A couple of nice old stucco buildings in Baltimore.

What attracted me to this building was these cool chimneys. Note the drip lip at the top. Details are portland cement, not foam like new houses and shopping centers.	Bands, coins and other details were formed and filled with cement. The workmanship here is superb. I guess this building was built about 1915.
A view of the same building. Baltimore has long been famous for it's plastering, as well as Annapolis, Maryland, the state capital.	Another old apartment building, with interesting cement arches and insets. There are thousands of nice old stucco buildings here. More about the history of stucco in Baltimore next issue.

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