The Samuel Powell House (c. 1835; 8198 Main) is the grandest and oldest of the stone merchant-class single houses along Main Street. Powell erected it on a lot acquired from Samuel Ellicott in 1835, a period marking the end of first-generation Ellicott ownership. Also noteworthy is the four-bay, stone single house (c. 1840) at 8081 Main. At 8180–8182 Main, the Alexander Walker House (c. 1835) is one of a number of granite multifamily buildings. Walker lived in one unit while renting the other. The three-story units had a ground-floor kitchen with the parlor elevated above.
Other multi-unit dwellings include 8126–8132 Main, later purchased by the Odd Fellows, and one built by investor Andrew McLaughlin (c. 1837) at 8066–8070 Main. McLaughlin also built the shop-house (c. 1837) at 8066–8068 Main. For many years it was owned by the Hunts, a brother-sister team who operated a general store and millinery in the two shops, respectively. Note the pilastered residential entrance.
Nearby at 3752–3736 Old Columbia Pike, the semidetached stone workers’ houses (c. 1844), known as Tonge Row after English owner Ann Tonge, are typical of housing provided within mill towns.