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 SOUVENIR OF 
 
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 PRESENTED BY 
 
 ST. JAMES AND ALBION HOTELS, 
 
 GEO. F. AOAMS, MANAGER. 
 
 COPYRIGHTED, 1892, 
 8Y GEO. F. ADAMS. 
 
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N presenting this souvenir of the " Monumental City" the management of the St. James and 
 Albion Hotels begs to announce that both of the houses are in a better position than ever 
 to cater to the wants of their patrons. 
 
 The situation of these hotels directly in the most fashionable part of the city 
 
 renders them particularly desirable for parties who are traveling for pleasure or those 
 
 who desire a permanent residence. 
 
 The position of Baltimore, near enough to the coast to feel the warming effects of the Gulf stream and 
 
 yet sufficiently removed to avoid the cold winds which prevail in the more eastern cities, makes it very 
 
 desirable for a winter residence. 
 
 The fall months are counted by the permanent residents as the most pleasant of the year, and even in 
 midwinter extreme cold is very rare and only for a few days' duration. There is probably no city in the 
 Union that possesses a larger proportion of intelligent, refined society than Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins 
 University, the peer of any similar institution in the world, with its large corps of professors and hundreds 
 of students; the Peabody Institute, with instructors in music in all branches, second to none in the country; 
 the University of Maryland (law, medicine, and dentistry) ; the College of Physicians and Surgeons ; the 
 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the oldest in the world ; the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of 
 Mechanic Arts ; the Pratt Free Library and Branches, with some 250,000 volumes ; contribute largely to this- 
 element. Our theatres, concert and lecture halls present during the season every attraction of interest or 
 amusement worthy of mention. 
 
 As will be seen from the further perusal of this little book, the St. James and Albion are most admirably- 
 situated for those who wish to enjoy the attractions of Baltimore. 
 
 The St. James is conducted upon the European plan, the transient rates for rooms being from $1.50 per 
 day up. The Albion is entirely upon the American plan, the rates being from $3.50 to $5.00 per day. 
 Special rates are made in both houses for apartments by the year or for the winter season. 
 All the salt-water delicacies — terrapin, oysters, fish, crabs, ducks, etc. — are prepared by experienced 
 cooks in true Maryland style. 
 
 Enjoying the patronage of the most exclusive of our own citizens, the management feels confident that 
 others who honor the St. James and Albion with their patronage will find nothing wanting which will 
 contribute to their comfort. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 Geo. f. Adams, manager. 
 
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CHARLES AND CENTRE STS. 
 
 THE "St. James," while in the fashionable part of the city, is foursquares nearer the business section than 
 the " Albion," hence is probably more adapted for the business public. The St. James has been 
 thoroughly renovated. New furniture, carpets, wall decorations, and upholstery have been pro\ ided 
 in most of the rooms, and the entire house has been extensively improved at a cost of many thousand dollars. 
 The apartments are single or fw ,t?/;V^ as desired, and a sreat many have private parlors and baths. 
 The Western Union and American District Telegraph Companies have offices in the building. 
 The office of the Standard Coui)e Company is in the St. James, and cabs or coupes for business and 
 handsome carriages for pleasure driving can be had at once. 
 
 All the rooms have open fire-places. The public rooms and halls arc heated by steam, which apparatus, 
 as well as the plumbing, has been constructed under the direction of U, S. Inspectors. 
 
 The cuisine is unsurpassed, the service prompt and efficient. The restaurant and cafe remain open 
 -until'midnight. Private dining rooms, as well as a large banquet hall capable of seating 150 persons, enable 
 us to give suppers and banquets in the most exclusive style without inconvenience to our regular guests. 
 In addition to the regular restaurant there is a cafe exclusively for gentlemen, where half portions are served. 
 In both the cafe and restaurant a table d'hote with wine is served from 5 to S p.m. at $1.00. 
 The wine list embraces all standard brands, as well as many others imported expressly for the St. 
 James, under tlic direction of a noted connoisseur. 
 
 For terms and other information, address 
 
 Geo. F. ADAMS, 
 
 Manager. 
 
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 READ AND CATHEDRAL STS. 
 
 LOCATED in the most fashionable quarter of the city, the " Albion" is particularly adapted for parties or 
 families desiring an extended residence or a permanent home. 
 
 The Albion has been very recently entirely refurnished and decorated in the most artistic 
 manner. The apartments are arranged so that they may be used singly or en suite, a number being 
 provided with private parlors and baths. 
 
 The plumbing is of the very best ; this, as well as the steam-heating appliances, having been constructed 
 under the direct supervision of sanitary experts. 
 The hydraulic elevator runs day and night. 
 
