National Historic Landmark · Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland

Chesapeake (lightship)

A listed structure in Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, built 1930. Added to the National Register in 1980, and a National Historic Landmark.

Chesapeake (lightship)
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressInner Harbor, Baltimore (Independent City), MD
CountyBaltimore County
ListedAug 1, 1980
Reference number80000349
Built1930
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

StreetInner Harbor
Coordinates39.28571, -76.60878 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 80000349. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.