MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A80

Classification

1000

Street

214 H ST

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Mission and programs · 2025

• DEACONESS - FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE THOMPSON REST HOME FOR THE DEACONESSES. BUILT IN 1882 BY THE REVEREND JOHN THOMPSON, THE DEACONESS WAS INITIALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE LODGING FOR METHODIST DEACONESSES. EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A SCHOOL OF MISSIONS AND A GIRL'S CAMP, THE DEACONESS IS THE OLDEST COTTAGE IN MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK. THE BUILDING WAS A PROMINENT PART OF THE MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK VICTORIAN MOVEMENT, OFFERING A PLACE FOR RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS. THE MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. (MLPHA) NOW OWNS THE BUILDING AND IS ITS NEW HOME.

  Expenses $7,634 · Revenue $4,675

• VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA - CHAUTAUQUA REPRESENTS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OF LITERARY WORKS, MUSIC, HISTORICAL AND TOPICAL PEOPLE AND EVENTS, ARTS, AND CULTURE. ORIGINALLY RESURRECTED BY THE MARYLAND HUMANITIES IN 1995, A MODERN MARYLAND CHAUTAUQUA WAS ESTABLISHED. AFTER TWENTY-SIX (26) YEARS, THE VIRTUAL EVENT IN 2020, WAS THE FINAL SEASON. MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO ASSISTED WITH THE 2019 CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM DECIDED TO MAKE THE WEEKEND FESTIVAL AN ANNUAL EVENT AND RE-NAMED THE VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA. THE TWO-DAY FESTIVAL FEATURES LIVE MUSIC, HISTORICAL LECTURES, RE-ENACTORS, ARTISTS, HERITAGE DEMONSTRATIONS, AND HISTORIC TROLLEY TOURS. ALL PARKING AND FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE TO ATTEND.

  Expenses $65,845 · Revenue $20,209

• KID-TAUQUA - THE CHILDREN'S VERSION OF THE VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA. KID-TAUQUA OCCUPIES ITS OWN TENT, WHICH IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA EVENTS. THE KID-TAUQUA TENT HAS SPECIAL MUSIC PROGRAMS, DEMONSTRATIONS, TIE-DYING AND MAKE 'N TAKE CRAFTS. PROGRAMS INCLUDE STORYTELLING WITH PUPPETS, INTERACTIVE THEATRE GAMES AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRESS UP IN VICTORIAN-STYLE CLOTHING, LEARN THE GUITAR, INTERACTIVE SONGS, AND GACO ROBOTICS DEMONSTRATIONS.

  Expenses $4,753 · Revenue $5,850

• 1. BETHEL CENTER - AME CHURCH - ONE (1) AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (A.M.E.) CHURCH EXISTED IN THE OAKLAND AREA FROM THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY THROUGH THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE A.M.E. CHURCH WAS THE ONLY "COLORED" CHURCH FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS WHERE SUNDAY SERVICES, WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS, GUEST SPEAKERS, SCHOOLING AND END-OF-LIFE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED. AS THE CONGREGATION DIMINISHED, THE A.M.E. CHURCH BECAME A VACANT BUILDING. THE EMPTY BUILDING WAS RELOCATED, IN 1935, TO AN AMISH FARM IN PLEASANT VALLEY WHERE IT BECAME WHEELWRIGHT'S SHOP TO REPAIR BUGGIES AND HARNESSES. IN 2022, THE TOWN OF MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL PURCHASED THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING WAS DISMANTLED AND DECONSTRUCTED. THE A.M.E. CHURCH WAS RENAMED THE BETHEL CENTER AND SITS IN ITS PERMANENT LOCATION IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT WITHIN MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK. A RE-DEDICATION CEREMONY WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2024, WHICH WAS 124 YEARS FROM ITS ORIGINAL DEDICATION IN 1900. PS REVENUE = 0 PS EXPENSES = 2,434 2. TENNIS - THE WOMEN FROM MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK BEGAN AND MANAGED THE MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK TENNIS CLUB AS A FORM OF RECREATION. THE 100+ YEAR OLD CLAY COURTS ARE STILL MAINTAINED AND AVAILABLE FOR PLAY. THESE COURTS ARE THE HOME OF THE WESTERN MARYLAND TENNIS TOURNAMENT. THE MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK TENNIS CLUB DISSOLVED ITS CHARTER IN 2023, AND THE COURTS TRANSITIONED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF MLPHA. TROPHIES, MEMORABILIA, AND OTHER HISTORICAL ITEMS ARE HOUSED IN THE MUSEUM AND MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK TOWN HALL. PS REVENUE = 1,998 PS EXPENSES = 4,212 3. MUSEUM - THE TICKET OFFICE MUSEUM IS ONE (1) OF SIXTY-ONE (61) ORIGINAL STRUCTURES REMAINING IN MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK. THE STRUCTURE SERVED AS THE TICKET OFFICE FOR THE BASHFORD AMPHITHEATER, WHICH HELD 5,000 PEOPLE AND HAD A STAGE LARGE ENOUGH FOR UP TO 450 PERFORMERS. AMAZINGLY, THERE WERE NO CENTER SUPPORT POLES, WHICH GUARANTEED A "GOOD" SEAT FOR ALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE BASHFORD FELL INTO DISREPAIR AND FUNDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRS. ULTIMATELY, THE BASHFORD WAS DEMOLISHED. IN 2023, THE TICKET OFFICE MUSEUM WAS RENOVATED. AFTER SIX (6) MONTHS OF INTENSE LABOR, THE NEWLY RENOVATED MUSEUM OPENED IN TIME FOR THE VICTORIAN CHAUTAUQUA HELD ON JULY 8TH AND 9TH. THE EXHIBITION IS DESIGNED TO GUIDE VISITORS THROUGH THE RISE OF THE MARYLAND CHAUTAUQUA SUMMER RESORT AND TO ITS TRANSITION TO A YEAR-ROUND INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY. PS REVENUE = 0 PS EXPENSES = 0

  Expenses $6,646 · Revenue $4,998

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $83,924

  Expenses

  $89,105

  Contributions

  $48,192

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $263,483

  Expenses

  $86,112

  Contributions

  $210,005

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $118,184

  Expenses

  $62,750

  Contributions

  $51,500

  Grants paid

  — not reported

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period

1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

Principal officer

Show names as filed Karen WooddellKAREN WOODDELL

Mailing address

105 G STREETMT LAKE PARK MD 21550

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• THE COMMUNITY TRUST FOUNDATION INC

  $10,000

  2024 · ARTS & HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

• MARYLAND HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC

  $10,000

  2023 · General Operating Support - SHINE

• THE COMMUNITY TRUST FOUNDATION INC

  $10,000

  2023 · ARTS & HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

• THE COMMUNITY TRUST FOUNDATION INC

  $7,000

  2022 · ARTS & HIST PRESV

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