 As a protection against fire large hydrants with an ample supply of hose are placed on each floor, 
 which enable any part of the building to be flooded in a few moments. During the night the office is in 
 charge of a competent clerk aiui a watchman who constantly patrols the entire building. 
 
 The Albion is conducted upon the American plan. The service is prompt and efficient, and the menu 
 embraces all the delicacies which have made Baltimore markets famous the world over. 
 
 An extensive steam laundry is in connection with the house, where guests can have washing done 
 promptly and at reasonable rates. 
 
 The hotel is provided with a bar and billiard rooms. 
 
 For terms and any other information, address 
 
 GEO. F. ADAMS, 
 
 Managkr. 
 
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 BS popularly recognized as the most graceful and majestic in America. A lot two hundred feet square was 
 given by General John Eager Howard, of Revolutionary fame. At that time — the cornerstone was 
 
 laid in 1815 — the lot was far out of the city, but at present it is nearly at its geographical centre. The 
 entire monument, which stands on an eminence at the crossing of Charles and Monument Streets, one 
 hundred feet above tide, is of white marble. Its base is sixty feet square and thirty-five feet high, from the 
 middle of which rises a Doric column (twenty feet in diameter at the base and fifteen feet at the top) to a 
 height of 165 feet above ground. Upon the capital of this column is a gallery, and above that a colossal 
 statue of Washington, representing him in the act of resigning his commission as General-in-Chief of the 
 United States armies. It is fifteen feet high, weighs seven Ions, cost $17,000, and required an expense of 
 $3000 to raise it in position, which was completed in October, 1S30. Thus about fourteen years elapsed during 
 the construction of the whole work. The total height of the structure to the head of the statue is iSo feet 
 above ground and 280 feet above tide. 
 
 The western side of Mount Vernon Place (where the Washington Monument stantls) is adorned with 
 several bronze statues by Barye, representing Peace, War, Force, and Order, and statues of Chief Justice 
 Taney and George Peabody, the founder of the world-renowned Peabody Institute and Conservatory of Music, 
 Noticeable are also the colossal statue of a lion and one representing " Military Courage," by Dubois. 
 
 Mount Vernon Place and the Washington Monument are only one square from the St. James and two 
 from the Albion Hotels. 
 
WASHINGTON MONUMENT, PCABODY INSTITUTE, LOOKING FROM ST. JAMES HOTtL. 
 
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 fS RECTED in Monument Square, under the direction of the City Government, to the memory of those who 
 1 1— I fell in defence of the city at the battle of North Point and bombardment of Fort McHenry, on the 
 i2lh and 13th of September, 1814. The cornerstone was laid on the 12th of September, 1815. The shaft 
 of the monument presents a fasces, symbolical of the Union ; tlie rods arc bound by a fillet, on which are 
 inscribed the names of the heroes killed, because by their death they strengthened the bands of the Union. 
 The fasces is ornamented at the bottom in the north and south fronts with bas-reliefs, one representing the 
 battle of North Point and death of General Ross; the other, the bombardment of Fort McHenry. The 
 monument is entirely of marble, and is surmounted by a statue representing the City of Baltimore. Without 
 the statue it is forty-two feet eight inches high, the statue nine feet six inches— total height, fifty-two feet two 
 inclies above the platform. 
 
 It stands in the middle of Calvert Street, near Fa\etle, on the site of \.\\^ first courthouse, built in 1769 
 and demolished early this century. Opposite on the west is the second courthouse, built in 1809, and now 
 used for various offices. On the east side stands the new post-ofiice building. 
 
 This monument can be readied frrm the Albion by street cars within one block, from the St. James by 
 the same line within two blocks. 
 
BATTLE MONUMENT AND POST-OFflCE. 
 
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 S locatetl on the higliest elevation of Broadway, near East Baltimore Street. Its object is to honor the 
 memory of " Past Grand Sire"' Thomas Wildey, who founded the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 in Baltimore, April 26, iSig, and to typify the progress of the order from a rude beginning until it has 
 attained a noble and commanding rank. To embody this history, the design gives a rough granite base from 
 which rises the white marble superstructure. On the base-block are carved the natural productions of this 
 country and several inscriptions. Above the base is the pedestal, having on it the seal of the Grand Lodge 
 of the United Slates and also representations of Hope and Charity. The pillar is Doric, typifying by the 
 beauty and simplicity of its pro|)ortions the Order of Odd Fellows. On the four faces of the entablature are 
 car\'ed the emblems of the order : the three links, the heart and the hand, the bundle of rods, and the globe. 
 A life-sized figure crowns the top, reprcsentini; Charity protecting orphans. The height of the entire 
 monument is fifty-two feet. 
 
