Biltmore Suites Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, United States | Hotel

The Biltmore Suites Hotel is a 25-room and suite, Turn-of-the-Century Victorian Hotel and is located at 205 West Madison St between Park Ave and Howard St in the heart of the Mount Vernon District of Historic Downtown, Baltimore in the United States.   Almost within sight are the shops of Antique Row, the Peabody Institute, the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Lyric Opera House and Center Stage. Within walking distance (10-12 Blocks), is the Inner Harbor, Camden Yards at Oriole Park, Ravens Stadium and the Convention Center. Biltmore Suites Hotel is also centrally located between the Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, the Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutes and the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Most of the attractions are also accessible via the Light Rail train system. The Centre St Station is located 1 block from Biltmore Suites Hotel. The Light Rail is also available from BWI Airport.

The Biltmore Suites Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland was built in 1880 by a Baltimore merchant named Samuel G. Wyman as an investment. It was known as the Shirley House and had 30 rooms to rent. Between 1880 and 1984, the building served as a Hotel, as apartments and finally as a dormitory for the nearby Maryland Institute of Art. Nearing foreclosure and on the auction block in 1984, the Shirley House was saved and the restoration was begun. Still known as the Shirley House in 1984, the original architecture was preserved as is evident in the central stairway. The stairway was completely dismantled, cleaned, and reassembled on steel beams. The interior woodwork made of ash is original. The original 30 rooms were converted into 17 rooms and suites, each with its own private bath.  Eight rooms were made from an adjoining building, which is accessed by a private courtyard. The second building, or as we call it the Park Ave building, is about 100 years old and was probably a typical Baltimore townhouse.