In just three months, a historic building that has sat vacant in west Baltimore's Upton neighborhood will begin a massive makeover.

PS 103 Henry Highland Garnett Community center was a school built in 1877, and at one point was attended by former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

In June 2022, the building will be transformed into an amenity center and national park. It received $1 million in federal funds as part of the fiscal year omnibus funding package enacted on March 15.

The redevelopment plans include space for a legal resource center and gun violence prevention work and job training.

“We are going to have really active research around gun violence,” said the Rev. Al Hathaway, President of Beloved Services Corporation. “We will also innovate and understand gun violence and look at ways in which we can remediate it. That’s going to be one of the features of what we do here.”

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