Three historic carriage houses in Mount Vernon were spared from partial demolition today, when Baltimore’s preservation commission turned down a developer’s plan to construct a six-story apartment building behind their front façades.
Baltimore’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation voted 8 to 1 to overrule its own staff’s recommendation and disapprove of developer Howard Chambers’ concept plan to build a 65-unit, $9 million apartment building at 1014 to 1020 Morton St.
Chambers proposed to keep the first 15 feet of each carriage house and build a new structure behind them. He also proposed preserving the entire carriage house at 1012 Morton St.
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