Changing Horses at the Relay House
This painting by artist Hobart D. Stitt graced the cover of the April issue of the B&O Magazine in 1927. Entitled “Changing Horses at the Relay House” it depicts the the arrival of a horse-drawn rail …
PHG Announces FY2021 Mini-Grant Recipients
MEDIA RELEASE December 16, 2020 CONTACT : Aaron Shapiro, Executive Director | director@patapsco.org | 410.696.1328 ELLICOTT CITY, MD— Patapsco Heritage…
Photographers Capture Beauty of Patapsco Valley Heritage Area in Annual “paSNAPsco” Photo Contest
MEDIA RELEASE December 7, 2020 CONTACT : Aaron Shapiro, Executive Director | director@patapsco.org | 410.696.1328 ELLICOTT CITY, MD— Patapsco Heritage…
PHG Taps Aaron Shapiro as New Executive Director
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] MEDIA RELEASE August 27, 2020 CONTACT : Steve Wachs, President, Patapsco Heritage Greenway President (443.253.5686) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNCC…
Welcome to our new Chesapeake Conservation Corps intern – Abri Segal!
Patapsco Heritage Greenway welcomes Abri Segal, a Chesapeake Conservation Corps Intern, who will be with us for the next year!…
Thomas Viaduct
One of Patapsco Valley’s most renowned landmarks, the Thomas Viaduct, is designated both a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The Thomas Viaduct …
Thistle Mill
Just outside of the boundaries of Patapsco State Park in Ilchester lies the remnants of the valley’s third cotton mill. Now reduced to an open concrete floor, this site was once …
Orange Grove Mill
On the east bank of the Patapsco River, across from the Swinging Bridge, lie the remains of the Orange Grove Mill. Visitors to Patapsco Valley State Park’s Avalon entrance can walk right up …
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker is often considered the first African American man of science. Though descendant to enslaved Africans, Benjamin was born free. Banneker’s father, Robert, …
