MD Architectural Rescue

MD Architectural Rescue Documenting the Obsession of a Junk Minded Idiot With a Great Eye for Design and a Knack for Sniffin It couldn't have been more true.

When I was a kid, my mom said "When you grow up you're going to be a JUNK MAN." I started as a savior to the mantles and doors that were being ripped out of Baltimore town homes and thrown into the dumpster and I have grown that passion into a monster of a business. Now, with my company MD Architectural Rescue, I hope to sensibly preserve and recycle history, salvaging classic furniture, industria

l materials and curiosities directly from sites facing demolition. If you're interested in our junk, you could always come visit us at our warehouse, which is an old trolley repair facility near the Baltimore Zoo. Typically the warehouse is open on Saturdays, but we are occasionally open on other days and by appointment. We also sell smaller objects on our two Ebay accounts (architecturalrescue and MDindustrialsalvage). With this page we hope to draw your attention to the oddities we've been digging up and hopefully entice you into taking home your very own piece of history.

It seems surreal in a way. I"m ALMOST settled in after moving my office from Millersville to the warehouse. It was a 3 w...
05/06/2026

It seems surreal in a way. I"m ALMOST settled in after moving my office from Millersville to the warehouse. It was a 3 week blur . Now I just have an even Bigger pile of history to deal with. I can't believe the stuff we were finding stretching back 15 years. Signs and artifacts from Bethlehem Steel, Bank bags and bar pans from Hershey, porcelain glove molds from Playtex. Advertising displays and signs from RJ Loock. Forgotten furniture from Norristown State Hospital. Of course ..................... most of it is buried in a sea of pallets crammed in the back but I am unraveling a little more each day. I'll try to have some of the cooler stuff accessible by Saturday , which is our SECOND SATURDAY OPEN HOUSE. Saturday May 9th from 10 until 3.

We are located at the Baltimore Traction Company, 2480 Druid Hill ave , just South of the park.

We Hope to See Y'all!

I have been so busy preparing the space for my upcoming move that I literally forgot what day it was. The month just FLE...
04/09/2026

I have been so busy preparing the space for my upcoming move that I literally forgot what day it was. The month just FLEW by but it has been good nonetheless . I am sitting in the mountains of North Central PA 4 1/2 hours from home getting ready for my last load of stuff tomorrow. I have been getting alot of stuff but its just PILED up at the moment at the warehouse. I am going to do my best to get it pulled out Friday after we unload the truck we fill tomorrow. WHich brings me to ...........

Everyone is cordially invited to our Second Saturday Open House this coming Saturday April 11th from 10 until 3.

Here are photos of the piles. I promise it will look better on Saturday.

Hope to see y'all!

Getting old is funny and NOT funny at the same time. The folks at BALTIMORE MAGAZINE were nice enough to come out to che...
03/12/2026

Getting old is funny and NOT funny at the same time. The folks at BALTIMORE MAGAZINE were nice enough to come out to check out the warehouse and did an Awesome article on me for the March 26 restaurant issue. The FUNNY thing is .................... I have tried to share the article to Facebook 20 different times to no avail. I think that computers are against me or something. Feel free to check out the current March issue if you would like to see the write up. ( I hear they even quoted my Profanity) Even BETTER would be if one of you computer Geniuses could share it to my feed. The Not so funny part of getting old is how asking something like that makes you feel stupid. I guess I'm used to it.

On the bright side, I have been working hard at a duPont research facility in Wilmington and a Foundry in North Central PA near the New York line (where I am currently writhing this). I'm finding some pretty cool stuff and will be loading a truck tomorrow to get ready for Saturday ...................... which reminds me

You are ALL invited to our Second Saturday Open House this coming Saturday March 14th from 10 AM till 3 PM. I hope to see y'all.

The photos are of ssome items that will be at the shop and some stuff that will be coming within the next couple of weeks when I am able to transport. It will give you an idea of the flavor I am running across though

02/13/2026

This damned weather is KILLING me. Not literally but it just drains the soul from you. I was stuck in my own driveway for almost 3 days without traction until I had crews come in and dig me out with bobcats since the tow trucks proved worthless. Water is still frozen tight at the warehouse. I JUST got to the point that I'm going up there to work now that the weather has finally broken. Long sotry short ............

There is NO OPEN HOUSE THIS MONTH!

In between all of my whining, I have been getting realy cool stuff from a foundry in Northern PA and have some other interesting things in the works. I'll just show them all to you guys in March.

Sorry!

Stay Warm!

01/08/2026

Happy New Year!

It actually feels alot more like Groundhog Day lately.

Anyway .............

You are ALL Cordially Invited to our SECOND SATURDAY OPEN HOUSE! This coming Saturday January 10th from 10 until 3.

We are located at the Baltimore Traction Company , 2480 Druid Hill ave just south of the zoo in Baltimore.

Hope to see y'all!

Due to Overwhelming demand, We will be Open tomorrow : Saturday January 3rd 2026 from 10 until 2.MD Architectural Rescu...
01/02/2026

Due to Overwhelming demand, We will be Open tomorrow : Saturday January 3rd 2026 from 10 until 2.

MD Architectural Rescue is located at the Baltimore Traction Company, 2480 Druid Hill ave just south of the zoo in Baltimore.

Happy Holidaze!

12/26/2025

OPEN Saturday December 27th from 10 until 2!

I will be working at the building tomorrowif anyone would like to stop by.

Happy Holidaze!

12/16/2025

Thank YOU! The Open House was an overwhelming success and I got to meet a lot of people that I have messaged with for quite a while. Plenty of New faces and hearing new stories. I appreciate the support and positive feedback on how everything is evolving also.

Special shout out to Sign Painter Greg who was streaming incessantly throughout the day also.

The holidays are always a blur of sorts but I may actually be open for a few hours on the Saturday after Christmas for people who only make it home to Baltimore for the holidays. I'm playing that one by ear but I will post if I choose to open up.

Happy HOlidaze Everybody!

I have threatened for awhile that I was going to get the place organized and start pulling things out that I have collec...
12/05/2025

I have threatened for awhile that I was going to get the place organized and start pulling things out that I have collected for a while. Well ........................ the place is looking pretty good . It's still a process but it's coming along nicely.

Everyone is Cordially invited to our SECOND SATURDAY OPEN HOUSE! Saturday December 13th from 10 until 3.

We are located at 2480 Druid Hill Ave just south of the zoo in Central Baltimore. Exit 7 from I83

Whether it's been a couple of months or a couple of years since you've been in, theres PLENTY that you have never seen. You should stop on by.

HAPPY HOLIDAZE!

Happy Thanksgiving! We have ben working very hard lately cleaning up and reoganizing things ahead of cracking the roof ...
11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have ben working very hard lately cleaning up and reoganizing things ahead of cracking the roof open again for the final fix. Some cool things have been popping up so I have decided to open up this SATURDAY November 29th from 10 until at least 3 for Small Business Saturday. If you have not been in in a whlile or just want to get out, you should stop on by. Truth be told, I will be working there on Friday cleaning and organizing from 10 until at least 2. I'm not officially OPEN but if that works better with your schedule ............................ the roll up door will be open while I am cleaning and breaking out new things.

MD Architectural Rescue is located at the BALTIMORE TRACTION COMPANY , 2480 DRUID HILL AVE just south of the zoo in Baltimore. We are just off of exit 7 from I 83.

Hope to See Y'all

Have a Happy and Safe Holiday

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