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A.T. Jones & Sons, Inc., costumer for innumerable theatrical performers and party-goers since 1868, succumbed to the effects of the pandemic shutdown.

Clifton Park

Clifton Park is Baltimore鈥檚 fourth oldest country landscape park after Druid Hill, Patterson, and Carroll Parks. Around 1800, Baltimore merchant Henry Thompson purchased the rural property and began鈥�

Wyman Park

Today, Wyman Park is a complex of highly-contrasting park spaces, half-hearted links, and a variety of associated urban edges. The 1904 Olmsted Brothers report singled out the Wyman Park section with鈥�

Patterson Park

For almost two centuries, Baltimore鈥檚 Patterson Park has preserved its historic integrity while serving the recreational needs of an urban population with varied cultural, ethnic, and economic鈥�

Latrobe Park

In south Baltimore, Latrobe Park still has traces of Olmsted design elements. Originally only 6 acres in size, this park was created to serve the working class neighborhoods on the Locust Point鈥�

National Lumber Company: Everything for Building

Alexander Fruman emigrated to Baltimore from Eastern Europe in 1917 with few possessions. Among them was a handsaw that helped him start a business building wooden windows and doors in 1919, in a shop鈥�

Lakein鈥檚 Jewelers of Hamilton: Jewelry Store with a Personal Touch

Like many old family-owned businesses, Lakein鈥檚 Jewelers was started by a newly arrived immigrant, 29-year-old Isadore Lakein, who arrived in the United States from Russia in 1912 with his wife Anna鈥�

Elkridge V.F.D. Station One: Former Home of the "Best Homemade Fire Truck in America"

By Alan Gibson & Eli Pousson

In April 1942, less than six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, a group of Elkridge residents established a new volunteer fire department. The new fire department was one of鈥�

The Brumbaugh House: "Dr. B" and the Elkridge Heritage Society

By Alan Gibson & Eli Pousson

The handsome Victorian on Elkridge鈥檚 Main Street now known as the Brumbaugh House was built around 1870 and began serving as a doctor's office in the nineteenth century. The home鈥檚 most famous鈥�

Patapsco River Project, 1977: A South Baltimore Gateway for the Baltimore Sculpture Symposium

By Cindy Kelly

Artist Jim Sanborn鈥檚 first public sculpture, the Patapsco River Project was created as part of the Baltimore Sculpture Symposium sponsored by the city and administered by the Department of Housing and鈥�

Martick's Restaurant

Martick鈥檚 Restaurant Francais on Mulberry Street is a place of fond memories where Baltimore enjoyed fine food, lively music, and art for nearly a century. The once-famous restaurant started in 1917鈥�

TV Hill: WBAL, WJZ, WMAR, and the Tallest Broadcast Tower of 1958

By Chuck Howell

For over sixty years, tall broadcasting towers have stood high above the old homes in Baltimore鈥檚 Woodberry neighborhood. The two tallest towers now standing on聽Television Hill beam out the signals of鈥�

Interstate 395 and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard: Cal Ripken Way and the Former Harbor City Boulevard

The little-known history of Baltimore's Interstate 395 (I-395) and Martin Luther King Boulevard, Jr. Boulevard offers a reminder of the years of contentious planning efforts that ended with the鈥�

I Am an American Day Parade: Immigration and the Making of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project

East Baltimore's "I Am An American Day" parade is captured in a unique 1981 news program from WJZ-TV and a book of documentary photographs showing the people and places of East Baltimore in the late鈥�

Woodberry Factory and Park Mill

By Nathan Dennies

The Woodberry Factory and Park Mill were built near the site of an eighteenth-century gristmill. An active industrial area for nearly two centuries, buildings here have been replaced and repurposed to鈥�

Masjid Ul-Haqq: Former Home to the Nation of Islam in Baltimore

Mosque No. 6, the predecessor of the Masjid Ul-Haqq, first moved into their present building on Wilson Street around 1958. The two-story brick building had most recently housed a automotive garage but鈥�

Faidley's Seafood: A Tradition of Quality for Four Generations

Faidley鈥檚 is as much about the people as the seafood. Whether gathered around the store鈥檚 raw bar at one of the stand-up tables near the busy line of workers making crab cakes, customers are often鈥�

Budeke鈥檚 Paint: Storefront on Broadway Burned but Still in Business

A family-owned business has been around since 1868, Budeke鈥檚 paint products have been delivered via police car, motorcycle, bicycle, and roller skates, not to mention more conventional commercial鈥�

DiPasquale鈥檚 Italian Market

In 1914, Luigi DiPasquale, Sr., an Italian immigrant to Baltimore, established a small corner store on Claremont Street stocking groceries and household goods for residents in the developing鈥�

Hilgartner Natural Stone Company: Marble Steps and Monuments for the Monumental City

Founded in 1863 by German immigrants Ludwig Hilgartner and Gottfried Schimpf, Hilgartner Stone has made some of the nation鈥檚 finest stonework for over one hundred and fifty years. Of course, the鈥�

Meyer Seed Company of Baltimore: When this article first appeared, Meyer Seed Company was over 100 years old. Unfortunately, the business closed in 1921. The location is to be developed into an apartment/retail space.