Monument City Blog

This semi-chronological and ongoing list aims to clarify and organize information about some of America’s prominent early architects and the Baltimore buildings that continue to memorialize them.

Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820)

• Basilica of the Assumption
• Spring House of Dairy

Maximilian Godefroy (1765-1840)

• Battle Monument
• First Unitarian Church
• Saint Mary’s Chapel
• Carriage Gates at Westminster Burying Ground

Robert Mills (1781-1855)

• Washington Monument

Robert Cary Long, Sr. (1770-1833)

• Baltimore’s Peale Museum
• Davidge Hall (possibly Latrobe or Godefroy’s design)

Robert Cary Long, Jr. (1810-1849)

• Franklin Street Presbyterian Church
• Lloyd Street Synagogue
• Green Mount Cemetery Gatehouse
• Mount Calvary Church
• Saint Alphonsus Church
• Saint Peter the Apostle Church
• Sexton House and Fence, Basilica of the Assumption

Richard Upjohn (1802-1878)

• Old Saint Paul’s Church

Thomas U. Walter (1804-1887)

• Eutaw Place Baptist Church

Joseph F. Kemp

• Camden Station (original design)

John Rudolph Niernsee (1814-1885)

• Johns Hopkins Hospital (supervising architect)
• Green Mount Cemetery Chapel (with J. Crawford Neilson)
• Grace and St. Peter’s Church (with J. Crawford Neilson)
• Emmanuel Episcopal Church (with J. Crawford Neilson)
• Asbury House (with J. Crawford Neilson)
• YMCA Building (with J. Crawford Neilson)
• Clifton Park Mansion (1852 additions with J. Crawford Neilson)
• Camden Station (1867 additions with J. Crawford Neilson)

James Crawford Neilson (1816-1900)

• Saint John the Evangelist Church
• Green Mount Cemetery Chapel (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
• Grace and St. Peter’s Church (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
• Emmanuel Episcopal Church (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
• Asbury House (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
• YMCA Building (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
• Clifton Park Mansion (1852 additions with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
• Camden Station (1867 additions with J. Rudolph Niernsee)

William H. Reasin (1816-1867)

• Engine House No. 6 (with Samuel B. Wetherald)
• Lloyd Street Synagogue (1861 additions)
• Baltimore Cemetery Gatehouse (with Thomas P. Chiffelle)
• Trinity Episcopal Church

William Howard

• McKim Free School (with William F. Small)

William F. Small

• McKim Free School (with William Howard)
• Archbishop’s Residence

N. G. Starkwether

• First and Franklin Presbyterian Church

Edmund George Lind (1829-1909)

• Memorial Episcopal Church
• Charles Street Masonic Lodge
• Sharp Street United Methodist Church
• Peabody Institute (with William T. Murdoch)
• Peabody Library
• Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery Gatehouse
• Enoch Pratt House (4th floor addition)

Thomas Dixon (1819-1886)

• Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church (with Charles L. Carson)
• City Jail Warden’s House (with James Dixon & Thomas Balbirnie)
• Westminster Church (with James Dixon & Thomas Balbirnie)
• Sheppard-Pratt Gatehouse (with James Dixon)

Jackson C. Gott (1829-1909)

• Maryland Penitentiary
• Charles Street Streetcar Barn

Charles H. Latrobe (1833-1902)

• Patterson Park Pagoda
• Patterson Park Casino Building

John Murdoch (1833-1907)

• Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (with Nathaniel Henry Hutton)
• Bethel A.M.E. Church (with Nathaniel Henry Hutton)

Nathaniel Henry Hutton (1834-1907)

• Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (with John Murdoch)
• Bethel A.M.E. Church (with John Murdoch)

E. Francis Baldwin (1837-1916)

• Maryland Club (with Josias Pennington)
• Fidelity Building (with Josias Pennington)
• Mount Royal Station & Train Shed (with Josias Pennington)
• B&O Warehouse at Camden Yards (with Josias Pennington)
• Hutzler Brothers Store (with Josias Pennington)
• Christ Episcopal Church (with Bruce Price)
• 12-16 East Chase Street (with Bruce Price)
• Saint Ann’s Catholic Church (with Bruce Price)
• Saint Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church
• B&O Roundhouse

Bruce Price (1845-1903)

• Christ Episcopal Church (with E. Francis Baldwin)
• 12-16 East Chase Street (with E. Francis Baldwin)
• Saint Ann’s Catholic Church (with E. Francis Baldwin)

Josias Pennington (1854-1929)

• Maryland Club (with E. Francis Baldwin)
• Fidelity Building (with E. Francis Baldwin)
• Mount Royal Station & Train Shed (with E. Francis Baldwin)
• B&O Warehouse at Camden Yards (with E. Francis Baldwin)
• Hutzler Brothers Store (with E. Francis Baldwin)
• Druid Hill’s Public Bath Building (wit Hall P. Pennington)

George A. Frederick (1842-1924)

