15 buildings! - Museums, businesses, homes and even the Odd Fellows - are participating in an Open House Day on Sat. Oct 17.
Waverly Mansion. Land owned by Col/Gov John Eager Howard, then given to his son Gov. George Howard. 2300 Waverly Mansion Drive, Marriottsville, MD. Talks: Je 13, Jl 22. Open house: Au 13. Blog posts HERE
HoCo250 Events Calendar
Locations and info HERE or RAP HERE
Se 3 Open House at Belmont Manor & Historic Park 12-5
Se 3 6:30-7:30 Rebels At Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution. Eric Jay Dolin. National Archives. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. online HERE
Se 3 Solving the Mystery of the Hobbs School House. Oliver Cromwell Gilbert's escape from slavery. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Se 3 50 Years of the Ellicott City Station Museum. talk. RR Station 7-8 HERE
Se 4 B&O Train Station Museum talk at Howard County Historical Society. Noon
Se 4 The History of the Number 9 Ellicott City Streetcar Line. Maryland History Tours & HoCo250. at B&O Ellicott City Station Museum 7-8:30 HERE
Se 5 A Town Divided - Ellicott City During the Civil War. Maryland History Tours & HoCo250. at B&O Ellicott City Station Museum 7 HERE
Se 8 7:30-9 The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution. author Dr. Zara Anishanslin Virtual talk HERE
Se 9 Wed 6:30pm Freedom Seekers Panel Reprise. Locals who helped enslaved people to freedom. HoCo His Society team. Miller Library HERE
Se 10 How Old is that? A brief introduction to archaeological dating methods. Dr. Kyla Cools, Heritage Program Manager for Patapsco Heritage Greenway. Catonsville Branch Library. 6:30-7:30 Events. HERE
Se 12 25 Artifacts for 250 years of Howard County History. Harriet Tubman Community Center. 1-2
Se 13 Dedication of Lafayette Tree at the Brumbaugh House. 2-3 HERE
Se 15 The Warfields of Bushy Park - Dr. Charles Warfield (1751-1813) Major, of Bushy Park, son Dr. Gustavus Warfield (1784-1866) of Longwood, son Dr. Evan Warfield (1825-1904) of Woodlawn. Longwood archaeology and archives talk by M. Lee Preston. Gary J Arthur CC. 10-11:30 50+
Se 16 Three Centuries of History at Folly Quarter. Carrollton Hall. 1:00 sign up HERE
Se 17 The Indigenous Peoples of Howard County. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Se 17 Charles Carroll of Carrollton: America's First Entrepreneur. Craig Rhinehart. RR Station. 7-8 HERE
Se 17 Music That Moved Armies: How Sound Shaped the Battlefield. Friends of the Texas Historical Commission. online 7-8:30 HERE
Se 17 - Oct 11 Historic Ellicott City Inc. Show House: Valhalla. 1575 Marriottsville Rd. HERE
Se 19 10-11 Banneker Paw Paw harvest $3 all ages
Se 21 Three Centuries of History at Folly Quarter [Carrollton Hall] 1:00 sign up HERE
Se 26 P.S. I Love You. “heartfelt letters and writings from historic figures connected to Ellicott City. Experience the intimate words of a Civil War General, America’s most famous literary icon, the "Sage of Baltimore", and others…” The Inn at Mt. Ida. Maryland History Tours & HoCo250. 11am HERE
Se 26 Sat 10 & 11am. Historic Farmhouse Tours of Mt. Pleasant. HoCo Conservancy. 10520 Old Frederick Rd, Woodstock (off Rt 99 N EC) HERE
Se 26 10am-8pm Patapsco Literary Festival 9+ authors. Backwater Books. Main St. EC HERE
Se 26 6pm-10pm Crab Fest. Saint Peter's Episcopal Church. Unlimited crabs, Italian Sausage, Beef BBQ, Penne, Roasted corn, fruit and vegs, cake. 3695 Rogers Avenue just off Frederick/Main St OEC HERE
Se 30 Art and Architecture at Carrollton Hall. 1:00 sign up HERE
Se 30 Wed 6 The Living Declaration: When in the Course of Human Events. Ted Widmer. hybrid HERE
Oct 1 The Ellicott Brothers: 18th Century Innovators. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Oct 2 Granite Historical Society talk at Howard County Historical Society. Noon
Oct 3 The Past, Present and Future of Historic Blandair. talk by Kelly Palich. Harriet Tubman Center 1:30-2:30
Oct 5 Native American Hunting Strategies and Tool Making Techniques: From Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Canada to Triadelphia Reservoir, MD. talk by M. Lee Preston. Gary J Arthur CC. 10-11:30 50+
Oc 6 The Problem with "Babe." “the life of Geroge Herman “Babe” Ruth… including… Babe was married at St. Paul Catholic Church in Ellicott City on October 14, 1914.” Shawn M. Herne, Ex Director Babe Ruth Birthplace. Maryland History Tours & HoCo250. The Inn at Mt. Ida. 7pm HERE
Oct 15 The Anti-Saloon League and Prohibition in Howard County. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Oct 17 1-3 Liberty Tree Dedication. Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum. Catonsville. 1-3
Oct 17 An Open House Day in Old Town Ellicott City.
