Established by John Tanner and his wife, Lina Barth, circa 1914, the Baltimore Embroidery Company manufactured a variety of lace and embroidery products on this site until 1997, including U.S. Armed Forces insignia, U.S. Olympic emblems, and National Basketball Association patches. It was one of the few industrial centers along Belair Road during the Germantown era, when Germantown, now known as Perry Hall, was an epicenter for a network of small farms and specialized businesses that flourished after the Baltimore and Jerusalem Turnpike was converted into Belair Road in the 1920s. Constructed on this site circa 1921, the Tanner Homestead served as the Tanner family's principal residence during their operation of the Baltimore Embroidery Company. Its colonial revival-four square architectural style with rock-faced concrete exterior, inspired by the colonial and federal periods, was unique along Belair Road, and it represented one of the last private residences of the Germantown era there. The property's historical significance in Perry Hall also reaches back to 1681, when it was owned by George Lingan, a member of the General Assembly. The Tanner Homestead and Baltimore Embroidery Company were demolished in 2000.