Upton, also known as the David Stewart Residence or Dammann Mansion, is a historic home located in the Upton neighborhood of

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. It is a large brick

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mansion constructed about 1838 as the country residence of David Stewart (1800-1858), a prominent Baltimore attorney and politician. It is stories high on a raised basement, three bays wide and two rooms deep, with a center-passage plan. In the late 1950s, a brick stair tower was constructed when the building was adapted for public school use. After many years as a school for exceptional children, in 1977 the Upton Mansion housed the offices for the Home and Hospital Services (school #303) of the

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and continued through 2006. In February 2023, a $2.2 million federal grant was announced to help create renovate the property into the headquarters of the

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, an African-American newspaper published in Baltimore since 1892. Afro Charities is the awardee of the grant which will also help to digitize thousands of images and copies of the newspaper. Upton was listed on the

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in 1994. Upton is included in the

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External links

*, including photo from 1993, at Maryland Historical Trust
High Ground, Low Profile
(retrieved May 14, 2010)
Upton - Explore Baltimore Heritage
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