OUR STORY

The Maryland Club formed in 1857, when workboats, sailing ships, and steamboats jammed Baltimore harbor.

Political parties frequently met here to nominate candidates for President, and citizens proudly referred to the place as “the monumental city.” The new club chose as its first president a well educated lover of horse racing and nephew of the late French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte. It eventually settled in an imposing house that Robert Mills had designed and that stood on the northeast corner of Franklin and Cathedral streets.

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