Oyster Wars

Eastern Avenue Pumping Station

Completed in 1912, the Eastern Avenue Sewage Pumping Station opened as a critical engine of Baltimore’s then brand-new sewer system.

The Montgomery Ward Building

Did you know that the Montgomery Ward building, next to Carroll Park, is the largest office building in Baltimore? And a train used to run right through it!

Friends Burial Ground

Contained on a little less than three acres across from Clifton Park in northeast Baltimore, the Friends Burial Ground tells the stories of generations Baltimore's Quaker families across their 300 years of rich history in our city.

Chromium Pioneer Isaac Tyson Jr.

Quaker merchant Isaac Tyson Jr. established the company that became Allied Chemical in 1828, mining chromium ore and supplying chrome pigment.

The National Road

If you have ever walked along Lombard Street near Eutaw Street, you have walked along the National Road!