Baltimore's Lexington Market

by Patricia Schultheis

Book Overview

Lexington Market was established in 1782 by Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard, who donated a plot of land in Baltimore's "western precincts" for a public market. Accessible to farmers from the outlying countryside, Howard's Hill Market, as it was known, became an instant success. Undeterred by the lack of a proper market house, farmers set up plank stalls and began selling fresh meat, eggs, and vegetables to the burgeoning city's population...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738543616
• ISBN13: 9780738543611
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"

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