Joseph Peightel
03/29/2017 - 365 Main Street Project – 359 of 365
Phelps Mansion – 1110 Montgomery Street
I love the small & compact Canon G9X that most of the photos in this project have been taken with, but for the photo of this grand old mansion, I reached for my grand old camera (tripod mounted Nikon D300x with Nikon F2.8 24-70mm attached) , in the hopes that I could make a grand old image. I’m happy with it.
Known as the Phelps mansion, this Victorian-style house was built in 1888. The mansion was the home of Edward Phelps, who served as the fifth mayor of Laurel. Throughout his seven years in office, Phelps modernized the rural community by overseeing the addition of electric street lights, brick-paved road, a telephone exchange system, three steel bridges that spanned the Patuxent River, and a railroad that connected Laurel to Washington, D.C. Phelps served as mayor of Laurel from 1895 to 1902.
Phelps formed a partnership with Charles F. Shaffer, Jr., and together they founded The Phelps & Shaffer Co. The store sold everything from clothespins to pianos. At 9th and Montgomery Streets, its building later housed the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department, Laurel City Hall and Police Department, and currently the Harrison-Beard Community Center.
Phelps and his family lived at 1110 Montgomery Street from 1888 until, 1915. He died in 1931 at age 70. I find it somewhat amusing to compare Laurel Mayor Phelps’ stately Victorian to Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer’s Row Home located at 620 Edgewood Street in Baltimore.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Phelps_(mayor)
www.asphaltroofing.org/press-room/press-releases/asphalt-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Laurel,_Maryland
explore.baltimoreheritage.org/items/show/357#.WNxdC_krLcs
03/29/2017 - 365 Main Street Project – 359 of 365
Phelps Mansion – 1110 Montgomery Street
I love the small & compact Canon G9X that most of the photos in this project have been taken with, but for the photo of this grand old mansion, I reached for my grand old camera (tripod mounted Nikon D300x with Nikon F2.8 24-70mm attached) , in the hopes that I could make a grand old image. I’m happy with it.
Known as the Phelps mansion, this Victorian-style house was built in 1888. The mansion was the home of Edward Phelps, who served as the fifth mayor of Laurel. Throughout his seven years in office, Phelps modernized the rural community by overseeing the addition of electric street lights, brick-paved road, a telephone exchange system, three steel bridges that spanned the Patuxent River, and a railroad that connected Laurel to Washington, D.C. Phelps served as mayor of Laurel from 1895 to 1902.
Phelps formed a partnership with Charles F. Shaffer, Jr., and together they founded The Phelps & Shaffer Co. The store sold everything from clothespins to pianos. At 9th and Montgomery Streets, its building later housed the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department, Laurel City Hall and Police Department, and currently the Harrison-Beard Community Center.
Phelps and his family lived at 1110 Montgomery Street from 1888 until, 1915. He died in 1931 at age 70. I find it somewhat amusing to compare Laurel Mayor Phelps’ stately Victorian to Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer’s Row Home located at 620 Edgewood Street in Baltimore.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Phelps_(mayor)
www.asphaltroofing.org/press-room/press-releases/asphalt-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Laurel,_Maryland
explore.baltimoreheritage.org/items/show/357#.WNxdC_krLcs