OFFICE, ST. JAVES HOTEL. 
 
Anions other monuments worthy of mention are 
 
 ^ RECTED t<j the memory of Daniel Wells and Heiny G. McComas, who are celehrated as basing slain 
 z3 General Ross, who commanded the British forces in their attack on Baltimore, September 12, 1814. 
 
 ¥l2® j^pmi^hcaGl Monument 
 
 N 1S27, the city authorities erected a memorial over the City Spring on Calvert Street, near Saratoga, in 
 honor of Col. George Armistead, who commanded the forces of Fort McHenry during its bombardment 
 by the British, September 13 and 14, 1814. The grounds of the spring becoming unpopular, and the 
 stone much defaced by time, the City Council in 1882 ordered another to be erected in its stead on " Eutaw 
 Place." which was done with appropriate ceremony. In 1886, improvements having been made at Federal 
 Hill Park, it was decided that this eminence was a more appropriate location for the monument, and it was 
 accordingly removed and placed upon the northeast summit of the imposing Hill, o\ erlooking the harbor, 
 and in sight of the fort so gallantly defended by the hero. 
 
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 HE odd Fellows have erected a boauliful nioiuinient ill Harlem Park, surniouiited by a statue, to the 
 nicinory of their distinguished member, James L. Ridsjely. 
 
 ©UR cemeteries contain the remains of many justly celebrated men, prominent in their day in literature, 
 religion, society, and the army, but their icunl s are not regarded as public shrines, excepting one 
 here and there, as in the case of Edgar Allan Poe. The novels and poems of this writer occupy a 
 singular place in literature, and have achieved for him a wide reputation as an original genius, especially in 
 the conception of the grotesque and horrible, a keen critic, and an accomplished artist in language. Many 
 readers have supposed that personal remorse was the motive of his most famous poem, "The Raven," but his 
 explanation of its construction dissipates any suggestion of genuine feeling. Several years ago, the admirers 
 of Poe in this city collected some thousands of dollars, largely among the public schools, and erected a sub- 
 stantial memorial, which was dedicated with public ceremonies, November i, 1875, in the Westminster grave- 
 yard, on the corner of Fayette and Greene Streets. It is ornamented on the front with a medallion portrait, 
 which is said to be a fine likeness of Poe. 
 
PARIOR, ST. JAMES HOTEL. 
 
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 THE citizens of Baltimore, being greatly in need of a large park, were fortunate enough, in iS6o, to find 
 one as if specially prepared for their need, within half a mile of the city limits. Commissioners 
 were authorized to purchase it, which they did for about $500,000. It was the estate of the Rogers 
 family, comprising about 500 acres, laid out over a hundred years ago in the style of the English parks, and 
 in every respect entirely suited to tlie purposes of a pleasure garden for a large city. 
 
 It occupies the very highest tract of land in the immediate vicinity of the city. From its principal 
 eminences there are noble views of the city and the bay beyond, down to Kent Island and Annapolis ; whilst 
 eastward and westward open up a succession of inland scenes of great beauty and diversity of character. 
 
 The trees are not only grouped with exquisite taste, but those which were originally selected to remain 
 were evidently chosen with a careful regard to contrasts which would be presented by their autumn foliage. 
 This effect has been further heightened by suffering single trees such as dogwood and sassafras to grow up 
 detached fi-om the larger masses, and thus to display in their fullest perfection the rich orange and crimson 
 of their autumn leaves, intensified by being placed in apposition to the deep browns and dark purples of the 
 oaks and bright golden tints of the hickory. jm 
 
 In 18S6, a great many of the trees were labeled witli tlieir names by the Naturalists' Association. 
 
 The ascent to the mansion in the centre of the park is gradual. Its height is 326 feet above tide. 
 From the summit of this cone, as well as from other prominences, fine views of the city and bay are caught 
 between distant masses of foliage. P'rom Tempest Hill, the norlheastevn extremity of the park, a lovely 
 scene spreads before the gazer, embracing Woodberry, Hampden and its reservoir, and miles of undulating 
 fields, farms, and woodland. Druid Lake adorns th^gouthern portion, and a wide drive along Mount Royal 
 brings the beauties of ihe park quite wiiliin tlie edge of the city. 
 
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 THIS location was once an immense natural ravine south of the original Druid Hill Park. The author- 
 ities purchased il, with grounds adjoining, for the purposes of a storage reservoir. Besides the 
 utility of such a lake, it was calculated that the beauty of the park would be wonderfully increased 
 by the improvement. The result has justified expectation — there are few cities which present such a grand 
 natural park and artificial lake. From the centre rises a four-inch jet of water 112 feet in height. The 
 smooth drive around the lake is a favorite resort. A tower of white marble stands on the eastern summit of 
 the embankments, from which the visitor has a fine view as far down as Fort McHenry. 
 The water area of Druid Lake is fifty-three acres. 
 
