Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD

Westlake Ace Hardware of Kansas City bought out Clark's Hardware Store from the 7th generation owner (Margaret Clark) in April 2024. It...

8125 Main St., Ellicott City was bought by the Caplans 1913, 1926. Howard County, which owns the building, is working on it ($500,000 budg...

The demolition will be documented here, so pictures will be added throughout the process. These are the last three buildings protecting th...

The first Main Street building to be torn down is the old Great Panes, which did stained glass. Stone front building, c1841, additions ...

There are many model train sets scattered on tables/stands throughout the B&O Railroad Station in old Ellicott City (Main and Maryland...

This fall, artist Mark Russo painted some bright vibrant paintings on the boards of Great Panes and Phoenix on lower Main Street, Ellicott C...

Early morning, about 2 AM, on Nov. 12, 1799 Andrew Ellicott, who led his crew to survey the southern US border, recorded the hours-long sho...

Four brothers, the grandsons of one of the Ellicott founders (Andrew), supported Audubon (1785-1851) by being subscribers for his first...

Two iron safes weighing a ton were swept downstream during the 1868 flood. Following the next large flood in 1889, there were hopes that the...

Ferries and a newly constructed foot bridge charged "tourists" from Baltimore and the country ten cents to get closer to see the ...

The buildings were color coded (blue - stone, red - brick, yellow - wood) and other details that insurance agents and firemen would find u...

Built in 1856 by Caroline and Robert H. Hare, "The Oaks" was bought by sea captain Edward P. Dennis from NY and his Georgia wif...

The Maryland State Library Commission was formed by law in 1902 and did annual reports. Three colleges in Howard County - St. Charles Colle...

Maryland land records online (deeds, morgages) allow you to trace back owners of your house or other historic buildings from home. Howard...

Ready cut houses - where all the lumber was pre cut, then sent by train with everything needed to build a house. The first was Aladdin in 1...

A local street is named for the Sears mail order kit houses: Sears House Court , Ellicott City. But, the 1921 house was actually by Gordon...

Several include historic sites (Children’s Museum in c1812 Quaker school, oldest train station, Enchanted Forest), many local farms, indoo...

After completing the survey of the extension of the Pa and Va boundary (the continuation of the Mason-Dixon line) in 1784 and the western ...

Bernard Fort and brother William 'cabinetmaker and undertaker' came to Ellicott City from England. They had a small place in 1836 b...

Surrounded by homes, the assembly hall ruins are all that remain of the St. Charles' College, started in 1831, for young men preparing...