THE LATROBES: FIRST FAMILY OF BALTIMORE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING

摘要

It would be hard to name a single American family that has had a more direct physical and cultural impact on one American city than the Latrobes have had on Baltimore. Perhaps because their legacy was actual rather than monetary, they are not listed among Baltimore's great philanthropists: Peabody, Hopkins, Sheppard, and Pratt. But they should be. The city's most venerable work of architecture, the Baltimore Cathedral, and its premier park, Druid Hill, are largely their works. Latrobe family members were equally important to the building and operation of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the city's great 19th century transportation system. Their other projects, combining both architecture and engineering—bridges, buildings, and park structures—are still in use and are much-admired landmarks.