PROJECT SUMMARY
The goal of the Baltimore Heritage/Maryland State Archives research project was to identify historically African American neighborhoods in Baltimore and to locate existing structures significant to the city's black heritage. The research began with an examination of historical records that relate to the city's African American past. This document-based approach focused on the lives of United States Colored Troops veterans who lived in Baltimore, and on the participants in the 1870 parade celebrating the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. These topics provided focused "windows of access" into a vast array of historical documents. The project relied on biographical research to locate the homes, churches, businesses, and meeting places of people related to the USCT veterans and to the parade.
The project uncovered invaluable information concerning Baltimore's nineteenth century African American community. Through innovative approaches to the study of historical sites, the research team discovered and documented many places of significance to African American's history. The researchers discovered dozens of sites, several of which still stand, but many more of which were lost in the Great Fire, to "urban renewal," or to the ravages of time. Sometimes, as in the case of the home of Isaac Myers or the Laurel Cemetery, the story of what is no longer standing is as important as what remains. By far, the most significant find was the history of 210 East Lexington Street.
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