Category: Preservation

Save the Date: Bmore Historic is on September 23, 2022!

Baltimore’s annual unconference on people, places, and the past will be held in-person at the Baltimore Museum of Industry on Friday, September 23, 2022!

What is Bmore Historic?

Bmore Historic is a participant-led unconference for people who care about public history and historic preservation in and around Baltimore. This includes historians, preservationists, museum professionals, archivists, librarians, humanities scholars, students, volunteer activists, Main Street board members, educators, and anyone interested in exploring the intersections between people, places, and the past in Baltimore and Maryland.

Unconferences are events run by participants. Attendees set the agenda for what’s discussed, lead the sessions and workshops that fill the schedule, and create an environment of innovation and productive discussion.

Past, in-person Bmore Historic unconferences have been structured around four session blocks: two in the morning and two in the afternoon. We usually have between four to six sessions in each of the time blocks for a total of twenty sessions throughout the day. Learn more about Bmore Historic or read our introduction to unconferences. 

 

We hope to see you on September 23!

 

 

 

Announcing the Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project’s Inaugural Newsletter

Baltimore Heritage is delighted to have a guest blog post by Dr. Elgin Klugh, chair of the Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project, announcing the group’s inaugural newsletter! The Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project is dedicated to telling the untold history and fate of Baltimore’s first nonsectarian African American cemetery and the thousands of individuals buried there. Read more about it below! 

 

 

The Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project is excited to share with you the inaugural issue of the Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project, Inc. newsletter. This is the first issue of future quarterly newsletters where we will report research findings, recent activities, and provide biographical profiles and feature articles of interest about Baltimore’s historic Laurel Cemetery.

It is our hope that you will appreciate, feel enriched by, and support our work as we strive to honor the thousands of individuals buried at Laurel Cemetery. Please join us as we uncover the forgotten past of this historic sacred ground.

Additional information can be found on the project’s website.

Please contact rememberlaurelcemetery@yahoo.com with suggestions for articles, events, or news to include in future editions.

–Dr. Elgin Klugh

Click on this image to read the newsletter!

 

Preservation Work at Contee-Parago Park

In October 2020, Baltimore Heritage awarded Friends of Contee-Parago Park a $500 micro-grant to help them preserve the original dedication plaque installed in the park in 1971. Here’s an update from Jean Lee Cole of the Friends of Contee-Parago Park:

The sign was installed this morning by a wonderful team from the Serra Stone company, who also did the demolition of the wall and building of the new brick piers. It took a long time to locate this company and secure funding for the work. But it’s been completed! And the mini-grant from Baltimore Heritage helped keep the preservation of the original sign an important priority throughout the process. Members of both the Contee and Parago families have expressed their joy in seeing the plaque featured more prominently in the park, and Reese Culbreath, grandson of Edward Parago, selected the heart-shaped boulder onto which the plaque was installed and determined its placement. It was quite moving to be part of this restoration of history.

William Contee and Edward Parago

Come enjoy the park and help out at this upcoming event:

 

Thank you to the Friends of Contee-Parago Park for their important preservation work! For more information on Contee-Parago Park, check out our Five Minute Histories video:

 

2021 Thank You!

All of us at Baltimore Heritage want to say a sincere thank you to everybody who renewed their membership, joined for the first time, and donated an extra gift to help us meet our 2021 challenge match. Your gifts in 2021 helped us to meet our challenge match and will allow us to have an even bigger impact in Baltimore. Thank you for your confidence! 

What are we planning for 2022?  Here are a few highlights for how your gifts will help in the year ahead. 

Civil Rights Heritage in Baltimore Public Schools: In our continuing partnership with the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum, the Maryland Center for History and Culture, and the city schools’ humanities department, this winter we will help train teachers in a new Civil Rights curriculum for Baltimore City school kids to launch in the coming year.

In-Person Tours: This past year we began hosting outdoor in-person walking tours at Green Mount Cemetery. With any luck, this spring we will be able to return to much more robust tours and events including our annual spring historic neighborhoods Baltimore by Foot series and our Behind the Scenes series of wonderful historic buildings. Please stay tuned!

Virtual Programs: One thing we have learned again this year is that virtual programs like our Five Minute Histories Series and our Friday afternoon Virtual History Talks offer ways to connect that in-person programs just can’t. So, don’t worry, these and our other virtual programs are here to stay, and we’re ramping up for a full year of them in 2022.

