Baltimore Heritage

Boasting magnificent porches, high ceilings, and signature stonework, the 1856 Orianda House stood at the center of the extensive estate of Thomas Winans and his French-Russian wife Celeste Louise Revillon. Winans, chief engineer of the Russian Railway between Moscow and St. Petersburg, built this summer home on a hundred acres of land at the western edge of Baltimore. Please join us, our hosts from the nonprofit Outward Bound that leases the building, and Mr. Rick Smith, director of the Friends of Orianda House, on a tour of this grand mid-19th century summer home.