The mansion is getting some face-lifts.

Phase I
The ballroom floor:

Phase II
Repointing the mansion
and Improving the
drainage on the right side.

Phase III
Replacing the windows
and shutters:

The chapel is available for rentals thru the Parks Dept., call 410-396-7900
Due to upcoming construction, the ballroom of the Orianda House will not be available for rentals.
Rentals at Orianda house and the chapel in Leakin Park

Open House
December, 2013

The mansion was decorated for the holidays:


Ceiling decorations above the Orianda tree at one
end of the ballroom.


The trees decorated in the ballroom:


Tree created by Doug Retzler and Nature
Art in the Park


(detail)

Tree decorated by Outward Bound


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Tree decorated by Carrie Murray Nature Center


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Tree decorated by Parks & People


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Tree decorated by Evergreen Museum and Library


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Tree decorated by B&O Railroad Museum


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Tree decorated by The Baltimore American Indian Center


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Tree decorated by the Gwynns Falls Trail Council


(detail)

Tree decorated by Ancient Wisdom Teaching
Spiritual Lodge


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Tree decorated by Friends of Orianda House


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Tree decorated by Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park celebrating 30 years


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Tree decorated in memory of those who lived here


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Tree decorated for the Baltimore City Department of Recreation & Parks



The tree decorated for the Irish Railroad Workers Museum and Shrine


Detail of Irish tree

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Mantels decorated in the Irish room

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Tree decorated by the Boys Scouts



Tree decorated by Green Mount Cemetery

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More detail of the Green Mount Cemetery tree

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Decorations in the history room

More displays and trees upstairs:

(detail)

Tree decorated for Baltimore Police Department



The Friends of Gwynns Falls displays



Photography by Jerome Golder



Ancient Wisdom Teaching Spiritual Lodge displays


Roberta Sharper

Talk by Stephen G. W. Walk

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