 

2021 Supporters

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Abell Foundation *

Abrams, Lissa *

Adair, James

Adams, Joe *

Adams, Patricia

Adams, Rachel *

Adams, Virginia *

Adashek, Aimee *

Adrian, Jean Marie *

Agee, Anne

AGM Financial Services*

Akchin, Don*

Alexander, Judith

Alicia and Joe Corson

Allegreti-Freeman, Lucille*

Allen, Carol*

Allen, Deborah

Allison Weiss and Frederick Sisk

Alt, Patricia

Amador, Catherine*

Amy Bonitz and Addison Palmer*

Amy Davis and Robert Cronan

Amy Macht and George Grose

Anbinder, Robert

Anderson, Jane

Anderson, Pat*

Andrea and Roy Struble

Andreone, Tom

Andrew and Sharon Nickol*

Andrews, Anna

Andrews, Donna

Andrews, Patricia  *

Angela and Robert Pond

Ann and David Saunders

Anne and Hugh Coyle

Anne and Richard Swingle*

Anne and Tony South

Anne Raines and Eric Leland

Anozie, Lynda*

Anson, Melanie

Aquino, Karla

Aracil, Bonnie*

Architects, Penza Bailey

Arlene Forastiere and Gary Goldstein*

Armand and Kathleen Pulcinella*

Armbruster, Janet

Armold, Judith

Arnold, Richard

Arnold-Garza, Sara*

Arthur Gleckler and Kristine Kelly*

Ashby, Fay*

Ashcraft, Mary Ann

Audrey and John Rogers*

Ault, Donald*

Auni and Tim Gelles

Azola and Associates*

Azola, Anthony

Azola, Martin

Bahr, Raymond

Bailey, Lewis*

Bailliere, Anne*

Baisden, Ruth  *

Baker, Natalie*

Baker, Susan*

Ball, Madelyn

Ballou, Ken

Baltimore Community Foundation

Baltimore National Heritage Area

Barbara and Edward Panowitz

Barbara and Gerard St. Ours*

Barbara and Glenn Davis

Barbara and John McDaniel

Barbara and Patrick Francis

Barbara and Sandy Weeks*

Barbara Christen and David Luljak

Barbara Engelke and Richard White

Bari, Lisa*

Barnes, Christine*

Baroch, Dee*

Barrett, Michael*

Barroll, Page

Barry and Barbara Blumberg*

Barry, William*

Barsda, Jo Ann

Barton, Cary

Basch, Paul

Bath, Susan*

Baynes, Kevin

Beck, Gary

Becker, Maureen

Belfoure, Charles

Bell, Lenora*

Bendann, Lance

Bengali, Kathleen

Bennish, Michael

Bennish, Michael

Bennish, Michael

Beretta, Dante

Berglund, Richard*

Berman, Deborah*

Berman, Meg

Bernardi, Lynn*

Bernie Silverman and John Hartman*

Bernstein, Neil

Bershad, Jacqueline*

Betancourt, Isabel*

Beth and Chuck Bullamore

Beth Leaman and Dino Talamona

Bierman,  Babette

Bill Gilmore and Ted Frankel*

Bill Marker and Nan Tuckett

Bird, Betty*

Birkel, Bonnie*

Bissett, Wesley*

Black, Catharine

Blom, Kate*

Blonsley, Linda

Bob and Lynn Pellaton

Bobart, David

Bodian, Brenda*

Bohan, Deborah

Bomberger, Karen G

Bongiovani, Maryanne*

Borak, Mark*

Born, Carl*

Bosserman, Laura*

Bowen, Sarah

Bowers, Gary*

Bowers, Lee

Bowes, Arlene*

Bowie, Cindy*

Bowman Brown, Carolyn

Boyle, Ellsworth

Bradley, Bonnie*

Brady, Michael

Braman, Mary*

Brant, Joseph

Braun, Alexis

Brauneis, Robert

Braverman, Mara

Braymer, Nancy

brennan + company architects

Brennan, Alison

Brennan, Rob

Breslaw, Elaine

Brewer, Corey*

Brieger, William*

