Chapel at Compton Bassett
Background This a rare intact example of an 18th-century private Catholic chapel building; likely the only extant separate building of its type in; and now owned by, Prince George’s County. The Compton Bassett chapel, which includes a sleeping chamber above for the visiting priest, located approximately fifty feet from the […]
Continental Hall
Background Memorial Continental Hall is the originally commissioned building and headquarters of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. The imposing marble Beaux–Arts building was designed by Edward Pierce Casey in 1905, and completed in 1910 and designated a National Historic Landmark, in 1972. Merits of both, its architectural legacy, and role in […]
B&O Railway Shop/Roundhouse
Background Located in an historic southwest neighborhood of Baltimore City, the B&O Railroad Museum is a campus of historic structures, known as the birthplace of the American railroad; including the first passenger station: Mount Clare Station (circa 1851) and adjacent rail car shops, and the iconic roundhouse (circa 1884), housing the most significant collection of […]