Caplan's Department Store

8125 Main St., Ellicott City was bought by the Caplans 1913, 1926. Howard County, which owns the building, is working on it ($500,000 budget). Photographed this morning. Notice the close rear wall, compare with photo below. Back and side walls seem there, this rear wall added to give more support to the front wall/ facade? I shall rewrite, add more info and pictures.

This building was later than my prefered time period, so I did not take photos before the floods. It is next to the short building that Ellizabeth Ellicott Lea who wrote the first Maryland cookbook in 1845, collected rent from, so I have that corner. Blog post HERE

Updates: Mar 17

Flood 2016 damage inside

Flood 2016

Flood 2018

Flood 2018. Facade 2022[?]

Facade, Feb 2024

Facade Mar 29

Facade, future

Back Mar 17

Side wall

Demolition of Easton Funeral (coffee shop) to Phoenix blog post. photos Jan 2024- HERE

Demolition of Great Panes blog post, photos Dec 2023- March 2024 HERE

MDLANDrec.net - Maryland land records online (deeds, morgages) Blog post HERE

Caplan’s Department Store. The Amateur Historian. HERE

©2024 Patricia Bixler Reber
Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD