Winter Luncheon Lecture

Good evening, I’m reaching out as the director of the Captain Avery museum. We were the Masonic Fishing Club in 1923, which started when a few Jewish families bought the property. There was antisemitism and segregation of the beaches in southern Maryland at that time, so the families purchased land so they could fish and go swimming without the stress of antisemitism.

On January 14th, the Captain Avery museum has a winter lecture series about the Masonic fishing club, which was eventually called “Our Place” by the Jewish families who spent time there. The guest speaker is Paul Foer, who spent time at Our Place.

January 14
Summers in the 60s, 70s and 80s In The Old Fishing Club and Our Place: What the Museum’s Evolution (and mine as well) Teaches Us About the History of Shady Side and the Meaning of Historic Preservation

Paul Foer, Representative of “Our Place”, author, and local business entrepreneur