![]() ![]() On an auspicious afternoon in late September 1903, a crowd of Baltimoreans converged onto the intersection of Mount Royal Avenue and Lanvale Street to witness the symbolic-laced unveiling of the William H. This photo shows what is now an underpass that engineers felt would not have held the weight of the monument. In 1930, the monument was moved to Reservoir Hill-what was then the entrance to Druid Hill Park-because of a planned extension of Howard Street. Corpus Christi Church can be seen in the background here at its original location at Lanvale Street and Mount Royal Avenue. The Watson Monument created by sculptor Edward Berge is flanked by captured Mexican mortars. ![]()
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