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Exploring the City in 1857: Take a Look at this Map of Baltimore

This map is Plate No. 25 from a J.H. Colton atlas that we believed was published in 1857. Copyright statement on map: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." On verso: "The District of Columbia", text on three columns.
Take a look at this map of Baltimore from 1857. It was done by Joseph Hutchins Colton and shows a fascinating glimpse of the city at the time. See where Camden Yards is today!
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We love these maps, and I’m sure you guys do as well. Check this one out. It shows the layout of the city in 1857. Look at square 16, that’s where Camden Yards sits today.

This map is Plate No. 25 from a J.H. Colton atlas that we believed was published in 1857. Copyright statement on map: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." On verso: "The District of Columbia", text on three columns.
This map is Plate No. 25 from a J.H. Colton atlas that we believed was published in 1857.
Copyright statement on map: “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.” On verso: “The District of Columbia”, text on three columns.

Source: Johns Hopkins Library

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This map was done by Joseph Hutchins Colton.

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