Located on the north side of Northwest Harbor in downtown Baltimore, across from Locust Point.
A historic Baltimore neighborhood named for English Quaker William Fell who bought the land around 1730. Fell and his son Edward anticipated the potential for this area and established it as a separate city in 1763. By 1773 it had been annexed by Baltimore along with nearby Jones Town. Fells Point maintained a battery from 1776 to 1783 as part of its military defense of Baltimore during the Revolution. The post Revolutionary War economy boosted trade and the development of the area. For many years Fells Point served as the main port of Baltimore due to the deep water in Northwest Harbor. By 1800 the community was growing into a world-renowned ship building center, known especially for the Baltimore Clippers, a very agile and fast ship. Fells Point was listed as the first National Registered Historic District in Maryland in 1969. (US-T121)