Briggs, Jo

Briggs, Patricia

Brigitte and Nicholas Fessenden*

Brinza, Patrick*

Brobst, Bonnie

Brockman, Suzanne

Broida, Michael*

Brooks, Susan*

Brower, Cynthia R*

Brown, Anna

Brown, Charlotte B*

Brown, David

Brown, Frona*

Brown, James

Brown, Jonathan*

Brown, Paul*

Brown, Rebecca*

Brown, Suzanne*

Brownell, Charles

Bruce and Suzanne Manger

Bruce Bauman and Elizabeth Halloran*

Buchbinder, Sharon*

Bucher, Ward*

Buckley, Marcia*

Buckley, Sean

Bunch, Robert

Burger, Jim*

Burke, Robert*

Burnett, Walter*

Buswell, Susan R.*

Butchers Hill Association*

Butler, Elise

Byrnes, John

Byrnes, Joseph

Byrnes, Patricia*

Cadigan, John

Cahill, Kathleen*

Callahan, Charles*

Campbell, Bettye

Campbell, Janet*

Cane, David

Caplan, Nancy

Caplan, Richard

Cardin, Deborah

Carel Hedlund and Len Fass

Carl and Carol Oppenheim*

Carl Roth and Karen Birdsong

Carl, Susan*

Carla Rosenthal and Alan Schwartz

Carlat, Louis*

Carol and Peter Holland

Carol and Tom Mariani

Carol Gilbert and Matt Arozian

Caroline and Peter Wayner

Carolyn and John Boitnott

Carroll, Jack*

Cassandra and Robert Black

Castronovo, Ingrid

Catherine Evans and David Goldstein

Catherine Heuer and Jeffrey Huber

Cathy Dryden and Dean Uhler

Catler, Susan*

Cavey, Rebecca

Celsy, Mylo

Chaitkin, Stuart*

Chalfant, Fred*

Chambliss, Deborah*

Chan, Thomas*

Chapin, David*

Charlene and Jay Simonds

Charles A. and Lois H. Miller Foundation

Charles and Diana Scott*

Charles and Lydia Duff*

Charles and Mary Meyer

Charles and Meredeth Wells*

Charles and Shirley Smith*

Charles and Susan Minor*

Charlotte and Charles Trainor *

Charrier, Jacqueline *

Chason, Patricia

Chenoweth, Sarah

Chenoweth, Sarah*

Chong, Sue Lin

Chris and Cynthia Whitaker

Chris Taylor and Thom Shipley*

Chrismer, Jim*

Christhilf, P. Raab

Christine and Christopher Myers*

Christoph, Erica*

Christopher Schisler and Robert Stimmel

Churchill, Robin*

Cindy and Tom Kelly

Citerone, Fay

Claiborne, Jonathan*

Clapp, Ann

Clark, Meredith*

Clark, Michele*

Clarke, Emily*

Clegg, Rae Ellen

Clemins, Karen

Cleva, Elise

Clifford, Brett

Clifton, Penny

Close, Craig

Clouse, Thomas*

Cogswell, Edwin

Cohen, Alan*

Cohen, Judy

Cohen, Pamela

Cole, Richard*

Coleman, Larry*

Colletta, Andrew

Collins, Holiday*

Compton, Matthew*

Conkwright, Terry

Connolly, Marion*

Connolly, Pamela

Connor, Joseph*

Cookingham, Linda

Cooper, Mary

Coreil-Allen, Graham

Corell, Calvin*

Cormeny, Nancy*

Costello, Robyn

Courtenay and Maurice Hoag

Cox, Carol*

Craig, Jill*

Craig, Sally

Cramer, Nancy*

Cramer, Paul

Craun, Margaret

Creamer, Gordon

Creamer, Kate

Creamer, Susan

Crew, Rebecca*

Cripps, Lynn

Cronin, Carol

Cross and Brenda O’Donovan

Cross, Charlotte

Cross-Barnet, Michael*

Crymes, Cathy

Culler, Karen*

Cullman, Nikken*

Cummings, Barbara*

Curtis, Barbara

D’Adamo, Margaret

Daddazio, Carol*

Dahl, Ann*

Daley, Margaret*

Dalsimer, Linda*

Daly, Vincent

Damie and Diane Stillman

