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Mergenthaler House

A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

    Interurban Building

      Agnews Developmental Center

      AGNEWS DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER BUILT AS AGNEWS STATE HOSPITAL 1888–1988   AGNEWS MAIN BUILDING, A 5-STORY, RED BRICK EDIFICE, COMPLETED IN 1888, WAS KNOW’N AS "THE GREAT ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE”. THE...

      AGNEWS DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER BUILT AS AGNEWS STATE HOSPITAL 1888–1988   AGNEWS MAIN BUILDING, A 5-STORY, RED BRICK EDIFICE, COMPLETED IN 1888, WAS KNOW’N AS "THE GREAT ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE”....

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      Sam DeMasi

        The Story of the Louisiana Iris

        Long ago in the beginning,When the cypress swamps were infants,Grew the iris, blue as heaven,And the russet, of the autumn...Now, they did not grow together,Lake and forest lay between them.Just...

        Long ago in the beginning,When the cypress swamps were infants,Grew the iris, blue as heaven,And the russet, of the autumn...Now, they did not grow together,Lake and forest lay between them.Just...

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