The Baltimore Architecture Foundation

We are LIVE NOW with Nicholas Fessenden! It is a little known fact of our history that Baltimore served as America's third largest port of entry during the Great Wave of Immigration from 1830 to 1924, when 1.5 million immigrants first set foot on American soil in our city.

Nicholas earned a B.A. in History at Yale, and an M.A. and Ph.D in 1972 from Columbia University, also in History. He taught History in the Upper School at Friends School of Baltimore (1972 - 2010), as well as History at Maryland Institute of Art (1981 - 2000) as an adjunct. Since retirement in 2010, he has taught at CCBC/Owings Mills and at the Osher Institute at Towson University. He serves on the board of the Baltimore Immigration Memorial, which opened a museum in Locust Point two years ago, chronicling Baltimore's immigration history.

Thank you for joining us at City Sand '23!