Franklin Square
Franklin Square is a park in Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland. Franklin Square is situated nearby to the suburb Sowebo, as well as near the neighborhood Union Square.Places of Interest
Highlights include Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy and H. L. Mencken House.
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy
School
Photo: Baltimore Heritage, CC0.
Vivien Theodore Thomas was an American laboratory supervisor who, in the 1940s, played a major role in developing a procedure now called the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt used to treat blue baby syndrome along with surgeon Alfred Blalock and cardiologist Helen B.
H. L. Mencken House
Museum
The H. L. Mencken House was the home of Baltimore Sun journalist and author Henry Louis Mencken, who lived here from 1883 until his death in 1956. The Italianate brick row house at 1524 Hollins Street in Baltimore was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
Edgar Allen Poe House
Museum
Photo: Midnightdreary, Public domain.
The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, located at 203 North Amity St. in Baltimore, Maryland, is the former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe in the 1830s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sowebo and Union Square.
Sowebo
Suburb
Sowebo is a community-chosen name for a historic area in the southwest of the city of Baltimore. Sowebo encompasses the neighborhoods of Union Square and Hollins Market, Baltimore.
Union Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Chris Everett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Square is a neighborhood located in the Sowebo area of Baltimore. It dates to the 1830s and includes a historic district of houses and commerce buildings.
Barre Circle
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Barre Circle is a small neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is often considered to be a part of Pigtown. Most of the neighborhood's historic homes range from 1840 to 1890, with many populated by graduate students at the nearby University of Maryland's Baltimore campus.
Franklin Square
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.29029° or 39° 17′ 25″ northLongitude
-76.63894° or 76° 38′ 20″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Inception
April 23rd, 1839Open location code
87F579R6+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 85585348OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4355566
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