Perry Hall in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Baltimore Embroidery
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The Tanner Homestead
Photographed by Adam Margolis, December 16, 2022
1. The Baltimore Embroidery / The Tanner Homestead Marker
The Baltimore Embroidery Company
Established by John Tanner and his wife, Lina Barth, circa 1914, manufactured a variety of lace and embroidery products on this site until 1997, including U.S. Armed Forces insignia, U.S. Olympic emblems and National Basketball Association patches.
The Company was one of the few industrial centers along Belair Road during the "Germantown" era. Germantown, now known as Perry Hall, was an epicenter for a network of small farms and specialized businesses that flourished when the Baltimore & Jerusalem Turnpike was converted into Belair Road in the 1920s.
The Tanner Homestead
Constructed on this site circa 1921, served as Tanner family's principal residence during their operation of Baltimore Embroidery Company. The Homestead's colonial revival-four square architectural style with rock-faced concrete exterior, inspired by the colonial and federal periods, was unique along Belair Road. The Tanner Homestead represented one of the last private residences of the Germantown era along Belair Road. Of Significance to Perry Hall History was the fact that the property was owned in 1681 by George Lingan who served as a member of the General Assembly.
The Tanner Homestead and Baltimore Embroidery Company were demolished in 2000.
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Location. 39° 24.797′ N, 76° 27.769′ W. Marker is in Perry Hall, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is on Belair Road near U.S. 1, on the right when traveling north. Marker is affixed to Walgreens, facing Belair Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8639 Belair Rd, Nottingham MD 21236, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Germantown (within shouting distance of this marker); Perry Hall (approx. 0.6 miles away); Harry Dorsey Gough (approx. 1.2 miles away); Indian Rock (approx. 1.2 miles away); Camp Chapel (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Harry Dorsey Gough (approx. 1.4 miles away); Gunpowder Falls State Park (approx. 1.4 miles away); Gunpowder Copper Works (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Perry Hall.
Photographed by Adam Margolis, December 16, 2022
2. The Baltimore Embroidery / The Tanner Homestead Marker
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