The cemetery's original grounds were purchased by the Fells Point Hebrew Friendship Congregation in 1849.

[2] In the years since then, the cemetery has expanded until it now stretches from Baltimore Street (south) to Pulaski Highway (north).

When the plant was completed in 1920, the company incorporated and began operating as Schluderberg-Kurdle Co., Inc., the result of a merger that year between Schluderberg Meatpacking Company and a meatpacking business owned by Thomas J. Kurdle.

Its Baltimore plant was closed in 1993, because its structure was not strong enough to support the 10-ton ham-boiling machines the company was planning add to its operations.

Its departure from Baltimore also involved a dispute over the continued payment of retiree health benefits.