramio
Baker Memorial Chapel

Baker Memorial Chapel is a building on the campus of McDaniel College, in Westminster, Maryland, that was dedicated April 20, 1958. The chapel was built in memory of W.G. Baker, Joseph D. Baker, Daniel Baker, and Sarah Baker Thomas. When the initial endowment was announced in 1955 both the donor's identity and the identity of the memorialized individuals were unknown. As conceived, the new chapel was to have a capacity of approximately 900, and was "expected to be of Georgian colonial architecture in keeping with the design of other recent buildings on the campus." The chapel was designed by architects Otto Eugene Adams and E.G. Riggs, of Baltimore. The Chapel steeple, 113 feet tall, is visible for miles around and was originally topped by a stainless steel cross 6 feet in height. The wood panels of the chancel were designed to complement the antique organ console which was originally in the Bruton Parish Church, at Williamsburg, Virginia. The organ in the new chapel was given by two alumni, father and son, Roger J. Whiteford, a prominent Washington attorney and graduate in 1906, and his son Joseph S. Whiteford, a graduate in 1943, president of the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Boston, Mass. The organ, with its 2,310 pipes, is held to be the largest in the area. The Whitefords also gave the carillon installed in the steeple. References Weeks, Christopher. "The Building of Westminster in Maryland." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland 2, no. 1 (May 1949). Bulletin of the Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland 2, no. 2 (May 1952). Chandler, Douglas R. Pilgrimage of Faith; A Centennial History of Wesley Theological Seminary—1882-1982. Santa Ana, CA: Seven Locks Press, 1984. Makisky, John D. "Western Maryland College in the Nineteenth Century." Western Maryland College Bulletin [n.d.]. Schofield, Samuel Biggs, and Marjorie Cowles Crain. Western Maryland College The Formative Years, 1866-1947. Westminster, MD: Western Maryland College, 1982. Zepp, Ira G. "Western Maryland College: The Hill." In A Grateful Memory: History of Baker Chapel. Westminster, MD: Western Maryland College, 1995.
Ballestone Mansion

The Ballestone-Stansbury House, once misidentified as the Ballestone Mansion, is a historic plantation home located on Cedar Point between Back and Middle Rivers in Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a part of the Rocky Point Park and is owned by Baltimore County. It was built during the late 18th or early 19th century and has been enlarged twice. The original portion was built about 1800. A one-story addition added 506 square feet to the house. A second floor was added to the addition c. 1870–1880. Ballestone Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1975. References External links Media related to Ballestone-Stansbury House at Wikimedia Commons Ballestone-Stansbury House—official site Ballestone Mansion, Baltimore County, including photo from 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust
Baltimore American Indian Center

The Baltimore American Indian Center, Inc. (BAIC) is a center for American Indians that is located in Upper Fell's Point, Baltimore, Maryland. The center was founded in 1968 as the "American Indian Study Center" to serve the growing Native American community in Baltimore. In 2011, the Center reestablished its museum for American Indian heritage. The center hosts the Native American After School Art Program, founded by community artist and Lumbee Tribal member Ashley Minner in 2007. In 2015, local artist Dean Tonto Cox, grandson of one of the founders of the Baltimore American Indian Center, Elizabeth Locklear, repainted an outside mural of the center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. Gallery References External links Official website of the BAIC Tapping roots of American Indian heritage at Timonium powwow Center gives Lumbees a sense of community Ashley Minner bio Baltimore American Indian Center and Heritage Museum, Baltimore City, at Maryland Historical Trust
Sistema de Escuelas Públicas de la Ciudad de Baltimore

El Sistema de Escuelas Públicas de la Ciudad de Baltimore​ (Baltimore City Public School System, BCPSS, o Baltimore City Public Schools) es un distrito escolar de Baltimore, Maryland. Tiene su sede en el Dr. Alice G. Pinderhughes Administration Building.​ El consejo escolar tiene un presidente, un vicepresidente, y ocho miembros.​ En el año escolar 2010-2011, el distrito tiene 83.800 estudiantes, incluyendo 42.830 estudiantes de los grados PreKindergarten-5 (incluyendo 4.712 estudiantes de prekindergarten), 16.659 estudiantes de los grados 6-8, y 24.311 estudiantes de los grados 9-12.​ Notas Enlaces externos Sistema de Escuelas Públicas de la Ciudad de Baltimore Sistema de Escuelas Públicas de la Ciudad de Baltimore Archivado el 16 de enero de 2009 en Wayback Machine. (en inglés)
University of Maryland School of Dentistry

