Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum

:"For other museums named War of 1812 museum, see War of 1812 museum."

Infobox_nrhp | name =Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
location= 844 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 15
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 36
long_seconds = 13
long_direction = W
locmapin=Maryland
area =
built =1803
architect= Unknown
architecture= Federal
designated= December 16, 1969cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=865&ResourceType=Building
title=Star-Spangled Banner Flag House |accessdate=2007-10-08|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 03, 1969cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=69000320

The Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum is a museum located in the Little Italy section of Baltimore, Maryland.

Built in 1793, it was the home of Mary Pickersgill when she moved to Baltimore in 1806 and the location where she sewed the "Star Spangled Banner," the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in the summer of 1814 during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The museum contains furniture and antiques from the period as well as items from the Pickersgill family. [cite web |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A12FB3E550C778CDDAE0894DA404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fF%2fFlags%2c%20Emblems%20and%20Insignia |title=CURRENTS: ARCHITECTURE; So Gallantly Streaming In Baked-On Ceramic |author=Brad McKee |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=New York Times ]

A 12,600 square foot museum was constructed next to Pickersgill's house. cite web |url=http://www.gallagherstravels.com/States/MD/baltimoresinnerharbor/ |title=Baltimore's Inner Harbor and Beyond |author=Carol Sorgen |accessdate=2007-03-03 |work=gallagherstravels.com ] It has exhibits on the War of 1812 and the Battle of Baltimore. It has an orientation theater, tearoom, giftshop, exhibit galleries, and meeting rooms. The museum features a 30 by 42 foot tall window which was created to be the same color, size, and design of the original Star-Spangled Banner made by Pickersgill in the adjacent Flag House.

The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1969.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/69000320.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Star-Spangled Banner Flag House] |253 KiB |date=February 12, 1975 |author=Joseph Scott Mendinghall |publisher=National Park Service. PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/69000320.pdf Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1968 and 1974.] |328 KiB ]

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External links

* [http://www.flaghouse.org/ The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/baltimore/index.htm Baltimore, Maryland, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]
* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=31&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx Flag House, Baltimore City] , including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md0173 Flag House, 844 East Pratt & Albemarle Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD: 1 photo, 1 data page] , at Historic American Building Survey