The Motor House
The building at 120 W. North Avenue in Baltimore City began as the Eastwick Motor Company, Ford sales and service, in 1914 and later evolved into Lombard Office Furniture. Continue reading
120 W. North Avenue
Historic Preservation
Protecting Historic Structures from Natural Hazards and Climate Change
By Jen Sparenberg, Maryland Historical Trust
The Maryland Historical Trust’s Cultural Resources Hazard Mitigation Planning Program is here to assist local governments in integrating important historic places into hazard mitigation plans and planning activities. The program provides technical assistance on a variety of topics related to floodplain management, hazard mitigation planning and actions, disaster response and recovery, and climate change. Continue reading
The Two Sisters’ Houses: A tangible link to Baltimore’s African American labor history
By Tyler Anthony Smith
The author graduated from Warren Wilson College with a bachelor’s degree in history and studio art in 2010. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Maryland College Park and working for Dell Corporation as an Assistant Preservation Technician. He can be reached at tyleranthonysmith@gmail.com.
The “Two Sisters Houses” at 612-614 S. Wolfe Street in Fell’s Point
Have you ever noticed two small, 218-year-old, wood-sided houses on South Wolfe Street in Baltimore’s Fell’s Point? The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point owns these buildings, often referred to as the “Two Sisters,” which likely date to 1797 – the same year that the U.S. Frigate Constellation was built in a Fell’s Point ship yard. Originally part of a building with four identical units, the remaining ”Two Sisters” each stand just twelve feet wide and fifteen feet deep, with…
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Incentivizing Local Reinvestment and Community Revitalization
The 2015 Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Awards
Taylor’s Furniture Store
Designed to make reinvestment easier and bring new life to threatened historic structures, the Sustainable Communities Tax Credit has played a pivotal role in incentivizing private investment in the restoration of Maryland’s historic resources. By rehabilitating historic properties, the program spurs job growth, improves property values and encourages reinvestment of properties, commercial districts and neighborhoods into places where people want to live and entrepreneurs want to do business. Continue reading
