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Harlem Theatre
The Harlem Park Theatre was originally built as a church for a congregation that had outgrown the size of their existing building. Construction on this Romanesque-style building on Gilmore Street began in the summer of 1902. The building had a Port鈥�
Stewart's
When Samuel Posner moved his successful dry goods business to the corner of Lexington and Howard, architect Charles E. Cassell's gorgeous and ornate white Renaissance Revival building鈥攃omplete with roaring lions and majestic wreaths and fluted鈥�
Davidge Hall
Davidge Hall, on the University of Maryland Medical School Campus, is the oldest medical facility building in the nation. The red brick structure is named after the school's founder and first dean, John Beale Davidge. It was designed by architect鈥�
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Vince鈥檚 Bar
Vince鈥檚 Bar was owned by Vincent Staico. His wife, Matilda, 鈥淢s. Til,鈥� often ran the bar. Former patrons describe it as a quiet neighborhood bar, where there was seldom, if ever, fighting. Vince鈥檚 had pool tables and American Indian community…
Fairmount Avenue Missionary Baptist Church
In 1956, the oldest congregation in Baltimore City founded by Lumbee Indians (presently known as South Broadway Baptist Church) rented the storefront at 1918 E. Fairmount Avenue and adopted the name 鈥淔airmount Avenue Missionary Baptist Church鈥� under鈥�
Volcano Bar & Restaurant
The Volcano Bar is easily the most infamous Indian bar of Baltimore鈥檚 鈥渞eservation鈥� era, but it was in existence long before the clientele was mostly Indian. It first appears in a Sun ad as the 鈥淰olcano Restaurant鈥� in 1944. In the 1960s through…
Gordon Cleaners
East Baltimore Church of God, the second oldest congregation established by Lumbee Indians in the City of Baltimore, was in 1955 known as the 鈥淯pper Room鈥� Church because services were held above Gordon Cleaners at the corner of Baltimore and Wolfe鈥�
Revel's Grocery Store
Jesse B. Revels Jr. (Lumbee) and his wife, Lucy May Revels, bought the property at 1819 E. Baltimore Street in 1962 and opened a grocery store. They and their children ran the store until 1968, when they moved to Baltimore County. They sold the鈥�
Sid鈥檚 Ranch House Tavern
Sid鈥檚 Ranch House Tavern occupied a building that had been converted into a movie theater during the first part of the twentieth century. It had been the Teddy Bear Parlor ca. 1908 鈥� 1919, and the Mickey until 1920 or 鈥�21. Sidney Silverman, a鈥�
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