• Baltimore City Hall
• Moorish Tower (Druid Hill Park)
• Palm House Conservatory (Druid Hill Park)
• Superintendent’s House (Druid Hill Park)
• Maryland House (Druid Hill Park)
• Council Grove Station (Druid Hill Park)
• Chinese Station (Druid Hill Park)
• Latrobe Pavilion (Druid Hill Park)
• Main Entrance (Druid Hill Park)
• Mount Royal Entrance (Druid Hill Park)
• Main Entrance (Patterson Park)
• Saint James the Less Church
• Saint Thomas Aquinas Church
• Edgar Allan Poe Monument
• Cylburn Mansion
• Abell Building
• Hollins Market

George Archer (1848-1920)

• Schloss Building
• George Graham House
• Denny and Mitchell Building
• Walters Public Bath #1
• Walters Public Bath #2
• Friends Gospel Mission (1010 Light St.)

Edward Hughes Glidden, Jr.

• Furness House
• Latrobe Building
• Sydenham Hospital
• Washington Apartments
• Marlborough Apartments

Charles E. Cassell (1842-1916)

• Stafford Hotel
• Severn Building
• First Church of Christ, Scientists
• Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation
• Chamber of Commerce Building (1904 rebuild)
• Hotel Brexton
• Hotel Junker
• Stewart’s Department Building

Henry F. Brauns (1845-1917)

• Northern District Police Station
• Mount Vernon Pumping Station
• Eastern Avenue Pumping Station (1912)
• The Lorraine Park Cemetery Gatehouse
• Brown’s Arcade

Daniel H. Burnham (1846-1912)

• Continental Trust Building

McKim, Mead & White

• Munsey Building

Stanford White (1853-1906)

• Lovely Lane Church
• Catherine Hooper Hall
• Bennett Hall
• Goucher House
• Winans House
• Garrett Mansion
• Munsey Building (McKim, Mead & White)

James Bosley Noel Wyatt (1847-1933)

• Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse (with William G. Nolting)
• Fifth Regiment Armory (with William G. Nolting)
• Garrett Office Building (with William G. Nolting)
• Saint Michael and All Angels Church (with Joseph Evans Sperry)
• Mercantile Trust Building (with Joseph Evans Sperry)

William G. Nolting (d. 1926)

• Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse (with J. B. Noel Wyatt)
• Fifth Regiment Armory (with J. B. Noel Wyatt)
• Garrett Office Building (with J. B. Noel Wyatt)

Charles L. Carson (1847-1891)

• Goucher Hall
• Madison Avenue Temple
• Central Savings Bank
• Enoch Pratt Library Branch 3
• Enoch Pratt Library Branch 6
• Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church (with Thomas Dixon)
• Charles Street Masonic Lodge (1893 additions)
• Evergreen House (1885 additions)

Joseph Evans Sperry (1854-1930)

• Eutaw Place Temple
• Bromo-Seltzer Tower
• Brewer’s Exchange
• Enoch Pratt Library Branch 7
• Saint Mark’s Lutheran Church
• Equitable Building
• Latrobe Hall
• Beth Am Synagogue
• Saint Michael and All Angels Church (with J. B. Noel Wyatt)
• Mercantile Trust Building (with J. B. Noel Wyatt)
• Charles Street Masonic Lodge (1893 and 1908 additions)
• First Unitarian Church (1893 additions)

Louis L. Long

• Saint Michael’s Church
• Saint Ignatius Church

Joseph C. Hornblower (1848–1908)

• U.S. Custom House (with John Rush Marshall)

John Rush Marshall (1851–1927)

• U.S. Custom House (with Joseph C. Hornblower)

George C. Haskell (1852-1925)

• Hampden Grace M. E. Church
• Trinity English Lutheran Church

T. Buckler Ghequiere (1854-1910)

• Mount Calvary Church (1885 additions)
• Old Saint Paul’s Parish House

Otto G. Simonson (1862-1922)

• Fish Market Building (with Theodore Wells Pietsch)
• Maryland Casualty Building (with Theodore Wells Pietsch)

Theodore Wells Pietsch (1868-1930)

• Saint Philip and James Church
• Zion Lutheran Church (tower and parish hall)
• Fish Market Building (with Otto G. Simonson)
• Maryland Casualty Building (with Otto G. Simonson)
• Fallsway Fountain Monument
• Industrial Building

Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison (1872-1938)

• Pennsylvania Station

Thomas White Lamb (1871-1942)

• Hippodrome Theatre (1914)

Clyde N. Friz (1867-1942)

• Standard Oil Building
• Enoch Pratt Central Library (1933)
• Scottish Rite Masonic Temple (with John Russell Pope)

John Russell Pope (1874-1937)

• Baltimore Museum of Art
• Charlcote House
• University Baptist Church
• Scottish Rite Masonic Temple (with Clyde N. Friz)

Laurence Hall Fowler (1876-1971)

• Evergreen House (20th century additions)
• War Memorial Building
• Castalia (Calvert School Headmaster’s Estate)

Philip H. Frohman (1887-1972)

• Cathedral of the Incarnation