Organized by Maryland History Tours. Free. MORE INFO HERE
9-1 Centre Lodge #40 IOOF - 8134 Main St. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows)
10-4 Capitoline Center (Old courthouse) 8360 Court Ave
10-5 Visitor’s Center in old Post Office 8267 Main St - special exhibit presented by the Elkridge Assembly Rooms: Poster Art
10-5 B&O Railroad Station – 3711 Maryland Ave
11-3 George Ellicott House, 24 Frederick Road
11-6 Artists’ Gallery, 8197 Main St.
12-4 Mt. Ida - 3691 Sarah’s Lane
12-5 Patapsco National Bank (Jackie’s Dollhouses & Miniatures) 8098 Main St.
1-4 Merryman Street Log Home, 8394 Main St.
Ellicott City Firehouse Museum, 3829 Church Rd
Ellicott City Colored School Museum, 8683 Frederick Rd
Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, 3655 Church Rd
1-5 Museum of Howard County History, 8328 Court Ave
Ellicott Mills Children’s Museum, 3725 Park Ave
Bridge Market, 8000 Main Street
Oct 21 Families and Freedom at Folly Farm and Beyond. Carrollton Hall. 1:00 sign up HERE
Oct 28 Landscape and Agriculture at Carrollton Hall. 1:00 sign up HERE
Nov 1 William and Dinah Nuthead: Maryland’s First Printers. Rod Cofield. Historic Annapolis Virtual Lecture. 7-8:30 HERE
Nov 5 A Community Divided: Howard County in the Civil War. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Nov 6 Columbia Archives talk at Howard County Historical Society. Noon
Nov 8 Howard County Veterans Day Parade 9:30-12
Nov 9 Famous Contemporaries of the Patapsco and Patuxent Valleys. Bannekers, Carrolls, Dorseys, Ellicotts, Howards, Owings, Walkers and Warfields. talk by M. Lee Preston. Gary J Arthur CC. 10-11:30 50+
Nov 12 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877. talk by Bill Barry. RR Station 7-8 HERE
Nov 19 The Enchanted Forest: Howard County's Unique Amusement Park. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Howard County Historical Society 8328 Court Ave. Friday Noon. Talks. Free. HERE, TAPES HERE.
"A Place Between" America250 exhibit. Museum of Howard County History. Sat/Sun 1-5, May 30-Dec. HERE. And other displays.
May 1 Banneker Historic Park. Banneker Historical Park with Aleem Allison TAPE HERE
Jun 5 Tubman Center. Harriet Tubman Cultural Center - Columbia MD TAPE HERE
Jul 7 Recent Archaeological Discoveries at George Washington's Mount Vernon. 7:00
Aug 7 Elkridge Heritage Society. TAPE HERE
Se 4 B&O Train Station Museum 12:00
Oct 2 Granite Historical Society 12:00
Nov 6 Columbia Archives 12:00
Bicentennial exhibit from 1976 at HoCoHS
Dr. Mark Stout.
May 16 1:30-2:30 The Patapsco Valley: A Microcosm of Colonial America. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriett Tubman Center
Se 3 Solving the Mystery of the Hobbs School House. Oliver Cromwell Gilbert's escape from slavery. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Se 17 The Indigenous Peoples of Howard County. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Oct 1 The Ellicott Brothers: 18th Century Innovators. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Oct 15 The Anti-Saloon League and Prohibition in Howard County. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Nov 5 A Community Divided: Howard County in the Civil War. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Nov 19 The Enchanted Forest: Howard County's Unique Amusement Park. Dr. Mark Stout. Harriet Tubman Center. 7-8
Lee Preston
Se 15 The Warfields of Bushy Park - Dr. Charles Warfield (1751-1813) Major, of Bushy Park, son Dr. Gustavus Warfield (1784-1866) of Longwood, son Dr. Evan Warfield (1825-1904) of Woodlawn. Longwood archaeology and archives talk by M. Lee Preston. Gary J Arthur CC. 10-11:30 50+
Oct 5 Native American Hunting Strategies and Tool Making Techniques: From Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Canada to Triadelphia Reservoir, MD. talk by M. Lee Preston. Gary J Arthur CC. 10-11:30 50+
Nov 9 Famous Contemporaries of the Patapsco and Patuxent Valleys. Bannekers, Carrolls, Dorseys, Ellicotts, Howards, Owings, Walkers and Warfields. talk by M. Lee Preston. Gary J Arthur CC. 10-11:30 50+
B&O Railroad Museum HERE
Se 3 50 Years of the Ellicott City Station Museum. talk. RR Station 7-8
Se 17 Charles Carroll of Carrollton: America's First Entrepreneur. Craig Rhinehart. RR Station. 7-8 HERE
Nov 12 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877. talk by Bill Barry. RR Station 7-8
Irish Railroad Workers: The Force That Built the B&O Railroad. Conor Conneally. TAPE HERE
Railroading Before the B&O Railroad. Conor Conneally. TAPE HERE
Howard County Libraries HERE
June 30 Tue 11-12 History Relived: 250th through Movies. Glenwood branch HERE
July 18 Sat 12-2:45 Hamilton Movie Screening. Central branch. HERE
Historic Ellicott City, Inc. HERE.
June 18 11:30-1 Mill Town Tea - History of Showhouses.
Se 17 - Oct 11 Historic Ellicott City Inc. Show House: Valhalla. HERE
Patapsco Heritage Greenway. Events. HERE TAPES maybe HERE
June 11 6:30 How Old is That? A brief introduction to archaeological dating methods. Dr. Kyla Cools
June 15 7 Charles L. Wagandt II Memorial Lecture – Daniels: A Textile Mill Village Remembered. Lisa Jensen & Michelle Carras in the old Gary Memorial Church 2029 Daniels Rd.
June 28 12-4 3rd Annual PHG-Nike Missile Site BA-79 Open House
Au 29 Artist Talk and Book Signing with Riley Goodman. Patapsco Heritage Greenway at Backwater Books & Bibliopub on Main St. OEC. 11-12 Event. HERE
Se 10 How Old is that? A brief introduction to archaeological dating methods. Dr. Kyla Cools, Heritage Program Manager for Patapsco Heritage Greenway. Catonsville Branch Library. 6:30-7:30 Events. HERE
Ellicott City Partnership HERE. Community Calendar HERE
June 6 OEC Pride
Sep 19 Main St Music Festival
Oct 3 Wizarding Weekend
Oct 31 Trick or Treat on Main St
Nov 28 Small Business Saturday
Dec 4 Midnight Madness 6pm
Elkridge Heritage Society . Brumbaugh House, 5825 Main Street, Elkridge HERE
Jun 13 10-4 EHS Open House & yard sale
Jul 18 10-2 3rd Sat. Open House
Au 16 10-2 3rd Sat. Open House
Se 13 Dedication of Lafayette Tree at the Brumbaugh House. 2-3 HERE
Patch. Events and Things to Do in Ellicott City, MD HERE
MD Two Fifty HERE
Sail 250 Maryland and Air Show Baltimore June 24-30. "...global gathering of international tall ships, military ships, and aircraft celebrating the 250th..." HERE
200 Years of American Rail 1828 HERE
Historic Annapolis. Calendar of Events HERE
June 6 11-3 Linen and Liberty: Meet Catharine Futier. "a free Black woman who earns her living as a laundress and seamstress". inperson demo
[Washerwomen of Baltimore. Dr. Papenfuse's talk, tape HERE
June 9 7:30-9 Citizen Science in the Chesapeake on the Eve of the American Revolution. zoom talk HERE
Nike Missile Site BA-79 (just north of HoCo near Granite, MD) this Cold War base was operational 1956-1974, restored and is now open for tours on the last Sunday afternoon (Apr-Se) by the Civil Air Patrol Maryland Wing (which is headquartered on the base). Set of stairs. HERE
250 bunting. Howard House - Main St. and Old Columbia Pike
Organized by Maryland History Tours. Free.
Main St.
Centre Lodge #40 IOOF - Independent Order of Odd Fellows, bought in 1863 and still used for meetings! - 8134 Main St. - Open 9 to 1
Howard County Welcome Center – 8267 Main St. - Open 10am to 5pm
Artists’ Gallery – 8197 Main St. - Open 11am to 6pm
Jackie’s Dollhouses & Miniatures – 8098 Main St. Patapsco National Bank Building 3 1905. Open Noon to 5pm
Ellicott City Firehouse Museum – 3829 Church Rd./Main St - Open 1pm to 4pm
Merryman Street Log Home – 8394 Main St. - Open 1pm to 4pm
Ellicott City Colored School Restored – 8683 Frederick Rd. (W Main St) - Open 1pm to 4pm
The Bridge Market – 8000 Main Street, stone building river side of RR bridge – Open 1pm to 5pm
On Hill above Main St
Capitoline Center [Old Courthouse] – 8360 Court Ave. - Open 10am to 4pm
Mt. Ida - 3691 Sarah’s Lane – Open Noon to 4pm
Museum of Howard County History - 8328 Court Ave. [old Presbyterian Church - Historical Society of Howard County HCHS - next to courthouse] - Open 1pm to 5pm
Ellicott Mills Children’s Museum - 3725 Park Ave. [next to HCHS] - Open 1pm to 5pm
Patapsco Female Institute - 3655 Church Rd. - Open 1pm to 4pm
Blog posts
North side of Main St 'online tour' with info and picture of each building HERE
South side of Main St 'online tour' with info and picture of each building HERE
Firehouses (4) blog post HERE.
