A History of Hoes Heights

Description

Situated between Hampden and Roland Park in North Baltimore, Hoes Heights is a neighborhood with a small footprint but an important history. Jennie Chaplin, the 2022-2024 Slavery and Justice Curatorial Fellow for Inheritance Baltimore, will lead a discussion on the history of Hoes Heights with special guests Joanne Kent and Eleanor Matthews, descendants of Grandison Hoe, the farmer and freedman who founded the neighborhood in the 1830s.

This event is hosted by Homewood Museum.