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2014 Savage Library Renovation East Columbia Branch Library. Fundraising for the first county library was started in 1938 by the Women's Civic Club "Friends of the Library". On October 11, 1940 the first library opened in a portable building in Ellicott City in a ceremony with a speech by Baltimore Judge Joseph N. Ulman. [2]
The Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC), formerly the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS), [6] founded on March 1, 1844, [1] is the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland. The organization "collects, preserves, and interprets objects and materials reflecting Maryland's diverse heritage".
Columbia is a planned community in Howard County, Maryland, United States, consisting of 10 self-contained villages.With a population of 104,681 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most-populous community in Maryland, after Baltimore.
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Dorsey Hall is a historic home in Columbia, Maryland, United States. It is a six-by-one-bay, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story stucco structure with a gable roof covered with asphalt shingles. It is a well-preserved and detailed example of the vernacular dwellings of the early 19th century in Howard County and associated with the Dorsey family, one of the ...
The Belmont Estate, now Belmont Manor and Historic Park, [4] is a former plantation located at Elkridge, Howard County, Maryland, United States.Founded in the 1730s and known in the Colonial period as "Moore's Morning Choice", [5] it was one of the earliest forced-labor farms in Howard County, Maryland.
In 1952, the eastern and western halves of Maryland were linked for the first time by the long Chesapeake Bay Bridge, which replaced a nearby ferry service. [48] This bridge (and its later, parallel span) increased tourist traffic to Ocean City, which experienced a building boom.
The community center, Kahler Hall, was named in 1971 for the William C. Kahler family, who sold a portion of their farm in November 1962 followed later by the remaining 280 acres. [2] The original name for the village center was "Joseph Square", named for John Joseph, chairperson of the first Harper's Choice Village Board. [ 4 ]