Get a rare look inside the Parker Studio (of P Brad Parker) - an 1895 Marble Facade Townhouse in Harlem Park.

1115 W. Lanvale St. is a fine 1896 townhouse designed in a Sächsische, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen Revival-Romanesque style, mixed with Jugendstil, and German Classical style encountered in eastern German cities including Dresden, Altenburg, Halle, and Leipzig. Architect John E. Laferty also designed the Paca Street Firehouse (106 North Paca St.), amongst other buildings and churches in Baltimore.

The original owner of this townhouse was John W. Putts (Putz). His father J. W. Putz emigrated from Germany to the United States. In 1895. Mr. Putts married (second wife) Mrs. A. M. Uthman, of Dallas, Texas and gave her the residence as a wedding gift. Putts was a successful importer of European electrical and gas equipment for steamboats, hotels, trains, restaurants and luxury homes.

Louis Dieter designed and created the interior decoration, stucco, painting, fresco painting/linen canvas paper wall and ceiling oil paintings, plaster ornamentation art. Dieter worked as one of the well-known German immigrant artist-craftsmen creating the late nineteenth century grand architectural construction of Washington D.C.

August Reinle (Reinle Bros, & Solman apothecary fine art carved cabinets, and show case manufacturer) purchased the townhouse in 1905 and used it as a private exhibition space. Reinle produced the woodwork hardwood parquet inlay floors, carved mantelpiece fireplaces, built in cabinets, and the Corinthian wood carved columns in the townhouse when built initially for Putts. The townhouse now is utilized by the owner, a classically trained portrait bust and figure sculptor, P Brad Parker of Parker Studio of Structural Sculpture.

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This tour is part of Doors Open Baltimore!

The 11th annual Doors Open Baltimore is moving to late October to coincide with the National Organization for Minority Architects (NOMA) Conference and Exposition coming to Baltimore. This year’s city-wide celebration will feature a new format for open houses on Sat. Oct. 26 and guided tours throughout the entire month of October.

Doors Open Baltimore, hosted by Baltimore Architecture Foundation, gives the city’s architecture and neighborhoods the chance to take center stage, opening doors to 40+ buildings for public exploration. Guided tours provide the chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at some of Baltimore’s most well known locations and also its hidden gems.