Enoch Pratt - Baltimore MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 18.522 W 076° 36.438
18S E 361424 N 4352265
Pratt gave much of his time and wealth to Baltimore’s cultural and charitable institutions. He donations established the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore and expanding the former Sheppard Asylum to become The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.
Waymark Code: WM12RBM
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2020
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He is buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore MD in Lot 32, Section G.
Description:
From Find A Grave--Enoch Pratt-Born in Massachusetts and educated at the Bridgewater Academy in North Middleborough, Enoch Pratt clerked in a Boston hardware firm before moving to Baltimore in 1831 to launch his own wholesale hardware business on South Charles Street. In 1851 Pratt and his partner invested in Western Maryland coal mines and iron yards in Canton. They made their own merchandise, thereby ending their dependence on northern manufacturers.
Pratt gave much of his time and wealth to Baltimore’s cultural and charitable institutions. He served as a trustee of the Peabody Institute as well as treasurer and chairman of its library committee. He founded the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children at Cheltenham and the Maryland School for the Deaf and Dumb at Frederick. In 1865 he donated a free school and public library to his hometown in Massachusetts, and in 1881 began construction of an imposing white marble structure on Baltimore's Mulberry Street that opened five years later as the Enoch Pratt Free Circulating Library. The main branch of the library is now located on Cathedral Street. Twenty-two branches serve patrons throughout Baltimore. Today the nationally admired Enoch Pratt Library stands as one of the premier resource libraries for the state of Maryland.
Date of birth: 09/10/1808
Date of death: 09/17/1896
Area of notoriety: Education
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
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Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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