Research and Articles
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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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The Worthington Manor Report
Please follow the link to download Worthington Manor: A Report on its History, Significance, and Preservation by Dr. Joseph N. Tatarewicz, published October 1, 2001.
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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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The Granite Story
By Paul T Morgan, 1967
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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
