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Today’s Solution to an Age-Old Problem: Inside the 1940 Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant

Patapsco Waste Water Treatment Plant 3501 Asiatic Ave., Baltimore, MD, United States

In the wake of the Great 1904 Fire, Baltimore had two pressing tasks: rebuild downtown and get on board with other European and American cities in developing a functioning sewage system. Luckily, Baltimoreans 100 years ago accomplished both. Join us as we tour the 1940 Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant that has its roots in the Great Fire and today uses state-of-the-art technology to handle a problem as old as the city itself.

$10

Free Thank You Reception and Micro-Grant Give Away at Clifton Mansion

Baltimore, MD, United States

Please join us and our hosts Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion as we say thank you to all of the people who support us with a free reception, a chance to see the fabulous Clifton Mansion with over-the-top newly restored rooms, and to help us give away preservation micro-grants.

Mount Vernon Place and the Washington Monument: Monumental City Tour

Washington Monument (South Entrance) 699 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Mount Vernon began as a country estate for Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard and grew to be the place to live for Baltimore's rich and famous in the mid-nineteenth century. The Garrett family, owners of the B&O Railroad, the Walters, founders of the Walters Art Museum, and the Thomases, owners of Mercantile Bank, are …

$10

Psychedelics, Traitors and Treatments: The Unexpected Past of Spring Grove Hospital Center

Spring Grove Hospital Center 55 Wade Avenue, Catonsville, MD, United States

Timothy Leary’s got nothing on Baltimore! Join us for a walk around the Spring Grove Hospital Center campus to see this partially abandoned historic facility where, among other things, the first and longest government-run psychedelic drug research program took place. Founded in 1797, it is the second oldest continuously operating psychiatric hospital in the country. On our tour we’ll see the remnants of the oldest building on campus and industrial structures from the 1930s, plus a barely noticeable cemetery. Walk through three centuries of history that weaves together tales of yellow fever epidemic, Confederate traitors, and psychedelic scandal. Groovy.

$10