Thomas Center

The Thomas Center building was built in 1899, has a sturdy steal frame and stands at eleven stories tall.  In 1904, "The Great Fire Of Baltimore" occurred leaving very few buildings standing, the Thomas Center building was one of the ten to survive the wake of destruction.

After being a bank building for several years, it was converted to office space.  The Thomas Center building shut down in the 1990's leaving it vacant and up for grabs to anyone interested in renovating or re-purposing the property.  A company did purchase the building eventually, but unfortunately the company went bankrupt in 2009 resulting in losing the building; it was planned to be a Staybridge Sweets hotel.


In August, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge cleared the way for the lender to foreclose.  Work on the hotel stalled during the financial downturn, but the lender was prevented from foreclosing after the developer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August 2010. The developer was given a set time to renovate the building but only made it about half way and nothing had shown progresses since 2009.

The Thomas Center building went up on a foreclosure auction on February 14th 2013, and has now been purchased in the hope of starting a new life for the building. At this point in time the property has still not changed, no signs of construction, renovating, or even having the lobby cleared out in order to come through the front door. The Thomas Center's future, remains unknown.