He ended up with much more: a home that celebrates Baltimore and Black culture while exemplifying the principles of its former owner, Frederick Douglass. Lou Fields, president of the Baltimore African American Tourism Council of Maryland, has passed by the house thousands of times. ADADIn 1892 — three years before his death at his home in Anacostia — Douglass returned to Baltimore for a visit. The five homes of Douglass Row were listed on the National Register of Historic Places nearly a century later, in 1983. “Frederick Douglass talked about an economic agenda, and certainly Greg has taken that to task with preserving his house and breathing new life into it.”

Source: Washington Post August 17, 2020 13:05 UTC