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.
Link to the buildings on the south side of Main St.
HERE
For more info on the history and physical descriptions click links to their Historic American Buildings Survey data sheets (
HABS) after most building names.
Old Ellicott City Trolley more info and photo at end, is free Sat/Sun 11:00-7 for transport, not a tour bus.
Click to enlarge images
NOTE: this is a work in progress
Oliver Viaduct (RR bridge with ELLICOTT CITY)
HERE,
Angelo Castle (on hill)
HERE,
Bridge Market (E.T. Clark Property, Radcliffe's Emporium, Louis T. Clark Grocery)
HERE
B&O RR Station (through the trees on the left).
Baltimore to Frederick town turnpike mile stone "10 M to B" [Baltimore] under B&O Oliver Viaduct (bridge) HABS
HERE. Blog posts: Mile stone
HERE, B&O Railroad
HERE, B&O Station
HERE
Old Patapsco Hotel (8018 Main St). 5 posts- County fair held inside one year and initially for passengers (RR station for baggage). Posts:
HERE; rebuilt using the old stones. HABS
HERE Now: Luna Coffee Bar (end); 8020 Main Now: Blush Republic (Flowers); 8024 Main Now: Candles by Candy.
Old Railroad Hotel c1847 for RR workers. (on left side) HABS
HERE.8034 Main St. Now: Matcha Time (Japanese gifts, tea, snacks).
Old Stone Tavern/ Town Hall/ Opera House. Now:
Forget Me Not Factory, a treasure trove of so many items. HABS
HERE
The rock in the ground form some of the back wall
8048-8056 Main St. Hill, Robbins, Carter's 5 shops on Main Street. 5 doors, 2 passages to stairs HABS
HERE. Now: 8050 Main Earth Tribe, 8052 Main Gem Royal, 8054 Main Elovae, 8056 Main RoaTech
Hunt’s General Store (stone) c1837 HABS
HERE.
McLaughlin-Campbell-Laumann Building 8060 Main (purple) HABS
HERE
Stairs in case of flooding
John Williams house c1835, 8086 Main, law offices then businesses HABS
HERE. Now: Happy Feet; Psychic
8080 Main (tall beige) HABS
HERE. Now: Park Ridge Trading Company - large selection of kitchen oils, vinegars, spices... even a clever crab strainer
Bernard Campbell House 8074 Main (stone) HABS
HERE
Patapsco National Banks: Building 3 - brick with white columns c1905-1980s 8098 Main Street closed as First National Bank
HERE. Now: Jackie’s Dollhouses and Miniatures. Building 2 - Second Patapsco Bank brick c1886 8090 Main Street HABS
HERE. Now: Ellicott Distilling Co. [Building 1 - stone c1840 on hill, St. Paul's St next to church
HERE]
8120 Main (white) HABS
HERE Now: Studio OnePic, 8116 (pink) Now: Maxines Antiques & Collectables, 8104 (yellow) Now: Simply the Best Boutique
I.O.O.F. Independent Order of
Odd Fellows Lodge. bought in 1863, still using it. HABS
HERE. Now: first floor - The Archive Records (record store)
Howard County Times newspaper 8156 Main St. built between 1890-1924. Now:
Backwater Books & Bibliopub. Many activities for all ages, comfortable sitting areas, live music, many types of books including a local & Maryland selection.
Faux painted bricks and stones - with grasshoppers (or crickets) and a lizard.
Walker House c1790 8180 Main St.(stone, right)
Charlotte Tazewell House 8188 + 8186 Main c1842 (white). HABS
HERE. Now: Reyes Jewelry Exchange.
Passageway 8192 Main, between stone 8188 Main and 8198 Main (white)
Samuel Powell House 8198 Main c1835 (stone) Now: Old Town Flowers. HABS
HERE
Howard House then
Firehouse
Walker House 8180 Main St. c1790 became a tavern, bootery “largely for the young men who attended St. Charles College” [HABS], Red Cross headquarters, C&P phone office, various stores. Now: Syriana Cafe & Restaurant. Syrian food and coffee heated on hot sand. Plenty of seating on second floor. HABS
HERE
Howard House Hotel, 8202 Main Street. People staying at the hotel and locals dining there had easy access to the courthouse on the hill via the back door on the 2d floor, then up the stairs. HABS
HERE. Now including Pam Long Photography,
Howard House Hotel annex , 8210 Main St., on left side, has a Masonic symbol on the light center square since the Patmos Lodge No. 70 met there. Now: Dave Carney, owner of the
Wine Bin (up Main St in the 3d firehouse), is opening
Vesper, a restaurant and cocktail bar.
