Recovery in Community

1847 W. Lexington Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Owner:
Baltimore City Healthy Start
Lena Franklin, Executive Director, RIC
410-362-1400
Lena.franklin@recoveryincommunity.org

Architect:
RM Sovich Architecture

Contract Amount:
$771,000

Funding Sources:
Shelter and Transitional Facilities Grant Program (CDA); The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation; The Abell Foundation; Maryland Affordable Housing Trust; France Merrick Foundation; and the Harvey and Joseph Myerhoff Charitable Funds

Status:
Completed October 2007

Description
Gut rehabilitation of a historic row house to be used for transitional housing for women in recovery, and an adjacent carriage house that will serve as a community health center. The project scope included new construction of an enclosed stair tower on the south end of the building with a handicap lift.

Project Highlights
Construction of the addition required us to match the historic brick façade on the original building. We did this by hand cutting each brick horizontally. The transition between old and new is nearly seamless.