1895 Marble Facade Townhouse Tour
Get a rare look inside the Parker Studio (of P Brad Parker) – an 1895 Marble Facade Townhome 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.
This tour is part of Doors Open Baltimore, a city-wide celebration of Baltimore Architecture and Neighborhoods, opening doors to 40+ iconic and hidden gem locations throughout Baltimore City during the month of October.