Outside stairs and gazebo for Howard House annex, and straight stairs on left for firehouse.
Firehouse 3829 Church Road 1889-1924, municipal office and a meeting hall from 1906-1935, library until 1988, now a museum. Sat & Sun 11-4. More pictures in firehouses blog post
HERE. HABS
HERE.
The south stone foundation wall of the firehouse has donated items imbedded in the newer laid section (by pipe) - key, Masonic pin 2006, marbles and more in the east end of wall.
Click to enlarge and see objects
Talbott Lumber (Stone), Disney's Hotel, Starr Funeral Home (brick)
Deborah Disney's Hotel and 'tavern' [on plaque} 1830s to 1860. 8304 & 8298 Main St. Blog post
HERE. HABS
HERE. Now: Gramps Attic Books
Talbott Lumber Co. Replaced a 4 story hotel annex by Disney. In 1894 Talbott and Clark. Now: The Phoenix restaurant with their brewery building across the alley. The Phoenix went through the 2016 and 2018 floods on lower Main, but moved in 2020. HABS
HERE. 8329 Main 1920.
Through the alley, which has a painted canvas on the Phoenix wall and overheat lights, is a
Stormwater Staircase. 2017. Stairs but also area to disperse flood waters
HERE
Second Firehouse 1923-1938 8316 Main St. Picture after 1927 changes, and 1955 picture from book:
Remembrances of Passing Days: A History of Ellicott City and Its Fire Department by B.H. Shipley, William F. Klingaman. 1997.
8334 Main St (blue) Now: Shoemaker Country; 8320 Main St (beige) Now: Bohemian House
Brick part of building on the right was
Mrs. Disney's office. 8358 Main Now: Made on Main. 8374 Main St. Dr. Owings home and office for short time, now: empty. Third firehouse 1938-1997 now: Wine Bin (at far end before log cabin).
HERE , then log cabin.
8398 Court Ave
Mrs. Disney's office for her hotel mentioned in the post
HERE. Now: Sunflower Trading Co.
8374 Main St.
Jonathan Ellicott building c1839. John Day had home and store, then Dr. Owings, after losing most of family and their home in 1868 flood (eventually I'll put up that post). NOW: empty. Marker
HERE
Firehouse. Third firehouse 1938-1997. 8390 Main St. "the lantern on the roof is a close copy of the lantern on Doughoregan Manor." [HABS report
HERE]. More pictures in Firehouses (4) blog post
HERE. Now: Wine Bin with it's own adjacent parking lot. Also ax throwing and glow splatter paint room.
1944 firehouse and trolley terminus.
"Aubergine" by Jan Kirsh 2018
Firehouse since 1998 - Ellicott City Volunteer Fire Department 4150 Montgomery Road (by Rt 29 exit and Old Columbia Rd into Main St. EC). Large model train display for Christmas every year.
Thomas Isaac
Log Cabin was moved and reconstructed at 8394 Main Street. Research by Marlena Jareaux (
Early Ellicott City Black History: A Historic African American Church, A Log Cabin and Lynching) found that it was built in 1851 on land owned by Levi Gillis. Sat-Sun 11-4 May-Nov
Old Ellicott City Trolley. Free. Sat/Sun 11:00-7. Look for the TROLLEY signs. Parking Lot F behind Log Cabin off Ellicott Mills Drive; Visitor Center (PO); to mid Main; to Tiber Park; to Parking Lot A off Oella Avenue across the Patapsco River. Started in 2025.
HERE. HoCo buses are part of Transitapp which shows exact locations if downloaded
HERE
Trolley working in 1950s from Stewart, George R.
US 40: A Cross Section of the United States of America. Boston: 1953.
Electric trolley 1898 post
HERE.
EC electric power co. 1894 in old flour mill off Main St. post
HERE
Maps of Main Street businesses from the Visitor's Center in the old Post Office.
Link to the buildings on the south side of Main St.
HERE
Floods blog posts
HERE
Firehouses (4) blog post
HERE.
Search: Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties- MIHP
HERE
Howard County Interactive Historic Sites Viewer
map HERE
Ellicott City Historic District. by address
HERE
©2026 Patricia Bixler Reber
Forgotten History of Ellicott City & Howard County MD
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