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Fort Garrison Dec 09
Fort Garrison Dec 09

Fort Garrison, also known as Oulton's Garrison, Risteau's Garrison, and Olton's Garrison, is a historic fortification building located at Stevenson, Baltimore County, Maryland on Garrison Farms Court. It is a rectangular fieldstone building built about 1695. The fort was built to serve as a stronghold against attacks by Native Americans and was used during the French and Indian War. It is approximately 48 feet long and 18 feet wide with one large stone fireplace. Modifications in the early-19th century raised the height of the fort building adding a second story loft and a wood shingle roof. It was constructed following a 1693 order from Governor Francis Nicholson and his Council. The property was acquired in 1965 by the Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.In 2019, the Maryland Historical Trust removed a sign at Fort Garrison after officials received complaints over the use of the term "hostile Indians". The language, dating back to 1934, was removed on the basis of bias against Native Americans.

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Green Spring Valley Historic District
Green Spring Valley Historic District

Green Spring Valley Historic District is a national historic district near Stevenson in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburban area of Baltimore that acquires significance from the collection of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century buildings. The park-like setting retains a late 19th-early 20th century atmosphere. At the turn of the 20th century, the Maryland Hunt Cup and the Grand National Maryland steeplechase races were run over various parts of the valley. The Maryland Hunt Cup, which began as a competition between the Green Spring Valley Hunt and the Elkridge Hunt, traditionally started at Brooklandwood, the previous home of Charles Carrol of Carrollton (later St. Paul’s school) with the finish across Valley Road at Oakdene, at that time the home of Thomas Deford, which remains a private residence The buildings reflect major architectural styles popular in the United States from the Neoclassical of the 18th century to the Georgian and other revivals of the pre-1930 period and range from modest to elaborate in size. The district's Stevenson railway station is in "good repair." Several church buildings serve as important contributing properties within the district, including St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Green Springs Methodist Church, Stevenson Methodist Church,: 20  and Sater's Baptist Church. The oldest of these buildings is St. Thomas', where construction started in 1743;: 3  the parish has used the building without interruption since its completion. The oldest extant Baptist church building in the United States, Sater's was built for the first Baptist congregation to be established in the Province of Maryland. The congregation first worshipped in the building's original section in 1746, although the building was substantially modified in the 1860s after suffering extensive deterioration. Greenspring Methodist Church's building, a small Carpenter Gothic structure, was constructed in 1872;: 3  the landowner donated it to the community's black church, and it came into the possession of the present congregation in 1908.: 4  The former Stevenson Methodist Church is a stone Gothic Revival building; its cornerstone was laid in 1905, although two years passed before the building was dedicated.The district was designated and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Its boundaries encompass 282 buildings (148 contributing and 134 non-contributing) spread over an area of 4,800 acres (1,900 ha).

Druid Ridge Cemetery
Druid Ridge Cemetery

Druid Ridge Cemetery is located in Pikesville, Maryland, just outside the city of Baltimore. Among its monuments and graves are several noted sculptures by Hans Schuler and the final resting places of: Felix Agnus, American Civil War general and newspaper publisher Frederick Bauernschmidt (1864–1933), brewer and philanthropist Alfred Blalock, pioneering cardiovascular surgeon Patricia Breslin, actress Howard Bryant (1861–1930), Maryland state delegate and law professor Dorothy Benjamin Caruso, widow of tenor Enrico Caruso William Bullock Clark (1860–1917), American geologist William Jones "Boileryard" Clarke, baseball player and coach Claribel Cone, physician and art collector Etta Cone, famous art collector along with her sister who together helped establish the Baltimore Museum of Art Walter Dandy, one of the fathers of neurosurgery Samuel K. Dennis Jr. (1874–1953), Maryland politician and judge Anthony Hastings George, British Consul-General. Jennis Roy Galloway, Baltimore-born World War II Commander, later Managing Director of Union Carbide India, Ltd Elisabeth Gilman, daughter of Daniel Coit Gilman and prominent Maryland socialist and civil liberties advocate John F. Goucher, namesake of Goucher College Virginia Hall, Baltimore-born World War II spy for the British Special Operations Executive Eli Jones Henkle, U.S. Congressman, 5th District of Maryland William Henry Howell (1860–1945), American physiologist He was buried at Druid Ridge Cemetery. John Charles Linthicum, U.S. Congressman, 4th District of Maryland John Mays Little (died 1950), Maryland state delegate Adolf Meyer (1866–1950), Swiss-American psychiatrist Art Modell, owner of professional football teams Curt Motton, professional baseball player Rosa Ponselle, celebrated soprano Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. (1898-1983), investment banker and founder of T. Rowe Price Carl Vernon Sheridan, World War II Medal of Honor recipient George A. Solter (1873–1950), American judge and lawyer Hugh H. Young, pioneering urologist