 The springs on the domain are numerous, and are handsomely adorned by private munificence. 
 Winding drives and walks, summer houses, bridges, the swan lake, the sea-lion pond, the Maryland Cen- 
 tennial building, the palm house and fountains are a source of continual pleasure to our citizens and visitors. 
 Located in the park is the hatching house of the U. S. Fish Commission, where hundreds of thousands of 
 shad, bass, trout, carp, and other fish are hatched annually, and after attaining sufficient size are shipped all 
 over the country and liberated in the lakes and rivers. The park is very accessible, the principal entrances 
 being at Madison and Mount Royal ."V venues. From the St. James orthe Albion the distance by carriage may 
 be covered in ten minutes, or by street car, within one block, directly to the park gate. 
 
BOAT LAKE, DRUID HILL PARK. 
 
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 THISlarjje pleasure ground, containing about 200 acres, is located in the eastern section of the city. The 
 park overlooks the harbor, and affords a most beautiful view on all sides. It preserves within its 
 grounds the original earthworks thrown up by citizen volunteers in 1814, when the British army threatened an 
 attack. The Baltimore soldiery, however, met the enemy several miles below, near North Point, and defeated 
 them, with the loss of their commander. General Ross. 
 
 The park is artistically laid out with winding walks and drives, contains a beautiful lake, immerous 
 fountains, and a very large palm house filled with tropical fruits and flowers. This park may be reached by 
 street cars directly to the park gate from either the St. James or Albion. 
 
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 THIS pleasure resort is located in South Baltimore, co\ering 14V{ acres of ground high enough to 
 conmiand a good prospect. It includes the site known as " Fort Covington," a six-gun battery, 
 which sunk the barges of the English fleet as they attempted to land a force at night, in the rear of 
 Fort McHenry, in 1814. The earthworks still remain. 
 
 Either of these parks may be reached by street cars,— from the St. James two sciuares, from the 
 Albion one square. 
 
RCSTAURANT, ST. JAMES HOTEL. 
 
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 THIS Hill comprises about 8^^ acres, and is an old landmark. Its elevation commands a view 
 of the entire city and harbor which it immediately overlooks. It is used as the location of an 
 observatory, to signal the approach of shipping. In 1862, it was occupied by the United States 
 Government, and held as a fort until the close of the Civil War, in 1865. In 1S78, the grounds were purchased 
 by the city to preserve as a public park. No one should omit a \ isit to tliis Hill, as it gives a bird's-eye view 
 of a city seldom equaled. Hours may be spent in gazing upon the panorama of life and commerce spread 
 out all around and beneath. ,\ memorial to the memory of Col. George Armistead, the defender of Fort 
 McHenry, crowns the northwestern summit of this Hill. The name of this Hill had its origin in the early 
 times of the Union, when the " Federal " party was dominant, in honorof the Federal Constitution. In 1S86, 
 a new pavilion and observatory were built. The Hill is eighty-five feet above tide. 
 
 This park may be reached by street cars from the St. James two squares, from the Albion one square. 
 
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 THIS is a beautiful plot of ground about two squares in extent, undulating in and adorned with a 
 handsome fountain. It is one of the most pleasing parks in the city. It is located in the West 
 End, between Calhoun and Gilmor Streets and Edmondson and Harlem Avenues. A handsome 
 monunient,and statue of James I,. Ridgely were erected here in 1SS5 by the Odd Fellows. 
 
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 N 1774, when the citizens of Baltimore began to take part in the Revolution, they erected a water battery 
 on Whetstone Point, and stationed a company of artillery there. Three massive chains of wrought 
 iron were stretched across the Patapsco River, and its channel obstructed by sunken vessels. In 1794, 
 a star fort, of brick, was erected. Subsequently the property was ceded to the I'nited States Government, 
 and named " Fort McHenry," after James McHenry, first Secretary of War under President Washington. 
 In 1S14, during the war with England, a British fleet landed an army at North Point, and then advanced to 
 bombard this fort, in a double attempt to capture the city. The fort was gallantly defended by Major Geo. 
 Armistead, with about 1000 men. Two small batteries, some distance above the fort, under the commands of 
 Lieutenants Newcomb and Webster, assisted the defence. After twenty-four hours' bombardment the fleet 
 was repulsed. In the meanwhile their land forces were also defeated at North Point. It was during this 
 bombardment that the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," was composed by Francis Scott Key, 
 who was a prisoner on one of the British ships during the engagement. Spacious grounds are enclosed 
 around the fort, which are open to visitors, and are easily accessible bystreet cars, which run within one 
 square of the Albion and two from the St. James. 
 
