The impressive staircase up to the grounds of what was once St. Mary's College, a Redemptorist seminary at Ilchester, Maryland, which overlooked the Patapsco river, and what was once an equally impressive outdoor altar on the grounds. The seminary existed for a hundred years before being abandoned in the 1970s. The buildings then suffered much vandalism and arson before they were finally bulldozed to eliminate the more dangerous hazards posed by the damaged buildings. Most of the property is now part of the Patapsco Valley State Park. At this link you can see vintage postcard photos of the main building and the outdoor altar before their destruction. The history given with the postcard photos at the link is incomplete for the period after 1907.
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