Branches of Baltimore History

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

Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820)

1. Basilica of the Assumption

Maximilian Godefroy (1765-1840)

1. Battle Monument
2. First Unitarian Church
3. Saint Mary’s Chapel (600 N. Paca Street)

Robert Cary Long, Sr. (1770-1833)

1. Baltimore’s Peale Museum
2. Davidge Hall (with Latrobe’s influence and possibly Godefroy’s design)
3. Old Saint Paul’s Church (walls retained after building burned down in 1854)

Robert Mills (1781-1855)

1. Washington Monument

Richard Upjohn (1802-1878)

1. Old Saint Paul’s Church (walls retained from Robert Cary Long, Sr.’s design)

Robert Cary Long, Jr. (1810-1849)

1. Lloyd Street Synagogue
2. Green Mount Cemetery entrance and mausoleum
3. Franklin Street Presbyterian Church
4. Saint Peter the Apostle Church (11 S. Poppleton St.)
5. Jerome Bonaparte Townhouse

John Rudolph Niernsee (1814–1885)

1. Green Mount Cemetery hilltop chapel (with James Crawford Neilson)
2. Grace and St. Peter’s Church (with James Crawford Neilson)
3. Emmanuel Episcopal Church (with James Crawford Neilson)
4. Camden Station (with James Crawford Neilson)
5. Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church (with James Crawford Neilson)
6. Johns Hopkins Hospital (with James Crawford Neilson)
7. Clifton Park (with James Crawford Neilson)

James Crawford Neilson (1816-1900)

1. Green Mount Cemetery hilltop chapel (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
2. Grace and St. Peter’s Church (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
3. Emmanuel Episcopal Church (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
4. Camden Station (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
5. Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
6. Johns Hopkins Hospital (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)
7. Clifton Park (with J. Rudolph Niernsee)

E. Francis Baldwin (1837-1916)

1. Saint Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church
2. B & O Roundhouse (B & O Railroad Museum)
3. Buildings at 10,12,14 and 16 East Chase Street (with Bruce Price)
4. Saint Ann’s Catholic Church (E. 22nd St. & Greenmount Ave.)
5. Mount Royal Station & Train Shed (with Josias Pennington)
6. Maryland Club (with Josias Pennington)
7. B & O Warehouse at Camden Yards (with Josias Pennington)

Josias Pennington (1854-1929)

1. Mount Royal Station & Train Shed (with E. Francis Baldwin)
2. Maryland Club (with E. Francis Baldwin)
3. B & O Warehouse at Camden Yards (with E. Francis Baldwin)

George A. Frederick (1842-1924)

1. City Hall
2. Moorish Tower (Druid Hill Park)
3. Palm House Conservatory (Druid Hill Park)
4. Mount Royal entrance to Druid Hill Park (possibly with John H. B. Latrobe)
5. Edgar Allan Poe Monument
6. Hollins Market
7. Cylburn House

Charles E. Cassell (1842-1916)

1. Severn Building
2. First Church of Christ, Scientists
3. Chamber of Commerce Building (17 Commerce St.)
4. Stewart’s Department Building
5. Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation
6. Stafford Hotel

Henry F. Brauns (1845-1917)

1. Northern District Police Station
2. Mount Royal Pumping Station
3. The Lorraine Park Cemetery gatehouse

Daniel H. Burnham (1846-1912)

1. Continental Trust Building

William Rutherford Mead (1846-1928)

1. Munsey Building (designed by McKim, Mead and White)

Charles Follen Mckim (1847-1909)

1. Munsey Building (designed by McKim, Mead and White)

Stanford White (1853-1906)

1. Lovely Lane Methodist Church
2. Garrett House (interior renovation, 1893)
3. Munsey Building (designed by McKim, Mead and White)

James Bosley Noel Wyatt (1847-1933)

1. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse (with William G. Nolting)
2. Garrett Office Building (with William G. Nolting)
3. Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company Building (with Joseph Evans Sperry)

William G. Nolting (d. 1926)

1. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse (with J. B. Noel Wyatt)
2. Garrett Office Building (with J. B. Noel Wyatt)

Thomas Dixon (d. 1886)

1. Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church (with Charles L. Carson)

Charles L. Carson (1847-1891)

1. Equitable Building (with Joseph Evans Sperry)
2. Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church (with Thomas Dixon)
   
3. Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
4. Goucher Hall of the Women’s College of Baltimore
5. Central Savings Bank (N. Charles St. & E. Lexington St.)
   

Joseph Evans Sperry (1854-1930)

1. Equitable Building (with Charles L. Carson)
2. Eutaw Place Temple
3. Bromo-Seltzer Tower
4. Brewer’s Exchange
5. Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company Building (with J. B. Noel Wyatt)

Joseph C. Hornblower (1848–1908)

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

John Rush Marshall (1851–1927)

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

Otto G. Simonson (1862-1922)

1. Maryland Casualty Building (Hampden)

Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison (1872 – 1938)

1. Pennsylvania Station

Clyde N. Friz (1867-1942)

1. Central Library of the Pratt Library system (1933)
2. Standard Oil Building
3. Scottish Rite Masonic Temple (with John Russell Pope)

John Russell Pope (1874-1937)

1. Baltimore Museum of Art
2. Charlcote House
3. Scottish Rite Masonic Temple (with Clyde N. Friz)