2019 Preservation Awards Celebration at Hoen & Co. Lithograph Building
2019-06-13 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Hoen & Co. Lithograph, 2101 East Biddle Street, Baltimore, MD, 21213, United States
Please join Baltimore Heritage for our 2019 Preservation Awards Celebration on Thursday, June 13, 2019 at the Hoen & Co. Lithograph building. We’re thrilled to get to see this 117 year old building that once printed everything from survey maps to psychedelic album covers as it is being transformed into new space for Strong City Baltimore. We’ll have loads of food from Blue Pit BBQ, including their fantastic vegetarian barbecue, and lots to drink as we congratulate this year’s award winners.
Doors open with food and drink at 5:30 p.m. and the awards presentation will take place between 6:30 and 7:15 p.m.
For more information, contact Baltimore Heritage director Johns W. Hopkins at 410-332-9992 or hopkins@baltimoreheritage.org.
Thank you to our event sponsors:
Lead Sponsors

Agora, Inc.
Eastend Design Group
Freedom Car
GLB Concrete
Lewis Contractors
PNC
Southway Builders
Whiting Turner Contracting Company
Zeskind’s Hardware & Millwork

Sponsors

AGM Financial Services
Brennan and Company Architects
Discern Health
Gant Brunnett Architects
GWWO Architects
Roland Park Place
SM+P Architects
Southway Builders
Terra Nova Ventures
Ziger/Snead

Mount Vernon Place and the Washington Monument: Monumental City Tour
2019-06-16 09:30 - 10:30, 2019-08-18 09:30 - 10:30, 2019-09-15 09:30 - 10:30 | Washington Monument (South Entrance), 699 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Mount Vernon began as a country estate for Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard and grew to be the place to live for Baltimore’s rich and famous in the mid-nineteenth century. The Garrett family, owners of the B&O Railroad, the Walters, founders of the Walters Art Museum, and the Thomases, owners of Mercantile Bank, are among the families that built handsome mansions along the four parks that surround the Washington Monument. The recent renovations to the two-hundred-year-old Washington Monument are the latest news from the revival of this historic neighborhood over the last decade.
Join us on a tour to hear the stories behind the Washington Monument and see the landmarks of Baltimore’s grandest historic neighborhood. If you are able, you can climb the Monument’s stairs for a birds-eye view of central Baltimore! Space inside the monument is limited. Each tour is capped at fifteen people and we’ll meet at the south entrance of the monument.
Our Monumental City tours are guided walks exploring iconic Baltimore landmarks in Downtown, Jonestown, Federal Hill and Mount Vernon the first four Sundays of the month from April through November, except holiday weekends. Our Washington Monument tour is organized in partnership with the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy.

Lecture: Uncovering Baltimore’s LGBTQ+ History
2019-06-17 18:30 - 19:30 | Enoch Pratt Free Library – Roland Park Branch, 5108 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
Researcher Benjamin Egerman presents stories of LGBTQ+ life and culture in Baltimore’s past and present uncovered while working with Preservation Maryland.
Preservation Maryland is leading a collaborative of academic, municipal, and community stakeholders in a statewide strategy to document and include the important and lasting contributions of Maryland’s LGBTQ community and the places associated with their lives with new and updated nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. Learn more about Preservation Maryland’s work on Discovering LGBTQ History.

Federal Hill Beyond the Views: Monumental City Tour
2019-06-23 09:30 - 10:30, 2019-07-28 09:30 - 10:30, 2019-08-25 09:30 - 10:30, 2019-09-22 09:30 - 10:30 | Federal Hill Park (Southwest Corner), 301 Warren Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
Baltimoreans celebrated atop Federal Hill when we ratified the U.S. Constitution. We fortified the hill to defend the city from the British in the War of 1812 and to make sure we stayed in the Union in the Civil War. We have even tunnelled under it! Join us on a tour of Federal Hill and the surrounding neighborhood to learn about this waterfront community’s rich history, including stops at one of the last wooden houses in the city, the oldest house in Federal Hill, and the wonderful alley houses along Churchill Street.
Our Monumental City tours are guided walks exploring iconic Baltimore landmarks in Downtown, Jonestown, Mount Vernon and Federal Hill on the first four Sundays of each month from April through November, except holiday weekends.

Jones Falls Historic Sites of Industry Bike Tour
2019-06-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Roosevelt Park, W. 36th Street and Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21211, United States
Join the Greater Hampden Heritage Area and Preservation Maryland for a bike tour of historic factories along the Jones Falls. The tour will stop at sites included in the Jones Falls Historic Wayfinding Signage Project that tell the story of the industrial history of the Jones Falls and the lives of its workers, from the early 19th century to the present day.
Registration and tour logistics are being handled by the Greater Hampden Heritage Alliance.
Click here for more information and to register.

