Art on Main Street - OEC

A variety of art including two large murals on the buildings next to the visitors center (part of the Yates mural, left), inside the old Post Office are two New Deal Murals, sculptures of an eggplant and peach on upper Main, mill wheel and water sculpture on side of a building, tile entryways to some of the stores, faux painting of bricks and rocks for the Times building, faux painting on plywood window covers after flooding, Christmas art on store windows...

Click to enlarge each photo, HABS is Historic American Buildings writeup.

Four Firehouses of Ellicott City

The first three firehouses were on upper Main Street, and the current firehouse is above Old Ellicott City at the top of Old Columbia Pike at 4150 Montgomery Road.

Thanks to everyone - present and past - who has volunteered to be firemen and protect us all.

Main Street OEC Old Ellicott City - South side

A 'walk' by historic & flood prevention sites along Main Street, Old Ellicott City OEC. For more information click on the HABS - Historic American Buildings writeup.

NOTE: this is a work in progress

Main Street buildings - Old Ellicott City - North side

Historic & flood prevention sites along Main Street (Frederick St.), in Ellicott City. 1860 Schase map (left) and 1834 McLoughlin lottery sketch depict the buildings on Main Street.

Occoquan - Ellicott mills in Va near DC

John Davis, travelling from England, worked for a few months as a tutor to Nathaniel Ellicott's (1763–1841) children at his home Rockledge and two mills. He "was nearly stunned by the noise of two huge mills, whose roar, without any hyperbolical aggravation, is scarcely inferior to that of the great falls of the Potomac, or the cataract of Niagara."

Nathaniel was the son of Andrew Ellicott (1733-1809), one of the founders of Ellicott City, and brother of George Ellicott (1760-1832) whose house is opposite the old EC mill on the Patapsco River. All three are buried in the Ellicott family cemetery in Ellicott City.

Ten years and 200 blog posts since Feb 24 2016

Initially the blog was about notable women and historic homes of Howard County, but there are so many other intriguing topics from B&O RR (oldest train station in the US, photo left) and bridges to the Ellicotts, Columbia history, Babe Ruth's marriage and much more - look at "Labels" links list at right.

Caplain's store redone and open for business

Although the back portion which went over the river was removed, a small portion has been fixed up by the county and open. Stop by while you are in old EC shopping or just walking around.