They’re the ultimate fixer-uppers. They have no electricity or running water. Even worse, there’s no off-street parking and no roof decks with harbor views. And they’re more than 200 years old.

Last weekend, a Who’s Who of local preservationists gathered in Fells Point to figure out how to preserve and maintain two of the last surviving wooden houses in the city, buildings with strong ties to African-American labor history in Baltimore.

“Though very small, they have a lot of history,” said architect David Gleason, one of the preservationists working to save the houses. If preserved, “this will help complete the story of the growth and development of the neighborhood.”

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