The origins of Lord Baltimore Capital Corporation can be traced back to 1911 when Louis Blaustein founded the American Oil Company (Amoco) in Baltimore to market petroleum products in the area. In 1921 Louis Blaustein, aided by his son Jacob Blaustein and son in law Alvin Thalheimer, incorporated Lord Baltimore Filling Stations, Inc. to serve as Amoco's real estate affiliate.

The Blausteins were innovative, energetic businessmen inventing the first visible globe gasoline pump, unleaded gasoline, and the first drive-in gasoline station. Unleaded Amoco gas fueled Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" on his historic first transatlantic flight.

The Blausteins carried on a petroleum marketing business in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast United States under the Amoco and Lord Baltimore Trade names until 1954. In 1954, Amoco and Lord Baltimore Filling Stations were merged into Standard Oil Company of Indiana - which eventually changed its name to Amoco Corporation and adopted "Amoco" as its' nationwide trade name.

Today's Lord Baltimore Group represents the diversified commercial interest of descendents of the Amoco/Lord Baltimore founders. Lord Baltimore Properties, led by the team of Board Chairman Louis Blaustein Thalheimer, Chief Investment Officer Matt Long and President Alan E. Kerry, continues the family's forty years of experience as successful owners, managers and developers of prime commercial and residential real estate properties in all regions of the United States. The current portfolio includes properties in North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Alabama, Tennessee and Southern California.