The University of Maryland School of Dentistry (abbreviated UMSOD), is the dental school of the University System of Maryland. It was founded as an independent institution, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, in 1840 and was the birthplace of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) degree. It is known as the first dental college in the world. It is headquartered at the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus. It is the only dental school in Maryland. History Related history: Harvard School of Dental Medicine > History The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (BCDS) was chartered by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland (state legislature) in 1840. Its co-founders, Doctors Horace H. Hayden and Chapin A. Harris have been both inducted in the Pierre Fauchard Academy Hall of Fame. Dr. Harris was the school's first dean and a professor of practical dentistry. Following the death of Dr. Hayden on January 25, 1844, he became the school's second president. The College is still in existence today and is part of the University of Maryland, Baltimore as one of its five professional graduate level schools. The establishment of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery is seen as one of the three crucial steps in the foundation of the dental profession in the United States and the world. A true profession is built upon a tripod: a formal organization, formal professional education, and a formal scientific literature. The United States was the leader in all three. In 1839-1840, the American Society of Dental Surgeons was organized, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery was established, and the first dental journal in the world, the American Journal of Dental Science, was founded. At that time there were only about three hundred trained and scientific dentists in the entire country; the rest were relatively untrained operators, outright quacks, or charlatans. In 1898, a list of the first subscribers to the first journal was discovered and published by G.V. Black. These initial subscribers may be considered the core group of truly professional American dentists. They became the leaders of the newly born profession of dentistry. Today, the University of Maryland School of Dentistry enjoys one of the most advanced dental education facilities in the world. The new 12-story building on West Fayette Street on the westside of downtown Baltimore was completed in October 2006. The structure replaced a previous building on the site that was only three decades old. The total cost for the new establishment amounted to over $140 million, the highest amount ever spent on an academic building by the State of Maryland. Alumni Harry Estes Kelsey George Edward Post, Class of 1863 John Mankey Riggs, Class of 1854 Adalbert J. Volck, Class of 1852 Jordan Belfort, Dropped out on first day William T.G. Morton, Class of 1842 B. Merrill Hopkinson, Class of 1880 (also chaired professor at UMSOD from 1911-1923) References External links University of Maryland School of Dentistry University System of Maryland Yearbooks from 1901-1989
University of Maryland School of Dentistry

University of Maryland School of Dentistry (ou em português: Escola de Odontologia da Universidade de Maryland) é a escola de odontologia do Sistema Universitário de Maryland. Foi fundada como uma instituição independente, o Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, em 1840 e foi o local de nascimento do título de Doutor em Cirurgia Dentária. É conhecida como a primeira faculdade de odontologia do mundo. Ela está sediada na Universidade de Maryland, campus de Baltimore. É a única escola de odontologia em Maryland. Referências Ligações externas University of Maryland School of Dentistry University System of Maryland Yearbooks from 1901-1989
Baltimore Country Club

De Baltimore Country Club is een countryclub in de Verenigde Staten. De club werd opgericht in 1898 en bevindt zich in Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland. De club beschikt over twee 18-holes golfbanen, de "East Course" en de "West Course". Geschiedenis De Baltimore Country Club werd opgericht op 12 januari 1989 en bevond zich toen op de Roland Park. Een jaar later ontving de club het United States Open Championship en die werd gewonnen door de Schot Willie Smith. In de jaren 1920 besloot de club om zich te verhuizen naar het noorden van de stad om hun club uit te breiden. De club wierf A.W. Tillinghast aan om een golfbaan, de "East Course", te bouwen en werd in september 1926 officieel geopend. In oktober 1930 liep de clubhuis een brandschade en herstelde de clubhuis. Op 5 januari 1931 werd de clubhuis door een brand volledig vernield, dus besloot de club om een nieuwe clubhuis te bouwen. In 1962 werd de "Roland Park Golf Course", een golfbaan op hun oude site, officieel gesloten en verkocht. Ondanks de sluiting, opende de club in diezelfde jaar hun nieuwe golfbaan: de "West Course". In 1963 voegde de club squashbanen toe op hun site en in 1973 tennisbanen. In 1996 opende club drie nieuwe zwembaden en voegde in 2007 nog extra tennisbanen toe op hun site. Golftoernooien De club ontving meermaals verscheidene golftoernooien: US Open, PGA Championship, US Amateur, Walker Cup en US Women's Open. De lengte van de "East"-baan voor de heren is 6109 m met een par van 70. De course rating is 72,6 en de slope rating is 133. Roland Park Golf Course US Open: 1899 East Course PGA Championship: 1928 US Amateur: 1932 Walker Cup: 1965 US Women's Open: 1988 Senior Players Championship: 2007, 2008 & 2009 Externe link (en) Officiële website
Baltimore County Jail

Baltimore County Jail is a historic jail located at Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1855 and is a two-story Italianate style stone building, measuring 52 feet wide and 62 feet deep. It consists of a five-bay-wide warden’s house with a central three story entry tower. In the rear is a cell block with three levels of jail cells and covered by a gable roof. The warden's house and tower features a low pyramidal hipped roof and 30-inch-thick (760 mm) walls. Attached to the warden's house is a stone garage built in 1940. It was used as a correctional facility until 2006. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 26, 2009. References External links Baltimore County Jail, Baltimore County, at Maryland Historical Trust
Baltimore County School No. 7

Baltimore County School No. 7, also known as Ashland School, is a historic school building located at Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland. It was constructed in 1882 at the entrance to the village of Ashland. It was associated with the Ashland Iron Works. It is built of rough cut marble ashlar from a nearby quarry. The exterior reflects the influence of the Queen Anne style with gabled windows, elaborate cornice work, fan-shaped attic vents at the roof peak, and numerous large banks of multi-pained windows. Originally a two-room schoolhouse, it was converted into a private residence in 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. References External links Ashland School (Baltimore County School No. 7), Baltimore County, including photo from 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust