Leon's of Baltimore

ID: 1399 ~ Source: Baltimore Heritage ~ Creator: Richard Oloizia ~ Date: 2015 February 6

This file appears in: Leon's: A Bar for the "Friends of Dorothy"

Leon's occupies the northwest corner of Park Avenue and narrow Tyson Street.

This file appears in: Leon's: A Bar for the "Friends of Dorothy"

Leon's: A Bar for the "Friends of Dorothy"

Leon's is Baltimore's oldest continuously operating gay bar. The bar’s current name comes from Leon Lampe, who owned the bar during the 1930s. 870 Park Avenue was never a speakeasy though Leon Lampe…