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The Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower was the tallest building in Baltimore at the time of its construction. This historic structure, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was modeled after the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. The tower was designed by Joseph Evans Sperry and built by Captain Isaac Emerson, the inventor of the headache remedy Bromo Seltzer.
After an extensive renovation, the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts officially opened the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower with studio spaces for visual and literary artists in 2008. The most interesting feature is the still-functioning tower clock, the face of which displays the word BROMO-SELTZER instead of numbers. Designed by Seth Thomas in 1911, it was the largest four-dial gravity-driven non-chiming clock in the world. The original tower was topped by a 51-foot revolving replica of the blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle, which was illuminated and could be seen 20 miles away. Due to structural concerns, the bottle was removed in 1936.
A Baltimore landmark since its construction in 1911!
- Accessibility: Partially Accessible
- Parking: Street
- Photography: permitted
