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The Patapsco National Bank building, constructed in 1905, is an important neo- classical structure on lower Main Street in Ellicott City. This bank was a successor to the old Patapsco Bank building on College Avenue. Built primarily of brick laid in an English garden bond pattern. There are white limestone lintels above the windows and blocks of quoining on the corners making it one of the more imposing buildings on Main Street. The facade also has decorative garlands in white masonry. The most impressive features of the facade were the two Doric pilasters flanking the entrance. Unfortunately, these were swept away in the horrible flood of 2018. The columns instead of being made from stone were fabricated like a barrel of wood planks with wood base and capital requiring skill to duplicate today. Historic Ellicott City, Inc., is proud to be assisting financially with the replacement of the pilasters.

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Much of old Ellicott City is built of locally quarried granite and gneiss. On Main Street across from Columbia Road is one such building constructed in the 1890s as an addition to the Howard House Hotel on its west side. It provided a lunchroom and on the second floor a large banquet room capable of seating one hundred and fifty people. Over the years the building has been a Masonic Lodge, Paul's Market (a well-known small grocery), and is soon to be opened as Vesper, a cocktail bar and restaurant. The present owner of the building is having shutters fabricated by a mill specializing in historic preservation building products. Like most of the early buildings on Main Street this building had shutters to help control the interior temperature and to protect curtains and fabrics from fading. Many buildings in Ellicott City still bear evidence of having had shutters, the bottom halves of the pintle hinges to the shutters remain on the old window surrounds. Historic Ellicott City, Inc. is providing partial funding for this very worthy historic preservation project.