It stood at 227 North Calvert Street and was built in the early part of the 1800’s. The book describes it thusly:
This engaging little flophouse can serve as a stand-in for the many hundreds of vernacular saloons and corner spas that have disappeared from the central Baltimore scene on the past two generations, to be replaced by expensively trendy replicas of the “Gay Nineties.” It is notable for three reasons. It combines within itself three major architectural phases: 18th century dormer, early Federal facade lines and spiky Victorian gimcrackery at the street level. It also fuses the name of Baltimore’s most famous defunct brand of beer, Gunther, with the real prototype, a genuine Irish pub. Its third, more serious claim, is the fact that it was the first permanent home, briefly in 1858, of the ancient Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, the all-powerful state medical society.
It is really quite amazing how the colors bring the image to life and make it easy to imagine how it once looked.