Baltimore City Assembly Room and Library
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- Created Date
- 1937
- Description
A pen and ink drawing of the Baltimore City Assembly Room. Shows a large two-story Georgian building. On the roof is an American flag. The caption reads: "City Assembly Room and Library, Baltimore, Md., where a banquet was given Andrew Jackson, March 1, 1819. Collection of Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md."
Begun in 1797, the building was completed in 1799. It was used for social and civic gatherings. A private library company occupied the first floor, while the principal floor was used as a ballroom and banquet hall. The building burned to the ground in 1873.
- Creator
Wall, Bernhardt, 1872-1956
- Partner
- Digital Library of Tennessee
- Contributing Institution
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Location
- Baltimore (Md.)
- Type
- image
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- Wall, Bernhardt, 1872-1956. Baltimore City Assembly Room and Library. 1937. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/bernhardt/id/101. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Wall, Bernhardt, 1872-1956, (1937) Baltimore City Assembly Room and Library. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/bernhardt/id/101
- MLA citation style
- Wall, Bernhardt, 1872-1956. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/bernhardt/id/101>.