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Adams, Otto Eugene (1889-1968)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 1, 1889

Died in Jan. 1968

Anderson, Joseph Horatio (? - c. 1774-78)

Andrews, Richard Snowden (1830-1903)

Born in Washington, DC, Oct. 29, 1830

Died Jan. 5, 1903

Archer, George (1848-1920)

Born near Churchville, Maryland, March 7, 1848

Died Jan. 6, 1920

• Baldwin, Ephraim Francis (1837-1916)
  Born in Troy, New York, Oct. 4, 1837
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Jan. 20, 1916
• Brauns, Henry F. (1845-1917)
  Born Oct. 4, 1845
  Died in Betterton, Maryland, May 7, 1917
• Buckland, William (1734-1774)
  Born near Oxford, England, Aug. 14, 1734
  Died Dec. 1774

Adjacent doorways, West Madison St., Baltimore, Maryland, July 2009. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Butler, Wright (1869-1932)

Born in Cumberland, Maryland, 1869

Died in Cumberland, Maryland, 1932

Carson, Charles L. (1847-1891)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 3, 1847

Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Dec. 18, 1891

Cassell, Albert (1895-1969)

Born in Towson, Maryland, June 25, 1895

Died in Washington, DC, Nov. 30, 1969

• Cassell, Charles E. (1838-1916)
  Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, April 26, 1838 (some sources give birth year as 1842)
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland
  Died in Portsmouth, Virginia, Aug. 29, 1916
• Clark, Joseph (c. 1753-1799)
  Born in 1753
  Died in 1799
• Cochran, Alexander S. (1913-1989)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Jan. 22, 1913
  Died in Northeast Harbor, Maine, Aug. 9, 1989

Corner column design, Allegany County Courthouse (Wright Butler, architect), 30 Washington St., Cumberland, Maryland, October 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Davis, Francis E. (1839-1921)
  Born in Ellicott Mills, Maryland, Aug. 14, 1839
  Died in Los Angeles, California, April 19, 1921
• Dixon, Thomas (1819-1886)
  Born in Wilmington, Delaware, 1819
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, July 25, 1886
• Edmunds, James R., Jr. (1890-1953)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 1, 1890
  Died in 1953
• Ellicott, John E. (1834-died c. 1900)
  Born in Maryland, September 12, 1834
• Eyring, John F. (1896-1963)
  Born Oct. 26, 1896
  Died in 1963
• Faxon, Ebenezer (Eben) (1826-1868)
  Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, May 26, 1826
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 8, 1868
• Fowler, Laurence Hall (1876-1971)
  Born in Catonsville, Maryland, Sept. 5, 1876
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, June 12, 1971
• Frederick, George A. (1842-1924)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Dec. 16, 1842
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Aug. 17, 1924
• Friz, Clyde Nelson (1867-1942)
  Born in Chester, Michigan, 1867
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, 1942
• Ghequier, T. Buckler (1854-1910)
  Born June 14, 1854
  Died in 1910
• Gladfelter, Reuben (1832-1922)
  Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, 1832
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, 1922
• Glidden, Edward Hughes, Sr. (1873-1924)
  Born in Cleveland, Ohio, April 15, 1873
  Died May 2, 1924
• Glidden, Edward Hughes, Jr. (1901-1975)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 26, 1901
  Died Jan. 5, 1975

• Godefroy, Maximilien M. (1765-1848)
  Born in France, 1765
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland
  Died in France, 1848

Iron gate designed by Maximilien M. Godefroy, Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, West Fayette St. & Greene St., Baltimore, Maryland, August 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Gott, Jackson C. (1829-1909)
  Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, Sept. 10, 1829
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, July 8, 1909
• Haskell, George C. (1852-1925)
  Born in 1852
  Died in Glyndon, Maryland, 1925
• Hogg, John W. (1813-1871)
  Born 1813
  Died 1871
• Hopkins, Henry Powell (1891-1984)
  Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Feb. 12, 1891
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, 1984
• Hutton, Nathaniel Henry (1833-1907)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 16, 1833
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 8, 1907
• Hutton, William Rich (1826-1901)
  Born in Washington DC, March 21, 1826
  Died Dec. 11, 1901
• Kennedy, Thomas C. (1848-1914)
  Born in Dublin, Ireland, April 23, 1848
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 1, 1914
• Lamdin, William D. (1891-1945)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Dec. 15, 1891
  Died May 31, 1945

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (1764-1820)

Born near Leeds, England, May 1, 1764

Died in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sept. 3, 1820

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1815, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 409 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland, November 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Latrobe column capital, before Miller Senate Office Building, Annapolis, Maryland, January 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1820, this Ionic capital was part of twelve columns of the Baltimore Exchange. In 1902, it moved to the old Court of Appeals Building in Annapolis, and more recently was placed before the Miller Senate Office Building.

• Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, Jr. (1806-1878)
  Born in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19, 1806
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 19, 1878
• Latrobe, Charles H. (1833-1902)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Dec. 25, 1833
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 19, 1902
• Lind, Edmund G. (1829-1909)
  Born in Islington, England, June 18, 1829
  Died in Wilmington, Delaware, July 14, 1909
• Long, Louis L.
• Long, Robert Cary, Sr. (1770-1833)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1770
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Feb. 22, 1833
• Long, Robert Cary, Jr. (1810-1849)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Feb. 5, 1810
  Died in Morristown, New Jersey, July 5, 1849
• Lupus, Edward (1834-1877)
  Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, 1834
  Died in Sextonville, Maryland, February 13, 1877
• Mason, Alfred (1844-1912)
  Born in Burton-on-Trent, England, 1844
  Died 1912
• Miller, Hal Arluck
  Born in Montreal, Canada

Mills, Robert (1781-1855)
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Aug. 12, 1781
Died in Washington, DC, March 3, 1855

Baltimore built the first monument to honor George Washington. Completed in 1829, the Baltimore Washington Monument was the work of architect Robert Mills (1781-1855). Mills later designed the Washington Monument erected in the nation's capital.

Wrought iron fence at Washington Monument, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland, April 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Minifie, William (1805-1880)
  Born in Devonshire, England, 1805
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, October 1880
• Murdoch, John (1836-1923)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 23, 1836
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 16, 1923
• Murphy, Frederick Vernon (1879-1958)
  Born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Feb. 16, 1879
  Died in Chevy Chase, Maryland, May 28, 1958
• Neilson, J. Crawford (1816-1900)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 14, 1816
  Died in Harford County, Maryland, Dec. 21, 1900
• Nes, Charles M., Jr. (1907-1989)
  Born in York, Pennsylvania, 1907
  Died in Cockeysville, Maryland, April 30, 1989
• Niernsee, John Rudolph (1814-1885)
  Born in Vienna, Austria, 1814
  Died in Columbia, South Carolina, 1885
• Nolting, William G. (1866-1940)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 11, 1866
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 24, 1940
• Owens, Benjamin B. (1841-1918)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 13, 1841
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, January 12, 1918
• Palmer, Edward Livingston, Jr. (1877-1952)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 26, 1877
  Died at Gibson Island, Maryland, May 13, 1952
• Pennington, Hall Pleasants (1889-1942)
  Born 1889
  Died 1942
• Pennington, Josias (1854-1929)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1854
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 4, 1929
• Pietsch, Theodore Wells (1869-1930)
  Born in Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 2, 1869
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Jan. 1, 1930
• Price, Bruce (1845-1903)
  Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Dec. 12, 1845
  Died in Paris, France, May 29, 1903
• Reasin, William H. (1816/7-1867)
  Born in Aberdeen, Maryland, 1816/7
  Died in Harford County, Maryland, March 3, 1867
• Roby, Henry A. (1844-1877)
  Born in Massachusetts, March 1844
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, June 3, 1905
• Sansbury, George F.
• Shaw, Howard Van Doren (1869-1926)
  Born in Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1869
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 7, 1926
• Shryock, Mathias (1774-1833)
  Born in Frederick, Maryland, 1774
  Died in Louisville, Kentucky, 1833
• Simonson, Otto G. (1862-1922)
  Born in Dresdon, Germany, 1862
  Died 1922
• Sperry, Joseph Evans (1854-1930)
  Born in Georgetown, South Carolina, 1854
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, 1930
• Thomas, Douglas H., Jr. (1872-1915)
  Born in March 1872
  Died June 11, 1915
• Tyler, John Poe (1907-1979)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 8, 1907
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, Feb. 8, 1979
• Wall, Jacob, Jr. (1800-1855)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1800
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, 1855
• White, Lucius Read, Jr. (1887-1970)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 20, 1887
  Died in Feb. 1970
• Wilkinson, John (died c. 1892)
• Wilson, John Appleton (1851-1927)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 7, 1851
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, April 17, 1927
• Wrenshall, J. C. (died c. 1926)
• Wyatt, James Bosley Noel (1847-1926)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 3, 1847
  Died in 1926
• Zink, John J. (1886-1952)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, June 1, 1886
  Died Aug. 15, 1952

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