Dan and Rene Pallace*

Danesie, Stephanie*

Daniel B. and Gina D. Hirschhorn

Danz Jr, John*

Darnell, Michael

Darryl and Mary Jurkiewicz

David and Bonnie Allan

David and Elizabeth Hancock

David and Jan Chapin

David and Jo Gadsby

David and Marilyn Warshawsky*

David and Mindy Hayes

David and Nancy Blois*

David Ditman and Denise Valancius-Ditman

Davis Nichols, Debbie

Davis, Jennifer*

Davis, Maureen*

Deardorff, Virginia

Deb and Jeff Chamblee

Deborah and Bernard Rabin

Deborah and Donald Scott

Deborah and Howard Berman

Deborah Diehl and Jonathan Claiborne

DeGroff, Marion*

Deibel, Carol

DeMarco, Sally*

Dembski, Mike

Demirjian, John

Demma, Rachel

Dendrinos, John

Denholm, Patricia

Denton, Heidi

Denzler, James

DeRosa, Susan

Derricks, Valerie

DeStefano, Jessie*

Deters, Philip*

Devlin, Thomas*

Di Prospero, Adriana

Diamond, Margaret*

Diana and Donald D’Agati

Diana and Larry Schramm

Dianne and Charles Feldman

Dibos, Paul*

Dickersin, Kay*

DiDonato, John*

Diebold, Julie*

Diffenderffer, R.B.*

DiLaura, Alice

Disharoon, Richard*

Disney, Elizabeth

Disney, Elizabeth*

Dissinger, Maureen

Diuguid, Lewis

Dobbs, Judy

Dobbyn, Angela*

Donald and Joanna Kann

Donohue, Carolyn

Donovan, Courtney*

Donovan, Sharon*

Dopkin, Michael

Dordai, Donna

Dorn, Patrick

Dorsey, Karin

Dorsey, Myrtle

Dorsey-Shaner, Laura*

Doug and Joan Campbell

Doug Kelso and Claudia Sennett*

Dougherty, Julie

Douglas, Todd

Dowling, Michael*

Downing, Shawn

Doyle, Judy

Dr. and Mrs. Allan Jensen

Dr. and Mrs. William Kreul

Dr. Thomas Smith and Dr. Joann Bodurtha*

Drake, Andrea*

Drexler, Sarah

Dru Schmidt-Perkins and Louis Perkins

Druckman, Dolph

Dube, Paula

Duncan and Maxine Hodge*

Dunsworth, Leslie*

Dusman, Dale

Duvall, Peter

Dyer, Dolly*

Dyer, Dolores*

E Mitchell, Kristen*

Eason, Nancy

Eberhart, Linda

Eckenstein, Dominik

Ed and Aviva Hord*

Ed and Christine Crawford

Ed and Jo Orser

Ed and Sue Dickey*

Eddy, John

Edenwald

Edward and Sallie Papenfuse

Eines, Ellie*

Eli Pousson and Dinah Winnick

Elizabeth and Gordon Bryson

Elizabeth Cusick and Geoffrey Himes*

Elliott, Clare

Elliott, Patricia

Engel, Jennifer

Eppler, Eric*

Eric and Esther Frey*

Escobosa, JoAnn

Espaillat, Nicole*

Ettinger, Susan

Everest, Robert*

Ewertz, Marjorie*

Exelon Foundation

Fava, Thomas

Feige, Donald

Feigelman, Susan

Felsten, Janet*

Fenton, Matthew*

Fernandes, Paula*

Festa, Jeannette*

Fickensher , Lisa*

Fifield, Rebecca*

Fink, Renee*

Finnerty, Carolyn

Fisher, Joan

Fishman, Sara

Fisk, Betsy

Fleishman, Ruth

Flood, Michael*

Florence and Francis Falatko*

Flottemesch, Barbara*

Flynn, Janice*

Foertsch, David

Fogelson, Laurence*

Forgach, John

Forster, Marjorie*

Foster, Linda

Fox, Jaclyn

Francis and Carolyn Knott*

Francis, Barbara

Fransen, Beverly

Franyo, Gigi*

Fraquelli, Dorothy*

Fred Shoken and Donna Beth Joy Schapiro

Frederick, Pamela

Freed, James*

Freedlander, Jonathan

French, Judith*

French, Julie*