Request for Proposals: Waverly Town Hall (3100 Greenmount Avenue)
2019-06-24 | Waverly Town Hall, 3100 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States
Baltimore Community 4, LLC is issuing a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for 3100 Greenmount Avenue in Baltimore. This property is located in the Abell neighborhood, in the Waverly Main Street district.
The RFP, including a full description of the opportunity, the neighborhood, and dates for a property tour are included on the Central Baltimore Future Fund’s website. All interested parties are requested to register online to receive the RFP and future announcements about this opportunity.
Interested parties must submit a request for information by June 24, 2019 for proposals to be considered.

Transform Lexington Market: Town Hall Meeting
2019-06-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Lexington Market (Paca St Entrance), Paca Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Town Hall Meeting #1 – Wednesday, June 26th from 6-7:30pm at Lexington Market
Join us for a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the redevelopment of Lexington Market. You will have the opportunity to hear from the redevelopment team, discuss your experiences at the market, and share your perspective on what you would like to see in the new market. Food will be provided and childcare will be available onsite. RSVP here
Town Hall Meeting #2 – Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 from 6-7:30pm at Lexington Market
Transform Lexington Survey
Hey, maybe you don’t want to join us in person, but you still have an opinion about the transformation of Lexington Market. That’s cool; we’d still love to hear from you.
Click here to take our survey. (This should take you about 10-15 minutes).

Stonewall Uprising Turns 50: Celebrating LGBTQ Heritage in Mt. Vernon
2019-06-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Waxter Center, 1000 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a well-known gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village. In response, the city’s LGBT community rose up in protest in what became a critical turning point in the nation’s struggle for LGBT rights.
50 years to the day later, we are partnering with Preservation Maryland to celebrate the Stonewall Inn Uprising with a walking tour exploring Baltimore’s own LGBT milestones. In our walk through Mount Vernon, we’ll learn about pioneering lesbian women who helped shape Baltimore’s educational institutions, medical professionals who were on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic, and residents who founded Baltimore’s first black LGBT church. Our tour will be led by volunteer sleuths and historians Louis Hughes, Richard Oloizia, Shirley Parry, and Kate Drabinski.
We will end the tour at the bar & restaurant Flavor to celebrate the pioneers at the Stonewall Inn and our own Baltimore pioneers. You bring the conversation and we will pick up the tab for appetizers!
This tour is part of a two-part LGBT heritage program made possible by funding from PNC and supported in part by Preservation Maryland and the Maryland Historical Trust. Join us on October 12, 2019 for the second tour in the series to celebrate National Coming Out Day in Charles Village.

Historic Jonestown and the Shot Tower: Monumental City Tour
2019-07-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2019-08-11 10:00 - 11:00, 2019-09-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Carroll Mansion, 800 Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Anchored by the Phoenix Shot Tower, Historic Jonestown is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city and includes often overlooked landmarks. In addition to going inside the Shot Tower, on this tour you’ll learn about the city’s oldest religious building (Friends Meeting House) and the third oldest synagogue in the country (Lloyd Street Synagogue), and the longest-lived signer of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll. The Shot Tower, the tallest structure in the United States until 1846, stands out in Baltimore’s skyline as a reminder of our early industrial heritage and is a must-see for visitors and locals alike!
Our Monumental City tours are guided walks exploring iconic Baltimore landmarks in Downtown, Jonestown, Mount Vernon and Federal Hill on the first four Sundays of every month, excluding holiday weekends. Our Jonestown tour is organized in partnership with Carroll Museums, Inc.

Request for Proposals: Howard and Fayette Street Properties
2019-07-19 | Baltimore Development Corporation, 36 S. Charles Street, Suite 1600, Baltimore, MD, 21201-3015, United States
The Baltimore Development Corporation has released a Request for Proposals for properties at Howard and Fayette Streets in the Market Center National Register Historic District and the Five and Dime Baltimore City Historic District. Download the RFP on the Baltimore Development Corporation website.
The dates and times for pre-proposal conference for these properties are Friday, April 5 at 12:00 p.m. and Friday, May 3 at 12:00 p.m. (group should meet at 206 W. Fayette Street).

