Ellicott City ~

Area Attractions

For shopping and exploring, visit downtown Ellicott City. Often called "Historic Ellicott City" or "Old Ellicott City", there you will find a lovely colonial village, laced with cobblestones streets, numerous specialty shops, quaint cafés and of course, the Historic B&O Railroad Museum.

In 1830, Ellicott City became the first terminus of the B&O Railroad outside of Baltimore. The station, built of huge blocks of locally quarried granite, stands today as a living history museum, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It bears the designation as the "Oldest surviving railroad station in America".