Difference between revisions of "Stony Run Park"
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[[File:1935 stony run composite reduced.jpg|thumb|900x900px|In 1935 the City of Baltimore published a base map for the city which was used by Edward Bennett Mathews, the State Geologist, to indicate the amount of [[wikipedia:Overburden|Overburden]] covering the underlying rocks. The first three images on the left are taken from high definition images available from [https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/33659 the John Hopkins University on line map collection.] The image on the far right is f[http://rolandparkhistory.org/ThenAndNow.html#maps rom an original privately owned which appears on the website rolandparkhistory.org]|alt=|left]] | [[File:1935 stony run composite reduced.jpg|thumb|900x900px|In 1935 the City of Baltimore published a base map for the city which was used by Edward Bennett Mathews, the State Geologist, to indicate the amount of [[wikipedia:Overburden|Overburden]] covering the underlying rocks. The first three images on the left are taken from high definition images available from [https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/33659 the John Hopkins University on line map collection.] The image on the far right is f[http://rolandparkhistory.org/ThenAndNow.html#maps rom an original privately owned which appears on the website rolandparkhistory.org]|alt=|left]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:56, June 15, 2021
Stony Run Park | |
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Site Information | |
Address | 200 block W. Cold Spring Lane |
Above Sea-level (ft) | 300 |
Type of facility | Park |
People | |
Founder | Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad |
Owner | Mayor & City Council of Baltimore |
Landscape Architect | Olmsted Brothers |
Jillian Storms and Sandy Sparks have lectured extensively on the history of Stony Run Park. See: Olmsted's work in the Stony Run Valley
Three plans prepared by Olmsted Brothers are in the collections of the Friends of Frederick Law Olmsted, Maryland State Archives, MdSA 5339-55: