Tag: Downtown Frederick

By Carly Berkowitz Preservationists are voicing their concern about the historic buildings located on the lot chosen to be the site for the downtown Frederick hotel and conference center, particularly the Birely Tannery. The tannery is the last remaining tannery building in the city of Frederick, and possibly the last in the county as well. The site chosen for this project is the corner of E. Patrick and N. Carroll streets in downtown Frederick, which contains two historic buildings on the lot including the Frederick Railroad Company trolley building and the tannery itself. “The concern is, if it is built on that lot will it do such damage to the downtown area that’ll keep Frederick from being the draw that it is,” said Mary Mannix, manager of the Maryland Room at the C. Burr Artz public library and board member of the Frederick Preservation Trust.     “Downtown Frederick looks very much like it did when the Confederates came through town, so that is the...