Last Thursday night, October 9, Baltimore Heritage had its annual Preservation Celebration at One Charles Center! We handed out 13 awards to groups and individuals doing fabulous work celebrating and preserving our city’s history and buildings. We gave out 7 micro-grants to 7 very worthy community projects. We conducted our organization’s annual meeting, approved our revised by-laws and welcomed a few new board members. And we said a big thank you to our wonderful volunteers. They make historic preservation possible in Baltimore. We also gave out out some cool door prizes–gift certificates to the Made in Baltimore store, two tickets to the Everyman Theatre, and a two-night stay at the Lord Baltimore Hotel! All the while, we ate delicious food from Pitamore and the Peanut Shoppe of Baltimore and drank wine from Spirits of Mt. Vernon. Thank you to everyone attended.

 

Award Winners:

Volunteers of the Year: Rebecca Cohen & Derek Van De Walle

Dedication to sharing Baltimore’s rich history

 

Graham Projects, DDB Workshop, Neighborhood Impact Invest Fund,

Central Baltimore Partnership, Zeskinds Hardware, National Lumber & Stephanie Baker

The renovation of the Trenton Art Garage at 101 East Trenton Street

 

Friends of Patterson Park

Renovation of the White House and creation of the Cedar House

 

Janet Allen & Perkins Square Association

Restoration of the Perkins Square Gazebo

 

Upton Planning Committee, Neighborhood Design Center,

Quinn Evans Architects & Kelly Little

Restoration of the Parren Mitchell House on Lafayette Square

 

Southwest Partnership, Poppleton Now Community Association,

Twopoint Studio & Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks

Restoration of the Poppleton Recreation Center

 

Lewis Contractors & Society of St. Sulpice

Restoration of McGivney House of Formation

 

Baltimore Public Markets Corporation & Twopoint Studio

Restoration of Hollins Market

 

Baltimore City Historical Society, Deborah Weiner, Aiden Faust & Michael Franch

Making history relevant through the Baltimore History Evenings series

 

Jon Goldman, B&O Railroad Museum, Anna Kresmer, Evelyn Chatmon, Bria Chavis, Teisha Dupree-Wilson, Christopher Haley & Paula Phillips

The Underground Railroad: Freedom Seekers on the B&O Railroad

 

Joe Gans 150 & Corner Team Boxing

Living History Day at Mount Auburn Cemetery 2025

 

SM+P Architects, B&B Urban Baltimore, Civic Group, Atelier Giguere, J. Cole Builders, SRBR, Skarda and Associates, KCW Engineering Technologies & Jenkins Environmental

Restoration of the Crook Horner Lofts building

 

Douglas Gordon Award: Walter Schamu

A lifetime of commitment to advancing Baltimore’s architecture and history

 

Pitch Party Winners: 

Parity Homes – $2000

For historic signage in Elder Park

 

Arena Players Inc. – $1500

For an Arena Players documentary 

 

Present Company – $1000

For the renovation of Gertrude’s nightclub in Station North

 

Beloved Community Services Corporation – $500

For a mural at the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center (PS 103)

 

Market Center Community Development Corporation – $500

For murals in historic Chinatown

 

Baltimore Streetcar Museum – $500

For a new exhibit at the museum

 

Victorine Q. Adams Gardens, Inc. – $500

For upgrades to the Druid Hill Park Grove of Remembrance

 

Thank you for support from the Lord Baltimore Hotel and Everyman Theatre.

Join us for our free Preservation Celebration 2025 in the Modernist Mies van der Rohe building, One Charles Center (100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201)! On October 9, we’ll honor our 2025 Preservation Award winners and, with your help, give out six micro-grants (from $500 to $2000) to people working on the front lines in our historic neighborhoods. We’ll say thank you to our volunteers and honor all of their hard work this year. And, we’ll be celebrating downtown Baltimore by giving away door prizes that include a two-night stay at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, two tickets to a show at Everyman Theatre, and gift certificates to local restaurants! With dinner and drinks from locally-owned Baltimore vendors, we hope you will join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening. The event is free with a suggested donation of $25.

Event Schedule: 

6:00 pm – Doors Open with Food and Drink

6:30 pm – Welcome and General Business (Including proposed amendments to our bylaws)

6:40 pm – Presentation of 2025 Awards

7:00 pm – Microgrant Presentations and Selection

 

Thank you for support from Trademark Properties, the Lord Baltimore Hotel and Everyman Theatre. 

Last Thursday, October 10, Baltimore Heritage had its annual Preservation Celebration at Hollins Market! We handed out 12 awards to groups and individuals doing fabulous work celebrating and preserving our city’s history and buildings. We gave out 6 micro-grants to 6 very worthy community projects. We conducted our organization’s annual meeting and welcomed a few new board members. And we said a big thank you to our wonderful volunteers. They make historic preservation possible in Baltimore. All the while, we ate delicious food from Hollins Market and drank wine from Spirits of Mt. Vernon! Thank you to everyone attended.

 

Award Winners

Volunteer of the Year: Linda Snyder

For leading countless public and private tours

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Beloved Community Services Corporation

For the restoration of the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center (PS 103)

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Dr. Ashley Minner Jones, the Native American Senior Citizens,

and the Baltimore Reservation Project

For promoting Lumbee American Indian heritage in East Baltimore

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Bruce Willen

For the Ghost Rivers public art and history project

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Dr. Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson

For the exhibit, Ethel’s Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis, Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz

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Upton Planning Council and Pennsylvania Avenue Main Street

For the renovation of 1829 Pennsylvania Avenue for the Pennsylvania Avenue Welcome Center

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Shelley Halstead & Black Women Build

For work to rehab houses and build community in West Baltimore

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Christina Delgado

For establishing Tola’s Room, a Puerto Rican home museum

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Betty Bland Thomas

For decades of work to preserve heritage in Sharp Leadenhall

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Baltimore Museum of Industry

For the exhibit, Collective Action: Labor Activism in 21st Century Baltimore

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James Ruttley and Kathleen Lechleighter

For the restoration of 1209 Calvert Street

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Douglas Gordon Award: Charlie Duff

For a lifetime of work in historic preservation

 

Pitch Party Winners

$2000: Corner Team Boxing Club

Funds will support Phase 1 of the Joe Gans Monument project, which will pay the sculptor to design and fabricate a maquette of the statue 

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$1000: Evolving Young Girls Mentoring Organization

Funds will support the Baltimore’s Hidden Treasures: Youth Preservation Workshop

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$1000: Friends of St. Peter’s Cemetery

Funds will support the restoration of St. Peter’s Cemetery in partnership with the PRINCE Program, which trains incarcerated citizens in cemetery preservation 

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$500: Friends of Patterson Park’

Funds will support a videographer to create a video of the interior of the Observatory for virtual access

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$500: Westminster Hall and Burying Ground

Funds will support the restoration of the brick pathway

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$500: Pride of Baltimore

Funds will support replacement of the ship’s planks