Art on Main Street blog post HERE.
Main St blog posts HERE
Floods blog posts HERE
PAST LOCAL EVENTS
May 14 Howard County Veterans Monument Unveiling 11:00
May 14 Waverly Open House 11-5
May 16 An Open House Day in Old Town Ellicott City. 9-5 varies
May 30-Dec "A Place Between" America250 exhibit. Museum of Howard County History. Sat/Sun 1-5. HERE
June 6 Columbia, Maryland: Building Hope For the Next American City 2:00
Jun 13 Cool Deliberate Courage: John Eager Howard in the America Revolution 2:00 at Waverly
Jun 16-JL 1 American Revolution Traveling Exhibit. DAR. Battlefield Trust. The Inn at Mt. Ida. 11-3/5:00 HERE. Blog post HERE
Jun 19 Celebrate Black Culture and Community this Juneteenth in Howard County 2-8
Jun 20 Savage Mill Bluegrass Festival 2-5
Jun 24-30 Sail250 Tall Ships and Airshow. Baltimore Inner Harbor. HERE
Jun 25 Open House at The Inn at Mt. Ida. 12-5
Jun 28 Reflections on Independence: Then and Now 2-4 Howard Community College, Monteabaro Hall
"4th of July" sidewalk art at old bank building now Unusual Company on Main St.
Jul 2 The History of the Number 9 Ellicott City Streetcar Line. Christopher McNally of The Baltimore Streetcar Museum. B&O Museum Ellicott City Station 7-8:30 HERE. POSTPONED extreme heat
Jul 2 Open House at Belmont Manor & Historic Park 12-5
Jul 4 4th of July Celebration at the Lakefront 5-10
Jul 7 Recent Archaeological Discoveries at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Dr. Jason Boroughs. Museum of Howard County History. 7-8
Jul 12 The Belmont Report: Where Modern Human Research Protections Were Shaped. Belmont Manor. 10-1
Jul 16 Thu 7 [6 CT] Stars, Stripes & States: Flags of Our Nation. Dr. Darrell Beauchampis. Friends of the Texas Historical Commission. Online, zoom HERE
Jul 18 Sat 10-3 Red, White and Banneker. Explore the signing of the Declaration of Independence at 13 fun and educational stations. Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum. Free
Jul 20 Mon 6 Revolutionary Secrets. “cryptologic techniques and the role they played in the American Revolution.” The National Cryptologic Museum. HC Public Library. Online, zoom HERE
Jul 22 Voices of the Maryland 400: Maryland's Revolutionary War Soldiers at the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776. Waverly 6-8
Au 2 The Signatures That Changed History and open house at Carrollton Hall. 1-3 HERE
Aug 4 America 250 with Glenn Meredith. “history of centennial and semi-centennial celebrations in America... commemorative currency, as well as a discussion on the John Trumbull painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence..." HC Historical Society & HC Library. Miller Branch 6:00 HERE
Au 6 Open House at Belmont Manor & Historic Park 12-5
Au 7 Elkridge Heritage Society talk at Howard County Historical Society. TAPE HERE
Au 11 When the Declaration of Independence was News. By author Dr. Emily Sneff. Historic Annapolis Virtual Lecture 7:30-9 HERE. TAPE HERE
Au 13 Voices of the Maryland 400: MD's Revolutionary War Soldiers. Owen Lourie. Enoch Pratt Free Library Online 1:00 zoom HERE. TAPE HERE
Aug 19 Your Voting Rights in Today's World. “Hear about the History of Voting Rights, Updated Voter Registration Training, Election Protection Programs…” Capitoline Center (Old Courthouse) HoCo250, HC His. Soc., League of Women Voters, Columbia Alumnae Delta Sigma Theta. 6-9 HERE
Au 27 Open House at The Inn at Mt. Ida.? 12-5
Au 29 Artist Talk and Book Signing with Riley Goodman. Patapsco Heritage Greenway at Backwater Books & Bibliopub on Main St. OEC. 11-12 Event. HERE
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Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD
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