Request for Proposals: Lexington and Howard Street Properties
2019-07-19 | Baltimore Development Corporation, 36 S. Charles Street, Suite 1600, Baltimore, MD, 21201-3015, United States
The Baltimore Development Corporation has released a Request for Proposals for properties at Lexington and Howard Streets in the Market Center National Register Historic District and the Five and Dime Baltimore City Historic District. Download the RFP on the Baltimore Development Corporation website.
The dates and times for pre-proposal conference for these properties are Lexington and Howard on Friday, April 5 at 10:00 a.m. and Friday, May 3 at 10:00 a.m. (group should meet at 201 W. Lexington Street).

Mount Vernon Place and the Washington Monument: Monumental City Tour
2019-07-21 09:30 - 10:30 | Washington Monument (South Entrance), 699 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
TOUR CANCELED DUE TO CODE RED HEAT ALERT.
Mount Vernon began as a country estate for Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard and grew to be the place to live for Baltimore’s rich and famous in the mid-nineteenth century. The Garrett family, owners of the B&O Railroad, the Walters, founders of the Walters Art Museum, and the Thomases, owners of Mercantile Bank, are among the families that built handsome mansions along the four parks that surround the Washington Monument. The recent renovations to the two-hundred-year-old Washington Monument are the latest news from the revival of this historic neighborhood over the last decade. Join us on a tour to hear the stories behind the Washington Monument and see the landmarks of Baltimore’s grandest historic neighborhood. If you are able, you can climb the Monument’s stairs for a birds-eye view of central Baltimore! Space inside the monument is limited. Each tour is capped at fifteen people and we’ll meet at the south entrance of the monument.
Our Monumental City tours are guided walks exploring iconic Baltimore landmarks in Downtown, Jonestown, Federal Hill and Mount Vernon the first four Sundays of the month from April through November, except holiday weekends. Our Washington Monument tour is organized in partnership with the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy.

Request for Proposals: Development Opportunities in Upton, Coldspring and Waverly
2019-07-23 | Department of Housing & Community Development, 417 E. Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Note: The deadline for all four RFPs has been extended from Thursday, June 20 to Tuesday, July 23, 2019.
The Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) issued its Spring Requests for Proposals (RFPs) this week offering key sites for future development in the neighborhoods of Upton, Coldspring and Waverly.
The multiple RFPs are seeking redevelopment plans for the following sites:

4701 Yellowwood Road (14,924 square feet of developable space on 3.69 acres of land) – formerly the Mercantile Building and previously used by the Waldorf High School, this site is in the Coldspring neighborhood and is nearly four acres of greenspace, including a pool, tennis courts and parking.
1315 Division Street (14,000 square feet of developable space on a lot of more than 30,000 square feet) – formerly the Henry Highland Garnet School (PS 103), this site is in the Upton neighborhood in the Old West Baltimore National Register Historic District and is a Baltimore City Landmark. Many prominent African American’s attended the school, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall.
811 W. Lanvale Street (10,000 square feet of developable space on lot size of more than 35,000 square feet) – formerly the Upton Mansion, this historic treasure in the Upton neighborhood has an amazing view of downtown and encompasses 43,680 square feet. Registered as a local landmark and located within the Old West Baltimore National Register Historic District.
707 E. 34th Street (40,000 Square feet of developable space on almost one acre of land) – Located in the Waverly neighborhood, this site is available for development because of the new Waverly Elementary-Middle School opening in 2014.

Old Line State Summit
2019-07-24 08:30 - 17:30 | Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll Street, Baltimore, MD, 21701, United States
Preservation Maryland will convene Maryland’s statewide historic preservation and smart growth conference, the Old Line State Summit, in Frederick on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.
This full-day event is for anyone who is committed to protecting the places that make Maryland special and those who want to know more about how to use new tools, grow effective collaborations, and hone their preservation skills. Attendees and speakers for this one-day conference range from planners, architects, Main Street professionals, museum volunteers and staff, students, businesses, and more.
SESSION TOPICS
Topics will include placemaking, smart growth advocacy, augmented and virtual reality technologies at historic sites, real estate development, cemetery and architectural documentation, Latinx history and outreach, climate change, and a tour of Frederick’s architecture.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jim Lindberg, Vice President of Research and Policy for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will discuss the ways the goals of preservation are interconnected with those of advocates for issues like the environment, community health, and equitable development. Research across these various fields demonstrates the need to build new rules and unwind entrenched thinking on building communities. The aim to create places that are greener, healthier, and more equitable applies to urban and rural communities alike.
REGISTRATION
Students: $35
Preservation Maryland Members: $60
Rural Maryland Residents: $60
General: $75
Thanks to the generous support of the Rural Maryland Council residents of Maryland’s eighteen rural counties receive discounted registration. Eligible counties: Allegany, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, St. Mary’s, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico and Worcester.
SPONSORS & PARTNERS
Middendorf Foundation
Rural Maryland Council
Smart Growth Maryland
Visit Frederick
Learn more about exciting sponsorship opportunities by contacting Director of Development, Doug Harbit at 410-685-2886, x307 or dharbit@presmd.org.

