Places of Interest
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How the B&O Railroad Came to Granite
The story of Granite’s changing railroad – Article: John Brantley, Treasurer The Old Main Line On May 24th, 1830, tickets went on sale for the first passenger train service between Mount Claire in Baltimore and Ellicott Mills, a distance some 13 miles. Three Years earlier 25 Baltimore bankers and merchants had met in the home
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Nike Missile Site
Granite, Maryland, like hundreds of other communities across the United States, was the site of an active Nike Missile Base during the Cold War years. The Hernwood Road base comprised two separate sites, and was operational for 25 years beginning in the 1950s. A brief history and some images of this site can be found
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Worthington Manor
Extract from Worthington Manor: A Report on its History, Significance, and Preservation by Dr. Joseph N. Tatarewicz, published October 1, 2001. Please see full report for citations. The Land Grants show Worthington Purchases, dated 1736, extending along the current Davis Avenue area to the current Old Court Road, adjoining the chief quarrying area. Thomas Worthington,
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Marcella Chapel
Extract from Worthington Manor: A Report on its History, Significance, and Preservation by Dr. Joseph N. Tatarewicz, published October 1, 2001. Please refer to the full report to see citations. Thomas Worthington embraced Methodism very early, around 1770, through his association with Richard Owings, who was the first American-born Methodist preacher. In 1786 Richard’s sister,
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A History of the Woodstock College
Presented to the Granite Historical Society by John Brantley, this is a detailed history of one of Woodstock’s most interesting institutions. Mr. Brantley was involved with the College in its last years of operation and offers a personal perspective on the events that led to its closure.
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The Historic District
The Granite National Register Historic District comprises the focus of a rural quarrying community located in the Patapsco Valley of western Baltimore County, Maryland. The district includes properties along Old Court Road and several side streets, between Granite Road on the east and Hernwood Road on the west. Contributing resources include two churches, a school,
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The Town of Daniels, Maryland
Daniels, Maryland, was a mill town with its roots as far back as the 1820s. The little town was located on the banks of the Patapsco River just downstream of Granite. In 1831 the townspeople first saw passengers passing through traveling on tracks laid by the newly formed B&O Railroad, the first in the country.
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100 Years on Acme Avenue
One Hundred Years of Housing on Acme AvenueBy Anna Rose Anderson Prologue: The old horse, pulling his load of the plow, guided assuredly by the powerful hand of a future resident, couldn’t have known he was opening up a road for diligent, hard-working Granitonians, which in years to come would be called RFD #1, Featherbed Lane, and
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Woodstock Snowball Stand
Perhaps you have found yourself giving directions to our beloved, little village of Granite by saying, “You turn at the snowball stand on Route 99.” There seems to be immediate recognition from the visitor, “Oh, yeah, I know where the snowball stand is!” And, perhaps, rightly named The Snowball Stand, for it is the special