OFFICE, ALBION HOTEL. 
 
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 THKCit\- Hall was founded November ii, iS55, and finished in 1875. Architect, G. A. Frederick. The- 
 gronnd and old buildings cost 5137.257. The total expense of the building was 52,271,000. 
 
 It occupies an entire block, bounded by Holliday, North, Lexington, and Fayette Streets- 
 Length 225 feet, breadth 140 feet. The space covered by the building is 29.000 square feet. The edifice is on 
 the Renaissance style of architecture, well broken and relieved. 
 
 The plan consists of a centre wing four stories high, with mansard roofs. The exterior fronts are faced 
 with Baltimore County marble. The design is well divided and elaborated, relieved by projecting pilasters, 
 columns, and arches to the windows, which with cornice, balustrades, and parapet making the different 
 stories, give an effect of magnificence to the whole. 
 
 The centre wing is surmounted by an iron dome and lantern, on abase of marble. The extreme 
 height of the dome from the ground to the finial is 260 feet ; it has a circumference of 170 feet, and is divided 
 by Corinthian cohnnns and archcil win<lows ; 650 tons of iron were required in its construction. .About 250 
 feet above ground, at the base of the lantern, a projecting balconx offers a view of the city which well repays 
 the toil of mounting the stairs which lead to it. Located in a central part of the city, there is scarcely any 
 jioint from which the dome of the City Hall cannot be seen. 
 
 Street cars, within one block of the Albion and passing the St. James, go directly by the City Hall. 
 
LADIES' RECEPTION ROOM, ALBION HOTEL. 
 
X 1882, Mr. Enoch Pratt, a merchant of Baltimore, gave to the rity nearly a million dollars on conditions 
 which were subsequently complied with, to secure an annuity for the maintenance of a free library. 
 The necessary legislation, as well as the vote of the citizens of Baltimore, ratified the designs of the 
 founder. Mr. Pratt appointed trustees to manage the library. He built a marble home for the library on 
 Mulberry Street, near Cathedral Street, 81 by 140 feel, intended to be thoroughly fire-proof. The style of 
 architecture is Romanesque. A lower ninety-eight feet high rises from the centre of the facade. The front 
 is lighted by large windows and ornamented w-ith allegorical sculpture. The library now contains about 
 250,000 volumes. There is also a large reading room, with accommodations for 250 persons at onetime, and 
 every magazine or paper of any moment, both foreign and of this country, will be found on file. The reading 
 room, as well as the library, is entirely free, both to citizens and strangers. The library is only three blocks 
 from the St. James and four from the Albion. 
 
 Mr. Pratt has also erected four branch libraries in other parts of the city. 
 
PARLOR, ALBION HOTEL. 
 
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 THIS edifice, erected b\ the United Stales Government, is a handsome ornament to the city, and forms 
 one of the cluster of picturesque buildings in the centre of our business mart. Its location is on a 
 square of ground between the battle monument and the City Hall. The site cost $500,000. The 
 building is on the Renaissance style, of great heighth and breadth, and comprises ample accommodations for 
 all the necessities of a large post-office, besides rooms for other departments of U. S. service. The total cost 
 of the building and lot was over $1,000,000. Street cars, passing the door of the St. James ami within one block 
 the Albion, run directly to the post-office. 
 
DINING ROOM, ALBION HOTEL. 
 
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 THIS institiUion is located on Broadway, Ixjtwoen Monument and Jefferson Streets. It comprises a mass 
 of buildings artistically arranged for symmetrical architectural effect, and containing within its 
 walls the latest appliances of art, science, and medicine, for the reception and treatment of the sick 
 and the cure of disease. Xo hospital in the world has superior arrangements for the accomplishment of its 
 humant; purposes. Under certain wise regulations, the hospital is free to all, that it may extend the widest 
 reach of benefit to suffering humanity, without regard to creed or color. (he hospital has a frontage on 
 Broadway of 709 feet, and extending back 856 feet, embraces fourteen distinct yet connected buildings, — the 
 administration building, apothecary's building, male pay ward, female pay ward, the nurses' home, kitchen, 
 bath house, octagon ward, common ward, isolating ward, amphitheatre, dispensary, pathological building, 
 and laundry. The hospital, besides furnishing shelter, food, drugs, and medical and surgical treatment for 
 the sick, also will provide instruction, and furnish exceptional advantages for original investigation into the 
 causes and treatment of disease. Attached to the hospital is also a training school for nurses. Cars 
 passing the door of the St. James go directly to the Hospital. The same cars are within three blocks of the 
 Albion. 
 
