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
Old Railroad Hotel c1847 for RR workers. (on left side) HABS
HERE
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
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, law offices then businesses HABS
HERE. 8080 Main (tall beige) HABS
HERE.
Bernard Campbell House (stone) HABS
HERE
Patapsco National Banks: Building 3 - brick with white columns c1905-1980s 8098 Main Street closed as First National Bank
HERE. Building 2 - Second Patapsco Bank brick c1886 8090 Main Street HABS
HERE [Building 1 - stone c1840 on hill, St. Paul's St next to church
HERE]
8120 Main (white) HABS
HERE, 8116 (pink), 8104 (yellow)
I.O.O.F. Independent Order of
Odd Fellows Lodge. bought in 1863. HABS
HERE
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
Samuel Powell House 8198 Main c1835 (stone) next to Howard House. 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
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.
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. 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' 1830s to 1860. 8304 & 8298 Main St. Posts
HERE. HABS
HERE
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. They went through the 2016 and 2018 floods, but moved in 2020. HABS
HERE. 8329 Main 1920.
Through the alley is a
Stormwater Staircase. 2017. Stairs but also area to disperse flood waters
HERE
Second Firehouse 1923-1938 8316 Main St. Originally two large doors for the fire engines and open second floor balcony. Book:
Remembrances of Passing Days: A History of Ellicott City and Its Fire Department by B.H. Shipley, William F. Klingaman. 1997.
Brick part of building on the right was
Mrs. Disney's office. 8321 Main St. building now: Barber shop. 8334 Main St. 8329 Main 1860 Shoemaker Country (Blue) Now: Made on Main. 8374 Main St. Dr. Owings home and office for short time, now a dentist Bowman. 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: Dr Boman, dentist. 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]. Now: Wine Bin with it's own adjacent parking lot.
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.
Search: Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties- MIHP
HERE
Howard County Interactive Historic Sites Viewer
map HERE
Ellicott City Historic District. by address
HERE
Floods blog posts
HERE
©2026 Patricia Bixler Reber
Forgotten History of Ellicott City & Howard County MD
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