Phoenix Shot Tower

Local namePhoenix Shot Tower
LocationBaltimore, United States

The Phoenix Shot Tower, also known as the Old Baltimore Shot Tower, is a red brick shot tower, 234.25 feet tall, located near the downtown, Jonestown, and Little Italy communities of East Baltimore, in Maryland. When it was completed in 1828 it was the tallest structure in the United States.

The tower was originally the "Phoenix Shot Tower", then the "Merchants' Shot Tower", and is also sometimes called the "Old Baltimore Shot Tower". It is the only surviving shot tower among four that existed in Baltimore. The structure was designated a National Historic Landmark on November 11, 1971 and as a local Baltimore City Landmark on October 14, 1975.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Shot_Tower

Address 92 N Front St, Baltimore 21202, United States

Coordinates 39°17'26.623" N -76°36'19.709" E

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