“My mother’s and uncle’s birthdays when they lived in what was Edgewater Apartments in the mid to late 40’s. You may see your parents in a few of these pics if they lived there.” — Stacy Lethcoe
Source – Stacy Lethcoe, family archives
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These photos and clippings come from the Heritage Society Baumgartner Archives and other sources, scanned by member Rita Gaunt with additional research and photos by archivist Scott Huffines.
This print archive captures a historical snapshot of life in Essex and Middle River, Maryland. The archive contains nearly 300 categorical binders documenting our community activities with articles, pamphlets, and photographs from 1969 through the 1980s. The Heritage Society has been scanning the collection to our website to share with our extended community.
As we continue to build new collections, we are seeking new materials such as photographs and ephemera that pertain to the community and business history of Essex and Middle River. Please contact essexmuseum@gmail.com if you have historical memories or items to donate or would like to become a member.
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Hello, I spent the first 3 years of my life at Edgewater apartments (466), while my dad was st UMd dental school. Are the apartments still there? Do you know the address, what street(s) were they located. I would love the see my old home some day if it still exists.
It was torn down in the 90s. My grandmother who I live with lived there for the first 3 years of her life in the late 40s. It is not a shopping center and Earhart rd where the supermarket, movie theater, and soda pop shop is now a bank. All new infrastructure.
They were torn down over 20 years ago when Essex got rid of all the old apartments from the ww2 era
Did anyone reply to your questions about Edgewater? I, too, lived there in the early 1970’s and would like to reconnect
It was torn down in the late 90s and all the roads paved over my a parking lot and shopping center. The old movie theater and soda pop shop and Mars is a bank now.