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JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL. 
 
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 THIS city is tlie seat of the oldest archbishopric in this country, and has always ranked among the first 
 in importance in Catholic population and respectability. The Cathedral is the chief edifice ; it is 
 built of porpbyritic granite, hauled from a point near Ellicolt City by teams of oxen, and has so far 
 resisted the ravages of time and is in an admirable state of preservation. On Sunday afternoon, July 6, 1806, 
 the foundation stone was laid by Right Rev. John Carroll, bishop of Baltimore, in the presence of a vast 
 auditory that filled the adjacent hills. Work was immediately commenced, and was continued uninter- 
 ruptedly till 1S12, when the British war necessitated its suspension for several years. In 1S17, labor was 
 again resumed, and thence progressed until 1821, when the building was completed. It is severely plain in 
 appearance, except the front, which has a handsome porch and entablature supported by several lofty marble 
 columns. U is 190 fjet long, 197 feet broad ; its dome is sixty-nine feel in diameter and ninety-five feet from 
 centre of <l()me to the floor, wilh cross on top thirty-two feet higher. The organ has 5oo pipes and thirty-nine 
 stops. There are several very fine paintings upcm the interior. The mammoth bell was imported from 
 Marseilles, France. Numerous councils of bishops have transpired at the Cathedral. In 1822, the remains 
 of Dr. Carroll, first archbishop, were consigned to its present sepulchre beneath the archiepiscopal throne. 
 Since that time successive deceased archbishops have been laid beside him. Each incumbent reposes in 
 death, clad in the richest pontifical vestments, each mausoleum having a depth of ten feet, a breadth of four 
 feet, and a height of seven feel. Cardinal Gibbons received his dignities in this Cathedral in 18S6, amidst 
 imposing ceremonies, attended by clergy from all parts of the comitry. The residence of his eminence the 
 Cardinal is on Charles Street, adjoining the Cathedral. 
 
 The Cathedral is only two blocks from the St. James and four from the Albion. 
 
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THE CATHEDRAL. 
 
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 THE name of George Peabody has become familiar as that of a benefactor of his race. He was born in 
 Massachusetts, but resided for many years in Baltimore, where he rose to fortune in a mercantile- 
 business. He then removed to London, England, and acquired a reputation as a banker. He devoted 
 his wealth largely to humane purposes during his lifetime. His native place received much (rom his hands, 
 and the deserving poor of London have cause for gratitude to his provident wisdom in the construction of 
 good homes at low rents. Hut what brings his name into daily mention in our city is that, in addition to 
 his splendid endowment for education in the Southern States, he founded the Institute bearing his name. 
 In 1S57, he presented the sum of 51,240.000 for the purpose of establishing this institution, to foster art, 
 scieTice, and general knowledge by means of a free hbrary of rare books, a gallery of art, schools of drawing 
 painting, and music, and an annual course of lectures. Noble buildings of marble and brick have been 
 erected at Mt. \'ernon Place, comprising all the departments for this grand design. The Institute was 
 founded in 1865, and is now fully entered upon its career. 
 
 The Library Hall has space for 300,000 volumes. At this time it contains 75,000 rare and valuable 
 works, to be increased annually, comprising all branches of knowledge, science, art, antiquities, history, 
 travel, heraldry, poetry, religion, law, medicine, biography, philosophy, etc. The library is for reference 
 only, therefore no books may be taken from the room. Open free, daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 
 
 The art galleries are spacious, containing many objects of interest, among whicli we name casts of the 
 celebrated frieze of the Parthenon, 260 feel in length and three feet four inches wide, being all that is 
 preserved of this the largest single piece of sculpture remaining from antiquity. It represents a Grecian 
 festival, comprising hundreds of figures in relief. It was copied from the Elgin marbles in the British 
 Museum. There are numerous statues, from the antique, Rinchart's statues of '' Clytie " and Chief Justice 
 Taney, a bronze copy of the Ghiberti gates of the Baptistery at Florence, Michael Angelo's " David," busts, 
 paintings, etc. Free to visitors. 
 
 The Peabody is only one block iVom the St. James and three blocks from the Albion. 
 
SMOKING ROOM. ALBION HOTEL. 
 
