A Kilduff's look at buildings in Baltimore.


    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 well known 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.
 Last Update 2010-........................................................ As always, comments corrections, suggestions are welcome !    
AAA Building Mount Royal Avenue and Cathedral Street
Razed

Built in 1917 ;  Torn down in 1972. Started out as a Peerless Auto showroom. Later it housed the offices of the Automobile Club of Maryland offices.
 ...........AAA Building Baltimore
B & O Building
Charles Street and Baltimore Street  
( Northwest Corner )
 Still in use - Just converted into a hotel.
...................B&O Building Baltimore
BBQ Building
Dundalk Maryland
.........BBQ Building Baltimore

....BBQ Building Baltimore
The BAR-B-Q Building is still standing , on Dundalk Avenue, just south of Eastern Avenue. The building has since been converted into a used car dealership, which currently appears vacant. The "BAR-B-Q" lettering was removed several years ago.
BG&E Building
Lexington Street @ Liberty Street

Building is still standing and I think it was converted into apartments. There is a lot of development is planned for this area along Lexington Street .
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.


................................Boumi Temple Baltimore Maryland North Charles Street
Bromo Tower
The Giant bottle which had been perched on top was removed in 1936, as it had been developing cracks.
Still in use, minus the giant bottle on top.
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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 theleft. The background on the postcard is off, as the Chandler Building, while a bit to the East of most of Downtown's builings, has never stood alone like this card would suggest. The building is still open and appears to be doing quite well today . It was also used for many years as the Social Security Offices, before they moved out to Woodlawn.




.......Chandler Building Baltimore
.............Chandler Building Baltimore
.........................................Chanlder Building Baltimore
......................................................................Baltimore's Candler Building
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
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 Circuit Court Building

....Baltimore's Courthouse Building

.........Baltimore old post office Circuit Court Building
   Then known as the " new post office " above right , the main 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.
...................................................Baltimore Circuit Court House
Baltimore's City Hall
Still in Use


......Baltimore City Hall Building
....baltimore City Halll









....Baltimore's City Hall

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Baltimore's City Hall
..................................................................New City Hall Baltimore


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.
................................................................City Pier Baltimore
Civic Center
Liberty and Fayette Streets

 Opened in the early 1960's.  In 1964, there were two performances at the Civic Center by the Beatles. There's more on the Civic Center on Kilduff's Sports Page.


..................................Baltimore Civic Center 1963
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 Tust Building Baltimore
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 Building Baltimore
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 with a flat one, but the building stands to this day and looks to be in great condition. The Fifth Regiment Armory was built on the site of the old Bolton Estate.

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..................................................Fifth Regiment Armory


Garrett Building
 ..........................................................Baltimore Garrett Building .........
..............................................................................Garrett Building, Baltimore Maryland Circa 1914
Greyhound Bus Station
Part of  Maryland Historical Society Complex
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...........................Greyhound Bus Station

.......................Greyhound Bus Station Baltimore
Image courtesty of the 1967 Western High School Yearbook.
Hazazer's Hall
111 West Franklin Street
Razed

Had been one of the City's oldest dance halls. Known also as the Maryland Dancing Academy. Also had been used as a Cathlic orphanage. Razed in the mid 1920's, for the building of the new Pratt Library Central Branch. 

..........................................................Hazazers Hall Baltimore .................................... ................
Industrial Building
Greenmount Avenue and Preston Street
Apartment Building
 ..............................................Baltimore's Industrial Building
IOOF Building Hall
Druid Hill Avenue 

When I first saw this building, I thought it was a old bank. Later, I found out it was an old IOOF Meeting hall, but that's all I know about it so far. I have yet to find it mentioned in a book or directory.


                          Ioof Hall Baltimore            
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IOOF Building Druid Hill Baltimore 2008
Keyser Building
................................................................Keyser Building Baltimore
Lake Clifton
2801 St Lo Drive , Clifton Park
Still Standing !....................................................

..............Lake Clifton value House Baltimore




...........Lkae Clifton Pump House Baltimore
Lake Montebello Pump House
Still in Use !






.....Lake Montebello PumpHouse Postcard Baltimore
.......Lake Montebello Pump House
.....................................Lake Montebello Pump House 2006
Malvern Gas Holder
West Cold Spring Lane At I-83
 
This giant gray tank is actually the Malvern gas holder tank, constructed by BG&E to store gas at times of low usage. There was another tank next to Eastpoint Mall that was torn down a few years back. BG&E gave the tank the name Malvern , to identify it's location.
Thanks to Joe for the Info!
....................................................Malvern gas Tank Baltimore
Maryland Casualty
711 West 40th Street

The old insurance building seen below was converted in the 1970's to a retail shopping mall. The Maryland Casualty building seen on the right was the Tower Building and a description can be found under the title Tower Building.
...........................................Md casuality 40th Street ..............
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//////////Md Casuality topwer Buildiing
Masonic Temple
 ................................................Baltimore's masonic Temple
Monumental Life Building
 .............Baltimore Monumental Life Building
Motor Vehicle Building
Guilford and 22nd Street
..................Motor vehicles Building baltimore 1920
......Baltimore Motor Vehicles Building 2005
Mutual Benefit Society of Baltimore  Building
407 West Franklin Street

...Mutual Beneifit Society Building Baltimore



......Mutual Bebefit Society Building Baltimore
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 ..
..................................Baltimore Muinsey Building ...........................
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.
News American Building Baltimore Harbor
Oliver Street Water Treatment Complex
 Corner of Oliver Street and Wolfe Street



...........Oliver Street Water Planr Baltimore





Oliver Street Water Plant
Polish Hall
Fairhaven and Filbert Streets
South Baltimore
Apparently a old meeting hall, the Polish Hall appears to have been getting little use these days. See Kilduff's page for old Firehouses for more information on this building.
................................South Baltimore's Polish Hall 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 !
.....Baltimore's Old Post Office

.......Old Post Office Baltimore
...New old post Offcie Baltimore Calvert Street
......Baltimore Main Post offcie Calvert and Fayette
.............................................................Monument
This stone tablet had been in the side of the old Baltimore Post Office for years, and when the building was torn down, it was moved to Druid Hill Park.



Post Office Shoip Building Preston Street 1934
The old Post Office repair garage, a odd shaped building on East Preston Street.

......ew Post Office Baltimore Fayette Street

Roland Park Water Tower
Roland Avenue and University Parkway.
The landmark for Roland Park, it has been vacant but in good condition for years.
............................................................................................... oland Park Water Tower

Below, Baltimore's "other " water tower, just off of Garrison Avenue in Northwest Baltimore City, which is not in such good condition these days. 
..........................................Water Tower Baltimore




................Baltimore Water Tower
..................................Water Tower South Baltimore
................................................................................South Baltimore's water tower.
Scottish Rite Memorial
North Charles Street & 39th Street
.................Scottish Rite Building Baltimore
Shot Tower
I-83 at Fayette Street
Built in 1828 , 234 feet high.







..................Baltimore Shot Tower
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..Baltimore's Shot tower .....Baltimore's Shot Tower ....................
Standard Oil Building
............Standard Oil Building Baltimore
St Mary's Seminary
 ....................St Mary's Seminary Baltimore
Sun Building
Charles and Baltimore Streets
Razed 1960's for Charles Center.
 .........Baltimore Sun Building
Tickner Building
Pennsylvania Avenue @ North Avenue
 ( Northwest Corner )



An old funeral home, the building is used by several small businesses and offices on the upper floors.
.........................Tickner Building Baltimore
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. .
...............................................................................Baltimore's Tower Building

..........Baltimore Tower Building
......................Baltimore's Tower Building

........................Baltimore's Tower Building
................................Baltimore Tower Building
...............................................................end of the Tower Building < Baltimore 1980's
    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.

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   ....////////////////////////////////.....  Looking out over the City skyline, one can clearly see the Tower Building.
Trailways Bus Station
West Fayette Street
Getting ready to get razed. ( 2009 )

.............Trailways Bus Station ad
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............Trailways Bus Station Downtown Baltimore City


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 Bus Terminal Ad .............................
Union Trust Building
Baltimore And St Paul Streets

 Union Trust Building Baltimore
USF&G Building
.............................USF&G Building Baltimore 1914
W.B.&A .
Liberty Street
...............................WB&A Baltimore
Walters Art Gallery
 ...............Walthers Art Gallery Baltimoere
Water Street Garage ........................Water Street Parking Baltimore 1927
Westerogle Building
.....Westerogle building Baltimore

.......................Westerogle
......Baltimore's Westerogle Building Druid Hill avenue 2008
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