Saint Paul Street Bridge Statue (Baltimore, MD)
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Location
Mount Royal Terrace & Lennox Street (Street View)
GPS: 39° 18′ 42.64″ N 76° 37′ 34.53″ W
History
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Baltimore’s 1729 town charter, the citizens and government threw an elaborate party and parade. To commemorate the event, the artist Herman Henning was commissioned to create four Lady Baltimore statues to be placed at each corner of the ornate old Saint Paul Bridge. For close to 80 years the monuments greeted locals as they crossed over the Jones Falls and railroad tracks, leaving or entering downtown. In 1960, the bridge was renovated as part of the Jones Falls Expressway project. The over-pass was torn down, and the ladies were moved to new locations. Two were placed inside Cylburn Arboretum, in northern Baltimore, while a third was given to Ireland, in 1974, by Baltimore’s Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Society. The remaining statue was installed nearest to it’s original location, on Mount Royal Terrace, just north of the Col. William Watson Monument.
Notes
The limestone lady loosely holds a sledgehammer in her right hand, while a shield, with the Battle Monument on it’s front, rests to her left. An anchor, gear, anvil and steam engine are represented around the base of the sculpture. Situated in a small park at the foot of Druid Hill, the statue sits inside a neglected garden. A plaque adorns the front of the structure, listing the Commissioner and Engineer of the bridge.
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