Lost to "Progess".....

After the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, there was a building boom in Baltimore's Central Business District. Top architects in America were engaged to rebuild this section of the city, which included a number of banks which were destroyed. Sadly, "progress" and not fire has brought a number of these buildings to their end, replaced by parking lots and parking garages in many cases.

Here are a few of those structures, lost to "progress," memorialized in photographs, drawings and building plans...

 Colonial Trust located on West Saratoga Street
Designed by Ellicott & Emmart
Built 1907 by Norcross Brothers Company of Indiana Limestone with Troy White Granite Base

Colonial Trust Plan

German Bank of Baltimore located at the corner Baltimore and Holliday streets

Designed by Baldwin & Pennington

Built 1905-1906 by George Bunnecke & Company

German Bank of Baltimore Plan

International Trust 23-27 East Baltimore Street

Designed by Parker and Thomas

Built 1902 by E.M. Noel and repaired after the Great Baltimore Fire by 1904-1905 John Waters

International Trust Interior

International Trust Plan

 Baltimore Trust Company originally the International Trust Company until its merger with the Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company in 1910

Maryland Casualty Company

Designed by Parker & Thomas

Built 1905 by the Murphy Construction Company

Metropolitan Savings Bank located at the Corner of Charles and Saratoga Streets

Designed by Parker & Thomas

Built 1905 by Norcross Brothers Company of Troy White Marble with a Copper Dome

Metropolitan Savings Bank Exterior

Metropolitan Savings Bank Interior

Metropolitan Savings Bank Artists Drawing

Metropolitan Savings Bank - Domical Banking Room

Metropolitan Savings Bank Plan

National Exchange Bank located at 10 Hopkins Place

Designed by Taylor & Knowles

Built 1904-1905 James Stewart & Company with a solid brownstone front

National Exchange Bank - Interior

National Exchange Bank Plan

National Union Bank located at 3-5 East Fayette Street

Designed by Baldwin & Pennington

Built 1900 and rebuilt after the Great Baltimore Fire 1904-1905 by George A. Fuller Company

National Union Bank - President's Room

National Union Bank - Ladies Department

National Union Bank Plan

The Falconer Company located at 26-30 Commerce Street

Designed by Parker, Thomas & Rice

Built 1910 by J.O. Hederman

Patapsco Flouring Mill Warehouse located at 104-112 Commerce Street

Designed by Parker, Thomas & Rice

Built 1908-1909 by Charles L. Stockhausen for C.A Gambrill Manufacturing Company

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