Canterbury Hall Apartments

By Burkely Hermann

Canterbury Hall Apartments, also known as Canterbury Hall, sits at 100 W. 39th Street, and is part of the Tuscany-Canterbury Historic District. It was the first apartment building in鈥�

University Parkway Viaduct

By Burkely Hermann

The West University Parkway concrete bridge arcs over Stony Run to connect the neighborhoods of Roland Park and Tuscany-Canterbury. Hikers can follow a pedestrian pathway from Wyman Park, and walk鈥�

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

By Teresa Moyer

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is Maryland鈥檚 mother church of the AME Church. It is one of the foundational churches in the AME Connection. After meeting on Saratoga Street for almost 100鈥�

Tudor Arms Apartments

By Burkely Hermann

Tudor Arms Apartments on University Parkway is one of the few cooperative housing apartments in Baltimore. It is composed of two buildings, which sit within the Roland Park Historic District. The鈥�

Mr. Trash Wheel

By Mary Zajac

In 2014, a new species appeared in the Baltimore Harbor. With 5 feet tall googly eyes, a playful persona, and a steady diet of harbor detritus, Mr. Trash Wheel is cleaning up the harbor one swallow at鈥�

The Jones Falls

By Mary Zajac

In the 1660s, David Jones, a Quaker farmer, selected a location for his farm in the relatively new area of Baltimore County (founded in 1659), just north of what was known as Coles Harbor, and along鈥�

St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church

By Mary Zajac

Among a sea of church steeples that dot East Baltimore, the five domes of St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Church stand apart with their burnished glow. Since 1992, the Cossack Baroque style鈥�

Silo Point

By Mary Zajac

Of the many repurposed industrial buildings in Baltimore鈥檚 urban landscape, perhaps none is as extraordinary as Silo Point. Looming high above the brick rowhomes of Locust Point, Silo Point luxury鈥�

Pride of Baltimore Memorial

By Mary Zajac

A raked mast of a Baltimore Clipper ship stands tall on land in Rash Field on the south end of the Inner Harbor. Accompanied by a block of pink granite inscribed with four names of lost crewmembers,鈥�

Henderson鈥檚 Wharf

By Mary Zajac

The ghostly traces of the words 鈥淏altimore and Ohio Railroad鈥� painted on the brick wall give a clue to the former life of the substantial building that anchors the east end of Fell Street. Designed by鈥�

Harbor Point

By Mary Zajac

The story of Harbor Point is the story of innovation, invention, and reinvention. Harbor Point is the former home of Baltimore Chromium Works (now AlliedSignal), a company built around Isaac Tyson鈥檚鈥�

Harborplace

By Mary Zajac

For Baltimoreans of a certain generation, it鈥檚 hard to imagine the harbor without Harborplace. Bolstered by the enthusiastic support of Mayor William Donald Schaefer, the brainchild of urban pioneer,鈥�

Canton Railroad Transfer Bridge

By Mary Zajac

The sepia-toned Canton railroad transfer bridge rises out of the harbor near the Canton Waterfront Park like an industrial Arc de Triomphe. It is one of three such structures鈥攔emnants of an early鈥�

Baltimore Immigration Memorial

By Mary Zajac

On March 23, 1868, the S.S. Baltimore arrived in Locust Point, ushering in a wave of future Americans with origins across Europe. Their journeys are remembered in this community through the Baltimore鈥�

The National Aquarium

By Mary Zajac

How the National Aquarium came to be in Baltimore is the story of three different aquariums that, over time, became one. Our story begins in the middle. In the 1970s, Baltimore mayor William鈥�

Vince鈥檚 Bar

By Ashley Minner Jones

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鈥�

Fairmount Avenue Missionary Baptist Church

By Ashley Minner Jones

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�

Volcano Bar & Restaurant

By Ashley Minner Jones

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�

Gordon Cleaners

By Ashley Minner Jones

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鈥�

Revel's Grocery Store

By Ashley Minner Jones

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鈥�

Sid鈥檚 Ranch House Tavern

By Ashley Minner Jones

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鈥�

Hartman鈥檚 BBQ Shop

By Ashley Minner Jones

1727 E. Baltimore Street housed a series of ethnic food establishments from the turn of the century through the early 1960s, reflecting greater migration patterns in the neighborhood. In 1917, it was鈥�

East Baltimore Church of God

By Ashley Minner Jones

East Baltimore Church of God began in 1955, under the leadership of a Lumbee woman, Rev. Lounita Hammonds. It was originally known as the 鈥淯pper Room鈥� Church because services were held above Gordon鈥�

Moonlight Restaurant

By Ashley Minner Jones

The Moonlight Restaurant was Greek-owned. It was one of the first restaurants in which many Lumbee Indians arriving from the Jim Crow South could sit down and eat. Much of the planning for what would鈥�

Inter-Tribal Restaurant

By Ashley Minner Jones

The Baltimore American Indian Center opened the Inter-Tribal Restaurant at 17 S. Broadway, during the tenure of Director Barry Richardson (Haliwa Saponi), ca. 1989. Board members of the Indian Center鈥�

Vera Shank Daycare / Native American Senior Citizens

By Ashley Minner Jones

The commercial property at this location actually spans 1623 鈥� 1633 E. Lombard where there were once 6 individual houses. The current structure was built in the late 1960s and served as a blood bank,鈥�

Hunt鈥檚 Service Station

By Ashley Minner Jones

Claudie and Mabel Hunt (Lumbee) purchased the Sinclair service station at 100 S. Broadway, ca. 1967. It had a three-bay garage and six gas pumps. After about a year, the station was converted to BP.鈥�

Storefront Church Pre-South Broadway Baptist

By Ashley Minner Jones

The oldest congregation in Baltimore City founded by Lumbee Indians (presently known as South Broadway Baptist Church) rented this storefront for approximately one year, just prior to moving to 1117鈥�

Baltimore American Indian Center Inter-Tribal Trading Post

By Ashley Minner Jones

The Baltimore American Indian Center purchased the building at 118 S. Broadway in 1983, with assistance from the Religious Society of Friends. The front part of the first floor was a museum and gift鈥�

Baltimore American Indian Center

By Ashley Minner Jones

The original portion of this building was constructed in Greek revival style, in 1843, for a sea captain and his family. The captain and his wife placed it into trust for their daughter, who willed it鈥