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Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
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Star-Spangled Banner Flag House in 2011
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| Location: | 844 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
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| Built: | 1803 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style: | Federal |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 69000320 |
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| Added to NRHP: | December 03, 1969[1] |
| Designated NHL: | December 16, 1969[2] |
The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, formerly the Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum is a museum located in the Little Italy section of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Built in 1793, it was the home of Mary Pickersgill when she moved to Baltimore in 1806 and the location where she sewed the "Star Spangled Banner," the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in the summer of 1814 during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The museum contains furniture and antiques from the period as well as items from the Pickersgill family. [3]
A 12,600-square-foot (1,170 m2) museum was constructed next to Pickersgill's house.[4] It has exhibits on the War of 1812 and the Battle of Baltimore. It has an orientation theater, tearoom, giftshop, exhibit galleries, and meeting rooms. The museum features a 30 by 42-foot (13 m) tall window which was created to be the same color, size, and design of the original Star-Spangled Banner made by Pickersgill in the adjacent Flag House.[4]
The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1969.[2][5]
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