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Baltimore's Star-Spangled Trails

Discover the wonders of a great American city on Baltimore’s Star-Spangled Trails (www.starspangledtrails.org). Explore this system of guided and self-guided walking, biking, and driving routes to encounter inspiring stories of our nation’s heritage, set in the unique landscape of the Chesapeake’s largest city. Learn more by navigating this site, the links for the individual trails, or by picking up trail brochures at the Inner Harbor Visitor Center.

Request for Proposals for Thurgood Marshall’s Elementary School
(P.S. 103)

The Baltimore Heritage Area Association (BHAA) in the Office of the Mayor of the City of Baltimore invites proposals from qualified consultant teams to complete a survey, assessment, and plan for the re-use of former P.S.103 - the rehabilitation of Thurgood Marshall’s elementary school located at 1315 Division Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21217 in the Old West Baltimore National Register Historic District. Proposals are due in Room 204 of City Hall by 11am on Wednesday, November 5th. Click on Assessment & Plan for Thurgood Marshall’s Elementary School (P.S. 103) for the full request for proposals (RFP).

Built in 1877 and possessing a high degree of integrity, P.S. 103 was the elementary school attended by Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) from 1914-1920, his first six years of public school education. The school was for many years the most highly regarded elementary school for African American children in Baltimore. Owned by the City of Baltimore, the building will be rehabilitated for use as an educational and interpretive center on Marshall and Baltimore’s civil rights legacy.

Baltimore National Heritage Area

On April 12, 2007, Mayor Dixon submitted a National Heritage Area Feasibility Study for the Baltimore Heritage Area (BHA) to the National Park Service. National Heritage Area designation will bring new recognition and technical and financial benefits to the natural, historical and cultural resources of the BHA (see www.cr.nps.gov/heritageareas/). We are working with Maryland’s Congressional delegation on legislation to create a Baltimore National Heritage Area.

Management Action Plan and Update

In October 2001, the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority approved the BHA Management Action Plan, making the Baltimore City Heritage Area a Certified Maryland Heritage Area.  The Plan is made up of three sections:  Background, Recommendations & Actions, and Appendices.

On February 15, 2007, the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority approved the BHA Management Action Plan Update. The Update supplements the original Plan, and establishes revised boundaries, goals, objectives, actions and strategies. Please click Management Action Plan Update to view the Update.

Charles Street Byway Management Plan:


For more information please contact:
Katie Callahan Durcan
Charles Street Byways Manager for the Baltimore Heritage Area
Office of the Mayor
Phone: 443-984-3089
Email: katie.callahan-durcan@baltimorecity.gov


Feasibility Study for a Baltimore National Heritage Area
Mon. October 13, 2008

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