Historical Turner Station, Maryland

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"In 1888, a passenger freight station was built by the Baltimore and Sparrows Point Railroad on land owned by Joshua J. Turner, a local businessman. The train stop was called Turner Station, and as the nearby community grew, it took on that name. The community’s first church, St. Matthew Methodist Church, was founded in 1900, while the first public school, Turner Elementary School, was built in 1925. Adams Bar and Cocktail Lounge, an important entertainment establishment, came into being in 1933. It attracted top acts in African American music and comedy during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, including Red Foxx, Pearl Bailey, and Fats Domino. Turner Station was home to individuals who made lasting contributions to the state and nation, including Dr. Joseph Thomas, physician, businessman, and diplomat; Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president; Calvin Hill, former NFL star; and Kevin Clash, puppeteer."  Jerome Watson from "Images of America, Turner Station" Arcadia Publishing.​ ISBN 9780738554082


TURNER STATION ​HISTORY

From the writings and photographs of historian Louis S. Diggs from his book: From The Meadows To The Point (2003)
The six bottom photographs are from Jerome Watson's Images of America, Turner Station (2008)
African American Steel Workers at Sparrow Point

Turner Elementary School, the first permanent school built for African American children in the Turner Station area in 1930, it replaced old portable buildings used as a school on Sollers Point Road that was built in 1925. Prior to 1925, the children of Turner Station attended Bragg School on Sparrows Point. This building has been converted to homes on Oak Street.

The baseball field at Edgewater Amusement Beach that was located in Turner Station. The semi-professional baseball team was the "Baltimore Grays," owned by Dr. Joseph Thomas. On this site was built the first African American high school in Turner Station, Sollers Point High School.

The Anthony Theater, built and owned by Dr. Joseph Thomas, an African American from Turner Station in 1946-47, this air conditioned theater was named after the father of Dr. Joseph Thomas, Anthony Thomas. This theater compared with many of the popular African American theaters in Baltimore City.

The Bath House on Edgewater Beach Amusement Park in Turner Station that was owned by Dr. Joseph Thomas. The park offered swimming, amusement rides, a lounge, even a ballpark where the semi-professional baseball team owned by Dr. Thomas, called "The Baltimore Blues" played.
Nestled away in the far Southeast corner of Baltimore County, at the very southern end of Dundalk, Maryland, lies the historic African American community of Turner Station. The community came about around the late 1880s with the beginning of what is now Bethlehem Steel Mill and shipyard on Sparrows Point. When African American men could no longer find homes for their families on Sparrows Point, many went to an area not far from Sparrows Point to a small community in Turner Station called "The Meadows." As this little community of log cabins grew, they expanded to the waters edge into one of the largest African American communities in Baltimore County, Maryland. Due to the decline of steel production at Bethlehem Steel Mill, employment began to decline and likewise the number of African American families residing in Turner Station. Today, the community is beginning to revive itself, and is on the verge of returning to its days of a beautiful, friendly, wholesome community.