JOHNS HOPKINS, a merchaiil of Ballimoie, ami a member of tlie Society of Friends, who died 
 December 24, 1873, aged seventy-nine years, left a fortune in stocks, land, etc., of about ten million 
 dollars — $3,500,000 of which he devised for a iniiversity, a like sum for a hospital, and other sums 
 to special charities and relatives. These trusts were committed to a selection of responsible persons to 
 fulfill. The above-named sum is the largest ever he<iueathed in this country by any one person for the 
 endowment of an institution. The university was organized in 1876, and is now- advancing to a foremost 
 position among the great educational institutions of this country. Its scope is wide, comprehending every 
 department of science and philosophy, "including some elsewhere neglected," and "the most liberal 
 promotion of all useful knowledge." It is located in commodious buildings on Howard Street, opposite 
 Centre, where the public are admitted, at times, to lectures on special topics, and to the library, which now 
 numbers 50,000 volumes. The corps of professors comprises men of distinguished reputation. 
 The university is only two blocks from the St. James and five blocks from the ,\lhion. 
 
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, CITY COLLCGE, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. 
 
if^® Walhep^ J^ph Gallepv 
 
 THIS i)iivalc collfClioii of Win. I'. Wallers, Esq., is of \voi[il-wide reimlalidti, ami einlirac cs many 
 paintings of Uk- most celebrated artists, and the largest collection of rare and costly Japanese and 
 Chinese curios in this country. Aniong the artists who are represented are Alma Tadema, Bonnat, 
 Breton, Bonheur, Gerome, Meissonier, Millet, Munkacsy, de Neuville, and others equally celebrated. 
 During February, March, and April the gallery is open to the public upon the payment of a small fee, the 
 proceeds being devoted to charit\-. 
 
 The Walters gallery is on Mt. X'ernon Place, two squares from the Albion and one from the St. James. 
 
MT. VERNON SQUARE. LOOKrNG EAST. 
 
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 The iiosilioti of the St. Janios and Alliion Hotels in the fasliionable pari of the cit\- brings them in 
 closest proximity to the principal clubs. 
 
 The Maryland Club, now occupying their palatial new buililing on Charles Street, corner Eager, is 
 within two blocks of the Albion ami four from tlie St. James. 
 
 The Athen:L-um Club, corner Charles and Franklin Streets, is one block from the St. James and four 
 from the .Mljicjii. 
 
 The Baltimore Club, on North Charles Street, near Read, is one stjuare from the .\lbion and three 
 from the St. James. 
 
 The University Club, on Cliarles Street, near Eager, is two scpiares from the Albion and four from 
 the St. James. 
 
 The Merchants' Club is down town in the business section, and is the resort of merchants during the 
 day; it is adjoining the Stock Exchange, on German Street, near South. Cars passing the door of the St. 
 James or within three blocks of the Albion go directly to the Mcrcliants' Club. 
 
 The Journalists' Club, 102 North Calvert Street, near the Posl-Oflice and City Hall, is, as its name 
 indicates, largely composed of newspaper men. 
 
 The Charcoal Club, corner Howard and l-"r;uikiin Streets, is devoted to art and art students. 
 
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 MARYLAND CLUB. 
 
if^cahr^e^ 
 
 Albaugh's Lyceum Theatre, North Charles Street, near Preston, with a seating capacity of iSoo, 
 is one of the most cxiiiiisite places of amusement in the country. The decorations are in the best of taste and 
 most expensive, and the best attractions are produced during the season. The Lyceum is only four blocks 
 from the Albion and six from the St. James. 
 
 Harris's Academy of Music, Howard Street, near Centre, is one of the largest and most admirably 
 arranged theatres in the country. Its seating capacity is 3000, with an additional concert hall seating about 
 1300. There is no theatre iti the country better provided with every appliance for the comfort and con\ euieiice 
 of its patrons. Only the best attractions are i)roduced. The Academy is two blocks from the St. James and 
 four from the Albion. 
 
 Ford's Grand Opera House, Fayette Street, near Eutaw, with a seating capacity of 2000, has a 
 national reputation. Only the best productions of the country are given. Mr. John T. Ford, the owner, is one 
 of the oldest managers in the country. Foul's is within a short ride of either the St. James or Albion, and 
 the cars passing within one bloi k of the theatre are within one block of either bouse. 
 
 The Howard Auditorium, on Howard Street, adioining the .Acadenu of Music, has a large seating 
 capacity. Perforuiaiices are given daily, and there is also a large collection of curiosities and wax figures, 
 which are changed from time to t.me. 
 
 Hotliday Street Theatre seats 1500 persons, and is directly opposite the City Hall. 
 
 Concordia Opera House, Eutaw Street, corner C.erman. is devoted to German dramas and music. 
 
 The Cyclorama, on Mt Royal Avenue, near Charles, is worthy of a visit. The picture is changed 
 from lime to time, and is always interesting. The Battle of the Merrimac and Monitor is nuw on exhibition. 
 
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BROADWAY. 
 
Gl^ypel^c^ 
 
 The cliurchcs most lonvLMiieiU to the St. James ami Alhion arc as follows, ami are all within from two 
 to ten minutes' wall:. 
 
