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Use the catalog to search the library's holdings on crime in Baltimore City. You can search the relevant subject headings by using the Alphabetical search option and selecting Subjects - Library of Congress as your search field. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Architecture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Baltimore (MD.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Historic buildings -- Maryland -- Baltlimore -- Pictorial Works
Historic buildings -- Guidebooks -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Baltimore-Washington-Annapolis Area Libraries. Milton S. Eisenhower Library. Provides links to the home pages of college, university, public and research libraries in the Baltimore vicinity, including the Library of Congress, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, and the Maryland Historical Society Library.
The Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History.
MSEL Gen Ref NA735 .B3 A73 2004 A Guide to Baltimore Architecture.
MSEL Gen Ref NA735 .B3 D67 1997 Tracing the History of the Baltimore Structure: A Guide to the Primary and Secondary Sources.
MSEL Gen Ref F189 .B18 A225 1980 Baltimore City's Designated Landmark List, 2003
MSEL GPML Ref State B21 D25 2:B22 Baltimore Architecture Foundation
http://www.baltimorearchitecture.org/
The Foundation provides a bibliography and biographies of Baltimore architects. Baltimore Architecture: Then and Now. Maryland Historical Society.
http://www.mdhs.org/library/baltarch/archhome.html
Images and historical discriptions of notable Baltimore City buildings. Built in America: Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record 1933-Present.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
Documents architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and it terrirotires. Includes drawings, photographs, and written histories of historic structures. Note that if searching by Place, Baltimore structures may be found under Maryland -- Independent City -- Baltimore. There are 309 entries for Baltimore City structures. Maryland Historic Trust
http://www.preservemd.org/index.html
Founded in 1931, Preservation Maryland is the state's oldest historic preservation organization. It is dedicated to preserving Maryland's historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes and archaeological sites through outreach, funding, and advocacy. One of Preservation Maryland's most successful advocacy efforts includes spearheading the passage of the Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit. The tax credit has been the catalyst for revitalizing Baltimore's West Side and other historic neighborhoods and commercial districts across the state. During the past five years, the program has stimulated over $750 million of investment in historic buildings. Their website contains a wide range of resources and information that pertain to historic preservation.
My Baltimore: The Baltimore Architecture Project
http://www.baltimorebuildings.org/pab-new/index.cfm
The Johns Hopkins University’s Sheridan Libraries have launched a collaborative effort that will bring together on-line documents relating to Baltimore’s rich architectural history that are now scattered among libraries, churches, hospitals, and museums throughout the city and elsewhere. Its first phase contains biographical information about Baltimore’s most prominent architects and primary source materials pertaining to the city’s architecture. The project's partners include Towson University, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, and the Baltimore Architecture Foundation. Currently, the database contains profiles of more than 500 Baltimore architects and engineers and covers the years 1850-1945. Passano Historic Structure Index
http://www.mdhs.org/library/baltarch/Passano1.html
This index is located at the Maryland Historical Society. The index of over 100,000 3x5 cards provides references for thousands of historic buildings in Baltimore City and throughout Maryland. Street addresses are followed forward and backward in time whenever possible. This is important because Baltimore City's numbering system changed in 1845, 1855, and 1885. Sources for the information of each address are kept on each card.
Baltimore Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation
http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/historic/
The mission of the Baltimore City's Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP) is to enhance and promote the culture and economy of Baltimore through the preservation of buildings, structures, sites and neighborhoods that have have aesthetic, historic and architectural value. Its web site contains its goals and accomplishments plus information about the process of preserving buildings and/or neighborhoods.
National Register of Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/
Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its national list of historic places is organized by state.
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