Main Street buildings coming down - Easton Funeral Home/Bean Hollow (Coffee) to Valmos Bros/Phoenix Emporium

The demolition will be documented here, so pictures will be added throughout the process. These are the last three buildings protecting the 1830 RR Station (the oldest in America) by blocking the flood waters down Main Street. Click on photos to enlarge.

Updated: Feb 7, 15, 24; March 3, 8, 15, 29, 30, 2024; Mar 24, 2025

Easton Sons Funeral Home & Haunted Ellicott City

Bernard Fort and brother William 'cabinetmaker and undertaker' came to Ellicott City from England. They had a small place in 1836 but in 1878 Bernard Fort built a new funeral parlor crossing the stream (Tiber River). Clinton Easton bought it in 1891, continued by son Milton, who built a new building in 1931 and then to his son, Clinton. Building on left, carriage house with hearse on second floor, at right rear. EC haunted taped talks.