Poole and Hunt Company Buildings is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

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 in Baltimore, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. It is a complex of fieldstone

Fieldstone

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 and brick buildings on a 20 acres (80,937.2 m²) site. They were erected in 1853 and enlarged periodically as the need arose for Poole and Hunt, who produced machinery and castings for a world-wide market from 1853 to 1889. A devastating fire on September 17, 1995 destroyed much of the fabric of the machine shop.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1973.

External links

• Poole and Hunt Company Buildings, Baltimore City, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust