A Kilduff's look at buildings in Baltimore. Balt     This page is not intended to be a history of Baltimore architecture. It is simply a look at some of the buildings around town, some lost and some still standing. Buildings that are wellknown and popular are shown, but lesser known buildings and structures are shown as well. The page order is A to Z, and as I get details on the buildings, it will be updated. ( WARNING !  I tend to edit online ) As always, comments corrections, suggestions are welcome !	Comments welcome at Please feel free to email Kilduffs with any questions or comments . Updated 1-1-2009
In 1904, much of Baltimore 's downtown area burned down in the Great Baltimore Fire. The rebuilding of the City gave Baltimore a chance to show the advances of architecture in the 1900's .These pictures are of the ruins of the City, as downtown was nothing but a burned out shell.	..........     ......... Postcard View of the Jones Falls after the Great Baltimore Fire.
..........       Postcard View of the intersection of Baltimore Street and Liberty Street , after the Baltimore Fire of 1904.	...........            Postcard View of Baltimore Street after the 1904 Fire
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B & O Building Charles Street and Baltimore Street  ( Northwest Corner ) Still in use	..................................
BG&E Building
Boumi Temple North Charles Street Razed      The Boumi Temple on Charles Street at Wyndhurst seemed to be one of those buildings you always saw and figured would be there forever. Situated on a nice parcel of land, away from downtown in a heavy residential area, the building, which spread over acres and had rooms, ballrooms and meeting rooms all over, looked like something out of the Wizard of Oz. The building was razed in the late 1990's as Loyola College built a sports complex on the site.	...............
Bromo Tower Still in use, minus the giant bottle on top.	...........................                                                    Bromo Tower - Postcard View
Candler Building ( Coca Cola Building ) Also seen called the Chandler Building Still in use ........................       The Candler Building is one of the survivors in Downtown Baltimore. Also known as the Coca Cola Building for years ( They had their offices here ) , the building was intended to look like the drawing seen below, but for reasons unknown, as built like the postcard to the right. The background on the postcard is funny, as the Chandler Building, while a bit to the East of most of Downtown's construction, has never stood alone like this card would suggest. The building is still open and appears to be doing quite well today !	............... ....... Postcard View
Calvert Building Razed  The Calvert Building, SE corner of St. Paul and Fayette Streets. Built, 1900, to a design of Sperry, York and Sawyer, it was restored after the 1904 fire and later razed in 1971.	............................... ..............................................................Calvert Building , Baltimore Maryland Circa 1914
Baltimore City Circuit Court House Still in use      Recently, there have been complaints about the Circuit Court Building in downtown Baltimore City. It was renovated on the inside a few years back, but the air quality inside has been said to be poor.For now though, there is no talk about replacing the structure, which to this day, along with the " old post office" across the street, continue to serve as Baltimore's Circuit Courthouses.	.........                                                       Baltimore's Circuit Court Building - Postcard View
..                         ..........................................Baltimore's Circuit Court Building - Postcard View	...      Then known as the " new post office ",, the post office later moved to Fayette Street near I-83. Baltimore City converted this old building into Courthouse East, which it is used as to this day.                                                                                                               Postcard View
Baltimore's City Hall Still in Use	..
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City Pier  Fell's Point Baltimore Still standing !    IfIf you remember the Television show " Homicide ", this was the building of which you were to believe was the Police Headquarters.  There is still a Baltimore Police door decal on the front doors from the filming days. However, the building has never been used as a police building, and has always been listed as the Recreation Pier. At the foot of Broadway, parking in this area is tough, but the old building is still in nice condition ( on the outside ) , although I've heard rumors the foundation may have some issues.  Currently appears to be used by the City.	................                                Baltimore City Pier Building - Postcard View
Continental Trust Building     The Mercantile Trust Building was at One South Calvert Street in Baltimore. It was build in 1901 as the Continental Trust Building. Daniel H. Burnham & Co. were the architects. The building was at the hottest point of the 1904 fire and totally consumed. However, the steel frame survived, allowing the existing structure to be rebuilt. By the year 2000 the building was known as One Calvert Plaza. Burham had been the major architect of the "White City" during the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in 1892. He later designed the Union Station in Washington, DC	...................................                                     Continental Trust Building - Circa 1914
Fidelity & Deposit Co.        If you look carefully at the facade of this building, you can see the outline of the older Fidelity & Deposit  Building. The " newer " building was built around the old building..	................                    Fidelity & Deposit Co Building -Circa 1914
Fifth Regiment Armory ( and Convention Hall  ) West Hoffman & Howard St. Still in use.      I'm not sure exactly what the Fifth Regiment Armory is used for anymore, but the neat old building was used for years for the traveling Circus shows , car shows, etc. The roof caught fire years ago, and has since been replaced, but the building stands to this day and looks to be in great condition. .....................................	. ........
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Fire Houses          ( Soon to be it's own page ) .........	........
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" Ladder 49 " Fire House 1700 block of Gorsuch Avenue I only have a few firehouses on the site, as Adam did an excellent page on firehouse on his site Baltimore Ghosts. However, I got a few emails requesting the location of the firehouse used in the movie Ladder 49, so here it is. Located in Gorsuch Avenue just west of Harford Road, it is no longer a fire station.	................................
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Garrett Building	................................................. ..............................................................................Garrett Building, Baltimore Maryland Circa 1914
Greyhound Bus Station Part of  Maryland Historical Society Complex .........................	................
Industrial Building Greenmount Avenue Apartment Building	........... ....................
IOOF Building Hall  When I first saw this building, I thought it was a old bank. Later, I found out ot was an old IOOF Meeting hall, but that's all I know about it so far.                                       ....	...............................
Hazazer's Hall Razed	..............
Keyser Building	...........................

Lake Clifton Value House 2801 St Lo Drive , Clifton Park Still Standing ! ........................	.                               Bromo Tower -
Lake Montebello Pump House Still in Use ! ....................	\......
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Maryland Casuality 711 West 40th Street The old insurance building seen below was converted in the 1970's to a retail shopping mall. The Maryland Casuality building seen on the right was the Tower Building and a description can be found under the title Tower Building. ................................ ......	... ....................................... ...............
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Masonic Temple	.......................... ..............................
Monumental Life Building	...........
Motor Vehicle Building Guilford and 22nd Street ...........................	.............. .....
Mutual Benefit Society of Baltimore  Building 407 West Franklin Street ............	..........
.Munsey Building A photo of Mead, McKim, and White's 1913 Munsey Building at the southeast corner of Calvert and Fayette streets. It was redeveloped into residential use in the late 1990's, and is still standing to this day .....................	...............................................
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News American Building ( Razed ) The old News American Building survived into the 1980's on Pratt Street. The block was razed for the building of a new hotel.	..............
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Oliver Street Water Treatment Complex Corner of Oliver Street and Wolfe Street ...........	................ ....
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Police Stations
Baltimore's old Northern District Station house, 3355 Keswick Road. The station was replaced just a few years ago and the building has been converted into a office complex. This building was also used as the Police Academy at one time. It is  complete with the old stables and two small jail cells in the basement, which were used as lockers for officers right before the building closed.	...........
Baltimore's Western District on  Pine Street, just west of downtown. The building is currently used by the University of Maryland Medical School Police Department. By 1959, one Directory has it listed as the Bureau of Missing Persons Building for the Police Department, at 214-220 Pine Street.
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Baltimore's old Eastern Station house 1621 Bank Street (( Used for years as a community Center from what I could tell, , plans are in the works to renovate the building into apartments. )
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......	Baltimore's old Northeastern Station house 1811 Ashland Avenue  The only building for blocks to be left standing after Hopkins Hospital cleared the area for expansion. The old station house, no longer actually in " Northeastern District proper " ,is almost located in the Southeastern District, as the City expanded leaving tell tell signs of District houses far from where they were to serve. The building is currently used as offices and is great condition.
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Baltimore's Southwestern District Station house 200 South Calhoun Street ( Southwest corner of Pratt Street ) .........................................	.........
...............	Not used by the City since the early 1960's, the old Southwestern was used for a community Center until recently. The Building is currently for sale. ..................................
Southern District Station House 26 East Ostend Street    Replaced about 30 years ago, the old Southern District building is used as offices today, and the building is in excellent condition.
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	Old Police Buildings I am currently missing pictures for : Central - Headquarters -  Fayette and Fallsway ( Torn down to make way for the I-83 extension ) Southeastern -  Still looking for references of.... Northwestern - 1217 Pennsylvania Avenue ( Just North of Dolphin Street ) < Site is currently a school, entire block razed > SubStations - Northeastern - 5933 Belair Road ( Picture is coming ) Northwestern - 5327 Liberty Heights Avenue ( Picture is coming )
Polish Hall Fairhaven and Filbert Streets South Baltimore Apparently a old meeting hall, the Polish Hall appears to have been getting little use.	...... ....................................................................................Thomas Paul Photo - 2006
Post Offices Top two images are the old post office, built 1890's - razed 1930's. Second row of  images are the new old post office, built 1930's - closed 1970's ( Now used by City Circuit Courts ) . Third row of images are the old Post Office garage , on Preston Street , and the last is  our current Main Post Office, located on Fayette Street , built in the early 1970's. The City's first post office was built in the 1750's, a very small wood frame building on Front Street, near the location of today's main post office, and was razed many many years ago ! ...........	. .............
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Roland Park Water Tower Roland Avenue and University Parkway. The landmark for Roland Park, it has been vacant but in good condition for years. Below, Baltimore's "other " water tower, just off of Garrison Avenue in Northwest Baltimore City.	..............................................
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Scottish Rite Memorial North Charles Street & 39th Street	.......
Shot Tower I-83 at Fayette Street .................................	............................... ........
Standard Oil Building	.......................................
St Mary's Seminary	.............
Sun Building Charles and Baltimore Streets Razed 1960's	..........................
Tickner Building Pennsylvania Avenue at North Avenue ( Northwest Corner ) An old funeral home, the building is used by several small businesses and offices on the upper floors.	..........
Tower Building Baltimore Street At Guilford Avenue ( Northwest Corner )          Below, the Tower Building going up on East Baltimore Street, around 1910. The grand old building would last until the 1980's, when it was torn down. In my mind, the Tower Building was perhaps the most attractive building in the Baltimore skyline. .. ........................................	................................ ...... .........
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........................       AA 1980's look at the Tower Building , during deconstruction. There was a lot of talk about the fate of the clock back then, but I'm not quite sure what ever happened to it.	..........    .........  Looking out over the City skyline, one can clearly see the Tower Building.
Trailways Bus Station West Fayette Street ..............................	..........
Union Bus Terminal Liberty and Redwood Streets It appears that the Civic Center was built right on top of the intersection. That sports arena, now known as the First Mariner Sports Arena appears to be getting ready for change, as talks are in the works of replacing or rebuilding the old Civic Center. No signs of the old Union Bus Terminal exist to this day.	.....................

Union Trust Building Baltimore And St Paul Streets	........................
USF&G Building	..................................
Walters Art Gallery	........
Water Street Garage	.........................
Water Tower (?)	.............
Westerogle Building         ////////	.............

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