Stewart's

By Theresa Donnelly

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鈥�

Five and Dimes on Lexington Street: McCrory's, Kirby-Woolworth, and Schulte United

By Theresa Donnelly

In contrast to the high-end shopping at Stewart's or Hochschild-Kohn's on Howard Street, West Lexington Street offered goods of all kinds at affordable prices thanks to a row of five-and-tens from鈥�

Bromo Seltzer Tower

By Theresa Donnelly

While few remember the slogan of the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Company鈥�"If you keep late hours for Society's sake Bromo-Seltzer will cure that headache"鈥攖he iconic Bromo-Seltzer Tower has been a Baltimore鈥�

Baltimore Equitable Society

By Theresa Donnelly

First established in 1847 by a group of prominent businessmen, the Eutaw Savings Bank spent its first decade operating out of the Eutaw House Hotel located on the same site as the Hippodrome Theater.鈥�

Aisquith Street Meeting House: Baltimore's Oldest House of Worship

By The McKim Community Association

The Meetinghouse is the oldest surviving house of worship in Baltimore. Among those who worshipped here were Elisha Tyson, Johns Hopkins, Moses Sheppard, Phillip E. Thomas and the Tyson, Ellicott and鈥�

The Maryland Center for Historical and Culture (formerly the Maryland Historical Society)

By The Maryland Center for History and Culture

The Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) collects, preserves, and interprets the history, art, and culture of Maryland. Originally founded as the Maryland Historical Society in 1844, MCHC鈥�

Laurel Cemetery: A long-forgotten cemetery

By The Laurel Cemetery Memorial Task Force

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�

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�

A.S. Abell Building

By Tarin Rudloff & Theresa Donnelly

Erected in 1879 as an investment property for Arunah Shepherdson Abell, founder of The Baltimore Sun, the Abell Building was designed by famed Baltimore architect George Frederick鈥攁rchitect for鈥�

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

By Sydney Kempf

H&S Bakery began first as the vision of Isidore Paterakis, an immigrant from Chios, Greece. In 1943, Isidore Paterakis turned H&S Bakery into a reality by going into business with his鈥�

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

By Sydney Kempf

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�

The Blue Top Diner: A Lost Diner In Canton

By Sydney Kempf

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 Gibbs Canning Company: Cannery Conditions and the Polish Workforce

By Sydney Kempf

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

By Sydney Kempf

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�

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

By Sydney Kempf

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 Wilson Line: Standing Up Against Segregation

By Sydney Kempf

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�

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

By Sydney Kempf

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�

Bagby Furniture Company: From Furniture Manufacturing to Italian Restaurants

By Sydney Kempf

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�

Hutzler's

By Theresa Donnelly & Sydney Jenkins

"If you wanted the good stuff, you went to Hutzler's," said Governor William Donald Schaefer and for generations of Baltimoreans, Hutzler's represented the height of downtown shopping, simply the鈥�

707 South Regester Street

By Stacy Montgomery

707 South Regester Street was built between 1760 and 1780 when Regester was known as Argyle Alley. Deed research tracing back to 1814 shows the house was owned by Joseph Brown until he sold it to鈥�

713 South Ann Street

By Stacy Montgomery

713 South Ann Street is a rare wooden house surviving within a row from 711 to 715 South Ann Street. Built around 1800, the 1804 City Directory lists Patrick Travis, a sea-captain, as the resident of鈥�

Caulker's Houses: Wooden Houses on Wolfe Street

By Stacy Montgomery

The houses at 612 and 614 South Wolfe Street are two of the smallest and oldest wooden homes remaining in Fell鈥檚 Point. Ann Bond Fell Giles, widow of Edward Fell, inherited both properties following鈥�

Polish Home Club: Dom Polski on Broadway

By Sierra Hallmen

The Polish Home Club, known then as the Polish Home Hall, opened to six hundred members of the Polish community on August 11, 1918, in an area of Fell's Point known as 鈥淟ittle Poland.鈥� Baltimore鈥檚鈥�

Loudon Park Cemetery

By Sierra Hallmen

James Carey originally sold the generous country estate that became Loudon Park Cemetery in 1853. The new owner, James Primrose, built a stone wall with an ornamental railing at the cemetery entrance鈥�

Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church

By Sierra Hallmen

The congregation at Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church began in 1787, the first African American Methodist congregation in Baltimore. By 1802, the congregants had purchased their first鈥�

Sudbrook Park

By Sierra Hallmen

Frederick Law Olmsted pastoral style, seen in Sudbrook Park, created a sense of peace and a place to restore the spirit.

Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum

By Sierra Hallmen

From 1935 until her retirement in 1970, Lillie Carroll Jackson was president of the Baltimore chapter of the NAACP and for much of this time her home on Eutaw Place was a hub of civil rights鈥�

Walters Art Museum

By Sierra Hallmen

The Walters Art Museum, so named for William Walters and his son Henry, began as a private art collection. Born in 1819, William was the first of eight children. At age 21 he moved to Baltimore and鈥�

The Patterson

By Sierra Hallmen

The first Patterson Theater to occupy 3136 Eastern Avenue opened in 1910. In 1918, Harry Reddish purchased the building to renovate and redecorate it. He reopened it two years later and renamed it the鈥�

Robert Long House

By Sierra Hallmen

Just around the corner from the busy shops and restaurants of Thames Street is the Robert Long House at 812 South Ann Street, the very image of a handsome eighteenth century colonial residence and one鈥