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George Peabody

George Peabody is a bronze statue of George Peabody, by William Wetmore Story. The bronze, cast in Rome at Alessandro Nelli's foundry, is located in the east garden of Mount Vernon Place, . It was dedicated on April 7, 1890.
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Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork_type: statue
  • Description: bronze statue in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Also known as: “George Peabody Monument” and “Statue of George Peabody”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include George Peabody Library and Walters Art Museum.

Library
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The is a library connected to the Johns Hopkins University, focused on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and is located on the Peabody campus at in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere historic cultural neighborhood north of downtown , .

Museum
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The is a public art museum located in the neighborhood of , . Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters. is situated 470 feet southwest of George Peabody.

Church
Photo: Eli Pousson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
and Asbury House is a historic United Methodist church located at 2-10 Mount Vernon Place, in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Downtown Baltimore.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, located immediately north of the city's . It is named for George Washington's estate in , as the site of the city's .

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is 's central business district and seat of the city government. While home to some iconic Baltimore architecture, and the city's economic heart, visitors, and even locals, tend to keep their distance from this often seedy and decidedly unloved city center, unless they are going to the Baltimore Arena, the Hippodrome Theatre, or visiting Poe's grave at Westminster Hall.

Neighborhood
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Historic District is a historic district in Baltimore, Maryland. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It includes , which is a National Historic Landmark.

George Peabody

Latitude
39.29756° or 39° 17′ 51″ north
Longitude
-76.61504° or 76° 36′ 54″ west
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q5543272
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to French—“George Peabody” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال جورج بيبودى”
  • French: “George Peabody”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “George Peabody”. Photo: Daderot, Public domain.