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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�

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�

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�

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�

A.T. Jones & Sons: Providing Costumes from Opera to Halloween

By Richard F. Messick

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

Procter & Gamble Baltimore Plant: Under Armour's world headquarters

By The Laurel Cemetery Memorial Task Force

Today the site of Under Armour's world headquarters, five of these buildings used to house Procter & Gamble's Baltimore Plant: Process Building (1929), the Soap Chip Building (1929), the Bar Soap鈥�

Laurel Cemetery: A long-forgotten cemetery

Laurel Cemetery was incorporated in 1852 as Baltimore鈥檚 first nondenominational cemetery for African Americans. The location chosen was Belle Air Avenue (now Belair Road), on a hill long used as a鈥�

Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation: A dumping ground for toxic waste

The Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation manufactured chemical components for many industrial applications. Quaker merchant Isaac Tyson Jr. established the company that became Allied Chemical in 1828,鈥�

Domino Sugar: A bastion of industry along the harbor

The Domino Sugar refinery (and its iconic red neon sign) is one of the last major working industries along Baltimore's inner harbor. Raw sugar arrives at the plant in giant ships and barges, and is鈥�

Chesapeake Paperboard Co.: From paper recycling to luxury apartments

All that remains of the Chesapeake Paperboard Co. complex today is the water tower. The site is now known as McHenry Row, a 90,000 square foot mixed use development project that contains 250 luxury鈥�

General Electric Apparatus Service Shop: Electrical maintenance, environmental remediation, and mixed-use development

The General Electric (GE) Apparatus Service Center did not support private consumers in maintaining their individual household appliances. Rather, this service center maintained large electrical鈥�

Hercules Company: Working along the waterfront

The Hercules Shipbuilding Company, housed in this brick building, was an active player in Baltimore鈥檚 maritime industry, building vessels for commercial and leisure use as well as wartime naval鈥�

Key Highway Yards: Once Baltimore's "largest and most important" shipyard

The Key Highway Yards along the southern side of the Inner Harbor played a pivotal role in Baltimore鈥檚 shipbuilding industry from the 1820s until 1982. Passersby today see almost no traces of this鈥�

General Ship Repair: Four generations of South Baltimore Shipbuilding

General Ship Repair maintains the rich shipbuilding tradition so long associated with the South Baltimore neighborhoods of Federal Hill and Locust Point. Charles 鈥淏uck鈥� Lynch founded the company in鈥�

St. Mary's Community Center: A Church-Turned-Community Center in Hampden

The story of Hampden鈥檚 name can be traced back to St. Mary鈥檚 Community Center. Originally established as St. Mary鈥檚 Episcopal Church, the congregation started meeting in Hampden in the 1850s. Under鈥�

Hampden Hall: A Gathering Place Since 1882

Hampden Hall was an important part of Baltimore even before the neighborhood of Hampden was a part of Baltimore. Six years before Hampden was incorporated into Baltimore City, Hampden Hall was鈥�

The Ideal Theater

In the Progressive Age (1890-1920), movie theaters were a new and popular form of entertainment. They were being built all over Baltimore, and Hampden was no different. In 1908, Marion Pearce and鈥�

The Hampden Theater

For 50 years, the Hampden and Ideal Theaters operated within a few doors of each other in the 900 block of 36th Street in Hampden. Julius Goodman, who ran the Ideal for many years, described the鈥�

Bagby Furniture Company: From Furniture Manufacturing to Italian Restaurants

In 1879, Charles T. Bagby and A. D. Rivers founded the Bagby and Rivers Furniture Company, the predecessor to the Bagby Furniture Company. Bagby and Rivers manufactured furniture and in their 1882鈥�

A. H. Bull & Company: Steamships From New York to Puerto Rico

Archibald Hilton Bull founded the A. H. Bull & Co. in 1902. The company originally ran steamship lines from New York to Florida. Eventually A. H. Bull & Co. expanded to include an office in鈥�

The Wilson Line: Standing Up Against Segregation

In the twentieth century, Pier 8 in Baltimore鈥檚 Inner Harbor and then Broadway Pier in Fells Point used to be the launching point for the steamboats of the Wilson Line. The Wilson Line extended from鈥�

William G. Scarlett and Company: The Eccentric Scarlett Family and the Seed Trade

In 1894, William G. Scarlett founded the William G. Scarlett Seed Company. Born in Baltimore in 1873, George D. Scarlett was a true entrepreneur who chased the American dream. At twenty-one, George鈥�

The E. J. Codd Company: Industrial Machine Shop Manufacturing, Philanthropy, and Community Involvement

Edward J. Codd founded the E. J. Codd Company in the 1850s. The E. J. Codd聽 Company focused on industrial machinery and aided Baltimore鈥檚 booming shipbuilding industry by assembling boilers,鈥�

The Gibbs Canning Company: Cannery Conditions and the Polish Workforce

Formerly located on Boston Street in east Baltimore, Gibbs Preserving Company canned and packaged everything from oysters to jelly to candy to vegetables. The Gibbs Preserving Company exemplified鈥�

The Blue Top Diner: A Lost Diner In Canton

Walking along Boston Street, people will run into a small store called 鈥淐anton Market.鈥� Acting as both a convenient store and sandwich shop, Canton Market serves up a variety of sandwiches such as鈥�

The Rennert Hotel: Ambitious Hospitality and the Culinary Creations of Henry Cummings

At the corner of Saratoga and Liberty Streets, people will find an unassuming parking lot. While this parking lot does not appear interesting at first glance, this lot used to be the center of鈥�

H&S Bakery: From Greece to Baltimore: Chasing the American Dream