National Historic Landmark · Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland

Peabody Library

A listed building in Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, built 1815. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

Peabody Library
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressMount Vernon Pl. and Washington Pl., Baltimore (Independent City), MD
CountyBaltimore County
ListedNov 11, 1971
Reference number71001037
Built1815
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources4 buildings, 5 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

StreetMount Vernon Pl. and Washington Pl.
Coordinates39.29709, -76.61511 · 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 71001037. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.