Forgotten Histories

The Indian King Tavern and Cheapside Hotel

The article provides an short history of Baltimore's Indian King Tavern and Cheapside Hotel. Located at 2 Water St. in Baltimore's old wharves, it was burned to the ground in the 1904 fire. The tavern and hotel were under the proprietorship of Alexander Forsyth, Jr. in the early 1800s. I collected this information while conducting research on his father, my earliest known Forsyth ancestor. ... Continue Reading