Archive for the ‘Spring’ Category
Rippel Spring (Wyman Park)
The H. S. Rippel Spring (Map) is located just east of the corner of Tudor Arms Avenue and Craycombe Avenue in Wyman Park. Though dried up today and covered with graffiti, the fountainhead is still in decent condition. The structure was given to Druid Hill Park in 1895 by businessman H. S. Rippel and was later moved to Wyman Park in the 1930’s
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The name of the spring derives from a prominent local builder who donated the fountainstone for the original spring, and whose name is engraved in this stone. The spring enjoyed healthy popularity among some North Baltimore residents during the 30’s and 40’s, often being bottled by local boys who delivered it to nearby residents.
The Lost Armistead Monument
According to the Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812 by Benson Lossing, published in 1869, there was a Colonel George Armistead monument in what was known as City Spring, a once popular park near the present site of the Battle Monument. Apparently the author couldn’t locate the monument, and found the building’s edifice, where it once stood, in disrepair. The top of the sculpture distinctly resembles the Armistead Memorial at Federal Hill.