Frenkil, Steven

Frideberg, Charlton*

Froide, Amy

Frost, Elisa

Fruman, Arnold

Fry, Jim

Fuhrmann, Sue

Fung, Phyllis*

Funkhouser, Rick*

Gaegler, Robert*

Galbreath, John*

Gall, Elizabeth

Galleher, Earl*

Galvez, Ginger

Gamper, Thomas

Gardiner-Ferretto, Mary Faith*

Garman, Allison*

Gary and Judith Floam

Gary Sachau and William Robertson

Gatchell, Richard*

Gavin, Barbara

Geist, John

Genovese, Lenora

George Lavdas and Jeremy Walston

Gernert, James

Gerr, Melissa*

Gessesse, Heywan

Gewanter, Ira

Gilbert, Teresa*

Giles, Ellen*

Gillett, John

Gillette, Susan*

Gilman-Forlini, Jackson

Gilpin, Richard

Gittings, Neil

Giulliano, Michael

Glassman, Molly

Glaze, Paige

GLB Concrete Construction*

Gleason, Bryan

Gleason, David*

Glenn and Susan Carey*

Glenn, Susan*

Goble Jr, James

Goerling, Rita

Gold, Amy*

Gold, Joe

Goldberg, Judith*

Goldman, Alice*

Goldstein, Shelley*

Gonzalez, A. J.

Gooch, Cheryl Renee*

Goodrich, Carolyn

Goody, Brigid

Gordon, Ann Clary*

Gordon, Lauren*

Gorman, Clare

Gossett, Anne*

Gottert, Leslie

Gould, Amy*

Gournay, Isabelle*

Graham, Julia*

Graves, Carole

Gray, Jefferson

Gray, la Verne

Green, Krista*

Green, Mary Jo*

Green, Virginia*

Greene, Jimell

Greene, Shelley

Greenstein, Ira

Greg Pease and Kelly Baumgartner*

Gregory Baranoski and Lucio Gama*

Grenzer, Jeanne

Griffin, Joyce

Guarda, Angela*

Guyer, Bernard

Fava, Thomas

Feige, Donald

Feigelman, Susan

Felsten, Janet*

Fenton, Matthew*

Fernandes, Paula*

Festa, Jeannette*

Fickensher, Lisa*

Fifield, Rebecca*

Fink, Renee*

Finnerty, Carolyn

Fisher, Joan

Fishman, Sara

Fisk, Betsy

Fleishman, Ruth

Flood, Michael*

Florence and Francis Falatko*

Flottemesch, Barbara*

Flynn, Janice*

Foertsch, David

Fogelson, Laurence*

Forgach, John

Forster, Marjorie*

Foster, Linda

Fox, Jaclyn

Francis and Carolyn Knott*

Francis, Barbara

Fransen, Beverly

Franyo, Gigi*

Fraquelli, Dorothy*

Fred Shoken and Donna Beth Joy Schapiro

Frederick, Pamela

Freed, James*

Freedlander, Jonathan

French, Judith*

French, Julie*

Frenkil, Steven

Frideberg, Charlton*

Froide, Amy

Frost, Elisa

Fruman, Arnold

Fry, Jim

Fuhrmann, Sue

Fung, Phyllis*

Funkhouser, Rick*

Gaegler, Robert*

Galbreath, John*

Gall, Elizabeth

Galleher, Earl*

Galvez, Ginger

Gamper, Thomas

Gardiner-Ferretto, Mary Faith*

Garman, Allison*

Gary and Judith Floam

Gary Sachau and William Robertson

Gatchell, Richard*

Gavin, Barbara

Geist, John

Genovese, Lenora

George Lavdas and Jeremy Walston

Gernert, James

Gerr, Melissa*

Gessesse, Heywan

Gewanter, Ira

Gilbert, Teresa*

Giles, Ellen*

Gillett, John

Gillette, Susan*

Gilman-Forlini, Jackson

Gilpin, Richard

Gittings, Neil

Giulliano, Michael

Glassman, Molly

Glaze, Paige

GLB Concrete Construction *

Gleason, Bryan

Gleason, David*

Glenn and Susan Carey*

Glenn, Susan*

Goble Jr, James

Goerling, Rita

Gold, Amy*

Gold, Joe

Goldberg, Judith*

Goldman, Alice*

Goldstein, Shelley*

Gonzalez, A. J.