How Sweet It Is: Rheb’s Candies at 101
2019-07-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Rheb’s Candies, 3352 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21229, United States
Newlyweds Louis and Esther Rheb moved into their new home at 3352 Wilkens Avenue in 1917 and a year later, Louis started making candy. With batches of taffies, fudges and jellies, Rheb’s Candies was born 101 years ago. Twice a week back then, Esther would head off to Hollins Market and Louis to Belair Market to sell their sweets. By the 1930s, the couple also opened a stall at Lexington Market. But twice a week at the markets was not enough for Baltimore, and many people showed up at the Rhebs’ doorstep to snatch up the candy before it literally left their house.
In 1950, the Rhebs converted a garage into a shop, keeping the first floor of their house as the production facility. Not much has changed today, including the house-garage set-up and the delicious hand dipped chocolate and other goodies. Please join us and the fourth generation of Rheb family members on a tour of one of Baltimore’s legacy family businesses.

The Downtown You Never Knew Walking Tour
2019-07-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Edward A. Garmatz Federal Courthouse Plaza, 101 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Did you know that the Continental Congress met in downtown Baltimore? Or that Abraham Lincoln just barely escaped an assisination attempt there? Or that German agents plotted sabotage on Charles Street during World War I? Downtown has layers and layers of history! Please join us and our tour guide, Mr. Jefferson Gray, as we explore downtown Baltimore from its earliest days through the Civil War, the labor unrest of the Gilded Age, the Great Fire of 1904 and the Civil Rights Movement. We’ll take in some great architecture, spot the filming sites of various movies, and of course learn a good bit about Baltimore’s history.
Our Baltimore Behind the Scenes Tours program has been funded by Mayor Jack Young and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

Learn Your History, Mr. President: A Free Civil Rights History Walking Tour
2019-08-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Lexington Market (Paca St Entrance), Paca Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
In a series of hate-filled tweets over the last several days, the President of the United States disparaged Congressman Elija Cummings and everybody who lives in Baltimore. In addition to a multitude of things the President got wrong, he demonstrated a profound lack of understanding of American history, in particular our history of racism, discrimination, and the Civil Rights struggle for equal rights.
What is a non-profit organization that has been dedicated to Baltimore for nearly 60 years to do? We can’t change the President, but we can help share the history of incredible Baltimoreans who stood up and changed the course of history in our city and our country. Please join Baltimore Heritage director Johns Hopkins for a free walking tour of Market Center focusing on Baltimore’s Civil Rights history and how it remains critically relevant today. The tour will run from 11:00 am to noon. Immediately after the tour, all are invited to buy lunch on your own at Lexington Market and continue discussing Civil Rights in Baltimore and America. The tour is free and no registration is necessary.

Downtown Landmarks and Lions: Monumental City Tour
2019-08-04 09:30 - 10:30 | Hollywood Diner (at the Baltimore Farmer’s Market), 400 East Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Where can you find a piece of the Berlin Wall, a cannon ball mounted on a Conestoga wagon hitch, and over a hundred lions looking down at you from the tops of Baltimore’s buildings? On our Downtown Landmarks and Lions tour, of course! In this leisurely stroll—we cover a little over a mile in a little over an hour—you’ll see and hear the highlights of downtown Baltimore’s history and architecture. Best of all, you’ll discover where all the noble lions, hellish fiends, and neo-Egyptian sphinxes are hiding—the trick is in looking up! If you are Baltimore born-and-raised or a visitor from out-of-town, you don’t want to miss this Monumental City walking tour!
Our Monumental City tours are guided walks exploring iconic Baltimore landmarks in Downtown, Jonestown, Mount Vernon and Federal Hill the first four Sundays of each month from April through November, except holiday weekends.

