1936:  The Baltimore Sun, August 11, 1936 (Photograph).

A photograph of Wharton Place appears in this issue of the Baltimore, Maryland, newspaper.   Research is ongoing; however, it is unknown the context of this photograph as any associated text is yet to be located.  This photograph is important nonetheless as it perhaps the oldest dated image of Wharton Place.  The house appears to be in better physical condition than shown in photographs taken by the Historic American Building Survey (“HABS”) in 1940 from roughly the same vantage point (See “1940” below).

During the interim, the legendary Hurricane of 1938 wreaked havoc on much of the East Coast and obliterated some of the Barrier Islands off the coast of the Eastern Shore which had until then been inhabited since the 17th Century.  The condition of the house shown in 1940 HABS photographs may be related to this storm.