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Maryland Historical Society
Library of Maryland History
201 W. Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-685-3750
Fax: 410-385-2105
E-mail: library @mdhs.org
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Maryland
History In Prints: 1752-1900
by Laura Rice |
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St. Patrick's Church
E. Sachse & Co.,
Baltimore, ca. 1856
Lithograph, printed in colors
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Built on the northeast corner of Broadway and Bank Streets in 1806, St.
Patrick's Church served the needs of a predominantly Irish congregation.
This lithograph was probably produced after the exterior of the church
underwent renovations in 1856. The two-story building that appears to the
left is St. Patrick's school, established in 1815 to provide free education
to children of all religious backgrounds. The clock that appears in the
steeple was added in 1853 with partial funding from city government, and
designated officially as the Town Clock of East Baltimore. The church depicted
here was the fourth to house St. Patrick's congregation: it was demolished
in 1897 to make way for a new church after the older structure was found
to be unsafe.
Although this view presents a peaceful scene, the threat of violence
had a direct impact on shaping the design of church property. Nineteenth-century
anti-Catholic sentiment flared at sporadic intervals into mob violence.
According to legend, the iron fencing appearing here was erected by St.
Patrick's parishioners to protect the church and school during such outbreaks.
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