Samuel Shoemaker House - Baltimore MD
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 39° 17.992 W 076° 36.845
18S E 360821 N 4351295
This imposing townhouse, built in 1853, was the home of Samuel Shoemaker, organizer of the Adams Express Company.
Waymark Code: WM141RM
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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Samuel Shoemaker House-This imposing townhouse, built in 1853, was the home of Samuel Shoemaker, organizer of the Adams Express Company. The company that began in 1840 with one man and a satchel grew into a Goliath in the next few decades, serving every state and Territory in the land and employing 50,000 people. All means of transportation were used - rail, river, wagon and coach - to transport all manner of goods, from bridal flowers to newspapers to gold to corpses. All were "tenderly yet... swiftly transported" to their destinations.

To Shoemaker goes the credit for organizing and extending the express business throughout the South and West. In 1841, he was asked by E.S. Sanford, of Adams Express, to help organize an express line between Philadelphia and Baltimore. A few months later, Shoemaker and Sanford expanded their business to include Richmond and Charleston, South Carolina. In the next decade, the two men extended their lines, under the name of Adams Express Company, throughout the West and South until the extent of their business was great than that of any one line of railroad in the country. In 1854, various express businesses were consolidated into a joint stock company under the name of Addams Express Company. Shoemaker remained one of the principal managers until his death in 1884.
Group that erected the marker: The City of Baltimore, 901 Lt. Partnership, sponsor, and William Donald Schaefer, mayor.

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
901 St Paul Street
Baltimore, MD United States
21202


URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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