Fells Point

Walk Belgian block streets past historic rowhouses, pubs, shops and the waterfront of Baltimore's old shipbuilding port.

Waterfront along Thames St at the foot of Broadway · Baltimore, MD

About Fells Point

Fells Point is a waterfront neighborhood on the Patapsco River, established as a town in 1729 by William Fell, where shipyards built the fast topsail schooners known as Baltimore clippers. You can wander the Belgian block streets along Thames Street, browse antique and music shops, and stop at one of its many pubs. Frederick Douglass worked here as an enslaved caulker in 1835, and the old City Recreation Pier served as police headquarters in the TV series Homicide.

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#maritime history

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