Catoctin Furnace Historical Society acquires African American Cemetery; Plans to Give to State Park
From the Frederick News Post: After seven years of fundraising and navigating bureaucratic processes, the historical society finally completed the purchase of the cemetery from a local family at the end of May and have announced that it will soon become part of Cunningham Falls State Park.
The process took a long time, Comer said, because the Historical Society needed to raise $150,000 for the purchase price, plus an additional $25,000 to $30,000 for the complicated process of subdividing the cemetery lot from another property.
The cemetery is on an overgrown, 2-acre hill tract sandwiched between U.S. 15 North and state park land that includes The Museum of the Ironworker and many other artifacts of the Catoctin Furnace, which produced iron products from 1776 through 1903.
In Station North, New Life for an Old Funeral Parlor
From the Baltimore Brew: Developer John Renner worked with Cross Street Partners on the Penn Station renovation a few blocks to the south. He says he’s always considered Station North a cool place, going back to his youth in the 1990s and the days of raves. The funeral parlor at 108 West North Avenue offered him a way to get involved as a developer with a keen interest in historic preservation.
Harriet Tubman gets a roadside historical marker on the Eastern Shore
From the Baltimore Banner: Marylanders have yet another way to learn about and celebrate the legacy of Harriet Tubman. Gov. Wes Moore, along with relatives of Tubman, unveiled a new roadside historical marker celebrating the abolitionist’s life and marking her birthplace. The sign, outside the Woolford General Store in Dorchester County, is about 3 miles from where Tubman was born.