"Arden," the Victor G. Bloede House, 110 Forest Avenue, Catonsville.
Built in 1924, this was the residence of one of Baltimore County's most accomplished inventors, Victor G. Bloede. He held more than 20 patents, including designs for aniline dyes and postage stamp glue. Bloede was also a civic leader, humanitarian, and philanthropist. The Bloede House was endorsed for protection by the Baltimore County Landmarks Preservation Commission, but left off of the Final Landmarks list voted on by the County Council. A planned unit development is proposed at the site.

Bare Hills, Falls Road area, northwestern Baltimore County.
Bare Hills is one of the oldest historic African-American communities in Baltimore County. In the 1820s, James Aquilla Scott, a blacksmith and wheelwright, moved to the area from St. Mary's County. He began buying property along the Falls Road Turnpike, as the route was then known, and settled there with his wife and 12 children. Today, neighborhood leaders are resisting development that threatens to transform one of the county's most significant African-American enclaves.

Helga Morrow, a resident of the community and a member of the Ruxton-Riderwood-Lake Roland Area Improvement Association recently stated: "Bare Hills remains a unique and richly historic neighborhood that has existed on this half-mile of Falls Road for more than 150 years. However, the community may now be at risk of losing some of its historical charm as old and abandoned homesteads fall into disrepair, the hodgepodge commercial center of Bare Hills expands in size and other areas are in the throes of major new rezoning initiatives."

Cockeysville Freight Station, Cockeysville.

Constructed in 1882 by Joshua Cockey III, the Cockeysville Freight Station allowed industrialists to send materials from local quarries and marble works to points north and south. The station is currently owned by the Maryland Transit Administration, which has not supported efforts to protect the building as a local historic landmark. Currently the "MTA has no plans for the building."

Lynch House, 1734 Lynch Road, Dundalk.
The Lynch family was critical to the early development of southeastern Baltimore County and the Patapsco Neck Roebuck Lynch immigrated to the area in the late 1600s, and William Lynch, born in 1715, probably lived in the small section of the current Lynch house with his family. During the 2008 rezoning process, there was an effort to designate this property for intense commercial development.

Photo courtesy of the Baltimore County Library Legacy Web Site

Pine Grove School, 4423 Old Harford Road, Cub Hill.
Constructed around 1865, this building served as the original schoolhouse for the Cub Hill community in northeastern Baltimore County. Although protected as a local historic landmark, the structure has been the target of vandalism in recent years. As well, the owner is unable to care for it and it has become overgrown with weeds. This would be a great community clean-up project.

Built around 1800, the Shaw-Bauer House is located off Back River in southeastern Baltimore County. This structure, a two-story, six-bay dwelling that was contemporary to the Battle of North Point, is on the County Landmarks List. The owner of the house has presented plans to rehabilitate this house into a Community Center for a development, but the process is not moving along at this time. It is in a state of disrepair.