Preservation Maryland Conference
Last week, I had an opportunity to attend the annual Preservation Maryland conference, as it was hosted here in Baltimore. I’ve attended once before a few years ago, and while it’s a little different in focus and scope than what we do at the Museum, I find it to be relevant and fascinating. This year, I had the opportunity to tour some of Baltimore’s historic churches (including one with a link to Lloyd Street Synagogue), participate in a workshop on documenting and recording historic structures, listen to a case study of African-American archaeology, and attend a workshop on preserving cemeteries.
It even opened in 1845 – the same year as LSS! Not only that, but St. John the Baptist, the Lithuanian parish that occupied LSS from 1889 – 1905, moved to St. Alphonsus in the 1910s. I couldn’t get over how different the building was from ours. Whereas LSS is Greek Revival in architectural style, this is truly German Neo-Gothic at its finest. Such opulence.
I’ll post more later today or tomorrow.