Wiley H. Bates Heritage Park

Format
Full

City
Annapolis

State/Province
MD

Country
USA

Metro Area
Annapolis

Project Type
Special Use

Location Type
Inner Suburban

Land Uses
Community Center
Museum
Parking
Recreation

Keywords
Adaptive use
Affordable housing
Creative finance
Cultural landmark
Low-income senior housing
Meeting space
National Historic Landmark
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Finalist

Site Size
2 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2006

Date Opened
2005

Wiley H. Bates High School in Annapolis, Maryland, a cultural landmark that sat vacant for more than 20 years, has been reinvented as Wiley H. Bates Heritage Park, a development incorporating housing for low-income seniors, community services for seniors and young people, and a museum of the school and its community. Bates School, which opened in 1933, was the city’s first freestanding secondary school for African Americans and was named after a local man who was born into slavery and later became one of Annapolis’s wealthiest citizens.

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Developers/Owners
Community Preservation and Development Corporation
Washington, DC

Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures LLC
Washington, DC

Development Manager
Arundel Community Development Services Inc.
Annapolis, MD

Public Partner
Anne Arundel County
Annapolis, MD

Nonprofit Partner
Boys & Girls Club of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
Annapolis, MD

Architects
Wiencek + Associates, Architects + Planners
Gaithersburg, MD

Alt Breeding Schwartz
Annapolis, MD

The Edgecomb Group
Hyattsville, MD

Michael J. Dowling
Annapolis, MD

Principal Authors
Julie Stern

ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Finalist