 Baptist, linmanuel, St. I'aul Street and North .\venue; and Kutaw I'laco, Eutaw Street, corner 
 Dolphin. 
 
 Lutheran. St. Mark's, Eutaw Street, near Mulberry. 
 
 Friends. Kutaw Street, comer Monument. 
 
 Methodist. Mt. Vernon i'lace, corner Charles Street and Mt. \'ernou Place; and Madison .Vvenue 
 Church, corner Madison .\venuc and Townscnd Street. 
 
 Presbyterian. First Presl)yteriaii, Madison Street and Park .Avenue ; .\ssociate Reformed Church, 
 corner Maryland .\\ enue and Preston Street. 
 
 Episcopal. St. I'aul's, Charles Street, corner Saratoga; Emmanuel, Cathedral and Keatl Streets. 
 
 Roman Catholic. Tlie Cathedral, cnrner Cathedral and Mulberry Streets; St. Ignatius, Calvert 
 Street, cnrner Madison. 
 
 L'nitarian. Corner Cliarles and Franklin Streets. 
 
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^afety and Comfort in Travel 
 
 are the considerations of the greatest 
 moment. These matters have always 
 received the most careful attention at 
 the hands of the management of the 
 
 Pennsylvania Railroad, 
 
 and in consequence the road is the 
 best protected and most completely 
 equipped line in America. Magnifi- 
 cent road-bed, the block signal system 
 throughout, automatic switches and 
 signals, passenger coaches, parlor and 
 sleeping cars of the latest design and 
 construction, are in evidence as proof 
 of the claim. 
 
 The Pennsylvania Railroad is the 
 "Standard Railway of America." 
 
 CHAS. E. PUGH, 
 
 Genfi al Manager. 
 
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 Geii' I Pass. Agfiil . 
 
 Cochran Oler 
 Ice Company 
 
 Kennebec Ice 
 
 f WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 
 OFFICE 
 
 Cor. Baltimore and 
 Charles Sts. 
 
Imported Key \Vcsl ami Dcmicslic Cigars. 
 Fine Old Wmes and Liquors. 
 
 Estal)lished iS68. 
 
 Hopper, McGaw & Co. 
 
 Wholesale aiul Retail 
 
 Grocers and 
 Wine Merchants 
 
 220-222 N. CHARLES ST., 
 BALTIMORE. 
 
 King, Kuhns & Co. 
 
 Produce 
 
 Commission 
 
 rierchants 
 
 402 W. FRANKLIN STREET, 
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 Fine Carpets, j Champagne 
 
 Oriental Rugs, 
 
 Portieres, etc. 
 
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 36 W. Baltimore St., \ ^q bEAVER STREET, 
 
 BALTIMORE. I NEW YORK. 
 
Car\ ing Tables, Coffee and Tea L'rns, Broilers, anil Canop\ Hoods. 
 
 Hutchinson Bros. 
 
 14 LIGHT STREET 
 
 Hotel French Ranges 
 
 and COOKING APPARATUS. 
 
 ( 1420 PENNA. AVH., 
 
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Harris's 
 Academy 
 of riusic 
 
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 r. l. britton, 
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 Props and Mgrs. 
 
 LIST OF ATTRACTIONS SECURED 
 FOR SEASON OF '92 = '93 
 
 Lotta. 
 
 Clara Morris. 
 
 Maggie Mitchell. 
 Annie Pixley. 
 
 Robert Mantell. 
 Jos. Haworth. 
 
 Reed & Collier. 
 
 II alien & Hart. 
 
 Nellie McHenry. 
 Little Tuesday. 
 Sadie Scanlan. 
 
 Hoyt's " A Texas Steer." The Bostonians in " Robin Hood." 
 
 Hoyt's " Trip to Chinatown." The Digby Bell Opera Co. in "Jupiter." 
 
 Hanlon Bros.' " Superba." The " Tar and Tartar " Opera Co. 
 
 Hanlon Bros." " Fantasma." The Royal Spanish Opera Co. 
 Mdnie. Adelina Patti. 
 
 " The Ensign." 
 " The English Rose." 
 '' The White Squadron. 
 " The Still Alarm.' 
 " The Fire I'atrol." 
 
 " Niobe." 
 
 " Blue Jeans.' 
 
 " The County Fair.' 
 " A Fair Rebel.' 
 
 " A Nutmeg Match." 
 
 " A Railroad Ticket." 
 " Struggle of Life." 
 
 "O'Dowd's Neighbors." 
 
 The " Mask and Wig Club." 
 THE SAME SCALE OF PRICES ALWAYS PREVAIL. 
 
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