Ship Caulkers Timeline

The Fell’s Point Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, one of the earliest residential districts in the country. The houses at 612-614 S Wolfe Street contribute to the significance of the District.

The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point, Inc. (the “Preservation Society”) acquires title to the Ship Caulkers Houses, then known as The Two Sisters Houses, from Fell’s Point Museum and Cultural Programs, Inc.

$35,000 grant awarded for the immediate stabilization, debris clearing, bracing and weatherization of the Houses by the Maryland Historical Trust.

Archaeological Investigation of the Cultural Resources Associated with the Two Sisters Houses Site by Esther Doyle Read completed.

Preservation Society delegates to the Friends of 612-614 S. Wolfe Street (the “Friends Group”) the responsibility to preserve and restore the Houses, as well as establish a long-term sustainable plan for the operation of the Houses.

Archaeological Investigation for the Proposed Stabilization of the Caulkers’ Houses completed by the Herring Run Archaeological Project.

Stabilization in connection with the restoration and rehabilitation of the Houses begins.

$200,000 Legislative Bond Initiative awarded for the stabilization and restoration of the Houses by the Maryland General Assembly.

Structural stabilization of the Houses complete.

Restoration of the exterior of the Houses begins.

Friends Group awarded the 2023 Baltimore Heritage Preservation Award.

Friends Group awarded the 2023 Preservation Award by Maryland Historical Trust.

Friends Group offers its first architecture tour, Traces of the Past: Uncovering the Architecture of the Ship Caulkers’ Houses.

Homewood Museum 2025 Architectural Lecture presented by the Friends Group: Restoring Fell’s Point’s Ship Caulkers’ Houses.