Here’s a shot from the road along the banks of Loch Raven reservoir in Baltimore County.
Baltimore County
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Sep 11
Cloud City
This shot came from Bryan in Loch Raven Village (where our last photo was taken) complete with a joke about Lando Calrissian.
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Sep 11
Flags
I know one person who will enjoy this shot of Loch Raven Village, a community just north of Baltimore. This is part one of a two part series of this community.
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May 11
Towson Dodge
Here, thanks to Bryan is a shot of the end of Towson Dodge’s life. The dealership was owned by Schaefer & Strohminger, a well known car dealer and almost a local icon which had a smattering of dealerships throughout Baltimore County. They are now closed, foreclosed, and auctioned off. This is just one of the many auto dealers in the area to close up shop in the last two years.
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Mar 11
Creighton
This is the Creighton Spring House, an out building from the Crighton house in Lutherville, MD. I can only presume that this is where the home’s inhabitants got their water. What else would you do with a spring house? There’s not much available to read about the spring house. It’s on the Baltimore County historic register, but with little information provided besides an address.
I was driving around with the simple goal of hopefully just seeing a train pass by on the adjacent tracks, and thought I’d look into an office park I’d never been through. I came across this building took it’s picture, thinking I’d figure out the significance later. I’m still working on it.
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Mar 11
Fire Museum
Had some time to waste in Baltimore County on saturday morning. So I tried to go to the Fire Musuem of Maryland. I had no idea it was the third largest such museum. As you can see above, it was closed. But I did find this crab.
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Jan 11
Thomas Viaduct 2
What’s downstream from yesterday’s shot? This is. It’s the Thomas Viaduct, which celebrated it’s 175th anniversary last July. This stone viaduct was an engineering marvel in it’s time. You can’t see it from this shot, but it actually curves ever so slightly in it’s path.
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Nov 10
Gramercy
A few months ago MDP attended an event at the Gramercy Mansion in Stevenson, MD. The historic home is currently a meeting/wedding hall as well as a bed and breakfast. I was glad to spend the night there and was even more surprised to see how decadently the massive guest rooms were decorated. So, in a dramatic change from MDP standard practices, I took pictures from the inside of the building and failed to take a single picture from the outside.
Now, while you are all in shock at this change in the status quo, I can assure you that some things have not changed. Believe it or not, I can tie this into railroad history. The Mansion was originally built by the president of the Pennsylvania railroad as a wedding gift for his daughter. Some may know (and I can think of two people out there who might) that this president’s name was Cassatt, and that he was the brother of the artist Mary.
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Nov 10
Beltway
Here’s a shot of 695 taken from a very unique vantage point. Bonus points to whover can name it.
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Oct 10
Rider House
Courtesy of corresponding photographer, Bryan, we have today’s picture of the home of the Rider family, which is the namesake of the Riderwood area of Baltimore County. To those nearby: this is close to the better known neighborhood of Ruxton. Today it houses the Baltimore County Historical Trust.