Baltimore City designates 12 buildings as landmarks

(Sun) - The former home of the company that invented the Ouija board, the estate of the first headmaster of Calvert School and one of the city's last Masonic Temples are among 12 buildings that have joined Baltimore's official landmark list. Marking May as Preservation Month, Mayor Sheila Dixon signed legislation on Wednesday adding the buildings to the landmark list and to open an exhibit about the newest landmarks in the North Gallery of City Hall. The additions bring to 153 the number of buildings that have city landmark designation, a status that helps protect them from demolition or defacement. Continued

Photo: St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church and Hall