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> Baltimore Firsts
- 1772: First umbrella used in the United States manufactured in India (see
1828 for first umbrella manufactured in Baltimore)
- 1774: First Post Office system in the U.S. inaugurated by William Goddard
- 1778: First Independent Corps in the Revolutionary War army organized by Count Pulaski
- 1784: First U.S. balloon ascension in this country by Edward Warren in vicinity
of the area now occupied by the Washington Monument.
- Methodist Church in America established Lovely Lane Meeting House,
which is located at St. Paul and 22nd Streets and is now called Lovely Lane Methodist
Church and houses a museum for the Methodist Church of the area now occupied
by the Washington Monument.
- First Methodist Bishop in this country: Rev. Francis Asury
- 1789: First church conference of United Brethren in the U.S.: Otterbein Church
is at Conway and Sharp Streets.
- 1789: First Roman Catholic Diocese in the U.S. is established: The Archdiocese of Baltimore. John Carroll serves as first bishop of the U.S.
- 1791: First Roman Catholic seminary in the U.S.: St. Mary's
- 1792: First U.S. Monument to Columbus. Presently located on Harford Road between Walther Boulevard and Argonne Drive in Herring Run Park.
- 1797: First station using flag semaphore in this country: Captain David Porter, Sr.
- 1800: First investment banking house in America founded by Alexander Brown.
- 1804: First stationer in the U.S.: Lucas Brothers, Inc.
- 1806: First Catholic Cathedral in the U.S.: The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 1808: First U.S. Army horse artillery in the U.S formed at Fort McHenry.
- 1811: First to import and package tea in America: Marin Gillet and Company
- 1814: First printing of the Star Spangled Banner in the United States by Samuel Sands
- 1815: First existing makers of silverware in this country: Samuel Kirk
- 1815: First formal monument to George Washington in the U.S.: Mt. Vernon Place completed July 4, 1829
- 1816: First U.S. manufacturer of gas: Rembrandt Peale
- 1817: First gaslight company in country chartered
- 1819: First agricultural publication in the U.S.: The American Farmer,
John Skinner, editor
- First Odd Fellows Lodge in America at Fell's Point by Thomas Wildery, father of Odd Fellowship in the U.S.
- 1827: First public carrier railway in the U.S.: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- 1828: First American umbrella factory in the U.S.
- 1829: First U.S. Negro religious order in America: Oblate Sisters of Providence, 5 St. Mary's Court
- First ribbon from American silk in this country: National Silk Society
- 1830: First railroad depot in the U.S.: Pratt and Poppleton Streets
- 1831: First National Nominating Conventions for President in the U.S.
- 1838: First iron steamboat built in this country
- 1839: First dental college in the world: Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
- 1840: First steam boating in the U.S.: Baltimore Steam Packet Company (Old Bay Line)
- 1842: First Jewish Congregation founded on Reform principles in this country: Hai Sinai Congregation
- 1844: First telegraph line in the U.S.: Samuel Morse between Washington and Baltimore
- First publicly supported high schools for girls: Eastern High School and Western High School
- 1845: First Order of Christian Brothers in the U.S.: Calvert Hall College
- 1851: First commercial ice cream factory in America: Jacob Russell
- 1854: First Jewish Community center in the U.S.
- 1859: First YMCA erected in America: Pierce and Schroeder Streets
- 1867: First pediatrician and gynecologist in the U.S.: Dr. Wm. T. Howard, University of Maryland
- 1875: First monument to Edgar Allan Poe in the U.S.
- 1883: Invention of the typesetting machine: Ottmor Mergenthaler
- First vocational school in the country: Polytechnic
- 1885: First Commercial electric car line in the Western Hemisphere
- 1892: First bottle cap in the U.S.: William Painter
- 1883: First elevated electric railway in the U.S.
- 1895: First U.S. Catholic College for women: College of Notre Dame of Maryland
- 1897: First practical submarine in our country: "Argonaut" constructed
by Simon Lake
- First country day school in the U.S., now Gilman Country School
- 1899: First visiting nurses for TB patients in the U.S.: two Johns Hopkins medical students
- 1901: First woman professor at medical school in the U.S.: Dr. Florence Rena Sabin, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- 1916: First city municipal symphony orchestra in the country
- 1921: First rehabilitation school for war veterans established at Fort McHenry
- 1928: First traffic-actuated traffic signal in the world: Charles Adler Jr., placed at Belvedere Avenue and Falls Road
- 1931: First outdoor polo game at night: Homewood Field, July 2.
- 1979: First scheduled water taxi transportation system in the country
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