The family of former mayor and governor Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin has asked Baltimore’s preservation commission to designate McKeldin Square a city landmark, an action that could potentially complicate MCB Real Estate’s plans to revitalize Harborplace.
In a letter sent this week to Baltimore’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), four members of the McKeldin family said they would like to see the public space known as McKeldin Square continue to bear his name and continue to serve as a place where visitors can learn about McKeldin and his contributions to Baltimore, including his role in launching the revitalization of the Inner Harbor.
They said public and private interests have invested more than $5 million to create a memorial at Pratt and Light streets to honor McKeldin and they’d like the preservation commission to have the authority to review any plans to alter it. They said they’d particularly like to see the McKeldin name remain a prominent part of the area.
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