The delight of Ellicott City

Ask almost anyone who spends time in Ellicott City and they will tell you its delight is in the people who live, work and visit the historic Howard County neighborhood. “I hear a heartwarming story every day,” said Diane Standeven, co-owner of Original Souls gift store on Main Street. “Conversations flow.”

Of course, it is more than that. Ellicott City is one of those walking neighborhoods that can’t help but wear its history and charm out in the open. A stroll along the narrow main street and its side tributaries past storefronts is to travel through 236 years of history in a neighborhood defined by firsts.