Location

W North Avenue & W Mount Royal Avenue in Bolton Hill (Street View)

GPS: 39° 18′ 39.60″ N 76° 37′ 31.80″ W

History

Col. William Watson commanded the Battalion of Baltimore and District of Columbia Volunteers during the Mexican-American War. He was killed at the storming of Monterrey on September 22, 1846. The bronze and granite monument to Watson was installed in 1903 by the Maryland Association of Veterans of the Mexican War and was created by Maryland’s own Edward Berge. Watson is mentioned in the fourth verse of the state song “Maryland, My Maryland.”

Notes

Originally placed at W Mount Royal Avenue and Lanville Street, in front of the Maryland Institute College of Art, the memorial was moved to its current location in 1930. The statue stands atop a massive pedestal and is surrounded by two cannons and four shot piles. Holding a sword in is right hand and a monocular in his left, the Colonel faces east down North Avenue, steadily surveying the Monumental City.

Nearby

• Francis Scott Key Monument in Bolton Hill
• Confederate Soldiers and Sailors
• Maryland Line Monument

Links

• Artwork of monument from a 1925 postcard
• Watson on U.S.-Mexican War Monuments & Memorials
• Watson on Wikipedia
• On Panoramio & Flickr