Gooch, Cheryl Renee*

Goodrich, Carolyn

Goody, Brigid

Gordon, Ann Clary*

Gordon, Lauren*

Gorman, Clare

Gossett, Anne*

Gottert, Leslie

Gould, Amy*

Gournay, Isabelle*

Graham, Julia*

Graves, Carole

Gray, Jefferson

Gray, la Verne

Green, Krista*

Green, Mary Jo*

Green, Virginia*

Greene, Jimell

Greene, Shelley

Greenstein, Ira

Greg Pease and Kelly Baumgartner*

Gregory Baranoski and Lucio Gama*

Grenzer, Jeanne

Griffin, Joyce

Guarda, Angela*

Gunnar Fisher and Diana Curran

Guyer, Bernard

Hagan, Sheila

Hahn, Susan*

Haislip, Carol

Haley and Joel Kantziper

Hall, Carol*

Hallock, Frieda*

Haltiwanger, David

Haltzel, Jodi*

Hamaker, Jonathan

Hamilton, Susan

Hammid, Julia

Hancock, David*

Handley, Jacquelyn*

Hankey, Jean*

Hanly, Katherine

Hanson, Alan

Hardiman, Joseph*

Hardy, Bill*

Harenberg, Darlene*

Harman, Susan

Harold and Mary Graul

Harris, Nancy

Harrison, Katherine*

Harrison, Reed

Harrison, Sarah

Hartka, Janet

Hartka, M.J.

