Woman born in historic home turns 90

Doris Hammond Birx returned on a recent Saturday to the spot where she began 90 years ago, the Benson-Hammond House.

Birx, the last surviving person born in the historic home, sat at a picnic table on Aug. 15 about 100 feet away from the sea of parking lots at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

She chatted with family and friends about a time before Baltimore came knocking on their door, ready turn Friendship from a small, agrarian community to a bustling center of transportation and technology.

"It was wonderful as far as I was concerned: plenty of places to play," Birx said. "I feel when you are a kid and...