Perkins Square Gazebo is a historic gazebo located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is an eight-sided, cast iron, open structure of eclectic Victorian design. It was constructed in 1871 and located in a triangular-shaped park in West Baltimore.
Perkins Square Gazebo was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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