Baltimore’s Industrial Roots: A Tour of the Parker Metal Decorating Company Building
2019-08-12 17:30 - 18:30 | The Parker Metal Building, 333 West Ostend Street, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
Founded in 1919 by Edwin Augusts Parker, the Parker Metal Decorating Company specialized in metal lithography: printing designs directly onto metal sheets. Edwin came to Baltimore from New York to join the growing number of lithographers located near the harbor. Among other things, he invented a process that allowed lithographers to use more precise dimpled metal sheets (rather than the standard stone) to hold ink during the printing process. With more than a little success, Parker’s stamped metal sheets went on to be made into tin food cans that were streaming out of Baltimore’s canneries at the time, as well as other products like wastebaskets and advertising signs. The company also had plants in New York, Cleveland, Chicago and Toronto that similarly turned out stamped metal products for things like candy tins and matching kitchen storage containers.
Parker moved into the building on West Ostend Street in 1921, and produced the cans for Twinings Tea and Old Bay Seasonings from here. The firm continued until a larger metal stamping company, U.S. Can, entered the specialty lithography market and undercut its prices. The Baltimore plant and the company closed in 1994. Today, Himmelrich Associates has turned the former metal lithography plant into funky offices and event spaces that retain the building’s manufacturing history. Please join us and Mr. Sam Himmelrich, the building’s owner and redeveloper, to see and learn a little about Baltimore’s industrial past through this great adaptive reuse project.
Our Baltimore Behind the Scenes Tours program has been funded by Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

Factory Tour of Fashions Unlimited: A Renaissance in Baltimore’s Garment Industry
2019-09-13 08:30 - 09:30 | Fashions Unlimited, 1100 Wicomico Street, Ste. 515, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
In response to the strong interest in our tour of Fashions Unlimited last year, we are repeating a tour of this Baltimore garment factory in action. Since its founding in 1976, Fashions Unlimited has been manufacturing clothing from its South Baltimore factory and is going as strongly today as ever. With sewing machines and a skilled workforce of designers, cutters, and sewers, it produces a range of products from bathing suits for start-up businesses to sportswear for Fila, Nike, and Champion. The company even makes jackets for Mt. Everest climbers and high-tech jerseys for European soccer leagues so that coaches can monitor everything in real time from a player’s heartbeat to her waning acceleration in the second half of the game.
Please join us and company founder Phil Spector on a tour of the Fashions Unlimited factory in action and learn how “Made in the USA” is happening here in Baltimore. (P.S., Our tour is indeed at 8:30 am. The factory is in production from 6:30 am until 2:30 p.m. and we wanted to do our tour when it is in full swing.)
Our Behind the Scenes Tours are made possible by a grant from Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

Catacombs, 100-Year Vendors and History at Lexington Market
2019-09-14 10:30 - 11:30 | Faidley’s Seafood (Entrance), 203 N. Paca Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Begun in the early 1800s on land donated by John Eager Howard, Baltimore’s iconic Lexington Market holds the title as the oldest market in America. Ralph Waldo Emerson also dubbed it “the gastronomic capital of the world.”
During the tour, we will visit Faidley’s, Berger’s, Konstant’s Candy, and other vendors that have been in their stall for a century or more. We will also explore the catacombs under the marketplace. Rediscovered in 1951 during the construction of a parking garage, the origins of these tunnels and vaults are mysterious. Were they used for cold storage before refrigeration? Did they house distilleries during Prohibition? We may not get the definitive answer, but we’ll at least get a first-hand look at these spaces that are normally closed to the public.
Be sure to bring your canvas bags to do some quintessential Baltimore shopping afterward. And while 10:30 am may seem early for a Saturday morning, at least we’re not lining up when the historic starting bell would ring in the new market day at 2:00 am!

Rowhouses Near and Far: Historian Charlie Duff on his New Book “The North Atlantic Cities”
2019-09-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Engineers Club / Garrett Jacobs Mansion, 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
What do Amsterdam, London, Dublin, and Baltimore have in common? They are part of the great family of the world’s rowhouse cities, of course! Join historian Charlie Duff for an exploration of these and other row house cities and the debut of his newly released book, The North Atlantic Cities. If you’ve ever wondered why we have so many rowhouses in Baltimore as compared to pretty much nearly everywhere else, what it means to organize your city around them, or what led Baltimoreans two hundred years ago to start the ball rolling down this rowhouse path, this talk is for you. Mr. Duff will have copies of his book to purchase.
This talk is a partnership between Baltimore Heritage and the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion. This program and our speaker series have been funded by Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

Bmore Historic 2019
2019-09-27 09:00 - 16:00 | Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
Save the date! Bmore Historic 2019 will take place at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Highway on Friday, September 27, 2019. Registration will open this summer.
Special thanks to our 2019 sponsors: the Dresher Center for the Humanities at UMBC and the Orser Center for the Study of Place, Community & Culture.
What is Bmore Historic?
Bmore Historic is a participant-led unconference for scholars, students, professionals and volunteers who care about public history, historic preservation and cultural heritage in the Baltimore region. Bmore Historic is an opportunity to connect with local historians, humanities scholars, preservation advocates, museum professionals, archivists, and anyone interested in exploring the vital intersections between people, places and the past in Baltimore and Maryland. We’re bringing people together and you set the agenda.
