Editing Joppatowne, Maryland (section)

== Resurrection ==

{{blockquote|''Joppa had passed into the list of "deserted" towns and has since become so desolate as to make its site almost an enigma. Baltimore county has many "Joppa roads" traversing it, but it is only lately that the convergent point of these roads has been ascertained. The destruction of the town has been complete. Its warehouses have rotted away, its wharves have disappeared, its harbor has become filled with alluvial deposits, its streets have been turned into ploughed fields. Upon its very site have camped the Indians and in the ruins of the silent town they may have kindled their campfires from the rotten timber of its fallen houses. A few neglected grave stones, several heaps of brick and rubbish, and a solitary mansion, belonging to one of the oldest families in the State, are about all that remain of the once famous sea-port town of provincial Maryland.''|''Maryland's Influence Upon Land Cessions To The United States'',<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Herbert Baxter Adams, 1885}}

{{blockquote|''No vestige of Joppa's former greatness, scarcely a vestige of its existence, now remains. After the removal of the county records to Baltimore, which was attended with considerable turbulence, the old court-house at Joppa was sold, and soon crumbled away; the town wharves, at which hundreds of the largest merchantmen had laden, were gradually deserted for those of her more prosperous rival; and her dwellings disappeared one by one, until at the present day their foundations can scarcely be traced, and a solitary tenement of antique style and venerable appearance on the Harford shore of the Gunpowder River, about a mile northwest of the railroad bridge, alone marks the spot where Joppa once stood.''|History of Baltimore City and County,<ref name="books.google.com"/> John Thomas Scharf, 1881}}

The area where the town at Joppa<ref name="archive.org"/> formerly stood was used as farmland (mostly [[string beans]]) until 1961. It was acquired by the Panitz Company (Panitz Bros. & Co.), which began development of the surrounding planned community of "Joppatowne". The original townsite at Joppa,<ref name="archive.org"/> including the Rumsey Mansion, was slated to be developed as Joppatowne's "swim and tennis club". People interested in [[historical preservation]] opposed this plan, but were nearly ignored until the matter reached the attention of First Lady [[Jacqueline Kennedy]]. Mrs. Kennedy convinced the developers to relocate the swim club, and to cede the land where Joppa's Anglican church<ref name="archive.org"/> stood to the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]. The latter became independent after the Revolution but is arguably descended from the [[Church of England]]. The Panitz Company sold and donated additional adjacent lots to the Episcopal Church, effectively preserving about 50% of the land where the town at Joppa<ref name="archive.org"/> had stood (the northern half of the site had already been considerably developed).

In 1970 the Episcopal Church subsequently re-consecrated the grounds and built the aptly named Church of the Resurrection adjacent to the foundation of the original "St. John's Parish" at Joppa.<ref name="archive.org"/> The Church of the Resurrection has preserved the archaeological ruins and served as a repository for documents, research, and artifacts related to the colonial town at Joppa.<ref name="archive.org"/>

Charles B. Anderson Jr., Harford County Commissioner from 1970 to 1974 and County Executive from 1974 to 1978, acquired the dilapidated Rumsey Mansion and about {{convert|20|acre|m2}} of surrounding grounds in the 1960s. He had it completely restored. He and other owners have used it solely as a private residence, and it is not open to the public for tours.

As of 2012, Case Mason in Joppa manufactures and fills products for the Rosebud Perfume Company in [[Woodsboro, Maryland|Woodsboro]], using tins made in Baltimore.<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Krantz
| first = Mali
| title = Maryland firm soothes lips, skin worldwide
| work = Star Tribune
| access-date = June 15, 2014
| date = May 30, 2012
| url = http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/style/155734245.html
}}</ref>