Federal Hill

Since the founding of Baltimore in 1729, this hill has been a popular point for viewing the city’s growth. Here 4,000 people feasted in 1780 to celebrate Maryland’s ratification of the Federal Constitution, and in honor of the new government the place received its name. An observatory built here in 1795 signalled city merchants of the approach of their vessels, a service that lasted a century. Shipyards have long been located near the hill, it has been mined for clay and sand, during the Civil War Union troops fortified the site, and it was made a public park in 1880.

Baltimore, Maryland · United States