Hartke, Carol

Hassel, Lauren*

Hastings, Robert*

Hawes, Nina

Hawthorne, Patricia

Hayden, Paul

Hayes, Daniel*

Hearn, Katie*

Hedlund, Carel*

Hedlund, Linda*

Held, Kirsten

Helena Wright and Robert Vogel

Helinski, Maureen

Hellman, Elissa*

Hellwig, Louise*

Hemler, Unknown*

Heninger, Polly*

Henricksen Thompson, Susan

Henrietta and Christopher Keller

Henry and Sarah Lord

Henry Dugan and Caroline Griffin

Henry Kay and Beth Harber

Herbert, Randy*

Hessler, Charles

Hettchen, William

Hicks, Tanya*

Higgins, Sheri

Hilgenberg, John*

Hill, Martha*

Hillman, Richard*

Himmelrich Associates

Hinderberger, Peter

Hirtle, Peter*

Hobbs, Rodney

Hodges, Karen

Hoff, Robert

Hoffman, Steven

Hogan, Brenna*

Holdridge, Barbara

Hollie, Donna T.*

Hollifield, William

Holmes, Philip

HomeFinishers Handyman Services

Hope, Jenny

Hopper, Ethna

Horvath, Ann

Hossfeld, Jeffrey*

Houson, Judy

Howard, Daniel

Howell Baum and Madelyn Siegel*

Howell, Ann

Howison, Clarissa*

Howze, Warren*

Hubble, Paula*

Huber-Plano, Sharon*

Hughes, Elizabeth

Hull, Doris

Humphreys, Lesley

Hunter, David*

Hurt, Christine*

Hutchins, Stuart

Hutson, Harry

Isennock, Patricia

Israel, Jean

Jack and Byrd Wood

Jack and Cynthia Burkert

Jack, Eric*

Jackel, Stephanie

Jacklynn and John Krick*

Jackson, Joe*

Jacobson, Joan

Jacobson, Kurt

Jadie and Gregory Mayes

James and Deborah Pickett*

James and Shona Adleberg*

Jan Mooney and Kurt Schiller*

Jana Carey and Ben Yuhas

Jane and George Keller

Jane Polanka and Jim Peiffer*

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Janice and Richard Cox

Jarosinski, Kathleen*

Jason Shellenhamer and Lisa Kraus

Jeff and Brandy Tomhave

Jeff and Judith Gardner*

Jeff Murray and Vigdis Jacobsen

Jeffrey and Laura Penza

Jenkins, Carroll

Jenny and Steve Carson

Jensen, Robert

Jesse and Deborah Hellman

Jill and Miles Goodman

Jillson, Cynthia*

Jo and Bruce Van Wely

Joanne and James Baker*

Joe and Peggy Cronyn*

Johanson, Amy*

John and Donna Folkemer

John and Elizabeth Howard*

John and Joyce Maclay

John and Patricia Leith-Tetrault*

John and Sheila Scollan

John and Sue Talbott*

John Connolly and Abbott Bolte

John Kyle and Peter Satten*

John Massad and Pamela Tuma

John O’Hara and Carol Baumerich*

John Sondheim and Emily R. Greenberg

Johns, Sherri

Johns, Stephanie*

Johnson, Judith*

Jonas, Alex*

Jones, Carmen

Jones, Joan

Jones, Ken

Joseph and Margaret Schaefer

Joseph Schamp and Carol Newill

Josselyn, Michele*

Joust, Patrick

Joyce and Frank Margolis

Joyce and Stephen Oliner*

Judges, William*

Judith and Jeffrey Kremen*

Julie Canard and Jerry Murphy

Julie Marx and Jeff Thompson*

Julie Thorne and Mike Rynd

Jurkiewicz, Darryl*

Kafer, Madison

Kahan, Ann H.*

Kangas, Linda*

Kann, Donald*

Kaplan, Pamela

Karrs, Robert

Karzai, Helmand*

Kasoff, Donna

Kathleen and Michael Kotarba

Kathy Sabatier and Rick Funkhouser

Katsereles, Bill

Katz, Gregory*

Katz, Hannah*

Katzenberg, Roger & Liz*

Kauffman, Karen*

Kaufman , Rebekah

Kayne, Ilene*

Keating, Margie*

Keck, Maureen*

Keech, Sharon

Keehn, Robert

Kell, Amanda*

Keller Uy, Joyce*

Keller, Jane*

Kellermann, Mark

Kelley, Alice*

Kelly, Lee

Kelly, Miriam Winder*

Kelly-Washington, Lauren

Ken and Maureen Reightler

Kennedy, Nancy*

Kerr, Harriet*

Kesecker, Lisa

Kienlen, Joan

Kimbrel, Barbara

Kimel, Aileen*

King, Gregory

King, Nicole*

King, Raymond

Kingsley, Christopher*

Kinniff, Jenny*

Kirby, Patty*

Kirk, Raissa*

Klair, Dianne*

Klinefelter, Standard

Knepper, Randolph

Knight, Melvin

Knowles, Anne*

Knuppel, Ilka*

Kochanski, David

Koerber, Bryan

Kopp, Harry*

Koronowski, Edward*

Krafchik, Melissa

Kreeger, Joan

Krentz, Diane

Kretkowski, Christine*

Krogh, Marla*

Kuhl, Timothy*

Kunik, Joeanne*

Kuntz, Scott

Kurtz, Ralph  *

Kyler, Panelpha*

LaCombe, Philip

LaFave, Taylor

LaHatte, Bernard

Lamdin, David*

Landa, Edward*

LaRoche, David

Lasker, April*

Laura and Barrett Freedlander

Laurence Fogelson and Eileen Manchester

Lawrence, Joan

Layman, Eleanor*

Leahy, James

Leahy, James*

Lee and Kathy Watkins

Lee and Tina Sheller

Lee, Bethany

Leimbach, Bill*

Leimbach, Telfair

Leimkuhler, Urban

Lennon, Mary Beth*

Leslie and Bruce Greenwald

Lett, Ronald

Levering, Phoebe*

Levin Lapides, Suzanne*

Levin, Michael*

Levy, Harris

Lewand, Beth

Lewand, Robert

Lewis, Edward

Lewis, Eileen

Lewis, Stefanie*

Libby, Jean*

Liberto, Samuel*

Liebel, Tom*

Liebmann, George*

Lilly, Anne*

Lilly, Linda

Liming, Christine

Lin, Julianna*

Linda and Gary Heubeck*

Linda and John Butt

Linda and Roger Lark*

Lindberg, Iris

Lipinski, Marian

Lisa and Duncan Keir

Lisa Morgan and Timothy Goldsmith

Littlefield, Patricia

Lockwood, Ronald

Lois and Mike Mannes*

Long, Beverly*

Long, Margaret*

Louis and Mary Triandafilou

Lovett, Rachel

Low, Bernadette

Lubell, Paul

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Fire at the Sellers Mansion

Yesterday the Sellers Mansion in Lafayette Square had a fire inside. Built in 1868 just after Lafayette Square turned from a Civil War Union Army hospital base into a residential community, the mansion is listed as a Baltimore City historic landmark. It has anchored the Lafayette Square neighborhood for nearly 150 years as a private residence and as offices for community nonprofit organizations. And it has been vacant for over 20 years. See our Five Minute Histories video on the Sellers Mansion for more of its history!

 

We checked things out at the mansion this morning, and it appears the damage was contained to the interior and the roof. That’s the good news. The challenge is that the building is in severely poor shape and needed attention before the fire, and even more so now. As the Baltimore Sun reported this morning, it is owned by developer Ernst Valery and although the city approved redevelopment plans about two years ago, work has yet to begin.

 

We at Baltimore Heritage have been working to try to save the Sellers Mansion for nearly 25 years and remain committed to do everything we can to see this grand Second Empire building return to being an asset for the Lafayette Square neighborhood in West Baltimore. Scroll down to see photos taken this morning by Baltimore Heritage’s Executive Director Johns Hopkins.