Dec 03, 1969
National Register of Historic Places - Flag House (Star-Spangled Banner Flag House)
Statement of Significant: The national significance of this building is its association with the creation, representation, interpretation and symbolism of our original Star-Spangled Banner flag; the subsequent and lasting sight of the flag flying which inspired Francis Scott Key, on September 14, 4812, to com pose the Star-Spangled Banner, our National Anthem. 18/4) Mrs. Mary Young Pickersgill was the niece of Colonel Benjamin Flower, Commissary General for George Washington, whose portrait by Charles Willson Peale now hangs in the house. Mrs. Pickersgill was the owner at the time she and her daughter sewed, in this building, the fifteen star - fifteen stripe original Star-Spangled Banner that so defiantly flew over Fort McHenry through the night of bombardment during the Battle of Baltimore in 1813-1814. The symbol of American independence and the patriotism that over the years has grown in stature by stars and stripes, flies proudly twenty-four hours of each day over the Fort. Mrs. Pickersgill's home was recognized by an act of Congress June 1954, thereby according it, also, the privilege of flying an American flag twenty-four hours a day. Baltimore is privileged to have two of the five such distinguished national sites. During the remainder of the nineteenth century the house was a rowhouse on Pratt Street in Baltimore. The patriotic fervor engendered during the ceremonies surrounding the Star-Spangled Banner Centennial in 1914 awakened an interest in the structure because of its relation to the Star-Spangled Banner flag, the American symbol. In 1927, the City of Baltimore purchased the house, to preserve the tangible remnant of the story and events relating to the flag of 1814. The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Association was created to preserve the meaning and the message enacted at Fort McHenry; to interpret the evolution and representation
National Register of Historic Places - Flag House (Star-Spangled Banner Flag House)
Statement of Significant: The national significance of this building is its association with the creation, representation, interpretation and symbolism of our original Star-Spangled Banner flag; the subsequent and lasting sight of the flag flying which inspired Francis Scott Key, on September 14, 4812, to com pose the Star-Spangled Banner, our National Anthem. 18/4) Mrs. Mary Young Pickersgill was the niece of Colonel Benjamin Flower, Commissary General for George Washington, whose portrait by Charles Willson Peale now hangs in the house. Mrs. Pickersgill was the owner at the time she and her daughter sewed, in this building, the fifteen star - fifteen stripe original Star-Spangled Banner that so defiantly flew over Fort McHenry through the night of bombardment during the Battle of Baltimore in 1813-1814. The symbol of American independence and the patriotism that over the years has grown in stature by stars and stripes, flies proudly twenty-four hours of each day over the Fort. Mrs. Pickersgill's home was recognized by an act of Congress June 1954, thereby according it, also, the privilege of flying an American flag twenty-four hours a day. Baltimore is privileged to have two of the five such distinguished national sites. During the remainder of the nineteenth century the house was a rowhouse on Pratt Street in Baltimore. The patriotic fervor engendered during the ceremonies surrounding the Star-Spangled Banner Centennial in 1914 awakened an interest in the structure because of its relation to the Star-Spangled Banner flag, the American symbol. In 1927, the City of Baltimore purchased the house, to preserve the tangible remnant of the story and events relating to the flag of 1814. The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Association was created to preserve the meaning and the message enacted at Fort McHenry; to interpret the evolution and representation
Dec 03, 1969
Posted Date
Aug 15, 2023
Historical Record Date
Dec 03, 1969
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
Source Website
Posted Date
Sep 28, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
