The Nitty Gritty on Ellicott City

Just some facts and personal perceptions about Lovely Ellicott City, MD

Boundaries:
Park Drive to the north, Patapsco River to the east, private property lines to the south and west (for Historic Ellicott City).

Places of worship:
Ellicott City is home to 25 churches, ranging in denomination from Methodist to Seven Day Adventist. Both St. Peter's Episcopal and Emory United Methodist churches are in the historic district.

Babe Ruth was married at St Pauls

Population:
About 41,396 people live in the 51.46 square miles that make up Ellicott City.

Best local haunts in the historic district:

Ellicott City B & O Railroad Station Museum, the oldest railroad station in the United States is located at the corner of Maryland Avenue and Main Street.

Make history at the Heritage Orientation Center (410-641-1944), where you can unearth the city's past through photographs and other memorabilia. The center is located at the corner of Main Street and Ellicott Mills Drive.

Trace your roots at the Howard County Historical Society Museum's Genealogy Club.Creepiest ghost tour:"The Hauntings of Ellicott Mills" tour. For more information, call the Howard County Board of Tourism at 410-313-1900.

Best place to meet a blind date:Bean Hollow Roastery & Espresso.

Best place to impress someone on a second date:Tersiguel's.

Best location for outside dining: Cocoa lane Back Deck

Most intriguing confection:Fisher's Bakery's airbrushed photo cakes.

Best place to find a disco ball and adult-sized fairy wings:Forget-Me-Not Factory.

Best Cereal Box window display in prime real estate location- Yeats Grocery

Best place to get free food and maybe see a ghost:Stillridge Herbs on Main Street, once rumored to be the home of a "pushy" specter, dishes out free samples of its sauces -- from chutneys to salad dressings -- every weekend from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Best place to see an outdoor Shakespeare Presentation- The Patapsco Female Institute in the summer.

Best MicroBrew- Ellicott Mills Brewing Company

Best location for Cinco-de-Mayo- Lapalapa.

Best location to run, jog or walk- The Trolley trail.

Best destination in a snow storm- The Phoenix

Best place to kill three hours shopping-Taylors Antique store

Best place to watch a Civil War Re-enactment- Main Street

Best Bus Trip to the Ravens Game- The Judges Bench

Best People Watching Spot- The huge Rock on Main Street

Best Ellicott City Realtor- Ellie McIntire

Mark your calendars:Weekend Heritage Tours of Ellicott City in September, Holiday Train Gardens at the Ellicott City B&O Railroad Museum in November, Midnight Madness (when all the shopkeepers go crazy and keep their stores open until midnight) on the first Friday of December, and ghost tours running from April through December.

Halloween Treats for all children. 4-6 Main Street on Halloween

If your interested in buying a home in Ellicott City, Maryland, please contact The Mcintire Team of Long & Foster Real Estate.

Ellie McIntire

The McIntire Team

410-480-3398

410-750-8781(FX)

443-418-7668(cell)

E-mail: Ellie@LNF.com

http://www.elliesteam.com/

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